Teach Yourself VISUALLYTM Photoshop® Elements 8 - Softcover

Wooldridge, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470566906 ISBN 13: 9780470566909

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Synopsis

The ultimate guide to the new Photoshop Elements 8 for visual learners

Photoshop Elements is the best–selling consumer digital image–editing software on the market and this book is a must–have for visual learners who are eager to get up and running with all the new and improved features of Photoshop Elements 8.

Veteran author Mike Wooldridge covers the most important features of Photoshop Elements, including importing photos from digital cameras and scanners, retouching and repairing damaged photos, enhancing digital images, perfecting group shots with Photomerge, editing images for posting on the Web, using the sharpness interface to correct blurry images, exploring the Curves tool to adjust contract and brightness, and organizing images with auto–stacking.

• Covers the most important features of Photoshop Elements 8, the most popular digital image–editing software program on the market
• Shows how to import photos from digital cameras and scanners, retouch and repair damaged photos, and enhance digital images
• Explains what changing print size, canvas size, and resolution entails
• Walks you through creating a Web photo gallery
• Takes on new topics while also reinforcing the fundamentals to building a solid skill set
• Accompanying Web site provides all the images used in the book so that you can practice along with all the example techniques featured in the book

Packed with examples and featuring helpful tasks, this book will sharpen your photo editing skills so that you can create stunning images.

About this title

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 to find clear, step–by–step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 150 Photoshop Elements tasks. Each task–based spread covers a single technique, sure to help you get up and running with Photoshop Elements in no time.

You′ll learn to:

• Work with tools, tabs, and panels

• Import photos from a scanner

• Retouch images and fix defects

• Enhance contrast and exposure

• Add effects and apply styles

• Create slide shows and prints

• 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: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470566906
• ISBN 13: 9780470566909
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368