Photoshop Elements is an image editing program you can use to prepare images for your story.
Photoshop allows you to resize and crop photos, fix flaws in the image, and composite images together into a collage.

Step 1 – Opening Program and Getting Photos
After opening up the software you will see the “welcome” window. Select “Browse for File.” This will open up the Browser window. Use the window in the upper left to navigate to your “rough images” folder. You should now see your rough images in the Browser.

Step 2 – Selecting a Photo to Edit
To edit a photo, double click on it. A new window will open. This is the Photoshop Elements Editor workspace. Many of the tools you’ll be using are on the far left, in a vertical strip called the Tool Palette. You can find out each tool’s name/function by hovering over the tool with your mouse.

Step 3 - Cropping
This is what a typical image might look like if you scanned a bunch of pictures at once. Your first job is to separate these photos, edit them, and then save each one as an individual file. To do this, use the rectangular marquee tool, shown below.

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