Things You'll Need:
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 or similar version
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Step 1
Begin by choosing what area of Photoshop you would like to work in. Organize your images by date, event, or whatever you decide. Create items with your images such as cards or calendars. Share your images by email or upload them to a website. The Edit option is probably the most used option by the digital photographer and allows you to change your images in a variety of ways.
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Step 2
Choose edit. In the edit option you can choose Quick Edit (for simple changes like cropping), Guided Edit (get a walk-through), or full edit (all the editing items you need). For the purposes of this article choose full edit.
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Step 3
Click File then Open in the Photoshop edit screen to open an image in your documents to work on.
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Step 4
Use the options across the top of the edit screen to do such things as open, save and resize images, convert to black and white, adjust lighting and color, create layers and use filters.
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Step 5
Check out the toolbar on the left of your edit screen in Photoshop (this toolbar can be moved if you like). Use these tools to zoom in or out, take out redeye, erase or clone items in an image, or add text or clipart.
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Step 6
Use the Photoshop effects or layers on the right of the edit screen (this section can be collapsed if needed). Effects can add enhancements such as shadows or filters to an image such as turning a digital photographers image into a watercolor.
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Step 7
Look for the bin at the bottom of the Photoshop edit screen to switch back and forth between images or move a layer from one image to another.
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Step 8
Practice on images after making sure you have saved the original and use the Adobe Photoshop help.
