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Last updated 7/26/2011
Chapter 14: Making projects
Projects are albums of images that you create with Photoshop Elements. You can use and share projects in traditional
print formats, in digital format online, and with electronic media.
Projects overview
About projects
You can use your images in photo albums, scrapbooks, greeting cards, CD/DVD labels and jackets, and photo collages.
These print-oriented items are called photo projects and can be printed with your home printer, or professionally
printed using online services. You can also use your images in digital projects as well, such as slide shows and Web
Photo galleries. (Services vary by geographic region.)
To make a photo project, click the Create tab and then click the type of project you want to start. First you specify the
size, layout, and theme of the photo project, which then opens so you can make subsequent modifications. You can
print these photo projects with your home printer, or order them from an online service.
To make a Web Photo Gallery, click that option on the Create tab. Choose customizing options, such as layout, and
click Upload to generate HTML pages for uploading to the web.
Photo and digital projects are stored as projects and stored on your local hard drive. Projects include the project file
and related subfolders that contain the document for each project. To maintain the link between these project files,
subfolders, and page files, use the Place command in Photoshop
Elements.
The .pse format is composed of a small text document and embedded PSD files (one per page). To identify the
embedded PSD files, go to Finder, Control-click the PSE document, and select Show Package Contents. Open the
folder to display the individual pages. (Removing a page damages the document. Use this method if you want to edit
PSD files, preferably with Photoshop
Elements.)
There are various ways of sharing projects. For example, you can print or e-mail a scrapbook to a friend, or burn a slide
show onto a CD or DVD.
Find saved projects
❖ Choose File > Open Recently Edited File. Or, in Adobe Bridge, choose Edit > Find.
Open saved projects
You can open saved projects at any time to make changes or republish them. Projects appear in the Project Bin.
Making photo projects
About photo projects
Photo projects include Photo Books, photo collages, greeting cards, and jackets and labels for CDs and DVDs.
