Synopses & Reviews
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 On Demand
FOR THOSE WHO WOULD RATHER BE SHOWN HOW THAN TOLD HOW
SEE HOW TO
• Get started quickly with the Welcome Screen
• Browse, organize, and process files using the Organizer
• Easily find and view just the photos and video clips you want to see
• Easily create photo books, calendars, collages, slide shows, scrapbook pages, greeting cards, and CD/DVD labels
• Use auto controls to quickly fix a photo
• Use Guided Edit to walk you step by step through the editing process
• Use more precise color correction to enhance a photo
• Easily brush away wrinkles and other unwanted photo results
• Use image trickery and special effects to change or enhance a photo
• Use themes and artwork to liven up your photo projects
• Create perfect group shots, seamless panoramas, and more
• Easily share your work using e-mail, online galleries, mobile phones,
On the Web
This book uses real world examples to give you a context in which to perform a task. This book also includes workshops to help you put together individual tasks into projects. The Photoshop example files that you need for project tasks are available at www.perspection.com.
Perspection has written and produced books on a variety of computer software, including Adobe Flash CS3 and 8, Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS2, Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Microsoft Office 2007 and 2003, Microsoft Windows Vista and XP, Microsoft Expression Web, and Apple Mac OS X Leopard. Perspection was founded in 1991, and is committed to providing information and training to help people use software more effectively. Perspection has written more than 80 computer books, and sold more than 5 million copies.
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Synopsis
For those who would rather be shown how than told how, this guide to Photoshop Elements 6.0 uses real-world examples to demonstrate such tasks as editing, enhancing, and using themes and artwork to liven up photo projects. It also includes workshops to help users put together individual tasks into projects.
About the Author
Steve Johnson has written more than 45 books on a variety of computer software, including Microsoft Office 2007 and 2003, Microsoft Windows Vista and XP, Microsoft Expression Web, Apple Mac OS X Leopard, Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS2, Adobe Flash CS3 and 8, and Adobe Dreamweaver CS3. In 1991, after working for Apple Computer and Microsoft, Steve founded Perspection, Inc., which writes and produces software training. When he is not staying up late writing, he enjoys playing golf, gardening, and spending time with his wife, Holly, and three children, JP, Brett, and Hannah. When time permits, he likes to travel to such places as New Hampshire in October, and Hawaii. Steve and his family live in Pleasanton, California, but can also be found visiting family all over the western United States.
Table of Contents
Introduction xvii
1 Getting Started with Photoshop Elements 6 1
2 Customizing the Way You Work in the Organizer 25
3 Importing Photos into the Organizer 41
4 Viewing Photos in the Organizer 63
5 Finding Photos in the Organizer 81
6 Working with Photos in the Organizer 99
7 Working with Photos in the Editor 125
8 Navigating and Using the Editor 153
9 Mastering the Art of Selection 177
10 Working with Layers 203
11 Adjusting and Correcting Color 237
12 Using Transformation and Retouching Tools 267
13 Using the Paint, Shape Drawing, and Eraser Tools 291
14 Working with Layer Styles and Photo Effects 323
15 Manipulating Images with Filters 343
16 Getting Creative with Type 363
17 Saving Photos for the Web and Other Devices 379
18 Making Speciality Projects 409
19 Printing and Sharing Photos 447
20 Customizing the Way You Work in the Editor 473
Index 527