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Photoshop Elements 2 Hands-On Training (Hands-on Training (H.O.T))
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You've got the computer, the scanner, the digital camera. You've even got Photoshop Elements, the consumer cousin of Adobe's powerful image-editing software. No you're ready to start having fun--the only problem is, you don't have any experience working with digital images. Not to worry: Photoshop Elements 2 Hands-On Training shows you how to use Photoshop Elements to manipulate all of those images you've captured and turn them into real-life projects. In the process of creating a greeting card, newsletter, or any of the other fun, practical projects included in these pages, you'll learn how to use Photoshop Elements for painting and drawing, color correction, image retouching, creating photo-illustrations, and more. Step-by-step, project-based instruction makes learning a snap; full-color graphics inspire; and QuickTime movies (on the accompanying CD) make more complicated aspects of the program readily accessible. If you're ready to start creating and editing digital images, you're ready for this book!
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent if you're using Elements 2.0
Comment: This is a great book if you're still using Photoshop Elements 2.0. I'm glad I got this book, even though I plan to swtich to Elements 3.0 soon. It's easy to follow and comprehensive. Thank you.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Layers Revealed
Comment: Whenever I start a new interest, I must buy every related book. When I began digital photography and using Photoshop Elements, I increased my creative library exponentially. No matter what I read, I had a mental block about layers. The CD-ROM exercises and text of this book, finally helped me understand the concepts and use of layers. Perhaps the humor is a bit corny, but the content, hands on training and content make this a must buy for new digital photographers using Photoshop Elements.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good book, sophomoric humor
Comment: If you can ignore the author's attempts to humor you, this is a pretty good book......he takes you thru PE2's paces, with lots of pictures and an accompanying CD with exercises. It's $20 well-spent, since the User Guide that comes with the software is pretty much useless unless you're familiar with the program to start with. Can't go wrong.
Customer Rating:
Summary: first-class tutorials
Comment: What a great find! I have twice worked through all the lesson tutorials, using the book and CD in combination.
Another book kept telling me how important "unsharp mask" was for sharpening the focus of photos. But I could not find how to adjust and combine the three settings in the unsharp mask dialog box. Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 H.O.T. suggested settings which have improved my photos immensely.
Thank you, Shane and Lynda, for producing such a great book. It is worth several times its price.
Customer Rating:
Summary: bad jokes spoil text
Comment: Although I have worked my way through this book and learnt the basics quite well, I wouldn't recommend it . The author obviously thinks a good computer book needs a lot of jokes to make it sell. Unfortunately his jokes are so lame that by the end of the book they were driving me crazy.Jokes are only good if they are funny. Shane's jokes are NOT funny!!! He should give up the jokes and just concentrate on teaching the program. Then he will have a really good book!
Technical Details
Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 006.686
EAN: 9780321203007
ISBN: 0321203003
Label: Peachpit Press
Manufacturer: Peachpit Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2003-09-08
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Studio: Peachpit Press
