Suggested text for the class is:

Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0 Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative team and published by Adobe Press.

This book is available from Amazon or Barnes and Noble and other book stores.

Suggested - Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0 . Although the course will be on Elements 7, those who have Elements 6 or Adobe Photoshop will be able to gain the basic information needed to get the most from your software.

This class is for the home user, hobbyists, business user and amateur photographer or anyone who wants to produce good-looking pictures and graphics for the Web and for print.

Photoshop Elements 7.0 is an improved version of this popular image editing program and this class has been structured to teach you how to use both the old and new tools that are now available.

The course will cover:

• Learning Image Basics
  
• Getting and Organizing Photos
  • Importing images into Elements from Memory cards and folders on your computer.
  • Basic Photo Editing
  • Printing
  • Organizing Photos
    
• Sharing your images in many ways
  • Using Photoshop.com to Create Online Albums for sharing
  • Sharing photos using email.
• Learning by Playing with Text
  • Placing a text label on an image
  • Embossing text on an image
  • Using Layer Styles and distortions
  • Organizing your finished project files
    
• Adjusting Color in Images
  • Fixing Photographs automatically
  • Applying individual auto adjustements
  • Printing color pictures
    
• Fixing Exposure Problems
  • Brightinng an underexposed image
  • Improving faded or overexposed images
  • Using Adjustment Layers to edit images
  • Correcting parts of an image
• Using Photos in other Forms
  • Importing still images from video
  • Merging images into a panorama
  • Creating an Album for on-screen viewing
• Repairing, Retouching, and Replacing Flaws
  • Making blue sky more intense
  • Clearing a cloudy day
  • Removing wrinkles and spots without surgery
• Stylizing to Focus Attention
  • Framing images
  • Emphasizing by repetition
    
• Combining Multiple Images
  • Copying from one image into another
  • Placing two or more photographs in one file
  • Erasing areas of image layers
    
• Saving and Organizing your Finished files
• Creating Projects
  • Slide Shows
  • Greeting Cards
    

Who should attend?

Those photographers new to digital photograpy who want to learn how to use the highly populart Adobe Photoshop Elements or Adobe Photosop. Photoshop Elements is a beginners version of the original version with many of the same features but is organized in a way to make the learning curve easier and shorter. Those who also own the full version of Photoshop and wish to learn and become more comfortable using it can also benefit from the class.

This class is also for those who have been using Photoshop Elements 6.0 and wish to learn how to use the new features of Elements 7.0.