Book description
If you are just starting to work with digital images and want to gain great results fast, this complete and easy-to follow guide is the one for you. Bestselling author Philip Andrews - Adobe Australia's official Photoshop Elements Ambassador -provides a clear introduction packed with step-by-step tutorials, visual examples and tips, equipping you with the knowledge and skills you need to get the most out of this best-selling software. All content is completely revised and updated for Photoshop Elements 4.0.This completely revised and updated edition covers all the new features of version 4.0, including automatic fixes for Red Eye, the new Order Prints Pane, the Adjust Skin Tones feature and the exciting Magic Selection Brush and Magic Extractor tools.
Learn how to create professional quality images for print, web and email by following the clear, step-by-step instructions. Get thorough guidance on how to successfully manage and organize your images, with advice on tagging, making collections and backing up your files.
The associated website www.guide2elements.com provides all the tools needed to fine tune your skills. Images and projects featured in the book are provided online so you can put each technique into practice as you read. Printable lesson plans for those teachers among you are available, along with useful links and updates so you have everything at your fingertips to get the best out of Elements.
Praise for previous editions of this title:
"With Philip providing you with such a good 'street index' to our Photoshop Elements 3.0 software you will be creating fantastic digital images in next to no time at all."
Judith Salonga, Adobe Systems
"If you need to manipulate digital images this is the book that will not only show you what can be achieved but inspire you to develop your skills even further."
Computer Arts Special
"Whether you are into manipulating photographs, wishing to build better websites or produce better looking prints, this book will help you to master all the necessary tools contained in the program. The learning curve just got shallower!"
Martin Evening
"Philip Andrews' knowledge and enthusiasm shines through."
Royal Photographic Society Journal
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Buzz of Digital Photography
- 2 Introducing Photoshop Elements 4.0
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3 First Steps
- The Welcome screen
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Step 1: Getting your pictures into Elements
- Organizer: File > Get Photos > From Camera or Card Reader
- Organizer: File > Get Photos > From Scanner
- Ensuring enough pixels for the job
- Editor: Image > Divide Scanned Photos
- Organizer: File > Get Photos > From Files and Folders
- How to multi-select the files to import
- Organizer: File > Get Photos > From Mobile Phone
- Organizer: File > Get Photos > From Online Sharing Service
- Organizer: File > Get Photos > By Searching
- Organizer: File > Get Photos > PhotoDeluxe Album and ActiveShare Album (version 3.0)
- Other options for getting your photos into Elements
- Creating new documents
- Step 2: Viewing your pictures
- Step 3: Image rotating
- Step 4: Cropping and straightening
- Step 5: Automatic corrections
- Step 6: Printing
- Step 7: Saving
- Step 8: Organizing your pictures
- Step 9: Backing up your files
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4 Simple Image Changes
- Three levels of editing
- Setting up your screen for Elements
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Brightness and contrast changes
- Editor: Enhance > Adjust Lighting > Brightness/Contrast
- Editor: Enhance > Auto Contrast
- Editor: Enhance > Auto Levels
- Editor: Enhance > Auto Smart Fix
- Editor: Enhance > Adjust Smart Fix
- The Quick Fix editor – ‘quick change central’
- Altering a few tones only
- Editor: Enhance > Adjust Lighting > Shadows/Highlights
- Dodge and Burn tools
- Color corrections
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Using filters and effects
- Editor: Filters
- Editor: Filter > Filter Gallery
- Editor: Window > Styles and Effects
- Editor: Filter > Blur > Motion Blur
- Editor: Filter > Sketch > Chalk & Charcoal
- Editor: Filter > Distort > Liquify
- Editor: Filter > Sketch > Graphic Pen
- Editor: Filter > Stylize > Emboss
- Third party filters
- The 10 commandments for filter usage
- Getting help with Elements
- 5 Hands on Techniques
- 6 Using Selections and Layers
- 7 Combining Text with Your Images
- 8 Using Elements’ Painting and Drawing Tools
- 9 Creating Great Panoramas
- 10 Preparing Images for the Web or E-mail
- 11 Preparing Images for Printing
- 12 Photo Creations
- 13 Managing Your Files
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14 Theory into Practice: Real Life Elements Projects
- Project 1: Slide shows from your home videos
- Project 2: Stitching big paintings together 317
- Project 3: Professional folio of images on CD-ROM 319
- Project 4: The school newsletter
- Project 5: Real estates go digital
- Project 6: Photographic print display
- Project 7: Business manager presentation
- Project 8: Restoration of a family heirloom
- Project 9: Menu for restaurant
- Project 10: Advertisement optimized for black and white
- Project 11: Company logo, letterhead, business card
- Project 12: Holiday panoramic posters
- 15 Where to From Here?
- Appendices
- Index
Product information
- Title: Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2005
- Publisher(s): Focal Press
- ISBN: 9781136105739
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