Photoshop Elements 2: The Complete Reference (Osborne Complete Reference Series) - Softcover

Milburn, Ken; Hirsch, Gene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072224754 ISBN 13: 9780072224757

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2002

Synopsis

This book provides comprehensive coverage of all of the features of the image editing software Photoshop Elements. Suitable for both professional users and hobbyists alike, the book contains details about all the key tools and features, and has step by step projects on hand to test knowledge and develop skills

About this title

About the Author

Ken Milburn (Oakland, CA) has 15 years experience as a nationally published advertising photographer writing about graphics and multimedia for national computer publications. Milburn has also written seven computer books, including the best-selling FrontPage 97 and the Flash 3 Web Animation and f/x, and Master Photoshop 5.5 Visually (IDG). Ken's clients include Multimedia Live!, New World Publishing, Morph's Outpost, Computer Artist, MacMillan Publishing, American President Lines, The Sausalito Chamber of Commerce and the Sausalito Art Festival.

From the Back Cover

The Definitive Resource on Photoshop Elements

Expand your creative potential exponentially by learning to maximize the tools and technologies available in Photoshop Elements. This well-written resource is perfectly suited for business professionals or home users who want the power of a digital image editor without wading through the complications of a full-service graphics program such as Photoshop. You'll quickly become familiar with the features, tools, and techniques to work your own digital darkroom magic and create beautiful graphics, illustrations, and artwork. Understand layers, selections, and exposure. Generate text, special effects, and composite images. Plus--"Photoshop Elements 2: The Complete Reference" will help you prepare your work for presentation in print, slide show projections, or the Web.Learn practical applications, design techniques, and more Focus the effect of any tool, command or adjustment with Selections Access a library of point-and-click shortcuts Follow online in-context instructions to perform task-oriented, complex jobs Control exposure, tonal range, and color balance Abstract a photographic image and create the effect of a painting or illustration Create buttons and text effects Seamlessly fuse images to create panoramas or high-definition images Catalog, collect, and manage your artwork and photography Make Web animations, interactive images, and more

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Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0072224754
• ISBN 13: 9780072224757
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 767