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USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 8
Working with files
Last updated 7/26/2011
4 To display white areas in the image as transparent, select Transparent Whites. This option is available only for
images in bitmap mode.
5 If you want to apply anti-aliasing to a printed low-resolution image, select Image Interpolation.
6 Click OK.
Save a file in Photoshop PDF format
1 Choose File > Save As, and choose Photoshop PDF from the format list.
2 Specify a filename and location, select file-saving options, and click Save.
3 In the Save Adobe PDF dialog box, select a compression method. (See “Understanding file compression” on
page 44.)
4 Choose an option from the Image Quality menu.
5 To view the PDF file, select View PDF After Saving to launch Adobe Acrobat® or Adobe® Reader (depending on
which application is installed on your computer).
6 Click Save PDF.
If you've made changes to an Acrobat Touchup file, but the changes are not reflected when you open the file, check the
Saving File preferences dialog box. Choose Photoshop Elements > Preferences > Saving Files, and then choose Save
Over Current File from the On First Save menu.
Save a file in PNG format
1 Choose File > Save As, and choose PNG from the format list.
2 Specify a filename and location, select file-saving options, and click Save.
3 In the PNG Options dialog box, select an Interlace option and click OK.
None Displays the image in a web browser only after it is completely downloaded.
Interlaced Displays low-resolution versions of the image while the full image file is downloading to the browser.
Interlacing can make downloading time seem shorter and assures viewers that downloading is in progress. However,
interlacing also increases file size.
Save a file in TIFF format
1 Choose File > Save As, and choose TIFF from the format list.
2 Specify a filename and location, select file-saving options, and click Save.
3 In the TIFF Options dialog box, select options:
Image Compression Specifies a method for compressing the composite image data.
Pixel Order Writes the TIFF file with the channels data interleaved or organized by plane. Theoretically, the Planar
order file can be read and written faster, and offers a little better compression.
Byte Order Most recent applications can read files using Mac or Windows byte order. However, if you don’t know
what kind of program the file may be opened in, select the platform on which the file will be read.
Save Image Pyramid Preserves multiresolution information. Photoshop Elements does not provide options for
opening multiresolution files; the image opens at the highest resolution within the file. However, Adobe InDesign® and
some image servers provide support for opening multiresolution formats.
Save Transparency Preserves transparency as an additional alpha channel when the file is opened in another
application. (Transparency is always preserved when the file is reopened in Photoshop
Elements.)
Layer Compression Specifies a method for compressing data for pixels in layers (as opposed to composite data).
