Photoshop Elements 6 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
By Barbara Obermeier, Ted Padova
Product Description
Want to get more fun from your photos? To edit and enhance your pictures, fix flaws, and create greeting cards or cool photo projects to share? What about turning out some really professional prints with simply stunning color? Photoshop Elements can handle it, and Photoshop Elements 6 For Dummies gets you up and running on Elements in a hurry.
Photoshop Elements 6 is a reasonably priced, full-featured, powerful image-editing program for Windows (Adobe stopped supporting Elements for Mac with version 4.) This colorful guide helps you make the most of all its coolest features. You’ll quickly get familiar with the work area and all the tools; be able to find, organize, and manage your images; correct common mistakes; and explore fun ways to share your photos. You’ll discover how to:
- Acquire images from your camera or scanner
- Organize your files and photos you so can quickly find what you’re looking for
- Crop and straighten pictures, fix exposure, and clean up dust and scratches
- Create sharp and colorful images for printing
- Correct color, contrast, and clarity
- Combine multiple images into creative collages
- Use filters to create different effects
- Turn your photos into slide shows, movie files, or Web-hosted images
Elements has something for everyone, from beginning dabblers to serious photo hobbyists to professionals. With plenty of full-color illustrations that show what you can achieve, this friendly guide will help you use Elements to make the most of your digital photos.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #753 in Books
- Published on: 2007-12-17
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 400 pages
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From the Back Cover
Find out how to get more fun from your photos
Edit and enhance your pictures, fix flaws, create greeting cards or photo books, and more
Photoshop Elements is a full-featured, powerful image-editing program, and this colorful guide helps you make the most of all its coolest features. You’ll quickly get familiar with the work area; be able to find, organize, and manage your images; correct common mistakes; and explore fun ways to share your photos.
Discover how to:
- Acquire images from your camera or scanner
- Organize and find photos fast
- Crop and straighten pictures
- Create sharp and colorful images for printing
- Correct color, contrast, and clarity
- Combine multiple images into creative collages
About the Author
Barbara Obermeier: Barbara Obermeier is the principal of Obermeier Design, a graphic design studio in Ventura, California. She is the author of Photoshop CS3 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (Wiley) and has contributed as author or coauthor on numerous books on Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Illustrator, and PowerPoint. She is currently a faculty member in the Graphic Design Department at Brooks Institute.
Ted Padova: In addition to writing several books on Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, Ted is the world’s leading author of books on Adobe Acrobat. He is also a co-author of Adobe Acrobat 8 PDF Bible, Adobe Creative Suite Bible, Color Correction For Digital Photographers Only, and Color Management for Digital Photographers For Dummies (all from Wiley). Ted spends most of his time writing and speaking at conferences and expos nationally and internationally.
Customer Reviews
One of the worst Dummies books
Having used the Dummies books before, with great success, I was very disappointed in this book. There are several instances where what the book states does not mesh with what is actually happening with the software. I bought this book about a week after I’d bought Photoshop Elements 6, after realizing the online help was next to no help. I don’t know if it’s the authors’ fault, or perhaps the software itself – it is certainly not intuitive, when taken with other programs I’ve worked in (both PC and Mac – programs like MS Word, MS Publisher, QuarkExpress, etc.). Whatever the cause – maybe a combination of both? – the whole process of using the book and the software has been a very frustrating experience. I would not buy another book by either of these authors again, given my experience with this one.
It is very halpful.
I have used this book to help me edit my pics and it is really helpful.
A book worth reading
I just recently bought this book and hemmed and hawed around as to whether to get this book or the Missing Manual.
I’m glad I went with this book. It is simple and easy to use and it seems to go into detail on some areas, yet missing something on other areas.
By playing around with the program once I’ve read how to do something, I find I can go further.
I picked up on some helpful hints immediately when I first started reading this book and am keeping my side notes to refer back to.
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