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Vertical Type tool
Menu: –
Shortcut: T OS: Mac, Windows
Version: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 See also: Horizontal Type tool
Along with the traditional Horizontal Type
option, Elements also provides a Vertical
Type tool that arranges the letters on top
of each other rather than side by side.
Located in the same fl y-out menu as
the other Type tool options, the Vertical
Type tool aligns the type according to
the starting placement of the cursor
(insert point) and the Alignment option
(2) selection in the options bar. The top
align option adds letter shapes above the
insertion point, the bottom align below the
insertion point and the center align places
the text so that it straddles the insertion
point.
In addition there’s also an option in Type
tool’s options bar to switch between vertical
and horizontal text orientation.
View by Folder Location
Menu: Photo Browser: View > Arrangement > Folder Location
Shortcut: – OS: Windows

tags, mark the fi le for printing and add the
fi le to a chosen collection using the choices
listed under the Action menu. Specifi c
picture properties such as tag, history
and metadata are available by hitting the
Alt + Enter keys to display the Properties
window.
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View, Quick Fix
Menu: –
Shortcut: – OS: Mac, Windows
Version: 3 See also: Quick Fix
The drop-down View menu (1) located at
the bottom of the Quick Fix Editor work-
space provides a range of options for
displaying the picture you are currently
editing.
The choices allow you to view the image
in four different views: After Only, Before
Only, Before and After (Portrait), Before
and After (Landscape).
The editing and enhancement tools in the
feature only work on the After view.
VERTICAL TYPE TOOL
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Version: 3, 4, 5 See also: Photo Creations
The Wall Calendar project takes all the
manual labor out of the process of creating
calendars by not only providing some great
templates for you to add your photos to,
but also including a date calculator built
into the dialog.
Simply insert the start and end dates for your
calendar and Elements works out the days
and dates for whatever year you choose.
The hardest task you have to perform in the
whole process is choosing which pictures to
include and which to leave out.
To create a calendar multi-select the
pictures that you want to include from the
Photo Browser and then choose the Wall
Calendar option from the Photo Creations
main screen. You can change feature
images and add titles or descriptive text
using the buttons provided in the Wizard
Screens that follow.
As with other Photo Creation projects, this
feature provides you with the opportunity
to print the wall calendar, send it as an
e-mail or save the whole project as a PDF
fi le.
The project in version 5.0 of Elements is
called Photo Calendar (1) and has been
completely revamped and now functions
as a portal for producing your calendar

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Warp Text command
Menu: –
Shortcut: T OS: Mac, Windows
Version: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 See also: Type
One of the special features of the Elements
type system is the Warping feature. This
tool forces text to distort to one of a range of
shapes. An individual word, or even whole
sentences, can be made to curve, bulge or
even simulate the effect of a fi sh-eye lens.
The button (1) for the option is found on the
options bar of the Type tool. The feature’s
dialog contains a drop-down menu list of
styles (2) and a choice between vertical
and horizontal warping (3). The strength
and style of the effect can be controlled by
manipulating the bend and horizontal and
vertical distortion sliders (4).
This feature is particularly useful when

3.0 onwards.
Essentially the feature is designed to
keep an eye on changes that are made to
folders or directories that you nominate
on your computer. In most cases the
folders nominated will be those that you
download media fi les (pictures, movies and
sound fi les) to on a regular basis. When
a new fi le is added to the folder Elements
either notifi es you of the addition and
queries whether the fi le should be added
to the catalog, or simply catalogs the fi le
automatically. Once set up, the feature
automates the ‘Get Photos’ part of the
cataloging process.
The Watch Folders dialog is displayed after
choosing File > Watch Folders (1) and
contains settings to activate the feature
(2), determine the folders to be watched
(3) and the action to perform when a new
fi le is detected (4).
WARP TEXT COMMAND
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Watermarks
Menu: Editor: Filter > Digimarc > Read Watermark
Shortcut: – OS: Mac, Windows
Version: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 See also: –
Digital watermarks are slight, almost
imperceptible, changes that are made to
pictures to store copyright and author’s
details within the image. Photoshop
Elements has the ability to detect and read
the digimarc.com style of watermarks.
These are created and added to images
either by the stand-alone software provided
by the company or via fi lter plug-ins in
programs like Elements or Photoshop.
To check to see if a picture you are editing
is watermarked, select Filter > Digimarc >
Read Watermark (1). Marked pictures will
then display a pop-up dialog with author’s
details and a linked website where further
details of use can be obtained (2).
Note: The example pop-up dialog shown
here is in Demo mode. Registered users
of the Digimarc system can mark their
pictures with name, address, e-mail and
URL details.
Watercolor fi lter
Menu: Editor: Filter > Artistic > Watercolor
Shortcut: – OS: Mac, Windows
Version: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 See also: Filters
The Watercolor fi lter, as one of the group of

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Wave fi lter
Menu: Editor: Filter > Distort > Wave
Shortcut: – OS: Mac, Windows
Version: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 See also: Filters
The Wave fi lter, as one of the group of
Distort fi lters, breaks up the picture by
pushing and pulling the pixels in the form
of a series of vertical and horizontal waves.
The end results can be subtle or extreme
depending on the settings used.
The dialog contains several controls that
are used to adjust the wave-like pattern
created on the picture surface. These
include Wavelength, Amplitude, Scale
and Number of Generators (1). The effects
of different settings for these controls
can be previewed in the accompanying
thumbnail (2).
Web Photo Gallery
Menu: Photo Browser: File > Create > Photo Galleries
Shortcut: – OS: Mac, Windows
Version: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 See also:
Photo Creations,
Photo Galleries
The Photo Galleries (HTML Photo Gallery
or Web Photo Gallery as it was previously
called) is a wizard-based Photo Creation

The Web Safe set of colors is a group of 216
colors that can be accurately displayed by
both Macintosh and Windows systems.
Constructing your image of, or converting
existing hues to, these colors will guarantee
that they display predictably as part of a
website on any system.
The Color Swatches palette (1) will display
all the Web Safe Colors when the option
is selected from the drop-down menu at
the top left.
When choosing colors with the color picker
a small Cube icon indicates the selected
hue is not a web safe color. Click the cube
to get Elements to fi nd a web safe color that
is nearest your choice (2).
When converting photos to the GIF format
using the Save for Web feature you can
elect to use the Web Safe palette (Restrictive
option) for the conversion.
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