Photoshop Elements 101

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20Lessons
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368Students
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20Hours
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2.0CEUs
Course Description
Since Elements was designed with the consumer in mind, editing and manipulating photos with Elements is much easier than with Photoshop. Elements is ideal for any budding photography enthusiast -- or for anyone wishing to do organize and edit images with a feature-rich, yet affordable, photo editing program.
This course is designed to teach you how to Photoshop Elements, even if you've never used Elements before. This course begins with navigation and the basic features of the program before delving into more advanced techniques. If you've used past versions of Photoshop Elements, you will get the chance to review features you may have forgotten, improve your skills, and learn the new features Elements offers. For those new to Elements, you will benefit from the step-by-step instructions given in each lesson that make learning the program a snap.
In this course, you'll learn how to:
- Navigate the Organizer and Photo Editor
- Import images into Elements
- Organize your images into catalogs and albums
- Sort images in the Organizer
- Use the three editing modes in Photo Editor
- Apply quick and guided edits to images
- Apply fills, strokes, and texts to images
- Use the tools in the Expert editing mode to edit and manipulate images
- Create layers, shapes, and apply filters to images
- Work with lighting, color, contrast and clarity
- Create albums, calendars, and other projects
- Print, save, and share images
- And much more
It doesn't matter if you already use Elements or you're completely new to the software. By the end of this course, you'll know everything about Elements that you need to know to easily organize, edit, print, and share your photos and images.
- Completely Online
- Self-Paced
- Printable Lessons
- Full HD Video
- 6 Months to Complete
- 24/7 Availability
- Start Anytime
- PC & Mac Compatible
- Android & iOS Friendly
- Accredited CEUs

Course Lessons
Lesson 1: Introduction to Photoshop Elements
Lesson 1 Video
Review 2 Articles: What's new in Photoshop Elements; Photoshop Blog
Take Survey: Reasons for Taking this Course
Complete: Assignment 1
Complete: Quiz 1
Lesson 2: Importing Images into Organizer
Lesson 2 Video
Review 2 Articles: Photoshop Elements workspace basics - Adobe Support; Finding Imported Images in the Organizer
Review Video: How to Import Photos into Adobe Photoshop Elements
Complete: Assignment 2
Complete: Quiz 2
Lesson 3: Tagging Images in Organizer
Lesson 3 Video
Review 2 Articles: Tag your media in Elements Organizer - Adobe Support; Marking faces in photos and organizing People view
Review Video: Photoshop Elements Smart Tags
Complete: Assignment 3
Complete: Quiz 3
Lesson 4: Organizing and Searching for Images
Lesson 4 Video
Review 2 Articles: Fix a batch of photos at once using Photoshop Elements | Adobe ...; Working with Stacks in Photoshop Elements Organizer
Review Video: Photoshop Elements - Smart Tags and Search - Cherri International
Complete: Assignment 4
Complete: Quiz 4
Lesson 5: Creating Catalogs, Albums, and Collections
Lesson 5 Video
Review 4 Articles: ADOBE® Elements Organizer help; How To Create A New Catalog In Photoshop Elements; Convert Photoshop Elements catalogs for use with 64-bit versions; About moving catalogs
Complete: Assignment 5
Complete: Quiz 5
Lesson 6: Navigating the Photo Editor
Lesson 6 Video
Review 3 Articles: Workspace Basics; Opening files in Photoshop Elements; How to move from Photos to Photoshop Elements Using a Mac
Review Video: Take a Tour of the GUIDED SECTION in Photoshop Elements
Complete: Assignment 6
Complete: Quiz 6
Lesson 7: Getting Acquainted with the Editing Modes
Lesson 7 Video
Review 3 Articles: Guided mode - Basic edits; Enhanced Quick Mode; Using Quick, Guided, and Expert Editing in Photoshop Elements 14
Complete: Assignment 7
Complete: Quiz 7
Lesson 8: Using the Guided Edit Mode
Lesson 8 Video
Review 2 Articles: Using Guided Mode; Special Effects Guided Mode
Complete: Assignment 8
Complete: Quiz 8
Lesson 9: Understanding Resolution, File Formats, and Color
Lesson 9 Video
Review 2 Articles: About image size and resolution; Set up color management
Review Video: Photoshop Elements editing: Image size and resolution explained
Complete: Assignment 9
Complete: Quiz 9
Lesson 10: Using the Painting Tools
Lesson 10 Video
Review 2 Articles: Use the brush tool; Pencil Tool
Review 2 Videos: PEN TOOL in Photoshop Elements!; Using The Eraser Tool-Photoshop Elements Tutorial
Complete: Assignment 10
Complete Assignment: Project 1
Complete: Quiz 10
Lesson 11: Making Selections Using the Selection Tools
Lesson 11 Video
Review 4 Articles: Making Selections; The Marquee Tools; Lasso selection tools in PSE; Edit and refine selections
Complete: Assignment 11
Complete: Quiz 11
Lesson 12: Applying Fills and Strokes
Lesson 12 Video
Review 3 Articles: Use the Paint Bucket tool; About Gradients; Patterns
Complete: Assignment 12
Complete: Quiz 12
Lesson 13: Layers
Lesson 13 Video
Review 2 Articles: Understanding layers; Editing Layers
Review 2 Videos: How To Use Layers In Photoshop Elements; Photoshop Elements 10: Adjustment Layers
Complete: Assignment 13
Complete: Quiz 13
Lesson 14: Adding Text to Images
Lesson 14 Video
Review 4 Articles: Add text in Images; About text; How To Use The Text On Selection Tool In Photoshop Elements 11; Editing Text in Photoshop Elements
Complete: Assignment 14
Complete: Quiz 14
Lesson 15: Working with Shapes
Lesson 15 Video
Review 3 Articles: Create shapes; Draw Lines in Elements; About layer styles
Review 2 Videos: How to Fit Text Inside Shape in Adobe Photoshop Elements 14 13 12 11 Tutorial; Text Effects and Layer Styles in Photoshop elements
Complete: Assignment 15
Complete: Quiz 15
Lesson 16: Working with Images
Lesson 16 Video
Review 3 Articles: About camera raw image files; Save and export images; Automate image editing with Photoshop Elements updates
Review Video: How to Use Photoshop Elements Blur Tool
Complete: Assignment 16
Complete: Quiz 16
Lesson 17: Additional Image Tools
Lesson 17 Video
Review 2 Articles: Adjust facial features; With The Spot Healing Brush Zits Disappear Like Magic
Review 2 Videos: How to Use Photoshop Elements Clone Stamp Tool; How to Use the Recompose Tool in Photoshop Elements
Complete: Assignment 17
Complete: Quiz 17
Lesson 18: Applying Filters
Lesson 18 Video
Review 4 Articles: About filters; Adjustment filters; Liquify filter overview; Adjust color and tonality using the Smart Brush tools
Review Video: How to use Photoshop Elements Filters - Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 12 13 14 Tutorial
Complete: Assignment 18
Complete: Quiz 18
Lesson 19: Lighting, Color, Contrast and Clarity
Lesson 19 Video
Review 2 Articles: Super-Fast Red Eye Removal; Apply the Brightness/Contrast adjustment
Review Video: Using Curves in Photoshop Elements
Complete: Assignment 19
Complete: Quiz 19
Lesson 20: Saving, Printing, Sharing, and Creating
Lesson 20 Video
Review Article: Printing Photos
Take Poll: End of Course Poll
Take Survey: Course Comments
Take Survey: Program Evaluation Follow-up Survey (End of Course)
Complete: Assignment 20
Complete Assignment: Project 2
Complete: Quiz 20
Complete: The Final Exam
Learning Outcomes
- Summarize what Photoshop Elements is and how you can use it to enhance your pictures.
- Demonstrate using the Organizer Workspace, working with images, and creating albums and catalogs.
- Demonstrate using different editing modes and using colors.
- Demonstrate using painting tools, making selections, filling and stroking
- Demonstrate using and managing layers, text, shapes.
- Summarize other editing tools you can use.
- Demonstrate manipulation of lighting, color, contrast and clarity.
- Demonstrate printing, sharing, and creating your Photoshop Elements work, and
- Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
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