September 2006
Beginner
574 pages
24h 23m
English
Content preview from Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual
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522 Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual
Window Menu
Grid
If you want to see a measurement and alignment grid on your photos, use the Grid
setting to toggle it on and off. You can adjust the grid size in Edit ➝ Preferences ➝
Grid.
Guide Presets
The preset document sizes for new files include a couple of video sizes with guide-
lines to help you know the workable areas of the document. The Guide Presets
menu item becomes active when you’re working with a DV (digital video) file. It’s
grayed out, normally.
Annotations
Annotations is available only for files that contain voice annotations. Toggle the
annotation on and off here. You may get a file with a voice annotation from some-
one working with Photoshop, which lets you record sound annotations that you
can add to your files.
Snap to
• Grid. When the Grid setting’s turned on, Elements automatically jumps to the
nearest gridline. If the way your tools and selections keep jumping away from
you bothers you, then turn the behavior off here. Then everything stays exactly
where you place it.
• Guides. When you’re working with one of the video document sizes that
include guidelines, Guides is where you toggle on and off whether you want
objects you add to snap to the guidelines.
Window Menu
The Window menu controls which palettes and bins you see, as well as letting you
adjust how your image windows display.
Images
The Images menu item lets you control how ...
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