Book description
Photoshop Elements is a more accessible version of Adobe's flagship product, Photoshop. Elements is geared to business users, students, and home users who nonetheless want professional-looking images for their print and Web projects. Topics covered in the book include capturing and editing photos from traditional or digital cameras, correcting color, working with layers, erasing backgrounds and creating photo-illustrations, editing Web graphics, and simulating print and drawing techniques. Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop Elements in 24 Hours is an easily accessible tutorial that uses a friendly, conversational writing style to teach readers the basics - an approach that should especially appeal to Photoshop Elements users.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- About the Author
- About the Contributing Author
- Acknowledgments
- We Want to Hear from You!
- Reader Services
- Introduction
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I. Working with Elements
- 1. Welcome to Photoshop Elements
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2. A Tour of the Desktop
- Finding Your Way Around
- Understanding the Shortcuts Bar
- Task: Starting a New Image
- Using the Tools in the Toolbox
- Understanding the Options Bar
- Using the Menus
- Taking a Look at the File and Edit Menus
- Taking a Look at the Image Menu
- Taking a Look at the Enhance Menu
- Taking a Look at the Layer Menu
- Taking a Look at the Select Menu
- Taking a Look at the Filter Menu
- Taking a Look at the View Menu
- Taking a Look at the Window Menu
- Setting Preferences
- Summary
- Q&A
- Workshop
- 3. Starting and Saving Your Work
- 4. Importing Source Images
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5. Making Selections and Using Layers
- Using the Selection Tools
- Task: Drawing a Donut with the Marquee Tool
- Selecting with the Lasso Tools
- Making Selections with the Magic Wand
- Modifying Selections
- Stroking and Filling Selections
- Using the Paint Bucket Tool to Fill a Selection
- Working with Layers
- Task: Experimenting with Layers
- Managing Layers
- Summary
- Q&A
- Workshop
- 6. Adding Type
- 7. Printing Your Pictures
- 8. Posting Your Work on the Web
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II. Simple Corrections
- 9. Cropping and Resizing Your Pictures
- 10. Straightening, Skewing, and Distorting an Image
- 11. Removing Red Eye, Dust, and Scratches
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12. Too Light/Too Dark: Adjusting Brightness, Contrast, and Color
- Using the Automatic Correction Tools
- Adjusting by Eye with Color Variations
- Adjusting Color with Color Cast
- Adjusting Color with Hue/Saturation
- Removing and Replacing Color
- Task: Replace Color
- Compensating for Lighting Mistakes
- Using the Quick Fix Dialog Box
- Task: Fix a Badly Overexposed, Very Blue Photo
- Summary
- Q&A
- Workshop
- 13. Using Repair Recipes and Tutorials
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III. Photo Rescue
- 14. Repairing Black-and-White Pictures
- 15. Making Color Repairs
- 16. Removing and Replacing Objects
- 17. Using the Improvement Filters
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IV. Going Creative
- 18. Using the Artistic Filters
- 19. Creating Art from Scratch
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20. Making Composite Images
- Working with Lighting and Scale
- Using Layer Styles to Create Composites
- Using Adjustment Layers to Fix Image Problems
- Task: Add Layer Styles and Adjustment Layers to Our Umbrella
- Understanding Blending Modes
- Applying Effects
- Making an Effect from Scratch
- Task: Painting with Hot Metal
- Creating Drop Shadows from Scratch
- Making Reflections
- Using Distortions to Blend Composite Images
- Putting Together Stitched Panoramas
- Summary
- Q&A
- Workshop
- 21. Going Wild with Your Images
- 22. Creating Backgrounds and Textures from Scratch
- 23. Building Your Own Brushes and Patterns
- 24. Animated GIFs and Other Cool Tricks
Product information
- Title: Sams Teach Yourself Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 2 in 24 Hours
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2002
- Publisher(s): Sams
- ISBN: 9780672324307
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