Photo projects help you create professional-looking photo books, greeting cards, photo calendars, photo collages, CD/DVD jackets, and CD/DVD labels in a jiffy. The Create button, available in the upper-right corner of the Photoshop Elements window, lists the available photo projects in Photoshop Elements.
Photo projects are saved in the Photo Projects Format (.pse) format. You can print the photo projects on your home printer, save to your hard drive, or share via email.

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If you are creating large photo projects with many pages, you will need at least 1 GB of RAM for optimum performance.

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- Add a photo: Click Computer to add a photos stored on your computer. Or, click Organizer to select photos from your catalog or albums.
Add photos from computer or Organizer- Replace a photo: Right-click on the photo you want to replace. From the context menu, choose Replace Photo to open the Choose Photo dialog and select the desired photo from your computer to replace.
Remove or replace a photo- Remove a photo: Right-click on the photo you want to remove. From the context menu, choose Remove Photo.
- Swap photos: You can swap photos in between frames of your photo collage. Right-click on a photo that you want to swap, select the Drag to Swap Photo option, drag the photo onto the photo frame with which you want to swap the photo. When you see a double-arrow cursor, drop the photo. Photos between the source and target frames are swapped.
Easily swap photos in your collage - Add a photo: Click Computer to add a photos stored on your computer. Or, click Organizer to select photos from your catalog or albums.
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(Optional) Double-click on a photo to display the heads-up-display (HUD). Use the HUD to rotate your photo left or right, zoom in or out, replace the photo, or you can also delete the photo. Once you have made the desired changes, click the green check mark to commit your changes.
Use the HUD to rotate, zoom, replace, or remove a photo -
(Optional) Click Advanced Mode or Basic Mode to set the mode in which you want to view and modify the photos you want to work with.
In the Basic mode, you can add text and move text or graphics.
In the Advanced mode, you get the complete toolbox and layer option. You can use the options to retouch the images and edit layers.
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Do one of the following to save the photo collage:
- In the Taskbar, click Save. You can save your photo collage in various formats such as, Photoshop, BMP, JPEG, PNG, and more.
- Click File > Save. By default, the collage/project is saved in your Pictures folder, although you can save collage/projects to another location.
- Press Ctrl+S (Windows) or Command+S (Mac OS).
- In the Taskbar, click Save. You can save your photo collage in various formats such as, Photoshop, BMP, JPEG, PNG, and more.
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The project opens with following options in the lower-right corner:
- Pages: Shows you the pages of the photo collage
- Layout: Shows the layout of the photo collage
- Graphics: Lets you change the background, frames, and graphics in the photo collage
Do the following:
- Add photos to your photo collage.
- Add the background.
- Add frames if you want to add more photos on one page.
- Add graphics if necessary.
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(Optional) Click Advanced Mode or Basic Mode to set the mode in which you want to view and modify the photos you want to work with.
In the Basic mode, you can add text and move text or graphics.
In the Advanced mode, you get the complete toolbox and layer option. You can use the options to retouch the images and edit layers.
Photo books are great keepsakes for your memories. With various size and theme options, Photoshop Elements makes it easy to create photo books.
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The project opens with following options in the lower-right corner:
- Pages: Shows you the pages of the photo book
- Layout: Shows the layout of the photo book
- Graphics: Lets you change the background, frames, and graphics in the photo book
Do the following:
- Add photos to your photo book.
- Add the background.
- Add frames if you want to add more photos on one page.
- Add graphics if necessary.
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(Optional) Click Advanced Mode or Basic Mode to set the mode in which you want to view and modify the photos you want to work with.
In the Basic mode, you can add text and move text or graphics.
In the Advanced mode, you get the complete toolbox and layer option. You can use the options to retouch the images and edit layers.

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The project opens with following options in the lower-right corner:
- Pages: Shows you the pages of the greeting card
- Layout: Shows the layout of the greeting card
- Graphics: Lets you change the background, frames, and graphics in the greeting card
Do the following:
- Add photos to your greeting card.
- Add the background.
- Add frames if you want to add more photos on one page.
- Add graphics if necessary.
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(Optional) Click Advanced Mode or Basic Mode to set the mode in which you want to view and modify the photos you want to work with.
In the Basic mode, you can add text and move text or graphics.
In the Advanced mode, you get the complete toolbox and layer option. You can use the options to retouch the images and edit layers.
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Do one of the following to print the greeting card:
- Select File > Print and click OK.
- Press Ctrl+P (Windows) or Command+P (Mac OS) and click OK.
Note:
If a photo used in the greeting card is moved from its original location in your computer, you cannot print the greeting card. However, you can still save the project.
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The project opens with following options in the lower-right corner:
- Pages: Shows you the pages of the photo book
- Layout: Shows the layout of the photo book
- Graphics: Lets you change the background, frames, and graphics in the photo book
Do the following:
- Add photos to your calendar.
- Add the background.
- Add frames if you want to add more photos on one page.
- Add graphics if necessary.
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(Optional) Click Advanced Mode or Basic Mode to set the mode in which you want to view and modify the photos you want to work with.
In the Basic mode, you can add text and move text or graphics.
In the Advanced mode, you get the complete toolbox and layer option. You can use the options to retouch the images and edit layers.

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The project opens with following options in the lower-right corner:
- Pages: Shows you the pages of the CD/DVD jacket
- Layout: Shows the layout of the photo book
- Graphics: Lets you change the background, frames, and graphics in the photo book
Do the following:
- Add photos to your CD/DVD jacket
- Add the background.
- Add frames if you want to add more photos on one page.
- Add graphics if necessary.
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(Optional) Click Advanced Mode or Basic Mode to set the mode in which you want to view and modify the photos you want to work with.
In the Basic mode, you can add text and move text or graphics.
In the Advanced mode, you get the complete toolbox and layer option. You can use the options to retouch the images and edit layers.
Photoshop Elements lets you create adhesive disc labels for CDs and DVDs, or labels for printable CDs and DVDs, using an inkjet printer.

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The project opens with following options in the lower-right corner:
- Pages: Shows you the pages of the photo book
- Layout: Shows the layout of the photo book
- Graphics: Lets you change the background, frames, and graphics in the CD/DVD label
Do the following:
- Add photos to your CD/DVD label.
- Add the background.
- Add frames if you want to add more photos on one page.
- Add graphics if necessary.
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(Optional) Click Advanced Mode or Basic Mode to set the mode in which you want to view and modify the photos you want to work with.
In the Basic mode, you can add text and move text or graphics.
In the Advanced mode, you get the complete toolbox and layer option. You can use the options to retouch the images and edit layers.
Slideshows are a fun way to share media files. With Photoshop Elements, you can customize slideshows with music clips, clip art, text, and even voice narration.
When you create a slideshow, Photoshop Elements opens the Elements Organizer for further processing. See Creating slideshow for details.
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For a video about slideshows, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid913_pse_en