- Photoshop Elements User Guide
- Introduction to Photoshop Elements
- Workspace and environment
- Fixing and enhancing photos
- Resize images
- Cropping
- Process camera raw image files
- Add blur, replace colors, and clone image areas
- Adjust shadows and light
- Retouch and correct photos
- Sharpen photos
- Transforming
- Auto Smart Tone
- Recomposing
- Using actions to process photos
- Photomerge Compose
- Create a panorama
- Moving Overlays
- Moving Elements
- Adding shapes and text
- Quick Actions
- Guided edits, effects, and filters
- Guided mode
- Filters
- Guided mode Photomerge edits
- Guided mode Basic edits
- Adjustment filters
- Effects
- Guided mode Fun edits
- Guided mode Special edits
- Artistic filters
- Guided mode Color edits
- Guided mode Black & White edits
- Blur filters
- Brush Stroke filters
- Distort filters
- Other filters
- Noise filters
- Render filters
- Sketch filters
- Stylize filters
- Texture filters
- Pixelate filters
- Working with colors
- Working with selections
- Working with layers
- Creating photo projects
- Saving, printing, and sharing photos
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Keys for selecting tools
- Keys for selecting and moving objects
- Keys for the Layers panel
- Keys for showing or hiding panels (expert mode)
- Keys for painting and brushes
- Keys for using text
- Keys for the Liquify filter
- Keys for transforming selections
- Keys for the Color Swatches panel
- Keys for the Camera Raw dialog box
- Keys for the Filter Gallery
- Keys for using blending modes
- Keys for viewing images (Advanced mode)
Access Help resources for features, customize and share Auto Creations, try out new workflows, and do more from the Adobe Photoshop Elements Home screen.
When you launch Elements, the Home screen helps you to easily get started with Elements applications. The Home screen showcases a carousel of cards to help you discover new features, try out exciting features, and explore and personalize Auto Creations. You can also quickly search for Help resources of your desired features. The Home screen also allows you to start from scratch with one of the Elements applications.
In the upper-right corner of the Home screen, you can click 
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to visit the Elements pages on Facebook and Twitter. If you need to contact Adobe Customer Care, click 
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The Home screen has all the resources to get you up and running with Photoshop Elements and Elements Organizer.
Get started with the Home screen
When you launch the latest release of Photoshop Elements for the first time, you can view the Last Used Version section on the Home screen. In this section, select your previously used version in the Select Version drop-down list of Photoshop Elements and click Confirm.
Apart from selecting the previously used version in the Select Version drop-down list:
- If you don't remember your previously used Elements version, select Don't Know.
- If you are a new user, select First Time User.
Explore and customize Auto Creations
Auto Creations, or auto-generated creations, are available to you on the Home screen. Under the section Auto Creations, you can view auto-created photo collages and slideshows. Click View All or use the number icons below the Auto Creations thumbnail to view all the auto-created projects.
Auto Creations are created with photos that you've imported. If you haven't imported any media, click Add media under Auto Creations on the Home screen and upload photos. After sometime, relaunch the app to view Auto Creations in the Home screen.
To know more about how to edit and share Auto Creations, see View and share auto-created photo collages and slideshows.
Discover features and their Help resources
Learn new features
In the carousel of cards displayed in the upper part of the Home screen, you can find information about newer features in your Elements app. The cards are labeled What's New and have a blue tag. Use the arrows on the left and right side of the carousel to discover resources on new features. Hover over a What's new card and click Open Link. You can then access relevant Help resources to learn more about the feature. The What's new cards are also updated from time to time based on your actions in the app.
Find out exciting features
In the carousel of cards displayed in the upper part of the Home screen, you can find cards labeled Inspiration with an orange tag. These cards help you to discover fun features and access resources for the same. Use the arrows on the left and right side of the carousel to view these cards. Hover over a desired Inspiration card and click View. You can then access relevant resources to learn about the desired feature.
Try out exciting features
The carousel of cards displayed in the upper part of the Home screen includes Try This cards (with green tags). These cards help you try many exciting features. The features can range from basic to advanced and are updated based on the actions that you perform in the app. Use the arrows on the left and right side of the carousel to access the Try this cards. To try out a feature, hover over the feature thumbnail on the Try this card and click Try. Photoshop Elements is then launched and an onboarding coach-mark guides you through the steps to achieve your desired result.
Search for Help resources of features
On the Home screen, use the Search bar at the top to quickly search and find Help documentation or tutorials of your desired features. You can search projects such as slideshow, photo collage, greeting card, and more.
Open your desired Elements application
You can open one of the two Elements apps from the Home screen. Click the icon of the desired Elements app to open and work with it. From the Home screen, you can open the following:
- Elements Organizer (Organizer) to import and manage photos
- Adobe Photoshop Elements (Photo Editor) to create and work with photo projects
Access recent files
You can access your project files that you recently worked on, in the Home screen. This way you can quickly work with the project from where you left it. Elements displays up to six project files under Recent Files on the Home screen.
Ensure that you save your project file each time you exit the app. When you re-launch the app, you can pick it from where you left it from the Home screen.
