Course Syllabus

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.