Photoshop Elements: Leave the fear behind!

I am actually going to try to keep track of my topics of learning by (get this!) assigning particular topics to their corresponding postings. Maybe I will be a true librarian some day after all!

My husband bought this (Photoshop Elements 3) years ago, and we still don't know how to use it! I am extracting the things that I am likely to forget from the Help tutorial.

Layers:

adding layers increases file size.

Each layer remains independent until you merge them. Layers may be linked to work on them simultaneously.

Ordinary layers are pixel-based, but you can create type layers and shape layers that are vector-based.