PhotoKit-EL
Recipes
Adobe
Photoshop Elements 2.0 comes with a unique way of learning how
to use the program. Recipes, which resides as a palette in Elements,
allows users to learn more about using Elements and additional
tools such as PhotoKit-EL.



To
see the PhotoKit-EL Recipes, simply select it from the 'Select
a Recipe' pop-down menu.

The PhotoKit-EL
Recipes menu shows a variety of example uses for each of the eight
included Sets. You can explore each of the Set examples, but of
particular interest is a convenient method of launching PhotoKit-EL
by using the 'Quick Launch' recipe. Click on the link to the Quick
Launch.

From
this Quick Launch menu, you can actually launch PhotoKit-EL without
having to navigate to the Automate Tools menu. Simply click on
the 'Do this step for me' and PhotoKit-EL will launch. This is
far easier and quicker than navigating from the File menu. From
this menu page you can also click to open the PhotoKit-EL User
Guide for reference and even go visit the PhotoKit-EL web site
for additional information about using PhotoKit-EL, downloading
updates and new Recipes as well as seeing more advanced information
about using PhotoKit-EL and tips for using Elements by the members
of Pixel Genius.
Note, from
any of the PhotoKit-EL menu pages, you can always navigate back
to the main PhotoKit-EL Recipe page by clicking on the Home button.

You can also explore some of the other Recipes. From
the main menu, click on the PhotoKit-EL Color Correction Examples.

Each
of the eight example Recipes has actions for running two different
PhotoKit-EL Effects from the Set. So, Step 1 and Step 2
will run recorded PhotoKit-EL actions.

In
this example, PhotoKit-EL will execute a 'Warming 3' Effect from
the
Color Corrections Set. You don't even need to launch PhotoKit-EL
since the command has been recorded in the Recipe and run automatically.
There are additional steps that the Recipe can do for you automatically.



Step 3 of all of the PhotoKit-EL Recipes will automatically
reduce the effect (usually by 50%) while Step 4 will automatically
show the Layers palette if it is hidden. This is an easy way to automate
the adjustment of the resulting effects and showing the PhotoKit-EL
layers.



Steps 5
and 6 allow you to 'Hide' (turn off) or 'Show' (turn back on) the
resulting PhotoKit-EL layers. To make using PhotoKit-EL more efficient
when working in Elements 2.0, we suggest setting up your default
workspace to look like the screen below.

Additional
PhotoKit-EL Recipes for a variety of effects are available for
free downloading from the PhotoKit-EL Info Page. To visit the PhotoKit-EL
Info Page, click HERE.
Note, you will need to be connected to the Internet to visit the
web
site.