Panel Functions

Elements has many panels, each providing essential help with certain aspects of the editing process. Some refer to the Quick edit mode only (such as Adjustments), while others only appear in the Expert mode (such as the Info panel).

Here's an overview of what each panel offers:

• Adjustments: This provides sliders to adjust the Exposure, Lighting (contrast), Color, Balance, and Sharpness settings.
• Effects: Provides the user with a great range of looks—automated effects recipes that can be applied to an image with a single click.
• Textures: Elements has a wide range of assets, such as surface textures, that, once clicked, are added to the file as an overlay. Good for backgrounds, web pages, and so on.
• Frames: Used mostly for graphic artwork. Click on an asset thumbnail in the panel and it downloads it from www.adobe.com, before automatically resizing and applying itself to the image. Clever stuff!
• Filter: The small thumbnails...