Photoshop Elements 5 help

[ajf9597]

I have a friend who wants to start digi scrapping, but she bought PSE 5 and I can help her a little, but when I looked at her program, I couldn't find where you add drop shadows and also how you install and use actions in that program. Can anyone help? Screenshots would be great Or even instructions on how to find those 2 things. TIA!

[iJenny]

I can help. Installing actions is tricky. Does she have Vista?

[iJenny]

For drop shadows, have her click on "window" in her top tool bar. make sure "Artwork and Effects" is checked. There are five icons in Artwork and Effects. The third one looks like a bunch of circles layered on top of each other and when yoiu hover over it w/ the mouse, it says "apply effects, filters, and layer styles". Click on that one and choose "Layer Styles" from the left drop-down menue and "drop shadows" from the right drop-down menu. Then she can click on whichever shadow she likes. I always use the "low" shadow and then go back and adjust it.

When she apply's a drop-shadow a little sun-looking thing will appear on the right side of that layer in the layer bin. If she double-clicks on that sun-thing, she can adjust the shadow to her liking.

Voila!

[Sarah8914]

try this site for installing actions

http://atomiccupcake.com/catalogtutorial.php?cat=e

[ajf9597]

Originally Posted by Lilcameronsmommy

I can help. Installing actions is tricky. Does she have Vista?

I think she just has regular windows. She wants to buy shadow actions, which is why she's trying to figure out how to install them.

[ajf9597]

Originally Posted by Lilcameronsmommy

For drop shadows, have her click on "window" in her top tool bar. make sure "Artwork and Effects" is checked. There are five icons in Artwork and Effects. The third one looks like a bunch of circles layered on top of each other and when yoiu hover over it w/ the mouse, it says "apply effects, filters, and layer styles". Click on that one and choose "Layer Styles" from the left drop-down menue and "drop shadows" from the right drop-down menu. Then she can click on whichever shadow she likes. I always use the "low" shadow and then go back and adjust it.

When she apply's a drop-shadow a little sun-looking thing will appear on the right side of that layer in the layer bin. If she double-clicks on that sun-thing, she can adjust the shadow to her liking.

Voila!

Thank-You!! I will try and step her through this over the phone and hopefully she can be on her merry scrapping way

[ajf9597]

I will have her check this site out.