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Making the
transition from Elements to CS
Photoshop Elements
and CS Tutorials
Tutorials
RAW
RAW
file management
Photoshop Extras
Plugins,
Filters, Actions, Templates, Brushes, Fonts, Papers, and more!
Getting Correct
Color (Color Management)
Color
Management
Printing Tips and
Help
Printing
Slide show software
(Elements version 6 has a very good slide show creation package built
in featuring the ability to add music, narration, titles, timing to
music tracks, and makes panning and zooming within a slide very easy,
and the whole process integrates into the Adobe Premier Elements 4.0
video editor)
Step #1
OK, you're into CS something now! Great. Where do you begin
in your transition from Elements to CS? Let's make some
assumptions:
Assumptions:
you understand layers, adjustment layers, filters, tonal
adjustments, color correction, and sharpening in Elements, as well as
noise reduction. You know how to use and install plug-ins.
You know how to get the best color settings set up in Elements and you
know when and how to change from sRGB to Adobe RGB. You know how
to make a snapshot of a bunch of layers into a single snapshot that
sits on top of all your other layers. You know how to turn on and
off color management in your printer. You understand how to set up
preferences. You know how to save and refer to notes you'll make
about CS as you learn so you can refer to your own information as
needed. You know how to download training materials that are free
on the web. Your Adobe Acrobat Reader is current
(7.0.8). Your monitor is color managed with at least Adobe
Gamma. You have at least toyed with my site on color:
Color
Management You understand the value of .psd files vs.
jpgs. You
know how to make a screenshot of CS2/3 or Elements and can paste that
into an e-mail so you can ask questions by referring visually to a
problem. If so, you're ready to move on to CS.
CS gives
you these advantages:
- curves, in addition to levels
- color management and soft-proofing so you see what the paper
surface you just loaded in your printer is going to do to your image
- create and install repeatable actions that automate anything you
can think up
- better black and white tools
- layer masks whenever you want them
- channel mixer
- snapshots
- shortcut manager
- paths
- scripts
- history logging
- maybe better RAW options but the current Elements RAW decoder is
perfectly good
Step #2
CS3 is the current version. Here
are the links you'll need for CS3:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/photoshopcs3/
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid=72&catid=626&entercat=y
Visit
Photoshop User site
Visit
Photoshop Cafe site
Visit
Peachpit Press' Photoshop CS3 Resource Center
Visit
Lynda.com's Photoshop CS3 Beta One-on-One Preview
Read a sample chapter from Martin Evening’s book
Photoshop CS3 for Photographers
Step #3
Lastly, if you are not viewing the weekly free program on the web
called Photoshop TV you're not ready for CS anything. Do it now!
http://www.photoshoptv.com/
Step #4
Download and install a trial version CS3.
Step #5
Start working thru the tutorials that follow.
Step #6
Call me and we'll arrange therapy as needed.
Creative
Photoshop Information - updated 12-17-2007
All the tutorials I keep
track
of are now on my separate tutorials web page
(not that you won't find a zillion
mixed into the sites below)
Why is
Photoshop CS2
the top choice for photographers? See a list of
top
features for photographers, or take a
visual tour.
7
page Adobe .pdf file on CS2
CS2
workflow .pdf
