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Focal Easy Guide to Photoshop CS2: Image Editing for New Users and Professionals

Focal Easy Guide to Photoshop CS2: Image Editing for New Users and Professionals
Publisher: Focal Press (September 26, 2005) by Brad Hinkel
240 pages; Language: English; ISBN: 0240520017

???If you?????re after a concise introduction to Photoshop CS2?????s many image-editing facilities, this is a useful book that packs in a lot of information at a modest price.??? - Advanced Photoshop. ???This concise and accessible title is excellent for anyone thinking of upgrading to CS2, or those who have already made the leap????this is a well-structured book that is useful and easy to navigate through.??? - Photoshop Creative

Brad Hinkel worked as a program manager for a very large software company in the Seattle area. He helped ship a number of important software products including Word, Mail, and Flight Simulator. He also worked for an Internet retailer in the mid-90s. Brad has been teaching digital photography since 1999. He was largely responsible for starting the digital photography program at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography starting in 1999, and has taught several sections of every course at RMSP. He also created the complete digital photography program at the Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle starting in 2000, and created the entire digital curriculum for that school. Brad has successfully taught his workflow for digital negatives to more than a hundred of students.

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Photoshop Elements 4 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Photoshop Elements 4 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) by Barbara Obermeier, Ted Padova
Publisher: For Dummies (January 24, 2006)
400 pages; Language: English; ISBN: 0471774839

Whether you?????re a hobbyist or a pro, look what you can do with Elements 4! Photoshop Elements is all grown up - a powerful program that?????s easy to use and gives professional results. This book?????s step-by-step instructions and full-color examples help you take creative control of Photoshop Elements????? tools. From sharpening and improving contrast to creating greeting cards, calendars, and photo albums in Windows, here?????s how to tweak, improve, print, and share great pictures.

Discover how to

* Create sharp and colorful images for printing
* Combine multiple images into creative collages
* Correct color, contrast, and clarity * Share photos as PDF slideshows
* Build a Web photo gallery
* Organize and find photos fast

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Photoshop CS2 Before & After Makeovers

Photoshop CS2 Before & After Makeovers by Taz Tally
Publisher: Wiley (January 18, 2006)
384 pages; Language: English; ISBN: 047174901X

You?????re no stranger to Photoshop. But sometimes, it certainly would simplify your life if you had a step-by-step recipe for fixing this problem or creating that effect. And wouldn?????t it be nice if you could see the expected result? Open this book and that?????s what you?????ll find. From basic enhancements like sharpening contrast and tweaking lighting to radical makeovers that change backgrounds or add elements, you simply pick your project, follow the directions, and watch blah ???befores??? become amazing ???afters???!

The cream of the makeovers crop, including

* Dimensional makeovers, such as adding image area, altering dimensions, or creating a panorama
* Exposure enhancements?????bringing subjects out of shadow or adjusting contrast
* Color corrections using highlights, adjusting color object by object, or matching color across images
* Controlling composition by desaturating, removing distracting objects, and creating a focal point
* Mode makeovers interchanging black-and-white, color, grayscale, and transparency
* Repurposing images from digital to print or print to the Web

Even the most discriminating Photoshop user will be blown away by the featured projects that begin with a ???before??? situation and gradually take readers step by step to the amazing ???after??? result This full-color, image-heavy book covers altering brightness, tweaking contrast, replacing the background, matching color across images, and adding motion to images Shows readers how to perform plastic surgery on their photos by fixing photo tears and scratches, painting on an image, and removing distracting elements Photoshop users who know the basics of using the software will improve their skills, gain a better understanding of the technology, and bask in the reward of amazing results.

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