User manual ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2

[. . . ] Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 2. 0 User Guide for Windows® and Macintosh If this guide is distributed with software that includes an end-user agreement, this guide, as well as the software described in it, is furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license. Except as permitted by any such license, no part of this guide may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Please note that the content in this guide is protected under copyright law even if it is not distributed with software that includes an end-user license agreement. The content of this guide is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Adobe Systems Incorporated. [. . . ] The cut or copied selection remains on the Clipboard until you cut or copy another selection. In some cases, the contents of the Clipboard can be converted to a raster image. Photoshop Elements prompts you to paste the vector artwork as pixels or as a shape layer. Note: The image is rasterized at the resolution of the file into which you paste it. Using drag-and-drop to copy between applications The drag-and-drop feature lets you copy and move images between Photoshop Elements and other applications. In Windows, the other application must be OLE-compliant. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2. 0 125 User Guide To change the Export Clipboard preference: 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows, Mac OS 9. x) or Photoshop Elements > Preferences > General (Mac OS X). 2 Select Export Clipboard to save copied data 5 If you chose Paste as Pixels in the previous step, you can choose Anti-alias in the options bar to make a smooth transition between the edges of the selection and surrounding pixels. (See "Softening the edges of a selection" on page 121. ) 6 Click OK. from Photoshop Elements on the Clipboard when you exit from Photoshop Elements. If this option is deselected, the contents are deleted when you exit from the application. 3 Click OK. To paste PostScript artwork from another application: Saving and loading selections You can save selections with an image and load them for reuse in the same image. You can also modify saved selections by replacing, adding to, or subtracting from them. Note: Some file formats, including JPEG and GIF, cannot save selections. To save a new selection: 1 In the other application, select the artwork, and choose Edit > Copy. Applications that produce PostScript artwork include Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator (versions 5. 0 through 10), Adobe Dimensions®, and Adobe StreamlineTM. (See "Saving images in different file formats" on page 226. ) 2 In Photoshop Elements, select the image into 1 Make a selection in your image. 3 In the Save Selection dialog box, choose New from the Selection pop-up menu. 4 Enter a name for the selection in the Name textbox, and then click OK. To modify a saved selection: which you want to paste the selection. 3 Choose Edit > Paste. 4 In the dialog box, select from the following options: · Paste as Pixels to rasterize the artwork as it is pasted. Rasterizing converts mathematically defined vector artwork to pixels. · Paste as Shape Layer to create a new shape layer 1 Make a selection in your image. 3 In the Save Selection dialog box, choose a selection name from the Selection menu. 4 Select one of the following operations: · Replace Selection to replace the saved selection that uses the path as a layer clipping path. with the current selection. 126 CHAPTER 7 Selecting · Add To Selection to add the current selection to · Subtract From Selection to subtract the saved the saved selection. · Subtract From Selection to subtract the current selection from the current selection. · Intersect With Selection to replace the current selection from the saved selection. · Intersect With Selection to replace the saved selection with the intersection between the current selection and the saved selection. 6 To invert the selected area, select Invert. 7 Click OK. To delete a saved selection: selection with the intersection between the current selection and the saved selection. 5 Click OK. To load a saved selection: 1 Choose Select > Delete Selection. 2 Choose a saved selection from the Selection 1 Open an image that contains a saved selection. 3 Choose the saved selection from the Selection menu, and click OK. menu. 4 To invert the selected area, select Invert. 5 Click OK. To modify a selection with a saved selection: Deleting selected areas To delete a selected area in your image, choose Edit > Clear, or press Backspace (Windows) or Delete (Mac OS). If you delete a selection on a background layer or a layer that uses the Lock Transparency option (located in the Layers palette), Photoshop Elements replaces the selected area with the current background color, which appears in the toolbox. 1 Open an image that contains a saved selection. [. . . ] Saturation creates vivid color at the expense of accurate color. Absolute Colorimetric is useful when you want to match the color of one kind of paper on another kind of paper, and have the most accurate match of all the colors. For example, you'd use Absolute Colorimetric to reproduce the appearance of a sheet of newsprint onto a sheet of bright white paper. The bright white paper would be printed over with a dingy gray to simulate the actual newsprint appearance. Relative Colorimetric is useful when you want to to print the color of the image's color profile without converting it. [. . . ]