Editing Your Photos
In addition to the Organizer, the other main section of Elements is what Adobe now calls the Editor. If you've used Elements in the past, this is the Elements you're used to, although it also has some added features in this version, most notably a hugely improved Quick Fix window.
Photo editing is exactly the same whether you're using Windows or Mac OS X. There are some differences in what you can do from the File Browser, which is where you can start projects like panoramas on a Mac, but otherwise there's not a jot of difference in how you edit a photo. You can see how much alike they are in Figure 1-6.

Figure 1-6. As you can see, there's almost no difference between the Standard Edit window in Windows (top) and Mac OS X (bottom), except for the basic differences between the two operating system controls. Your tools are exactly the same and so are the techniques for using them. The long, skinny strip down the extreme left side of the screen is the Toolbox.
You can operate the Editor in either of two different modes:
Quick Fix. For many beginners, this may end up as your main workspace. Adobe has gathered together the basic tools you need to improve most photos and it's the one place in Elements where you can have a before-and-after view while you work. Chapter 4 discusses using the Quick Fix in detail.
Standard Edit. The Standard Edit window gives you access to Elements' ...