Getting Started

Adobe^® Photoshop^® Elements 5.0 delivers image-editing tools that balance power and versatility with ease of use. Photoshop Elements 5.0 is ideal for home users, hobbyists, business users, and professional photographers—anyone who wants to produce good-looking pictures and sophisticated graphics for the Web and for print.

If you’ve used earlier versions of Photoshop Elements, you’ll find that this Classroom in a Book^® teaches many advanced skills and describes innovative features that Adobe Systems introduces in this version. If you’re new to Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0, you’ll learn the fundamental concepts and techniques that help you master the application.