Introduction 1

Book I: Introducing Elements 7

Chapter 1: Examining the Elements Environment 9

Chapter 2: Getting to Know the Tools 35

Chapter 3: Viewing and Navigating Images 57

Chapter 4: Setting Your Preferences 71

Book II: Elements Fundamentals 91

Chapter 1: Acquiring, Saving, and Exporting Images 93

Chapter 2: Working in the Organizer 119

Chapter 3: Sorting and Organizing Files 137

Chapter 4: Working with iHardware 171

Book III: Image Essentials 183

Chapter 1: Specifying Resolution and Changing Image Sizing 185

Chapter 2: Choosing Color Modes and File Formats 203

Chapter 3: Working with Camera Raw 223

Chapter 4: Using and Managing Color 239

Chapter 5: Time Travel — Undoing in Elements 257

Book IV: Selections 263

Chapter 1: Making Selections 265

Chapter 2: Modifying and Transforming Selections 287

Book V: Painting, Drawing, and Typing 307

Chapter 1: Painting and Drawing with Elements 309

Chapter 2: Filling and Stroking 327

Chapter 3: Working with Type 345

Book VI: Working with Layers and Masks 367

Chapter 1: Creating Layers 369

Chapter 2: Managing Layers 395

Chapter 3: Playing with Opacity and Blend Modes 411

Chapter 4: Cutting, Extracting, and Masking 425

Book VII: Filters, Effects, Styles, and Distortions 439

Chapter 1: Making Corrections and Having Fun with Filters 441

Chapter 2: Distorting with the Liquify Command 465