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Foreword
The digital imaging landscape has changed dramatically since Adobe Photoshop
Elements 4 was released. Because of the power, speed, flexibility, and incredible
image quality of the most recent hardware, the adoption of digital cameras is at an
all-time high. Never before have there been more applications to adjust and
manipulate your images, and never before have there been more books to learn
about these applications. It’s a great time to be a digital photographer!
Both O’Reilly and Adobe recognize that you, as a user, have more choices than
ever when it comes to your software and literature. Congratulations on choosing
the best of both worlds—a fantastic book and an incredibly powerful piece of soft-
ware. Between the most dynamic version of Elements yet, and a book that has fol-
lowed each and every change along the way, you can rest assured that you have
before you a winning team of knowledge and power.
I had the pleasure of working with Barbara Brundage the last time around, and I
was extremely impressed with how thorough, detailed, accurate, and insightful her
tutorials were. With Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual, Barbara again
brings clarity, creativity, and precision to even the most esoteric questions you
might have.
This fifth release of Photoshop Elements introduces dozens of new features (there
are even some that you can’t find in its big brother, Photoshop!). Having ...