October 2007
Beginner
592 pages
18h 58m
English
Content preview from Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing ManualBecome an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
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Beyond This Book
You can do thousands of interesting things with Elements that are beyond the scope of this book. Bookstores have dozens of titles on Elements and Photoshop, and a lot of things are common to both programs. All kinds of specialized books on everything from color management to making selections to scrapbooking are available.
Tip
If you're looking to learn some photo-shooting and -editing techniques from a pro who's been at it since the birth of digital cameras, then check out Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography (O'Reilly).
In addition, you'll find hundreds of tutorial sites on the Web. Besides those mentioned earlier in the chapter, other popular sites include:
Adobe (www.adobe.com). You'll find plenty of free online training for Elements here.
Jay Arraich (www.arraich.com/elements/psE_intro.htm). This longtime Photoshop guru provides lots of Elements information, both basic and advanced.
Two important resources that have all kinds of interesting information are:
Elements Challenge pages (www.cavesofice.org/~grant/Challenge). Maintained by Grant Dixon, this site offers you a chance to try out your Elements skills on a different Elements challenge every week. Anyone's welcome to participate, no matter what your skill level. If you feel intimidated by some of the entries, don't be: Everyone started as a beginner. There's also a links page with many tutorial and download sites.
Photoshop Elements User (www.photoshopelementsuser.com). This is the Web site for a subscriber-only ...
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