40 Digital Photo Retouching Techniques [Paperback]

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Book Description

ISBN-10: 8931435126 | ISBN-13: 978-8931435122 | Publication Date: March 1, 2005 | Edition: 2

"This dazzling, full-color book provides a fun, practical introduction to photo-editing with Photoshop Elements."
--Fred Showker, Editor/Publisher of DT&G Magazine

This second edition of our wildly popular, full-color introduction to photo-editing with Photoshop Elements offers dozens of hands-on techniques that reflect the product's latest features. Dive right in and make your photos look their absolute best with this fun, practical guide. Learn how to use the file browser, change image size, enhance faces, manage file size, correct white balance, enhance your subject, use raw format, and much more. The companion CD contains a tryout version of Photoshop Elements, utilities, and hundreds of images. Nowhere else will you find such valuable advice, creativity-inspiring images, with a CD, at such an affordable price.

40 Digital Photo Retouching Techniques will show you how to:
* Use Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 effectively
* Correct color and light
* Add color to black-and-white photos
* Remove red eye, eliminate blemishes, and enhance facial features
* Develop studio backgrounds and professional-style picture packages
* Clean up, combine, and resize images
* Split up scanned images
* Open and process RAW image files
* Create reflections and text effects
* Correct flaws with the Healing Brush
* Straighten distorted images
* Create a web banner
* Build a photo gallery for the web
* And more!

How is this book different?
* Written for digital image enthusiasts in a language that's easy to understand
* Presents inspiring, full-color images on every page
* Combines technical details with artistic inspiration
* Lets you dive right in and get creative with your digital camera
* Groups topics thematically for quick reference
* Provides a thorough introduction to Photoshop Elements 3.0 and digital imaging
* Uses practical step-by-step instructions, explanations, short-cuts, and tips
* Leads you to rapid mastery of retouching techniques

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

"This dazzling, full-color book provides a fun, practical introduction to photo-editing with Photoshop Elements."
—Fred Showker, Editor/Publisher of DT&G Magazine

This second edition of our wildly popular, full-color introduction to photo-editing with Photoshop Elements offers dozens of hands-on techniques that reflect the product’s latest features. Dive right in and make your photos look their absolute best with this fun, practical guide. Learn how to use the file browser, change image size, enhance faces, manage file size, correct white balance, enhance your subject, use raw format, and much more. The companion CD contains a tryout version of Photoshop Elements, utilities, and hundreds of images. Nowhere else will you find such valuable advice, creativity-inspiring images, with a CD, at such an affordable price.

40 Digital Photo Retouching Techniques will show you how to:

• Use Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 effectively
• Correct color and light
• Add color to black-and-white photos
• Remove red eye, eliminate blemishes, and enhance facial features
• Develop studio backgrounds and professional-style picture packages
• Clean up, combine, and resize images
• Split up scanned images
• Open and process RAW image files
• Create reflections and text effects
• Correct flaws with the Healing Brush
• Straighten distorted images
• Create a web banner
• Build a photo gallery for the web
• And more!

How is this book different?

• Written for digital image enthusiasts in a language that’s easy to understand
• Presents inspiring, full-color images on every page
• Combines technical details with artistic inspiration
• Lets you dive right in and get creative with your digital camera
• Groups topics thematically for quick reference
• Provides a thorough introduction to Photoshop Elements 3.0 and digital imaging
• Uses practical step-by-step instructions, explanations, short-cuts, and tips
• Leads you to rapid mastery of retouching techniques

About the Author

Founded in 1987, YoungJin.com is a leading South Korean book publisher. They're known for great graphics and digital photography books, featuring exceptionally stylish designs and consistently high quality images.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Sybex; 2 edition (March 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8931435126
• ISBN-13: 978-8931435122
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 7.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,769,464 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars How to edit JUST 40 photos, June 12, 2006

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B. Rutledge "sjsdad" (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 40 Digital Photo Retouching Techniques (Paperback)

This book has a CD with 40 photos, and includes specific instructions on how to edit those photos. Want to edit your own photos? Then this book is of little use to you, except in the unlikely event you want to make the EXACT same edits. When it comes to the edits, it does not instruct you WHAT you are doing or WHY you are doing it - it is just "click this button, enter values 10, 19, and 245" with nothing to help you understand why you are clicking that or using those specific buttons. I have read 6 books on photshop elements, and this is the only one I found that was completely unhelpful. The CD does not add value - it has only the sample photos and a "trial" version of elements 3 that is easily downloaded from adobe's website (if you want a trial version).

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars very easy to learn, April 25, 2005

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W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 40 Digital Photo Retouching Techniques (Paperback)

A nice attraction of the book is the accompanying CD. It has a bunch of example images that you can try out the book's techniques on. But just as importantly, it has a trial version of Photoshop Elements. To some of you, just getting the latter might be well worth the entire book.

In any event, the book guides you through the most common usages of Elements. Much simpler than the full Photoshop. Which is really for professionals. Elements is more attuned towards the amateur market, where you have a need for easy to learn methods of touching up your digital images, and these are often photos.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars it's ok...., August 23, 2006

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Alan (Bethesda, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 40 Digital Photo Retouching Techniques (Paperback)

The Book is simple, alone it is not enough to learn Elements but as an addition to other books, you will find in it useful hints. You do have to apply them to your own photos by adjusting their instructions since they teach by using their photos and giving exact settings for that photo. Don't buy if it's the only book you will own, good as another source!