Product Description

Photoshop Elements 7 is a sophisticated image-editing program for hobbyists, amateur photographers, and professionals alike. Whether you’re new to Elements or looking for the details on the newest version, Photoshop Elements 7 All-in-One For Dummies gets you up to speed and offers a handy, full-color reference.

Nine convenient minibooks cover everything you need to know about image editing, sharing files, and creating projects with Elements 7. They include:

• Introducing Elements
• Elements Fundamentals
• Image Essentials
• Selections
• Painting, Drawing, and Typing
• Working with Layers and Masks
• Filters, Effects, Styles, and Distortions
• Enhancing and Retouching
• Creating and Sharing

Written by graphics and digital imaging experts Barbara Obermeier and Ted Padova, this handy guide covers:

• Setting up your work environment, using tools and shortcuts, and managing your files
• Working with resolution, managing color, using appropriate file formats, and handling selections
• Using the Brush and Pencil tools, working with layers, and creating artistic effects
• Erasing imperfections and fine-tuning color
• Doing creative things with your photos, including slide shows, calendars, greeting cards, flip books, and other projects
• Managing images in Organizer and Bridge and the process for acquiring, saving, and exporting images
• How to do quick image makeovers, and much more

Photoshop Elements 7 All-in-One For Dummies helps you get great photos for print, Web galleries, and cool projects that’ll make your friends say “wow!”

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #249099 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 672 pages

From the Back Cover

Create extraordinary photos

to share in print, on the Web,

or as other cool projects!

Photoshop Elements is a powerful photo-editing program, and this handy, one-stop guide gives you the scoop on the latest tips and techniques — in rich, full color! These nine minibooks cover everything you need to know about organizing, editing, sharing, and creating projects with your photos.

• The groundwork — Books I and II cover setting up your work environment, using tools and shortcuts, and managing your files

• Make them pretty — learn to work with resolution, manage color, use appropriate file formats, and handle selections in Books III and IV

• Take it up a notch — in Books V, VI, and VII, learn to use Brush and Pencil, work with layers, and create artistic effects

• Fix the flaws — Book VIII helps you erase imperfections, fine-tune color, and more

• Be creative — with slide shows, calendars, greeting cards, flip books, and other projects in Book IX

Open the book and find:

• The process for acquiring, saving, and exporting images

• Steps for correcting lighting, color, and clarity

• How to work with Camera Raw files

• Instructions for working with layers and masks

• Tips for modifying and transforming selections

• How to combine multiple images into creative collages

• Advice on working with type and getting artsy with the pencil and brush tools

• Creative applications for filters, effects, styles, and distortions

About the Author

Barbara Obermeier is the principal of Obermeier Design, a graphic design studio in California specializing in print and Web design. She is currently a Graphic Design faculty member at Brooks Institute. Ted Padova is an internationally recognized authority on Adobe® Acrobat®, PDF, and digital imaging.

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