August 2014
Beginner
989 pages
34h 23m
English
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Acknowledgements
This book is dedicated to my husband, Jay Nelson, for making everyday life incredibly fun and for learning to appreciate heavy metal music, namely Ozzy Osbourne. 
I’d like to express galactic thanks to iStockphoto.com and Fotolia.com for providing some of the imagery in this book. A big hug and thanks to David Pogue who so graciously wrote the foreword for this book. To Jeff and Scott Kelby for believing in me and nurturing my career in immeasurable ways. To Derrick Story for his wisdom before I got started on this project, and a great big jug of Umbrian vino rosso to Dawn Schanafelt for editing this book and keeping me on track. Her input makes me a better writer and I’m lucky to have her on our team. To my brilliant and long-time tech editor, Shangara Singh, whose expertise has helped create the best Photoshop book yet and whose humorous comments always make me giggle.
Special thanks to Marcus Conge (www.digitalmanipulation.com) and Jay Nelson for helping with the 3D chapter, to Rod Harlan for consulting on video editing, to Richard Harrington (www.photoshopforvideo.com) for helping with actions, to Taz Tally (www.taztallyphotography.com) for helping with the print chapter, as well as Bert Monroy (www.bertmonroy.com) and Veronica Hanley for guidance on all things vector-related. To Deborah Fox (www.deborahfoxart.com) for the beautiful art in the painting chapter, ...
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