Chapter 3

Exploring the Photo Editor

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Examining the Editor workspace

Bullet Using the Photo Bin

Bullet Using Creative Effects

Bullet Launching Preferences

Bullet Customizing the presets

Photoshop Elements has two workspaces: the Organizer, which we discuss in Chapter 4, and the Photo Editor, introduced in Chapter 1. You manage and arrange your photos in the Organizer, and you edit photos in the Photo Editor.

In this chapter, we continue our discussion of the Photo Editor so that you can refine your photo-editing skills. You discover the Photo Editor’s workspace in depth and how to access the Photo Editor’s three editing modes: Expert, Quick, and Guided.

Examining the Photo Editor

Before you begin editing photos, you’ll find it helpful to look over the Photo Editor and figure out how to move around the workspace. When the Photo Editor is in Expert mode, you find the following (as labeled in Figure 3-1):

  1. Menu bar: As does just about every other program you launch, Elements supports drop-down ...

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