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Photo Magic with Adobe
® PhotoDeluxe
Need to picture yourself shaking hands with Elvis? Want a shot of Junior in which his baby blues aren't red? How about a professional-looking advertisement for your home or business? Get ready to learn from the experts about photo manipulation. Photo Magic with Adobe PhotoDeluxe takes you through a series of creative projects using Adobe's incredible darkroom-in-a-box, Adobe PhotoDeluxe. Imaging experts Sally and Daniel Grotta pick up where the PhotoDeluxe manual leaves off, providing scores of fun, easy-to-follow techniques for modifying photos acquired from canned images, photo CD collections, and digital cameras. Using tools, layers, images, and more, you'll learn how to turn ordinary shots into extraordinary projects and even share your photos on the Web. Scores of screen shots and sample images guide you through every project and illustrate stunning finished results. So smile! Using Photo Magic with Adobe PhotoDeluxe, you'll create attention-grabbing print materials and splendid, new realities! PhotoDeluxe Requirements: 4MB RAM and CD-ROM drive for Macs and PCs (Windows 3.1 or above required for PCs) If you can picture PhotoMagic with Adobe PhotoDeluxe helps you make it real with:
- Expert step-by-step advice on everything from PhotoDeluxe installation to exciting real-world projects
- Tips, tricks, and special effects that guarantee ultra-cool results
- In-the-know explanations and definitions that make getting started as easy as point-and-shoot
- On Your Own and Advanced Magic chapters that take you past the easy Guided Activities level to master the most exciting PhotoDeluxe special effects and imaging tricks
Synopsis
With Adobe's easy-to-use PhotoDeluxe image-editing software, even novice computer users can manipulate photographs, clip art, and scanned art like a Photoshop pro.
Photo Magic with Adobe PhotoDeluxe makes getting started easy and fun, with inspiring examples and clear instructions on everything from using Kodak's Photo CD technology to going digital with the new and inexpensive digital cameras. Plus, you even learn how to put your images on the Web for the whole world to see.
This is the first and only book on Adobe's hot new photo-editing product for home users. Just a few short years ago, only professionals with equipment that cost $100,000 or more could create the visual excitement of digital art using photographs. Now, with PhotoDeluxe, nearly anyone with a personal computer and this innovative software can make pictoral magic. Covering both Mac and Windows platforms, this book provides solid, easy-to-understand information for getting the most out of PhotoDeluxe. It shows users how to take the program to new levels of fun while creating delightful photographic special effects and creative projects using photos acquired from scanned images, digital cameras, and Photo CD collections.
About the Author
About the Authors Sally Wiener Grotta and Daniel Grotta are prominent imaging technology experts whose magazine articles, columns, books, and lectures are popular for their accessible, intelligent approach. Sally Wiener Grotta is a digital artist and photographer. Daniel Grotta is a consultant in the computer and imaging fields. They both conduct workshops for corporations, universities, trade shows, and other professional venues.
Table of Contents
PART I: Getting Started.
Chapter 1: Before the Magic Can Begin.
Chapter 2: Inside PhotoDeluxe.
Chapter 3: Getting Photographs into PhotoDeluxe.
PART II: Guided Activities.
Chapter 4: Touch Up Photo.
Chapter 5: Transform Photo.
Chapter 6: Cards & More.
PART III: On Your Own.
Chapter 7: Doodling: The Creative Adventure.
Chapter 8: Layers Upon Layers.
Chapter 9: On Being Selective.
Chapter 10: PhotoDeluxe's Virtual Scissors & Glue.
Chapter 11: New Dimensions.
Chapter 12: Shadows, Light, & Color.
Chapter 13: Mastering the Magic Behind Special Effects.
PART IV: Advanced Magic.
Chapter 14: Creative Collages.
Chapter 15: Exercising the Creative Impulse.
PART V: Output & Display.
Chapter 16: Printing.
Chapter 17: Show Time.
Index.