Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
CMYK in Elements, so if you need CMYK files on a regular basis, it's worth the extra price
of Photoshop to avoid the aggravation. (If you only
occasionally
need CMYK files, you
might just ask the print shop whether they can convert the file for you.)
Photoshop gives you more of everything: more choices, more tools, more settings, more
types of Adjustment layers, and so on. But, for most people, Elements has plenty of features.
Beyond This Topic
You can do
thousands
of interesting things with Elements that are beyond the scope of this
book. The Help menu gives you access to dozens of tutorials right within Elements. Also,
bookstores have loads of titles on Elements and Photoshop, and a lot of tasks are the same in
both programs. You can find specialized books on everything from color management to
making selections to scrapbooking.
In addition, you'll find hundreds of tutorial websites. Besides those mentioned earlier in this
chapter, here are some other popular sites:
▪
Adobe
(
www.adobe.com
)
. You'll find plenty of free online training for Elements here,
and you can get to a lot of it from Elements Live (
eLive
) and the Help menus in the pro-
gram itself. On Adobe TV (
http://tv.adobe.com
)
, you can see the same video tutorials
linked to in the program's Help menus.
▪
Photoshop Roadmap
(
www.photoshoproadmap.com
)
. This site has tutorials and plug-
ins for Photoshop, but there's a big section of Elements tutorials, too.
▪
Photoshop Support
(
www.photoshopsupport.com/elements/tutorials.html
)
. Despite the
name, this site
isn't
run by Adobe. It has a whole section of Elements tutorials.
▪
YouTube
(
www.youtube.com
)
. Yep, that's right: You can find videos about almost
any-
thing
on YouTube, including lots of Elements tutorials, including some from Adobe.
▪
Photoshop Elements User
(
www.photoshopelementsuser.com
)
. This is the website for a
subscriber-only print newsletter (the only publication specifically for Elements), but it in-
cludes some free video tutorials, a forum, and a good collection of links. Its forums, the
most active ones out there for questions about creative projects in Elements, are hosted at
