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9780764507045

Photoshop® 6 for Dummies®

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  • ISBN13:

    9780764507045

  • ISBN10:

    0764507044

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-11-15
  • Publisher: For Dummies
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Summary

This latest update to a bestselling title provides a quick and easy way to get up to speed with the latest release of Adobe Photoshop. McClelland reveals his own techniques for creative image editing, along with specific tips that Photoshop veterans can use to take advantage of the software's new features. Real-world examples included.

Author Biography

In 1985, Deke McClelland oversaw the implementation of the first Macintosh-based production department in Boulder, Colorado. He later graduated to be artistic director for Publishing Resources, one of the earliest all-PostScript service bureaus in the United States.These days, Deke is the author of the best-selling computer titles Macworld Photoshop 5 Bible and Photoshop 3 For Windows 95 Bible (both published by IDG Books Worldwide), which have combined sales worldwide of more than 500,000 copies, making them the best-selling guides of any kind on computer graphics. Other best-selling titles include CorelDraw 8 For Dummies, PageMill 2 For Dummies (both IDG Books), and Real World Illustrator 7 (Peachpit Press). His newest title, Photoshop 4 Studio Secrets(IDG Books), chronicles the work of 16 of the world's most prominent computer artists.When not writing books, Deke serves as contributing editor for Macworld and Publish magazines and hosts the cable TV computer series Digital Gurus (now in its fourth season). Deke has written more than 40 books and hundreds of magazine articles about graphics, electronic publishing, and multimedia. His work has been translated into more than 20 languages, including Portuguese, Slovenian, and Thai.In 1989, Deke won the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Computer Book. Since then, he has received honors from the Society for Technical Communication (1994), the American Society of Business Press Editors (1995), and the Computer Press Association (1990, 1992, 1994, and 1995). Other recent titles include FreeHand 8 Bible, Photoshop 5 For Macs For Dummies, and Web Design Studio Secrets (all published by IDG Books).

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(6)
Part I: What the ...? Aagh, Help Me! 7(52)
Meet Dr. Photo and Mr. Shop
9(12)
Canvassing the On-Screen Canvas
21(16)
Now the Fun Really Begins
37(22)
Part II: The Care and Feeding of Pixels 59(78)
Sizing Up Your Image
61(18)
Auntie Em versus the Munchkins (Death Match)
79(22)
Save Before You Say Good Night
101(16)
Going to Hard Copy
117(20)
Part III: Tiptoe through the Toolbox 137(76)
Paint Me Young, Beautiful, and Twisted
139(22)
Making a Mockery of Reality
161(24)
Cleaning Up Goobers
185(12)
Turning Back the Digital Clock
197(16)
Part IV: Select Before You Correct 213(76)
The Great Pixel Roundup (Yee Ha)
215(40)
More Fun with Selections
255(14)
Coloring inside the Lines
269(20)
Part V: So, You Say You're Serious about Image Editing 289(110)
Layers upon Layers upon Layers
291(26)
Digital Graffiti
317(20)
Forays into Filters
337(18)
Drawing Color from a Dreary Wasteland
355(20)
Taking a Peek at Web Graphics
375(24)
Part VI: The Part of Tens 399(36)
Ten Tricky Techniques to Assign to Memory
401(10)
Ten Amusing Ways to Mess Up a Loved One's Face
411(14)
Ten Things to Do with Your Photoshop Masterpiece
425(10)
Index 435

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