Getting up to speed
Regardless of your skill level it’s always useful to have a refresher on the basics. I’ve used these two pages to not only document some of Elements’ standard features but also to illustrate how they are used and referred to throughout the book.
The Layers panel
We use the Layers panel all the time when we’re editing images in Elements. It displays all sorts of information about how layers interact with each other. It’s worth taking the time to get to know how it works, and how to use the icons and settings to make our layers behave as we want them to.
The Toolbox
The Toolbox is the most important part of the Elements editor. ...
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