Adobe Photoshop Elements One-Click Wow! : Instant Graphic Effects for Photographs, Type and Graphics

by Davis, Jack; Dayton, Linnea

• ISBN13: 9780321108470
• ISBN10: 0321108477
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback w/CD
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Peachpit Pr

Summary

From the creative team behind the best-selling Photoshop Wow! Book comes the indispensable companion to Adobe Photoshop Elements, the low-cost, easy-to-use alternative to Photoshop. In Adobe Photoshop Elements One-Click Wow!, authors Jack Davis and Linnea Dayton greatly extend the power of this digital imaging software by including over 300 stunning Layer Styles on the accompanying CD-ROM--Layer Styles that you couldn't create using Photoshop Elements alone. Whether you're a photographer, business user, or hobbyist, you can use these One-Click Wow! effects to transform your photos, type, or graphics from ho-hum to Wow! with a single click.

Adobe Photoshop Elements One-Click Wow! contains a quick start guide for loading and applying the One-Click Wow! Layer Styles; tutorials on how to scale, customize, and copy them; and easy instructions for saving, sizing, and printing your files. It also includes a printed catalog of all the mouth-watering effects on the CD-ROM, along with samples to help you pick the Layer Styles you want to apply.

Take all your projects to the next level--from subtle tints to exquisitely crafted dimensional makeovers--instantly with Adobe Photoshop Elements One-Click Wow!

Table of Contents

What Is a Layer Style?	1	(1)
A Style is a way to improve a photo, type, or graphics--instantly!--by ``overlaying'' color texture, dimension, framing and a dozen other effects
How To Use This Book & CD-ROM	2	(1)
Read the book for pointers on applying the One-Click Wow! Styles on the CD-ROM
One-Click Wow! Quick Start	3	(2)
Can't wait to get started? Here's how to get up and running right away
Layer Style ``Magic''	5	(7)
After you apply a Style, you can continue to make changes to the layer or to the Style itself
Scaling a Style	6	(2)
Customizing Style Settings	8	(1)
Combining Styles	9	(1)
Copying a Layer Style	10	(1)
Using Styles with Clipping Groups	11	(1)
Saving, Sizing & Output	12	(3)
Here's how to choose a file format for your ``Styled'' file and resize it if needed
One-Click Wow! Recipes	15	(1)
Here's a catalog of the Recipes provided on the CD-ROM to help you in your ``One-Click'' adventures
A Layer Style Tutorial	16	(4)
This step-by-step tutorial walks you through a sample project, showing you how to apply Layer styles, change layer content while keeping the Style, copy a Style, and scale a Style or a ``styled'' file
Photo Effects	20	(12)
Use these Styles for Your photos or digital paintings
Vignetters, Frames & Borders	24	(2)
Tints & Color Effects	26	(2)
Textures, Patterns & Grains	28	(2)
Darkroom Effects	30	(2)
Graphics & Type Effects	32	(24)
These styles turn type and graphics into objects you'll want to reach out and touch!
Chromes	36	(2)
Metals	38	(2)
Glass, Ice & Crystal	40	(2)
Gems & Smooth Stones	42	(2)
Plastics	44	(2)
Polished & Textured Woods	46	(2)
Rock, Brick & Other Textures	48	(2)
Weaves & Patterns	50	(2)
Strokes, Fills & Shadows	52	(2)
Glows, Neon & Halos	54	(2)
Gradient Effects	56	(2)
Use these Styles (or their equivalent Gradient presets) to fill type, graphics, or ``backdrops'' with everything from subtle to spectacular color mixes
For Photoshop Users	58
Here's how to use the One-Click Wow! Styles with the full version of photoshop