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Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual
Anyone still think that Adobe Photoshop Elements is a toy
version of the real thing? As the most popular photo-editing
program on the market, Photoshop Elements not only has
Photoshop's marvelous powers, but also has capabilities the
mothership lacks. Each new version includes more tools
designed specifically for today's consumer
digital photo
enthusiasts. The latest edition, Photoshop Elements 5,
solidifies the reputation of this superb and inexpensive
product with new scrapbook features, a link to online photo
services, and many other improvements.
In fact, there's so much to Photoshop Elements that it can
be quite confusing at times. That's precisely why our
Missing Manuals are the bestselling books on the topic.
Adobe provides a pamphlet and some help files; our book, now
in its fifth edition, carefully explains every feature the
program has to offer (something no other book has done) by
putting each one into a clear, easy-to-understand context.
Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual covers the Windows
version of Adobe's workhorse and gives you the low down on a
host of new features:
Learn to create multiple page documents, custom photo
layouts with frames, and highly customized layouts for
scrapbook projects
Master the new editor for Layer Styles, which lets you
customize individual layers in a photo
"Attach" your photos to areas of a Yahoo! Map so your
friends and family can see the pictures you took in specific
places
Author Barbara Brundage also introduces you to a new
sophisticated tool called "Curves" to adjust the color and
contrast in your photos, and shows you how to burn
multi-session CDs and DVDs. As always, she lets you know
which features work well, which don't, and why -- all with a
bit of wit and good humor. Although the book progresses from
simple to complex tasks, you can easily jump around to learn
specific techniques, such as creating photomontages
(composites), restoring old photos, preparing images for the
Web, and archiving. More than a dozen downloadable images
let you practice using the editing tools right away!
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