Adobe 29180155 - Photoshop Elements 4.0 Tutorial page 15

If you've worked with image-editing applications before, you'll find that the Expert mode provides a flexible and powerful image-correction
environment. It has lighting and color-correction commands, along with tools for fixing image defects, making selections, adding text, and painting
on your images. You can rearrange the Expert workspace to best suit your needs. You can move, hide, and show panels, and arrange panels in
the Panel Bin. You can also zoom in or out of the photo, scroll to a different area of the document window, and create multiple windows and views.
Photoshop Elements in Expert mode
A. Inactive tab B. Active tab C. Active image area D. Menu bar E. Options bar F. Toolbox G. Tool Options bar / Photo bin H. Taskbar I. Panel bar
Contains menus for performing tasks. The menus are organized by topic. For example, the Enhance menu contains commands for
Menu bar
applying adjustments to an image.
Mode selector Contains buttons to enter the three available editing modes. Also, contains the Open (recently used files) drop-down and the
Create (photo projects) drop-down.
Toolbox Holds tools for editing images.
Panel bin Logically grouped features, actions, or controls.
Photo Bin / Tools Options
and sets options for the currently selected tool)
Taskbar Displays the most frequently used actions as buttons, for quick and easy access.
Use context menus
You can use context menus in both the Photo Editor and Organizer workspaces. Context-sensitive menus display commands that are relevant to
the active tool, selection, or panel. These menus are often another way to access the commands in the main menus.
1. Position the pointer over an image or panel item.
Note: Not all panels offer context menus.
2. Right-click and choose a command from the menu.
Using keyboard commands and modifier keys
You can use keyboard shortcuts in both the Photo Editor and Organizer workspaces. Keyboard commands let you quickly execute commands
without using a menu; modifier keys let you alter how a tool operates. When available, the keyboard command appears to the right of the
command name in the menu.
Exit Photoshop Elements
To exit Photoshop Elements, close both the Photo Editor and Organizer workspaces—closing one does not automatically close the other.
1. From any workspace, do one of the following:
In Windows, choose File > Exit. In Mac, choose Photoshop Elements > Quit Photoshop Elements.
Click the Close button (X) in the upper-right corner of the workspace.
Toggles between Photo Bin (display and manage thumbnails of currently used photos) and Tools Options (displays
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