Teach Yourself VISUALLY Photoshop CS4 - Softcover

Wooldridge, Mike; Wooldridge, Linda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470339470 ISBN 13: 9780470339473

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2008

Synopsis

Are you anxious to get started with the new release of Photoshop?  If you learn best visually, then you ll love the updated and expanded coverage found in this tutorial.

• Full–color throughout, this book offers newly revised design features that allow for larger screen shots for better navigation and a more detailed look at each tasks step–by–step instructions
• Packed with additional pages and expanded coverage of cool new tasks for you to accomplish
• An approachable teaching style makes Photoshop CS4 accessible for beginners and instructs visual learners of how to put this application to work for them
• Covers the most important features of Photoshop, including importing photos from a digital camera, retouching and repairing damaged photos, enhancing digital images, adding custom 3D effects, and editing images for posting on the Web
• Walks you through creating a Web photo gallery, incorporating graphics into desktop publishing programs, using palettes and layers, compositing, applying gradients, and setting type and filters

About this title

About the Author

Mike Wooldridge is a user–interface designer and Web developer. He has authored more than 20 books for the Visual series.

Linda Wooldridge is a former senior editor at Macworld. This is her eighth book in the Visual series.

From the Back Cover

Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something and skip the long–winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you′ll find clear, step–by–step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 145 PhotoshopCS4 tasks. Each task–based spread covers a single technique, sure to help you get up and running on Photoshop CS4 in no time.

You′ll learn to:

• Browse, sort, and filter in Bridge

• Use all the Photoshop tools

• Slice, scale, or rotate selections

• Adjust colors and work with layers

• Add and manipulate type

• Save images as GIF, PNG, or JPEG

• Helpful sidebars offer practical tips and tricks

• Full–color screen shots demonstrate each task

• Succinct explanations walk you through step by step

• Two–page lessons break big topics into bite–sized modules

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0470339470
• ISBN 13: 9780470339473
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 336