Photoshop Elements 9 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide

Chapter 3. Creating and Managing Images

In This Chapter

Understanding Resolution and Image Size 70

Creating a New Image 72

Changing Image Size and Resolution 73

Getting Information about Your Image 77

Arranging Windows 79

Arranging Multiple Views 80

Using Rulers 81

Setting Up the Grid 82

So far, I’ve introduced Photoshop Elements and worked mostly in the Organizer, importing and arranging photos for manipulation later. But Elements is based on the code from Photoshop, the industrial-strength image editor used by the pros. As such, it’s important to build a foundation of knowledge about digital images in preparation for editing them later.

This chapter offers some basic guidelines on adjusting image size and resolution. If you want to e-mail ...