Barbara Obermeier is principal of Obermeier Design, a graphic design studio in California. She is currently a faculty member in the School of Graphic Design at Brooks Institute. Ted Padova is an internationally recognized authority on Adobe Acrobat, PDF, and digital imaging.

Introduction 1 Book I: Introducing Elements 7 Chapter 1: Examining the Elements Environment 9 Chapter 2: Getting to Know the Tools 35 Chapter 3: Viewing and Navigating Images 57 Chapter 4: Setting Your Preferences 71 Book II: Elements Fundamentals 91 Chapter 1: Acquiring, Saving, and Exporting Images 93 Chapter 2: Working in the Organizer 119 Chapter 3: Sorting and Organizing Files 137 Chapter 4: Working with iHardware 171 Book III: Image Essentials 183 Chapter 1: Specifying Resolution and Changing Image Sizing 185 Chapter 2: Choosing Color Modes and File Formats 203 Chapter 3: Working with Camera Raw 223 Chapter 4: Using and Managing Color 239 Chapter 5: Time Travel -- Undoing in Elements 257 Book IV: Selections 263 Chapter 1: Making Selections 265 Chapter 2: Modifying and Transforming Selections 287 Book V: Painting, Drawing, and Typing 307 Chapter 1: Painting and Drawing with Elements 309 Chapter 2: Filling and Stroking 327 Chapter 3: Working with Type 345 Book VI: Working with Layers and Masks 367 Chapter 1: Creating Layers 369 Chapter 2: Managing Layers 395 Chapter 3: Playing with Opacity and Blend Modes 411 Chapter 4: Cutting, Extracting, and Masking 425 Book VII: Filters, Effects, Styles, and Distortions 439 Chapter 1: Making Corrections and Having Fun with Filters 441 Chapter 2: Distorting with the Liquify Command 465