I'm often asked by new digi-scrappers how to get started in Photoshop Elements. I hope this quick tutorial helps!
Open a new file.
Choose settings of 3600x3600 pixels for a 300 dpi page, or
2400x2400 for a 200dpi page. This is
your choice based on which products you purchase. Print quality is 240dpi, but most people
don’t notice any degradation in quality using 200 dpi products. For 200dpi file sizes are much smaller so if
hard drive space is an issue you may want to go that route. I always name my
files as scrapbook_date_title so that they are easy to find and sort by
chronological order. I use the date of the photo, not the current date as that
is already stored in the computer when you save. Click OK.
Press Ctrl+O or File>Open
and browse to the page kit you want to use.
Open the BGs and Elements. These are the graphics of the kit. Also open the photos you want to use. You will see all of these items in your
project bin, usually at the bottom of your page.
Drag your kit pieces into your empty file from the project
bin. Some people will copy and paste
them, but if you drag them in, you retain the file names and that’s helpful
when writing your credits. Everything
you drag in will show in your layers palette on the side of your screen. Think of the layers as all of the layers in a
paper scrapbook page. They show from the
top to the bottom.
If you want to resize or rotate an item, make sure you have
your move tool selected. It’s the top
one in the column at the left. The
handles of the element make it easy to rotate or resize. Try not to use the side handles, only the
corner ones to avoid distorting things.
Add text with the text tool.
PSE uses all of the fonts installed on your computer.
Save as a jpg for printing and as a psd for future
edits. I hope that helps!
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