SAVE EARLY, SAVE OFTEN, SAVE GRIEF!!!!   :-(

Tutorials:

1. Try the following Introduction tutorials
Use help, for finding tools/bars in Elements.
Bear Masking Tutorial
Lasso Tutorial
Liquefy Filter Tutorial
Add Layer Mask Tutorial
Eyes Tutorial

2. The Selection Tool--A Photoshop Online Tutorial--Save as yourlastname-castle.
3. Layers and Shapes--A Photoshop Online Tutorial-- Save as  yourlastname-layershapes
4. Clone Tool Video Tutorial -- Click on the link then select the Clone Tool Tutorial and watch it (you'll need headphones)

9. Interpolation--Changing Pixel Dimensions in Photoshop
10. New Sky -- Using the Magic Wand Tool to change your background -- save as  yourlastname-NewSky and  yourlastname-NewSky2
11. Idioms--A Photoshop Online Tutorial
12. Visual Pun-  A Photoshop Tutorial
13. Photoshop Fire Tutorial
14. Framing Your Shot -- Exercise

 

Assignments:

1. Nine of You Assignment
2. Fortune Cookie Collage
3. MSNBC Photo Composition Research Assignment
4. Photography Assignment--"Power of One"
5. IPOD Assignment

Advanced Photo Essay HERE
Bonus Photography assignments HERE

Notes:
Camera Shots
File Formats
Layers
Filters
Selection Techniques

Photo Composition

Articles and Questions:
Bitmap and Vector Images -- Article   |   Questions
How a Digital Camera Works --   Article   |   Questions
Tips for Taking Great Photos--kodak.com
The Rule of Thirds--Photoshop File
Practice taking Great Shots with Kodak's Interactive Camera Simulator