For Dummies Photoshop Elements 9 978-0-470-87872-9 Manuel D’Utilisation

In This Chapter

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Opening Photoshop Elements

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Understanding the Elements workspace

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Changing workspace views

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Working with the Project Bin

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Using Options menus

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Using the Undo History panel

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Accessing Help documents

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Using keyboard shortcuts

W

hen you first launch Photoshop Elements, you arrive at a 
Welcome screen. The Welcome screen offers to open 

different editing modes and to help you start special 
Elements tasks.

When it comes to editing a photograph, you find 
quite a collection of tools, panels, buttons, and 
options in the Photoshop Elements Edit mode. Just 
a quick glance at the Elements workspace when 
you enter Edit Full mode shows you some of the 
power that Elements offers with just a click of your 
mouse button. With all the possibilities, navigating 
the Elements workspaces and engaging in an editing 
session can be intimidating. To ease your introduc-
tion to the many options for editing your pictures, we 
break them down for you in this chapter.

Elements has several work areas, and we start off by introduc-
ing you to the Welcome screen. Then, we move on to the mode 
you’ll likely use frequently: Edit Full mode. In this mode, you can be 
creative with all the tools and features Photoshop Elements is known for, 

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