Synopses & Reviews
"...covers everything you'll need to know to make your images appear professional, and look the way you prefer—with no redeye, no leaning buildings, and of course, no wrinkles."
—Popular Photography
"The engaging work of the author and his many talented colleagues will inspire you to bring out the best in your digital images. With Mikkel as your guide, you will also have fun doing so."
—Kevin Connor, Group Product Manager, Adobe
Take Your Digital Images to the Next Level
Adobe’s original version of Photoshop Elements quickly became a huge software hit, bringing the power of Photoshop to anyone with a computer. The first version of this book became an instant classic, too, using inspiring images and real-world examples to show readers how to get the most out of the program. With Photoshop Elements 2 Solutions, noted photographer, web producer, and author Mikkel Aaland has thoroughly updated his best-seller to include all the smart new features in the latest version of the program. Whether creating digital images is a hobby or part of your livelihood, this book is an invaluable guide for turning your ordinary images into extraordinary images.
Inside, Aaland shows you the ins and outs of both Photoshop Elements 2 and the original Photoshop Elements including:
- Getting Photoshop Elements up and running
- Sharpening out-of-focus pictures
- Touching up faces and fixing red-eye
- Making standout product shots
- Enhancing outdoor and real-estate shots
- Fusing photos into amazing panoramics
- Combining images into realistic-looking composites
- Optimizing photos for the web and e-mail transmission
- Creating PDF slide shows and professional-looking picture packages
And more...
Synopsis
Photoshop Elements is Adobe's newest image-editing software. Based on the immensely popular, and much more expensive Photoshop, Elements provides low-cost ($99 or less), powerful, easy-to-use tools for creating professional-quality digital images. Photoshop Elements X Solutions gives any Elements user solutions for frequently encountered problems. Its stunning full-color imagery will teach and inspire. Topics include: making the most of new Photoshop Elements X features; improving portraits, landscapes, real estate, and product shots; creating panoramas; working with type; and creating the best prints.
About the Author
Mikkel Aaland is a photographer, Web producer, and author of 7 books, including Digital Photography, Photoshop for the Web, and Still Images for Multimedia. Aaland has served as a non-paid advisor to Adobe's Elements product development group. He has contributed text and photography to numerous periodicals including Wired, Newsweek, and Publish.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Up and Running with Photoshop Elements.
Chapter 2: Your Images: Global Solutions and Considerations.
Chapter 3: Better Faces.
Chapter 4: Better Outside Shots.
Chapter 5: Better Product Shots.
Chapter 6: Making Photo-Realistic Composites.
Chapter 7: Better Real Estate Shots.
Chapter 8: Creating Panoramics with Photomerge.
Chapter 9: Taking Type Further.
Chapter 10: Working with the Web in Mind.
Chapter 11: Making Great JPEGs.
Chapter 12: Sharing and Processing Images.
Appendix A: Reference to the Tools and Features of Photoshop Elements.
Index.
About the Author.
What's on the CD-ROM.