Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
New Swatch icon at the top of the Color Swatches panel (it looks like a piece of paper with a
folded corner) or click the four-line square in the panel's upper right, and then choose New
Swatch. Either way, a window appears where you can name and save your new swatch.
Your new swatch appears at the bottom of the current swatch library, and its name shows up
as a pop-up label when you put your cursor over it in the panel. You can rename the swatch
by right-clicking/Control-clicking it, and then choosing Rename Color Swatch. To delete a
swatch that you've saved, Alt-click/Option-click it or drag it to the trashcan icon in the Color
Swatches panel.
If you want to keep your swatches separate from the ones that come with Elements, you can
create your own swatch libraries. To do that, click the four-line square at the top right of the
Color Swatches panel and pick Save Swatches. Then give the new library a name and save it.
You can also find downloadable swatch libraries online (see
Stuff from the Internet
for some
suggestions of where to look). The best way to load these into Elements is to use the Preset
Manager, explained on
Stuff from the Internet
.
NOTE
When you create a new swatch library, its name doesn't show up in the list of libraries un-
til the next time you start Elements.
Sharpening Images
Digital cameras are wonderful, but it's often hard to tell how well-focused your photos are
until you download them to a computer. And because of the way cameras' digital sensors
process information, most digital image data needs to be
sharpened
.
Sharpening is an image-editing trick that makes pictures look more clearly focused. Elements
includes some almost miraculous tools for sharpening images. (It's pretty darned good at
blurring them, too, if that's what you want; see
Gaussian Blur: Drawing Attention to an Ob-
ject
.) This section explains your options.
