Adobe® Photoshop® Album  2.0 IS ONE OF SEVERAL SOFTWARE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO HELP YOU ORGANIZE AND INSTANTLY FIND YOUR DIGITAL PHOTOS

1. QUICK GUIDE SCREEN

• GET PHOTOS
• ORGANIZE
• FIND
• FIX
• CREATE
• SHARE

2. GET PHOTOS FROM

• A SEARCH OF YOUR HARD DRIVE
• CAMERA
• SCANNER
• FILE FOLDERS ON YOUR HARD DRIVE
• CD

3. BASIC CATALOG SCREEN

• PHOTOS ARE ONLY THUMBNAILS OF PHOTOS THAT ARE ACTUALLY LOCATED SOMEWHERE ELSE
• THE THUMBNAILS SHOW THE DATE AND TIME THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN – IF CAMERA HAS A DATE FEATURE
• IF PHOTO SCANNED IN – SHOWS DATE SCANNED
• DATES CAN BE CHANGED
• TIMELINE AND SLIDER  ALLOWS YOU TO PICK A TIME PERIOD

4. TAGS

• THE 4 BASIC “DEFAULT” CATAGORIES ARE PEOPLE,  PLACES,  EVENTS, AND  OTHER
• CATEGORIES AND SUB-CATEGORIES CAN BE THOUGHT OF AS “BINS” WHICH ARE USED TO STORE SPECIFIC TAGS
• EXPANDING THE TAGS TAB TO SHOW THE CATEGORIES, SUB-CATEGORIES AND TAGS
• NAMES OF THE SUB-CATEGORIES CAN BE CHANGED OR MORE ADDED
• INDIVIDUAL TAGS ARE USED FOR SPECIFIC IDENTIFICATION

5. EXPANDING A SUB-CATEGORY TO SHOW INDIVIDUAL TAGS WHICH
    YOU CREATE

6. CREATE A NEW

• CATEGORY
• SUB-CATEGORY
• TAG

7. APPLY TAGS TO PHOTOS

• HOW TO APPLY A TAG
• THE TAG ICONS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PHOTO SHOW WHICH TAGS HAVE BEEN APPLIED
• HOLDING THE CURSOR OVER THE TAG ICON WILL SHOW THE NAMES OF THE INDIVIDUAL TAGS
• TAGS CAN BE REMOVED

    THERE IS A SPECIFIC TAG  NAMED  HIDDEN  THAT, IF APPLIED, WILL
    HIDE THE THUMBNAIL FROM THE DISPLAY

    NOTE THAT THE TAGS ARE NOT MADE A PART OF THE ORIGINAL
    PHOTO… THEY ARE ONLY ON THE THUMBNAIL

8. SELECT ALL PHOTOS FOR A CATEGORY OR SUB-CATEGORY

9. SELECT ALL PHOTOS FOR A SPECIFIC TAG

• ALL PHOTOS CAN BE SELECTED WITH A SPECIFIC TAG
• PHOTOS CAN HAVE SEVERAL TAGS
• USE OF A SLIDER  TO CHANGE THE SIZE OF THE DISPLAYED THUMBNAILS

10. THE SCROLL BAR TO THE RIGHT OF THE THUMBNAILS WILL
      SCROLL THROUGH THE SELECTED PHOTOS

11. THE TAG FOR A SPECIFIC PERSON CAN BE SELECTED TO DISPLAY
      ALL PHOTOS CONTAINING THAT PERSON

12. ONE, TWO OR MORE TAGS CAN BE SELECTED WHICH WILL
      ONLY SHOW PHOTOS WITH ALL OF THE SELECTED TAGS

13. FIX (EDIT) A PHOTO

• OPTIONS GIVEN ARE A FUNCTION OF THE PHOTO EDITING SOFTWARE  YOU HAVE INSTALLED
• THE ACTUAL PHOTO WILL BE OPENED IN YOUR EDITING SOFTWARE FOR YOU TO APPLY THE DESIRED EDITING

14. PRINT A PHOTO

• SEVERAL OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE

15. A PHOTO CAN BE ATTACHED TO AN E-MAIL

16. SEVERAL CREATIONS ARE AVAILABLE INCLUDING

• A SLIDESHOW WHICH CAN BE PRESENTED ON COMPUTER SCREENS, PUT ON A CD OR E-MAILED AS A SINGLE ADOBE PDF FILE
• VIDEO CD
• GREETING CARD
• E-CARD
• CALENDAR

17. MISCELLANEOUS

• ADOBE’S RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS CAN BE FOUND ON THE ADOBE WEB SITE
• THE ADOBE LIST PRICE FOR ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ALBUM 2.0 IS $49.95

John Miles
8/04/2004