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: #24314 in Books
• Brand: Books
• Published on: 2007-12-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 2.10 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780470192382
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
• Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices

Review
"...if you simply want to understand the core features of the software then this may be the book for you." (Business Network, August 2008)

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

Not as good as "The Missing Manual" Book
I spent a considerable period of time with this book. I never got a good feel for the program and was confused by several chapters. The concept of the organizer should be laid out closer to the beginning of the book. Similarly, the "quick edit" and "guided edit" features should be covered earlier. In contrast, the Missing Manual is much better written, has examples on the web, and gives a better feel for the program. I usually like the "Dummies" book, but this one wasn't written as well as most. I think The Missing Manual can be seen on line for free for 45 days.

Surprise
I was surprised at the complexity of this "Dummies" book. It is not for dummies! But maybe Photoshop Elements 6 is not for dummies either. Chapter 3 "Working with resolutions, Color Modes, and File Fomats" is very difficult to understand. I chose this book because the program itself offers very little help and although there are other books available, I figured dummies was about my speed since I already own 9 other dummies booksPhotoshop Elements 6 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)).

Photoshop Elements 6 For Dummies
A much clearer help book than Adobe's own printed manual. The colour photographs were much easier to follow and the text easier to follow.