Synopses & Reviews
Photoshop
® Elements 3 for Digital Photographers
"One picture is worth a thousand words." If you prefer instructions that show you how rather than tell you why, then this intermediate to advanced level reference is for you. Hundreds of succinctly captioned, step-by-step screen shots reveal how to accomplish more than 160 Photoshop Elements 3 tasks, including:
- Creating slide shows
- Animating Web graphics
- Organizing your photos
- Customizing the pencil tool
- Adding light and shadows
- Using layers to add special effects to images
- Choosing the right Web graphic format
- "Master It" sidebars answer questions and present shortcuts
- High-resolution screen shots demonstrate each task
- Succinct explanations walk you through step by step
- Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules
Synopsis
"Master Visually Photoshop Elements “ X” will address millions of consumers and small business operators who are shooting and processing their own digital photos over 400 pages of information on using the latest release of the world’ s most popular consumer photo editing product. Organized into 15 chapters, this 450-page book priced at $24.99 will attract a larger audience to the Master VISUALLY series and answer the need for lower priced product that still offers ample coverage for intermediate to advanced users of Elements. It’ s packed with step-by-step instructions and hundreds of screenshots to provide digital photographers everywhere how to save time and gain expertise with the ultimate topic coverage!
Synopsis
* Demonstrates everything intermediate users need to know about the latest release of Adobe Photoshop Elements, the world's most popular consumer photo-editing product
* More than 190 illustrated step-by-step tasks cover topics such as how to import photos from digital cameras and scanners; retouch, repair, and enhance digital images and blend multiple images
* Packed with step-by-step instructions so visual learners also gain knowledge of how to optimize images for posting on the Web, create a Web photo gallery, incorporate graphics into flyers, brochures, and presentations, and more
* More consumers and small business operators are shooting and processing their own digital photos, and this book will help them save time and gain expertise
Synopsis
* More consumers and small business operators are shooting and processing their own digital photos, and this book will help them save time and gain expertise
About the Author
Laurie Ulrich-Fuller is a graphic artist, computer trainer, and the author and co-author of more than 25 books on computers, software, and the web. She is an artist through heredity and education, a teacher by nature, and a writer since she was old enough to pick up a crayon. Laurie Ulrich-Fuller has written hundreds of computer training manuals for universities and corporate training centers, and in the past 15 years, Laurie has personally trained thousands of people to make more creative and effective use of their computers. In the early 1990’s, after spending way too many years working for other people, Laurie started her own firm, Limehat & Company, Inc., putting her experience, ideas, and contacts to good use. Her firm provides consulting, training, web design, and web hosting, focusing on the special needs of growing companies and non-profit organizations.
Table of Contents
PART I: Elements 3 Foundations.1. Elements Basics and Beyond.
2. Starting, Saving, Sharing, and Printing.
3. Making Selections within an Image.
4. Moving and Navigating Image Content.
PART II: Customizing Elements Images.
5. Resizing and Rotating Images.
6. Understanding, Creating, and Using Layers.
7. Applying Layer Styles.
PART III: Creating Original Artwork with Elements 3.
8. Painting and Drawing Original Artwork.
9. Creating and Manipulating Shapes.
PART IV: Enhancing Elements Images.
10. Repairing, Restoring, and Retouching.
11. Using Color and Patterns to Fill Shapes and Layers.
PART V: Informing & Entertaining with Elements 3 Images.
12. Working with Text.
13. Creating Graphics for the Web.
PART VI: Elements Extras.
14. Organizing and Displaying Images.
PART VI: Appendixes.
Appendix A: Keyboard Shortcuts.
Appendix B: Glossary.
Appendix C: The Elements Online Community.