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About the Author Barbara Obermeier is principal of Obermeier Design, a graphic design studio in California. She is currently a faculty member in the School of Design at Brooks Institute. Ted Padova is an internationally recognized authority on Adobe Acrobat, PDF, and digital imaging. Product Description Create your photo vision with Photoshop Elements 10 Photoshop Elements is the top selling consumer photo editing software and Adobe continues to add innovative features that allow digital photo enthusiasts to do it all. This value-packed reference combines nine content-rich minibooks in one complete package. User-friendly and detailed, it covers the key features and tools that beginner and experienced users need to create high-quality images for print, e-mail, and the web using Photoshop Elements 10. Presented in full color, this resource goes beyond the basics of the application and is undoubtedly the most comprehensive Elements book on the market. Explores filters, effects, styles, and distortions Shows you how to enhance your images by painting, drawing, and typing Walks you through working with layers and masks Details ways to retouch and enhance your photos Checks out the toolbox, options, and other essential menus You'll be a digital imaging pro in a snap with Photoshop Elements 10 All-in-One For Dummies! From the Back Cover Bring out the best in your photos with Photoshop Elements 10. It's a snap with this handy guide. What's your favorite photo tool? Whether you're a cell phone point-and-shooter or a real DSLR pro, all the world's a photo op these days — and Photoshop Elements is the premier software for designing, editing, organizing, and sharing photos. The nine easy-to-follow minibooks in this guide will get you up and running with Photoshop Elements in a flash. Focus on the fundamentals — Books I and II introduce you to working in your workspace, exploring the tools and menus, and acquiring images from cameras, scanners, cell phones, and tablets Get the picture — grasp the essentials of resolution and color modes, file formats, and Photoshop Elements' magical selection tools, in Books III and IV Earn your artistic license — create awesome effects using the Brush and other painting tools, layers, and filters, in Books V, VI, and VII Makeovers, simple to extreme — Book VIII covers techniques to lighten, darken, smooth, soften, sharpen, and generally improve your images Go viral — Book IX covers the latest options for posting to your favorite social networks and mobile devices, as well as creating slide shows, photo books, greeting cards, and more Open the book and find: Steps for setting up your Elements workspace How to acquire, save, and export images Easy ways to fix flaws and undo mistakes The Camera Raw format demystified How to get creative with layers, masks, filters, and effects Tips for sharing photos on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks Techniques for retouching and enhancing images Advice on sharing photos with iOS and Android devices 9 Books in One Introducing Elements Elements Fundamentals Image Essentials Selections Painting, Drawing, and Typing Working with Layers and Masks Filters, Effects, Styles, and Distortions Retouching and Enhancing Creating and Sharing with Elements