1. Introductory Elements

   1. Chapter 1 Finding Your Way Around Elements

      1. The Welcome Screen
      2. Organizing Your Photos
      3. Editing Your Photos
      4. Getting Started in a Hurry

   2. Chapter 2 Importing and Managing Your Photos

      1. Importing from Cameras
      2. Opening Stored Images
      3. Scanning Photos
      4. Capturing Video Frames
      5. Creating a New File
      6. The Organizer
      7. The File Browser (Mac and Windows)

   3. Chapter 3 Rotating, Resizing, and Saving

      1. Straightening Scanned Photos
      2. Rotating Your Images
      3. Cropping Pictures
      4. Changing Your View of Your Image
      5. Changing the Size of Your Image
      6. Saving Your Work
      7. Backing Up Your Files

   4. Chapter 4 The Quick Fix

      1. The Quick Fix Window
      2. Editing Your Photos

2. Elemental Elements

   1. Chapter 5 Making Selections

      1. Making Quick Selections
      2. Selecting Rectangular and Elliptical Areas
      3. Selecting Irregularly Sized Areas
      4. Changing and Moving Selections

   2. Chapter 6 Layers: The Heart of Elements

      1. Understanding Layers
      2. Creating Layers
      3. Managing Layers
      4. Adding Fill and Adjustment Layers
      5. Moving Layers Between Images

3. Retouching

   1. Chapter 7 Basic Image Retouching

      1. Fixing Exposure Problems
      2. Controlling the Colors You See
      3. Using Levels
      4. Removing Unwanted Color
      5. Choosing the Color You Want
      6. Sharpening Your Images

   2. Chapter 8 Elements for Digital Photographers

      1. The RAW Converter
      2. Photo Filter
      3. Processing Multiple Files

   3. Chapter 9 Retouching 102: Fine-Tuning Your Images

      1. Fixing Blemishes
      2. Applying Patterns
      3. Making Your Colors More Vibrant
      4. Changing the Color of an Object
      5. Making Color Photos Black and White
      6. Creating Spot Color
      7. Colorizing a Black and White Photo
      8. Special Effects

   4. Chapter 10 Creating Panoramas and Transforming Images

      1. Creating Panoramas
      2. Transforming Images

4. Artistic Elements

   1. Chapter 11 Drawing with Brushes, Shapes, and Other Tools

      1. Picking and Using a Basic Brush
      2. The Specialty Brushes
      3. The Impressionist Brush
      4. The Pencil Tool
      5. The Paint Bucket
      6. Dodging and Burning
      7. Blending and Smudging
      8. The Eraser Tool
      9. Drawing with Shapes
      10. The Cookie Cutter

   2. Chapter 12 Filters, Effects, Layer Styles, and Gradients

      1. Using Filters
      2. Adding Effects
      3. Applying Gradients
      4. Gradient Maps

   3. Chapter 13 Type in Elements

      1. Adding Type to an Image
      2. Warping Type
      3. Adding Special Effects
      4. Type Masks: Setting an Image in Type

5. Sharing Your Images

   1. Chapter 14 Printing Your Photos

      1. Getting Ready to Print
      2. Using a Photo Processing Service
      3. Printing from the Editor
      4. Printing from the Organizer (Windows)
      5. Printing Multiple Images (Windows)
      6. Printing Multiple Images (Mac Only)
      7. Creating Projects (Windows Only)

   2. Chapter 15 Elements and the Web

      1. Image Formats and the Web
      2. Saving Images for the Web or Email
      3. Creating Animated GIFs
      4. Emailing Your Photos
      5. Sending Photos to Other Gear (Windows)

   3. Chapter 16 Web Photo Galleries and Slideshows

      1. Web Photo Galleries
      2. Slideshows
      3. PDF Slideshows for the Mac

6. Additional Elements

   1. Chapter 17 Beyond the Basics

      1. Graphics Tablets
      2. Free Stuff from the Internet
      3. Making Elements More Like Photoshop
      4. Beyond This Book

7. Appendixes

   1. Appendix A The Organizer, Menu by Menu

      1. File Menu
      2. Edit
      3. Find
      4. View
      5. Window
      6. Help
      7. Online Support

   2. Appendix B The Editor, Menu by Menu

      1. Photoshop Elements (Mac Only)
      2. File Menu (Windows and Mac)
      3. Edit Menu
      4. Image
      5. Enhance
      6. Layer
      7. Select
      8. View
      9. Window
      10. Help

   3. Appendix C Installation and Troubleshooting

      1. Installing Elements
      2. Troubleshooting

1. Colophon

Philip Dangler was the production editor and the proofreader for Photoshop Elements 3: The Missing Manual. Linley Dolby was the copyeditor. Marlowe Shaeffer and Claire Cloutier provided quality control. Julie Hawks wrote the index. Ellie Volckhausen designed the cover of this book, based on a series design by David Freedman. Rose Cassano created the cover illustration with Adobe Illustrator CS. Ellie Volckhausen produced the cover layout with Adobe InDesign CS using Adobe's Minion and Gill Sans fonts.

Melanie Wang designed the interior layout, based on a series design by Phil Simpson. This book was converted by Andrew Savikas to FrameMaker 5.5.6 with a format conversion tool created by Erik Ray, Jason McIntosh, Neil Walls, and Mike Sierra that uses Perl and XML technologies. The text font is Adobe Minion; the heading font is Adobe Formata Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSans Mono Condensed. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano, Jessamyn Read, and Lesley Borash, using Macromedia FreeHand MX and Adobe Photoshop CS.