description: Modeled after the professional-grade, industry-standard Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements 5 provides key tools for enhancing, organizing, and sharing photographs. In Photoshop Elements 5 Essential Training, instructor and award-winning author Deke McClelland shows how to use the powerful, easy-to-use Photoshop Elements 5 to create professional-looking images. The training covers the three main workspaces: the Welcome screen, which serves as a front door to the software; the Organizer, where images are sorted into digital libraries for better file management; and the Editor, which is used for common tasks such as cropping, straightening, correcting brightness and contrast, and removing red-eye. Exercise files accompany the tutorial.Topics Include: 
   Importing photos from a digital camera or a hard drive 
   Organizing photos by date using a timeline 
   Searching images by location using a map 
   Organizing and finding images by name and subject 
   Collecting, comparing, and backing up photos 
   Understanding resolution and image size 
   Cropping, straightening, and resizing photos 
   Brightening, darkening, correcting red-eye, and healing damaged photos 
   Applying automatic color corrections using Quick Fix mode 
   Correcting brightness, contrast, colors, flash, backlighting, and skin tones 
   Reducing digital noise, sharpening, and correcting lens distortion 
   Printing color-accurate photos from an inkjet printer 
   Emailing photos and sharing them online 
 Duration: 13 hoursOn 1 DVD-ROM
title: Photoshop Elements 5 Essential Training
titlecomplete: Photoshop Elements 5 Essential Training
publisher: lynda.com, Inc