Easy Adobe Photoshop Elements 7:

by Binder, Kate

• ISBN13: 9780789739261
• ISBN10: 0789739267
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Que

Summary

The full-color, step-by-step, learn-by-doing guide to Elements 7... the easiest way to create and share great images Stock available January 2009 - Aust RRP $24.95  Get outstanding results with just a few clicks.  No technical jargon, no theory, and no wasted time... stunningly simple explanations and full-color pictures walk you through every task, one step at a time.  Perfect for anyone who's new to digital photography or Photoshop Elements - and for consumers upgrading from older versions. Easy Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 shows consumers how to produce remarkable images with Photoshop Elements 7 as easily as humanly possible. This fullcolor, picture-driven, step-by-step, learn-by-doing guide teaches Photoshop Elements 7 the way this program's users want to learn... simply and visually. Nothing important is left out, and absolutely no unnecessary theory or technical jargon is added! Author Kate Binder isn't just an expert in digital photography and graphics: she's one of the world's leading experts in explaining technical tasks simply and visually. In this book, she covers everything beginner-to-intermediate users will want to do with Photoshop Elements 7. Readers will learn how to transfer photos to the computer from a camera... scan photo prints... fix poor quality photos... recrop photos and remove distracting objects.. add type and special effects... combine photos into photo collages... and create online and printed albums, slideshows, and other display media. Binder shows readers how to organize their rapidly growing photo collections using Photoshop Elements' powerful built-in Organizer - and how to turn their photos into sophisticated online galleries, printed photo collages, and more. Along the way, she covers all of Photoshop Elements 6's most helpful new features - from its new group photo compositing tools to its new web gallery themes.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Learning the Ropes	p. 2
Getting It All Together	p. 22
Basic Photo Fixing	p. 38
Advanced Photo Fixing	p. 56
Adding Titles and Text	p. 80
Using Layers to Combine Photos and Artwork	p. 92
Creating Snazzy Effects	p. 104
Painting and Drawing	p. 128
Flattering Your Subjects	p. 140
Organizing and Presenting Your Photos	p. 150
Publishing Your Images	p. 166
Just for Fun	p. 194
Glossary	p. 212
Index	p. 222
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Excerpts

Easy Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 Easy Adobe#xAE; Photoshop#xAE; Elements 7 Introduction I love Photoshop Elements, I really do. Now, that's a statement that might surprise people who know mein other words, people who know that I make a lot of my living working with "Big Photoshop" and its professional-level siblings in Adobe's powerful Creative Suite. Nonetheless, Photoshop Elements has a special place in my heart. And I'm sure you'll feel the same way by the time you've finished reading this book. Look at it this way. You've got a digital camera (and probably a scanner, too). You've got this desktop PC that's hundredsno, thousandsof times more powerful than the computers of just a few decades ago. Maybe you even have a cell phone that can take photos. How about your PDA? I bet it can do the same. You've got all the gadgets. But let's face it; one thing you don't have is a lot of time. And if you did find some time, you'd pick up a real book by Elizabeth Peters or Tom Clancy, kick back, and enjoy yourself. Who wants to read about computers? Not me, that's for sure. I'm a lot like you. I love my digital camera. I look forward to sharing my pictures, but I don't want to spend hours "playing" with them. I spend enough time sitting at a computer when I'm workingwhen it comes to my family photos, vacation snapshots, and eBay listing photos, I just want to get them looking good as quickly as possible so that I can get on with my life. And that's exactly where Photoshop Elements fits into my plans. Now, I'm a huge fan of Big Photoshop's power and breadth of features. It's just that, as mentioned earlier, I don't feel like getting out the big guns after hours. But I'm used to the power of Photoshopafter all, it's the industry standard image editor, and there's just not much it can't do. Given that, is it really possible for Photoshop Elements to keep me happy? The answer, it turns out, is emphatically yes. With Photoshop Elements, you get maximum results with minimum effort. And version 7 offers more of the same, only better, with three different edit modes, including Guided Edit, which actually teaches you how to use Photoshop Elements right in the program. Photoshop Elements 7 also includes the following: A Smart Brush tool that enables you to paint in special effects on separate layers so that you can edit them later A Detail Smart Brush that's especially designed for working in small areas without slopping outside the lines An enhanced Organizer where you can create photo albums that automatically update your Web galleries when you import appropriate photos and that can back themselves up, too The new Photoshop.com Web service, a free way to share your photos online, access and edit your photos from any Web browser, and back up your photos instantly, so that you never risk losing a single pixel In addition, a pack of built-in wizards do all the heavy lifting involved in creating everything from photo album pages and greeting cards to wall calendars and Web galleries. So, here's hoping that you love Photoshop Elements as much as I doand that this book enables you to use the program to create images you'll love even more. May you enjoy this book, thrill as I did at the tricks you can do with Photoshop Elements, and not spend a minute more than you need to with either of them. Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.