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  • Page 1 Windows environment. Navigating in Help Help opens in an Adobe Acrobat window with the Bookmarks pane open. (If the Bookmarks pane is not open, click the Bookmarks tab at the left edge of the window.) At the top and bottom of each page is a navigation bar containing links to this page (Using Help), the table of contents (Contents), and the index (Index).
  • Page 2 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Using Help Using Help Contents Index Back To find a topic using the Search command (Acrobat 6): 1 Choose Edit > Search. 2 Type a word or phrase in the text box and click Search. Acrobat searches the document and displays every occurrence of the word or phrase in the Results area of the Search PDF pane.
  • Page 3 Using Help Contents Index Back Contents Addendum: Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition 4 Installing and Learning to Use Adobe Photoshop Album 12 Photoshop Album Basics 15 Getting Photos into Photoshop Album 25 Organizing Photos 42 Viewing and Finding Photos 79...
  • Page 4 Starting Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition The first time you start the Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition application, you’ll be presented with the Adobe End User License Agreement window. Click Agree to continue using the application. After closing the License Agreement, you’re prompted to register online. Use the Regis- tration Wizard to register and use your copy of Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition.
  • Page 5 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Addendum: Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 Using Help Contents Index Back Using the Quick Guide By default, the Quick Guide window opens when you first start Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition. The Quick Guide is a convenient starting point for key tasks in Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition.
  • Page 6 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Addendum: Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 Using Help Contents Index Back first order is convenient when you need to attach tags to the photos you imported most recently. Date (Oldest First) to show all the photos in chronological order.
  • Page 7 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Addendum: Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 Using Help Contents Index Back Organizing your photos Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition automatically organizes your photos in the photo well based on when they were taken. However, you can enhance the organization, sorting, previewing, and finding of photos by using tags.
  • Page 8 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Addendum: Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 Using Help Contents Index Back For more information and procedures on finding photos using timeline or tags, see the Photoshop Album 2.0 Help. Fixing photos The photos you bring into Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition may not be perfect.
  • Page 9 PDF is a universal file format that can be read by anyone who has the free Adobe Reader software. PDF provides a better photo-viewing experience for your recipients by packaging up all the individual photos into a slideshow, complete with transitions.
  • Page 10 3 The first time you use a provider, an End User License Agreement appears. Click the Agree button to continue. 4 A screen appears to let you know that you’ve left the Adobe Photoshop Album program. From this point, if you need help, refer to the service provider’s customer service or help system.
  • Page 11 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Addendum: Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 Using Help Contents Index Back For more details on sharing your photos through prints, e-mail, or online services, see the Photoshop Album 2.0 Help. Using Help Contents Index...
  • Page 12 CD or disc for viewing on a computer or TV screen. Registration Please register your copy of the application so Adobe can continue to provide you with the highest quality software, offer technical support, and inform you about new Photoshop Album software developments.
  • Page 13 To start Photoshop Album Help: Do one of the following: Press the F1 key. • Choose Help > Adobe Photoshop Album Help from the menu bar. • Click the Help button located in the lower right corner of the Quick Guide window.
  • Page 14 Using Web resources If you have an Internet connection, you can access additional resources for learning Photoshop Album on the Adobe Systems Web site. These resources are continually updated. To access the Adobe home page for your region: Do one of the following: Click the Go to Adobe.com button...
  • Page 15 files on your computer. Now you can spend time enjoying your photos instead of just looking for them. Let Adobe Photoshop Album be the hub to manage your lifetime of photos. With Photoshop Album, you can bring photos into your computer, organize them, find them, view them, fix them, get creative with them, and share them.
  • Page 16 SHARE FIND CREATE Adobe Photoshop Album is the hub of all your work with photos—the fast and easy way to organize and share your lifetime of photos. How Photoshop Album works Adobe Photoshop Album creates links to your photos so it knows where the photo is located, what file format it’s in, and so forth.
  • Page 17 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Photoshop Album Basics Using Help Contents Index Back Photoshop Album also has a powerful tags feature that functions much like attaching keywords to identify your photos. It’s very similar in concept to the use of name tags or luggage tags.
  • Page 18 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Photoshop Album Basics Using Help Contents Index Back By default, the Quick Guide window appears on top of the Photoshop Album work area. The Quick Guide Overview window 2 In the Quick Guide Overview window, do one of the following to start using Photoshop Album immediately: Click a tab.
  • Page 19 Back About the Photoshop Album work area The Adobe Photoshop Album work area is designed to help you get, find, view, organize, and fix photos; make creations; and share those photos and creations. To do all this, the work area is organized into several related components that help you move from one task to another easily and effectively.
  • Page 20 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Photoshop Album Basics Using Help Contents Index Back The shortcuts bar The shortcuts bar displays buttons for common commands, and is located just below the menu bar. You can quickly click these commands as you need them while you’re working in Photoshop Album.
  • Page 21 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Photoshop Album Basics Using Help Contents Index Back In addition, when you drag a creation or collection onto the find bar, the photos in it are displayed in the photo well, replacing any previous view. Find bar expanded with search criteria A.
  • Page 22 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Photoshop Album Basics Using Help Contents Index Back To view the calendar view, simply click the Calendar View button in the shortcuts bar. To switch to the photo well, click the Photo Well button in the shortcuts bar.
  • Page 23 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Photoshop Album Basics Using Help Contents Index Back The Tags pane Photoshop Album automatically organizes your photos in the photo well. However, you can enhance your photo organization by attaching keyword tags to them. Tags are a powerful tool for finding and identifying photos, video clips, audio clips, and creations so...
  • Page 24 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Photoshop Album Basics Using Help Contents Index Back The Properties palette The Properties palette contains detailed information about a selected photo or media file. In the Properties palette, you can view the name of the file, any captions or notes you’ve added to the file, metadata in the file, the dates you imported or modified the file, any...
  • Page 25 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Getting Photos into Photoshop Album Using Help Contents Index Back Getting Photos into Photoshop Album Getting photos from digital cameras or card readers The way you get your photos from a digital camera depends on how your camera attaches to your computer.
  • Page 26 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Getting Photos into Photoshop Album Using Help Contents Index Back Click the Get Photos button in the shortcuts bar and then choose From Camera or • Card Reader. Choose File > Get Photos > From Camera or Card Reader.
  • Page 27 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Getting Photos into Photoshop Album Using Help Contents Index Back Setting camera or card reader preferences Once you’ve set camera or card reader preferences, you may not have to change them unless you would like to get your photos from a different device.
  • Page 28 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Getting Photos into Photoshop Album Using Help Contents Index Back Getting photos from scanners Photoshop Album lets you use a scanner to bring in images of your photos, negatives, and slides. Photoshop Album uses the scanner driver (software made by the manufacturer that allows the scanner to communicate with your computer) installed on your system to get scanned photos.
  • Page 29 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Getting Photos into Photoshop Album Using Help Contents Index Back 4 Choose a file format for the scanned photos from the Save As pop-up menu (see “Working with different file formats in Photoshop Album” on page 39).
  • Page 30 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Getting Photos into Photoshop Album Using Help Contents Index Back Getting photos from CDs and DVDs When you get photos from CDs and DVDs, you can choose whether or not to bring the photos onto the hard disk drive of your computer, or leave them on the CD or DVD, known as keeping them offline.
  • Page 31 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Getting Photos into Photoshop Album Using Help Contents Index Back 5 If you’re keeping a master photo offline, type in a Reference name for the CD or DVD that will make it easy for you to identify the disc in case Photoshop Album requests it at a later time.
  • Page 32 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Getting Photos into Photoshop Album Using Help Contents Index Back Getting photos from your computer When you import photos from your computer’s hard drive, Photoshop Album creates a link to the location of the photos. The original photo files remain in their locations on your computer.
  • Page 33 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Getting Photos into Photoshop Album Using Help Contents Index Back To get all the photos in a folder, navigate to the location of the folder and select it. Then • click Get Photos. If you want to get photos stored in multiple subfolders, navigate to the location of the •...
  • Page 34 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Getting Photos into Photoshop Album Using Help Contents Index Back Searching for files on your computer Often photos are scattered about in many different locations on your computer. Photoshop Album makes it easy to import photos by searching for all the photos and video clips on your computer and then letting you choose which ones you want to import.
  • Page 35 For more information, see “Importing photos from your mobile phone” on page If your carrier is an Adobe service partner, you might be able to use Photoshop Album’s • Online Sharing Services to transfer the photos from your phone to your Photoshop Album catalog.
  • Page 36 Contents Index Back are available to you. You can also refer to the Adobe Web site (http://www.adobe.com/ support/main.html) for the latest information. Make sure your phone saves photos in a file format that Photoshop Album supports; see “Working with different file formats in Photoshop Album” on page 39.
  • Page 37 Back Importing photos using the Online Sharing Service If your mobile phone carrier is an Adobe service partner, you might be able to use Photoshop Album’s Online Sharing Services to transfer the photos from your phone to your Photoshop Album catalog.
  • Page 38 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Getting Photos into Photoshop Album Using Help Contents Index Back 3 Click Search. When the search is complete, the lower area of the dialog box lists all the folders that were found to contain ActiveShare albums. You can preview the items in a folder by clicking on the folder name in the list.
  • Page 39 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Getting Photos into Photoshop Album Using Help Contents Index Back Click Reset to Basic to clear your changes and return to the basic Import Attached Tags • dialog box. 4 Click OK. Photoshop Album imports the photos. The tags you selected are attached to the imported photos.
  • Page 40 flattened into one layer when imported. Photoshop Album can export PSD files (see “Exporting photos” on page 153). PDF The native format of Adobe Acrobat files. You can export creations as PDFs (see “Sharing your photos with Photoshop Album creations” on page 119, and you can make PDF e-mail attachments (see “Sharing photos using e-mail”...
  • Page 41 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Getting Photos into Photoshop Album Using Help Contents Index Back MPEG-1/.mpg MPEG-1 movies are optimized for CD-ROM viewing. MPEG movies are saved in the .mpg format. .mov QuickTime movies are saved in the .mov format. .avi Audio/Video Interleaved format is used for Windows-based movies.
  • Page 42 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Organizing Photos Making sense of your photo collection Photoshop Album lets you organize, sort, preview, and find your photos and video files. It does this by giving you access to these powerful tools: The timeline is especially powerful because Photoshop Album automatically organizes •...
  • Page 43 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Organizing photos in the photo well Photoshop Album automatically organizes your photos in the photo well by their creation date, the batch they were imported in, or folder location. Different views of the photo well and timeline—by date, import batch, or folder location—appear when you choose a view...
  • Page 44 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back To adjust the date and time of a photo or group of photos: 1 Select one or more photos in the photo well. Shift-click to select a series of photos. Ctrl- click to select nonadjacent photos.
  • Page 45 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Once you click OK, Photoshop Album adjusts the timeline to accommodate the updated photo and writes the new date and time to the photo’s file on disk. Note: In the Adjust Date and Time dialog box, you can also select the Change to Match File Date and Time option.
  • Page 46: Do One Of The Following 3 If You Clicked Advanced, The Import Attached Tags (Advanced) Dialog Box Opens. Do Using Help | Contents | Index Back

    Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back For example, you may have family photos located in many different folders on your computer. With Photoshop Album, you can create a Parents tag and attach it to each photo featuring your parents, and then instantly find any photo with that Parents tag,...
  • Page 47 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back To create your own tag: 1 Click the New button in the Tags pane and choose New Tag. (For information on creating categories and subcategories, see “Creating categories and subcategories for tags”...
  • Page 48 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Right-click the selected photo(s) and choose Attach Tag, followed by the name of the • tag you want to attach. Click to select a single tag, Shift-click to select multiple tags in a series, or Ctrl-click to •...
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    Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back You can also move tags and subcategories in the Tags palette to improve the organization of your tags. For more information on subcategories, see “Creating categories and subcat- egories for tags” on page To change a tag’s category, name, or note with the Edit Tag dialog box:...
  • Page 50: Organizing Photos

    Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back 4 To change the portion of the photo included in the icon, resize and move the cropping marquee (the dotted outline). To resize, move the pointer to a corner of the marquee;...
  • Page 51: Using Help | Contents | Index Organizing Photos Back

    Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Organizing tags in the Tags pane Tags are viewed and managed in the Tags pane. All the tags and subcategories you create are displayed along with the ones provided by Photoshop Album. You can create tags under any category or subcategory you want.
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    Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Using the People category, you might create tags under the Family subcategory named “Amanda” and “Bill.” You could then attach these tags to photos with those people in them. If you had a photo with Amanda and Bill in it, you could attach both of those tags to the photo.
  • Page 53 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back All photos with the Hidden tag attached are normally hidden whenever you search for photos or when you click the Show All button . If you want to display hidden photos of a specific subject, select both the Hidden tag and the tag for the desired category or subcat-...
  • Page 54 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back To change the icon a category uses, click the icon you want from the Category Icon list. • To add your own category icons to the list, place 20-pixel by 20-pixel images in the shared_assets\caticons folder located in the Photoshop Album folder.
  • Page 55 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Creating and attaching tags based on existing folder names If you’ve already organized your photos into folders before ever using Photoshop Album, you probably don’t want to lose all the organizing you’ve done. Fortunately, with the Instant Tag button, you can quickly create and apply a tag with a folder’s name to all of the...
  • Page 56 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back 9 Repeat steps 3 through 8 for each folder you want to create an instant tag for. The tag appears in the Tags pane under the category or subcategory you selected and is applied to all items in that folder.
  • Page 57 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back 3 If you selected small or medium tags, you can select the Alphabetical Order option to view your tags in alphabetical order regardless of their category or subcategory. 4 Click OK.
  • Page 58 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back In short, you can think of a tag as a marker of photos, and a collection as a container of photos. Use collections to organize your photos when making a creation.
  • Page 59 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back For example, suppose you have photos from your trip to Japan. You could create a collection called “Ten Best Japan Photos” and put your ten favorite photos from that trip into that collection, and organize the photos from tenth best photo to the best photo.
  • Page 60 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Click the check box next to the collection. • Drag the collection from the Collections pane to the find bar just above the photo well. • Note: Items that have the Hidden tag attached always appear when you display a collection in the photo well.
  • Page 61 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Drag the photo in the photo well into the collection in the Collections pane. • Select the photo you want. Then right-click and choose Add to Collection, followed by •...
  • Page 62 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back The photos are part of the selected collections. If this is the first time you have put a photo into the collection, the photo becomes the icon for that collection. If you dragged multiple photos onto a collection, the first selected photo becomes the icon for the collection.
  • Page 63 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back To remove multiple photos from a collection: 1 In the photo well, select the photos you want to remove from a collection. Shift-click to select multiple photos in a series. Ctrl-click to select nonadjacent photos.
  • Page 64 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back 4 To change the portion of the photo included in the icon, resize and move the cropping marquee (the dotted outline). To resize, move the pointer to a corner of the marquee;...
  • Page 65 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back To move a single photo, drag the photo to its new position. • To move multiple photos, Shift-click to select multiple photos in a series or Ctrl-click to •...
  • Page 66 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Viewing information about a photo The Properties palette contains detailed information about a selected photo or media file. In the Properties palette, you can view the name of the file, any captions or notes you’ve added to the file, metadata in the file, the dates you imported or modified the file, any...
  • Page 67 finding them. Captions can be used in creations, printed in contact sheets, and viewed in a Web Photo Gallery or Adobe Atmosphere 3D Gallery. For more information on using captions and notes to find photos, see “Finding...
  • Page 68 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Captions can be added at any time after you bring photos into Photoshop Album. However, if you plan to use captions in a Photoshop Album creation such as an album, slideshow, video CD, calendar, photo book, Web Photo Gallery, or Atmosphere 3D Gallery, you must add a caption before making your creation.
  • Page 69 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Adding notes to photos Descriptive notes are an excellent way of identifying a photo and recording information you don’t want to lose about your photos. The Notes text box in the Properties palette lets you enter and view information such as personal reminiscences or anecdotes about a photo.
  • Page 70 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back To record a caption, click the Record button in the audio window and begin speaking • into the microphone set up for your computer. Click the Record button again when you’ve finished your audio caption.
  • Page 71 Organizing photos into catalogs Adobe Photoshop Album creates links to your photos so that it knows where the photo is located, what file format it’s in, what tags are attached to it, and so forth. Photoshop Album does this by keeping information about your photos, video clips, and audio clips in a database of information called the catalog.
  • Page 72 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back The path, filename, and volume name of the original, full-resolution file (if the original • file is stored offline, in other words, left on the CD or DVD) The path and filename of the original, unedited file (if the file has been edited) •...
  • Page 73 3 Click OK Opening existing catalogs Occasionally, more than one catalog is available for Adobe Photoshop Album. For example, another member of your family may have his or her own catalog in order to set up a separate set of photos and tags. (For more information, see “Creating new catalogs...
  • Page 74 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Copying catalogs The Save As option in the Catalog dialog box creates a new copy of your current catalog and then opens it as your new catalog, retaining your old one. This is useful, for instance, if...
  • Page 75 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back 2 Choose File > Backup from the menu bar. Note: Backup backs up only the currently open catalog. If you have multiple catalogs, be sure to open the one you want to back up.
  • Page 76 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back 9 If you’re making an incremental backup, locate or insert the media containing the last full backup. Then follow the on-screen directions to insert the media on which you want to make the incremental backup.
  • Page 77 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Choose a speed at which to burn the items. The highest possible speed for your drive • and CD/DVD media is chosen by default. If that speed doesn’t work, try progressively lower speeds until you find one that works.
  • Page 78 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Organizing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Restore from CD or DVD if your backup files are on either of these media. • Restore from Hard Disk or Other Storage Volume if your backup files are on your hard •...
  • Page 79 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Viewing and Finding Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Viewing and Finding Photos Viewing photos in the photo well Photos, video clips, audio clips, and creations appear in the photo well organized in grids of thumbnails you can resize. The buttons in the options bar help you organize and sort files in the photo well.
  • Page 80 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Viewing and Finding Photos Using Help Contents Index Back At the far right of the thumbnail slider is the single photo view, which shows one photo at a time in the photo well. If Details is selected in the options bar, you can view and edit the photo’s caption or audio annotation in single photo view.
  • Page 81 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Viewing and Finding Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Sorting files in the photo well Photoshop Album gives you different ways to sort your catalog in the photo well. You can also decide what kind of media files appear in the photo well.
  • Page 82 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Viewing and Finding Photos Using Help Contents Index Back 3 Select Show File Names in Details to display the file name of each photo in the photo well when the Details option is selected in the options bar.
  • Page 83 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Viewing and Finding Photos Using Help Contents Index Back 2 Choose an option from the Photo Well Arrangement menu. (See “Sorting files in the photo well” on page 81.) 3 Do one of the following: Click and drag the timeline endpoint markers in or out to the range you’d like to view.
  • Page 84 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Viewing and Finding Photos Using Help Contents Index Back To switch to the calendar view, simply click the Calendar View button in the shortcuts bar. To switch to the photo well, click the Photo Well button in the shortcuts bar.
  • Page 85 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Viewing and Finding Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Click the name of the year to display a list of years from which you can choose. • Choosing a different month in the calendar view A. Click the month to display a list of months B. The list shows which months contain photos 3 Click the day of interest.
  • Page 86 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Viewing and Finding Photos Using Help Contents Index Back To view photos in the day view: 1 Select the day you want to view and click the Day button 2 Do one of the following: To view a photo, click its thumbnail in the column to the right.
  • Page 87 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Viewing and Finding Photos Using Help Contents Index Back In the month and year views of the calendar, holidays and events are displayed using special colors. Holidays and events displayed in the calendar view A. Examples of holidays B. Examples of custom events You can use the Preferences dialog box to add, remove, and edit events.
  • Page 88 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Viewing and Finding Photos Using Help Contents Index Back 3 Select any holidays you want to note in the calendar view. Click Select All or Select None to note all or none of the holidays. 4 Add, delete, and edit events as desired: To add an event, click New and enter information in the Create New Event dialog box.
  • Page 89 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Viewing and Finding Photos Using Help Contents Index Back 2 A list of the photos you’ve printed appears. Double-click an item to see the photos. For more information about printing photos, see “Printing photos at home” on page 154.
  • Page 90 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Viewing and Finding Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Finding photos using tags Photoshop Album has plenty of tools to help you find your photos. By attaching a tag to your photos and other media (see “Attaching tags to and removing tags from photos”...
  • Page 91 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Viewing and Finding Photos Using Help Contents Index Back To find untagged items: Choose Find > Untagged Items to see all the photos in your catalog that don’t have tags assigned to them. Best matches, close matches, and not matching photos...
  • Page 92 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Viewing and Finding Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Using the find bar The find bar performs quick searches when you drag tags onto it. When not in use, the find bar is a horizontal bar right above the photo well. When you drag a tag onto it, the find bar automatically expands so you can see the tags you’ve added to the search.
  • Page 93 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Viewing and Finding Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Finding photos with the Favorites tag or the Hidden tag The Favorites tag helps you easily find your favorite photos, video clips, audio clips, or creations. When the Favorites tag is attached to a photo, it has preference in searches with the Favorites tag as a search criteria.
  • Page 94 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Viewing and Finding Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Finding photos by filename, caption, or annotation You can find photos by entering a word or phrase used in the photo’s filename (the name they are saved under), caption, or note.
  • Page 95 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Viewing and Finding Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Setting preferences for instant slideshows You can personalize your instant slideshows by setting slideshow preferences. To set slideshow preferences: 1 Choose Edit > Preferences, and then select Slideshow from the list of preferences on the left side of the dialog box.
  • Page 96 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Viewing and Finding Photos Using Help Contents Index Back To view video clips: 1 Double-click the video clip in the photo well. 2 When the Photoshop Album Media Player appears, click the Play button to start the video.
  • Page 97 To find photos used in Adobe Atmosphere 3D Galleries: 1 Choose Find > By History > In Adobe Atmosphere 3D Galleries. 2 A list of Atmosphere galleries appears. Select an item to view the media used in the gallery.
  • Page 98 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Fixing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Fixing Photos Fixing your photos Nobody takes perfect photos all the time. Problems with a photo’s orientation, exposure, color balance, and framing are common. Fortunately, Photoshop Album has tools to fix the most common photo problems right within the application.
  • Page 99 3 Make sure that your monitor has been on for at least 30 minutes. If your monitor isn’t warmed up, the colors it displays may not be accurate. 4 Start Adobe Gamma, located in the Control Panels folder or in the Program Files/ Common Files/Adobe/Calibration folder on your hard drive.
  • Page 100 Contents Index Back name for the profile. When you are finished with Adobe Gamma, save the profile using the same description name. (If you do not have a default profile, contact your monitor manufacturer for appropriate phosphor specifications.) To use a compact version of the utility with all the controls in one place, select Control •...
  • Page 101 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Fixing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Fixing photos in Photoshop Album The photos you bring into Photoshop Album may not be perfect. They may need to be rotated, cropped, lightened, sharpened, or otherwise adjusted. Photoshop Album provides a variety of ways to fix your photos.
  • Page 102 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Fixing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Using the Fix Photo dialog box The Fix Photo dialog box lets you make a variety of adjustments to a photo, all within a single dialog box. It provides “before” and “after” previews of the photo being fixed as well as controls for zooming in on and zooming out from the preview, and undoing changes.
  • Page 103 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Fixing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back To open the Fix Photo dialog box: 1 Select one or more photos in the photo well or a single photo in the calendar view. 2 Call up the Fix Photo dialog box: Click the Fix button in the shortcuts bar, and choose Fix Photo.
  • Page 104 Otherwise, the colors you see on screen may not represent what you see when you print the photo. You can calibrate your monitor with the included Adobe Gamma utility. (See “Calibrating your monitor” on page 99.)
  • Page 105 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Fixing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back In photos taken in bright light, shadows are often so dark that they show little detail. You can lighten such shadows using the Lighten Shadows slider. Before and after lightening shadows in a photo To adjust lighting in a photo: 1 Select a photo in the photo well.
  • Page 106 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Fixing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Adjusting color in photos The Fix Color options let you adjust the color in photos. The Correct Color slider controls the amount of the color correction and the Adjust Temperature slider adjusts the image tone from cooler to warmer.
  • Page 107 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Fixing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Adjusting sharpness in photos The Sharpen Photo option adds clarity to a photo by reducing the fuzziness of the edges of an object. Note however, that because this feature sharpens only the edges of objects, it cannot correct a photo that is out of focus.
  • Page 108 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Fixing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back 6 If necessary, move or resize the rectangle in the preview image so the eye is centered inside the rectangle. To move the rectangle, position the pointer inside it and drag. To resize the rectangle, drag any of the resize handles on the rectangle.
  • Page 109 If a photo has a edited version that was created outside of Album (for example, with • Adobe Photoshop Elements), the auto fix operations on that photo can’t be undone with the Fix Photo window. You can undo the effects of the Auto Fix command with the Undo command as long as •...
  • Page 110 fix photos. In this case, we recommend that you use Adobe Photoshop Elements or Adobe Photoshop. With these applications, Photoshop Album manages the whole process for you, so you never need to worry about losing track of the photo file.
  • Page 111 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Fixing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Click the Fix button in the shortcuts bar, and choose Edit with Photoshop Elements (if • installed) or Edit with Photoshop (if installed). Choose Edit > Edit with, followed by the name of the application.
  • Page 112 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Fixing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back 6 Finish the external editing to make the changes appear in Photoshop Album: Choose Edit > Finish External Edit. • Select the unedited photo in the photo well. Then right-click and choose Finish External •...
  • Page 113 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Fixing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back If you selected multiple photos, choose Edit > Replace Selected Originals with Edited. • You can also right-click and choose Replace Selected Originals with Edited. Duplicating photos To create multiple versions of a photo which you can edit differently, you can use the Duplicate command to create a copy of the photo.
  • Page 114 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Fixing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back The most common reasons that Photoshop Album may have difficulty finding a file include: Moving files to a different folder or drive not using Photoshop Album. To prevent this •...
  • Page 115 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Fixing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Select one or more items with the file missing icon in the photo well. Then choose • Edit > Reconnect Missing File. You can also right-click the item and choose Reconnect Missing File from the context menu.
  • Page 116 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Fixing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back reconnect. This option has the same effect as deleting the item(s) from the photo well without deleting them from the hard disk. Reconnecting multiple missing files A. Select one or more missing items from an old folder location. B. Navigate to the new folder location C.
  • Page 117 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Fixing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back To move files: 1 In the photo well, select one or more items you want to move. 2 Choose File > Move. 3 Click Browse in the dialog box that appears.Then navigate to locate and select the folder into which you want to move the selected items.
  • Page 118 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Fixing Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Copying photos to other applications You can copy photos and video clips from your Photoshop Album catalog to other appli- cations by dragging them or using the Copy and Paste commands. However, Photoshop Album does not track any changes you make to a photo in the other application unless you reimport it.
  • Page 119 The wizard lets you choose from an assortment of templates depending on what you want to create. To get even more templates, just click the Download New Templates button in the Creations Wizard to download additional templates from Adobe photo merchandise partners.
  • Page 120 134, and “Creating photo books” on page 135. Note: The Web Photo Gallery and Adobe Atmosphere 3D Gallery are not created using the Creations Wizard. For more information about these gallery options, see “Creating a photo gallery for the Internet” on page 138 “Creating an Adobe Atmosphere 3D Gallery for...
  • Page 121 Adobe Reader software. PDF provides a better photo-viewing experience for your recipients by packaging up all the individual photos into a slideshow, complete with transitions. Your recipients can download the free Adobe Reader from the Adobe Web site (http://www.adobe.com). Using Help...
  • Page 122 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Making Creations from Your Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Adding and arranging photos in your creation You add photos and video clips to your creation using step 4 of the Creations Wizard. Once you’ve added the photos you want to include, you can rearrange, duplicate, or remove them.
  • Page 123 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Making Creations from Your Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Click the Include Hidden check box to display items that have the Hidden tag. Hidden • items are not displayed in the Add Photos to Creation dialog box unless you click this check box.
  • Page 124 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Making Creations from Your Photos Using Help Contents Index Back To rearrange photos in your creation: In step 4 of the Creations Wizard, select one or more photos and drag them to a different position. A yellow line indicates where the photo will be placed when you release the mouse button.
  • Page 125 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Making Creations from Your Photos Using Help Contents Index Back To preview your creation: Click the navigation buttons in step 5 of the Creations Wizard or click the Full Screen Preview button . In the Full Screen Preview, if your creation has multiple pages, they are displayed as a slideshow (even if your creation type is not a slideshow).
  • Page 126 1 In step 1 of the Creations Wizard, click the Download New Templates button. A dialog box appears. 2 Make sure Adobe Services Download Templates is selected, and then click OK. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to finish downloading new templates.
  • Page 127: Making Creations From Your Photos

    Adobe Photoshop Album Help Making Creations from Your Photos Using Help Contents Index Back To create an album: 1 Use the Creations Wizard to create an album. For instructions on using the Creations Wizard, see “Making creations using the Creations Wizard” on page 119.
  • Page 128 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Making Creations from Your Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Creating slideshows Slideshows automatically present your photos in the sequence you specify. Photoshop Album slideshows also include a control panel to let the viewer control the playback.
  • Page 129 first page at full-screen and then automatically play the rest of its photos. If this option is not selected, the slideshow opens in an Adobe Reader (or Adobe Acrobat) window. Then, the viewer can choose to either play the slideshow or view the pages in the Adobe Reader window (but without audio, video, or transitions).
  • Page 130 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Making Creations from Your Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Creating video CDs Video CDs are designed primarily for viewing on a television when played in a DVD player. Video CDs can also be played on a computer if it has a DVD drive and DVD player software compatible with the video CD format.
  • Page 131 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Making Creations from Your Photos Using Help Contents Index Back High Quality Select this option if you want your video CD to have a higher image resolution. If you select High Quality, your video CD will not include background music or transitions.
  • Page 132 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Making Creations from Your Photos Using Help Contents Index Back 4 Click next or step 5 to preview your greeting card and customize it by repositioning or resizing the photo. For more information, see “Previewing and customizing creations” on page 124.
  • Page 133 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Making Creations from Your Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Play Audio Captions Select this option to play an audio caption that you previously recorded for the photo in your eCard. For more information on making audio captions, see “Adding audio captions to photos”...
  • Page 134 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Making Creations from Your Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Creating calendars Making your own calendars is a great way to enjoy your photos every month of the year. Photoshop Album provides a variety of templates for creating calendars that you can print on your home printer.
  • Page 135 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Making Creations from Your Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Creating photo books When you want a special way to preserve your memories, consider creating a photo book. You can have your photos put into an elegant hardcover book from a professional publisher.
  • Page 136 “Making creations using the Creations Wizard” on page 119. Click Order Online under Output Options to have an Adobe photo merchandise partner print your book. Follow the on-screen instructions to place your order. Burning your creation to a CD or DVD You can burn a slideshow creation to a CD or DVD.
  • Page 137 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Making Creations from Your Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Opening saved creations When you click the Done button in the Creations Wizard, Photoshop Album saves your creation for you. Saved creations appear in the photo well along with all your photos. The creations are identified with a creations icon .
  • Page 138 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Making Creations from Your Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Creating a photo gallery for the Internet Creating a Web Photo Gallery is an easy way to share your photos on the Internet. You don’t have to know anything about HTML programming to create a photo gallery because Photoshop Album does all the work for you.
  • Page 139 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Making Creations from Your Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Font and Size To label your gallery thumbnails, choose Font and Size options in the Captions section, and then select one or more Use options: Filename, Caption, and Date.
  • Page 140 Creating an Adobe Atmosphere 3D Gallery for the Internet Making an Adobe Atmosphere 3D Gallery is a unique and creative way to share your photos on the Internet. Your photos are placed on the walls of a virtual gallery building, where users can “walk around”...
  • Page 141 Adobe Atmosphere 3D Gallery files. 6 Type a name in the Site Folder text box for the folder that will contain your gallery files. When you’re done creating the Adobe Atmosphere 3D Gallery, you’ll copy the files in this folder to a Web server.
  • Page 142 Viewing and navigating the Adobe Atmosphere 3D Gallery Once an Adobe Atmosphere 3D gallery is opened using a Web browser, you can walk around it in a number of ways. The simplest is to click the “Start Guided Tour” button and you will be moved through the gallery, seeing the photos along the wall.
  • Page 143 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Making Creations from Your Photos Using Help Contents Index Back 2 Choose Edit > Set as Desktop Wallpaper. Note: You can also make a Windows XP screen saver from Photoshop Album. Select the photos you want to use and export them to a new folder (give the new folder a name like “screen saver.”) Use the Windows XP Display control panel to create your screen saver...
  • Page 144 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Sharing, Printing, and Exporting Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Sharing, Printing, and Exporting Photos Working with photo resolution The size you can print your photo is determined by its resolution, which is measured in pixels per inch (ppi). Pixels are the tiny squares that make up digital photos. The number of pixels on each side of a photo are known as the pixel dimensions of a photo.
  • Page 145 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Sharing, Printing, and Exporting Photos Using Help Contents Index Back If you have a photo with a low resolution, you can’t increase the quality of the photo by simply making it larger. You’ll end up with a grainy photo, because the pixels are too large.
  • Page 146 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Sharing, Printing, and Exporting Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Sharing photos using e-mail Photoshop Album does all the work of creating attachments for e-mail by generating a preaddressed e-mail message with attached images or PDF slideshows. Before you start e- mailing photos and creations, you need to set e-mail preferences (see “Setting e-mail...
  • Page 147 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Sharing, Printing, and Exporting Photos Using Help Contents Index Back recipient to have the best viewing experience, or if download speed isn't a big concern (if you and the recipient have a high-speed Internet connection). Medium to send a good-quality photo. The file size of individual photos will be about •...
  • Page 148 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Sharing, Printing, and Exporting Photos Using Help Contents Index Back If you use the contact book to address your photo-sharing e-mail, then Photoshop Album tracks who you’ve shared each photo with. You can then find photos later according to who you’ve shared them with (see...
  • Page 149 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Sharing, Printing, and Exporting Photos Using Help Contents Index Back E-mailing files When you want to share your photos with friends and family, you can quickly attach images to an e-mail message with the click of a button. If your photos have tags attached, you can include the tags with your attachments, and recipients with Photoshop Album 2.0...
  • Page 150 PDF is a universal file format that can be read by anyone, anywhere, who has the free Adobe Reader software on his or her computer. PDF provides a better photo-viewing experience for your recipients by packaging up all the individual photos into a slideshow, complete with transitions.
  • Page 151 Album creates a PDF file that can be viewed on the handheld. Note: To send photos to your Palm OS handheld, you must have Adobe Reader for Palm OS installed on your computer. You can download the free Adobe Reader for Palm OS from the Adobe Web site (http://www.adobe.com).
  • Page 152 Photoshop Album resizes the photos for viewing on your handheld and generates a PDF file containing the photos. The file is sent to the Adobe Reader for Palm OS software installed on your computer. Adobe Reader might display messages about PDF file; click OK to continue.
  • Page 153 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Sharing, Printing, and Exporting Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Exporting photos When you need to create a copy of a photo for use in a project involving another program, you can export it. The file format you choose depends on how you plan to use the image.
  • Page 154 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Sharing, Printing, and Exporting Photos Using Help Contents Index Back 6 If you are exporting more than one file, do one of the following: Select Original Names to use the current name of the photos. •...
  • Page 155 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Sharing, Printing, and Exporting Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Use the Print Selected Photos dialog box to choose options for your printed photos. The left side of the dialog box shows the selected photos, and the right side shows a preview of each page of the print job.
  • Page 156 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Sharing, Printing, and Exporting Photos Using Help Contents Index Back To specify measurement units for printing: 1 Choose Edit > Preferences, and then click General. 2 Under Measurement Units, select either Inches or Centimeters/Millimeters to specify the units of measurement you would like Photoshop Album to use.
  • Page 157 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Sharing, Printing, and Exporting Photos Using Help Contents Index Back will fit on a page, you can scroll through the pages using the Forward button and the Backward button below the preview at the right side of the dialog box.
  • Page 158 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Sharing, Printing, and Exporting Photos Using Help Contents Index Back Printing a picture package A picture package prints each selected photo in a variety of sizes, similar to portraits purchased from a professional photographer. All you need to do is select the layout you want, and then Photoshop Album fills the page.
  • Page 159 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Sharing, Printing, and Exporting Photos Using Help Contents Index Back 6 Each selected photo prints on its own page. To preview each page of the print job, click the Forward and Backward buttons below the preview. It may take Photoshop Album a few seconds to update the preview.
  • Page 160 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Sharing, Printing, and Exporting Photos Using Help Contents Index Back The Print Selected Photos dialog box appears. The left side of the dialog box shows the selected photos, and the right side of the dialog box shows a preview of each page in the print job.
  • Page 161: A Screen Appears To Let You Know That You've Left The Adobe Photoshop Album

    3 The first time you use a provider, an End User License Agreement appears. Click the Agree button to continue. 4 A screen appears to let you know that you’ve left the Adobe Photoshop Album program. From this point, if you need help, refer to the service provider’s customer service or help system.
  • Page 162 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Sharing, Printing, and Exporting Photos Using Help Contents Index Back To check for new online services: 1 Choose Online Services > Check for New Services. 2 A dialog box appears as Photoshop Album checks the services for changes.
  • Page 163 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Shortcuts Using Help Contents Index Back Shortcuts Navigating Result Action Moves selection in photo well, calendar, Up Arrow/Down Arrow/Left Arrow/Right and creations up/down/left/right Arrow Moves up in photo well and creations Page Up without changing selection.
  • Page 164 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Shortcuts Using Help Contents Index Back Zooms in Ctrl + + Zooms out Ctrl + – Views at 100% Ctrl + Alt + 0 Fits in preview window Ctrl + 0 Undoes Ctrl + Z Redoes...
  • Page 165 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Shortcuts Using Help Contents Index Back Viewing the calendar Result Action Goes to subset view (day > month > year) Goes to superset view (year > month > day) Starts automatic sequencing in day view Enter...
  • Page 166 The content of this guide is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Adobe Systems Incorporated.
  • Page 167 Adobe Acrobat in eCards Adobe ActiveShare albums in slideshows Adobe Atmosphere 3D Gallery command playing Adobe Gamma audio clips, selecting Adobe PhotoDeluxe Audio window Adobe PhotoDeluxe catalogs Auto Fix command 109, Adobe Photoshop .avi file format...
  • Page 168 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Index Using Help Contents Index Back A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z BMP file format editing in calendar...
  • Page 169 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Index Using Help Contents Index Back A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z order of photos Copy command...
  • Page 170 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Index Using Help Contents Index Back A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Delete Category command Edit with Default Editor command...
  • Page 171 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Index Using Help Contents Index Back A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Automatically Search for and Reconnect...
  • Page 172 Import Batch (sort) command Get Photos (by searching) command Imported On (find) command Get Photos (from camera or card reader) In Adobe Atmosphere 3D Galleries (find) command command Get Photos (from files and folders) command In Web Photo Galleries (find) command...
  • Page 173 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Index Using Help Contents Index Back A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Manage Accounts command New (creation) command...
  • Page 174 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Index Using Help Contents Index Back A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z using tags 23, Folder Location...
  • Page 175 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Index Using Help Contents Index Back A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z picture package pixel dimension...
  • Page 176 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Index Using Help Contents Index Back A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z image data Share Services command...
  • Page 177 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Index Using Help Contents Index Back A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z support Alphabetical Order option...
  • Page 178 Adobe Photoshop Album Help Index Using Help Contents Index Back A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z using the timeline in the photo well...

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