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Last updated 7/26/2011
Chapter 2: Photoshop Elements workspace
Use the Photoshop Elements workspace for creating, editing, and fixing your images. You can add functionality with
plug-in modules and expand system memory by using scratch disks.
Select a photo and then choose Quick Fix, Full Edit, or Guided Edit to edit it.
About the workspace
The Welcome screen
When you start Photoshop Elements, the Welcome screen opens by default. The Welcome screen is a convenient
starting place, or hub, for major tasks.
Click a button on the Welcome screen to open the workspace. You can browse with Adobe Bridge, start from scratch,
or import photos from a camera or scanner.
You can close or reopen the Welcome screen at any time by choosing Window > Welcome. If you prefer to omit the
Welcome screen when you start Photoshop
Elements, deselect the Show At Startup box at the bottom of the Welcome
screen.
The editing workspace
There are three ways to create and edit images: Full Edit, Edit Quick, and Guided Edit. The Full Edit workspace has
tools to correct color problems, create special effects, and enhance photos. The Edit Quick workspace contains simple
tools for correcting color and lighting, and commands to quickly fix common problems like red-eye. If you are new to
digital imaging, Edit Quick or Guided Edit is a good place to start fixing photos.
If you’ve worked with image-editing applications before, you’ll find that the Full Edit workspace provides a flexible
and powerful image-correction environment. It has lighting and color-correction commands, along with tools for
fixing image defects, making selections, adding text, and painting on your images. You can rearrange the Full Edit
workspace to best suit your needs by moving, hiding, and showing panels; arranging panels in the Panel Bin; zooming
in or out of the photo; scrolling to a different area of the document window; and creating multiple windows and views.
