Sams Teach Yourself Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 2 in 24 Hours

Introduction

There’s something about software people. I guess it’s a sort of heightened sense of perfectionism. They create a wonderful program like Photoshop, and then say, “Now, how can we make it better? Easier to use? More fun?” Only a few months ago, Photoshop 7 was released to the high-end graphics market, to loud cheers from users and critics alike. Now, right on its heels, we have Elements 2, which provides most of the same improvements for the rest of us.

The fact is, for most users, Photoshop Elements 2 is all the graphics and image editing software we’ll ever need. The big surprise for first-time users is that it’s really not as difficult to work with as it looks. If you have used any other Adobe software, the Photoshop Elements interface ...