Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 Classroom in a Book [Paperback]

Adobe Creative Team (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0321384822 | ISBN-13: 978-0321384829 | Publication Date: December 30, 2005

The fastest, easiest way to learn Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 for Windows!

 

Classroom in a Book, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, helps you learn the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. Classroom in a Book offers what no other book or training program does–an official training series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.

 

Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 Classroom in a Book contains eight lessons and a bonus CD with lesson files. The book covers the basics of learning Adobe Photoshop Elements, and countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with its new features, including the Magic Selection Brush; Magic Extractor; Auto Red Eye and Auto Skin tone tools; cool slideshow effects; using an online sharing service to make your photos available for friends and family; and more. You’ll learn how to correct photos like a darkroom pro, then share them in slide shows, calendars, on the Web, and more. You can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest you.

This book is for Windows users only.

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About the Author

The Adobe Creative Team is made up of designers, writers, and editors who have extensive, real-world knowledge of and expertise in using Adobe products.

They work closely with the Adobe product development teams and Adobe's Instructional Communications team to come up with creative, challenging, and visually appealing projects to help both new and more experienced users get up to speed quickly on Adobe software products.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Adobe Press (December 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321384822
• ISBN-13: 978-0321384829
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #870,932 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #33 in Books > Computers & Technology > Digital Photography & Video > Adobe Photoshop Elements

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99 of 100 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Official Photoshop Elements 4 Training Manual By Adobe!, January 20, 2006

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Gordon Hunt (Salt Lake City, UT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 Classroom in a Book (Paperback)

Photoshop Elements 4 "Classroom In A Book" by Adobe is an excellent overview of many of the capabilities of their amazing product and is the logical choice for "newbies" to Photoshop that require knowledge beyond the Users Guide and System Help included with the software. The training includes a CD of photographs and hands-on lessons where you complete editing projects that are both enjoyable and informative. You can even make a photo slide show of the "before and after" effects of the enhancements you make from the lessons to show off your work. Especially important is the fact that the instruction is presented on a step-by-step, "fool-proof" level, making it beneficial to all that invest in this book. Take note that it is limited to providing "a flavor" of Elements 4 capabilities, which definitely starts the wheels tuning in your head. However it lacks many higher level practical applications and tricks of the trade that advanced photographers and digital image editors would benefit from. It also lacks an objective perspective regarding the effectiveness of the various PE4 tools due to the fact that the book is produced by the software manufacturer. After completing and fully absorbing this Adobe training, for those wanting to excel to the next level, I highly recommend Scott Kelby's book "Photoshop Elements 4 for Digital Photographers" and Deke McClelland's book "Photoshop Elements 4 One-on-One".

35 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You can do so much with this software!, January 30, 2006

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N. Bruske (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 Classroom in a Book (Paperback)

Though sometimes I find myself lost because the directions, I feel are not very good. I am new to Photoshop and I do not know where all the buttons are, so when the books says, click on the eraser button for example I find myself spending sometime searching for the button because there is no picture of the button. Other than that it has a lot of great ideas and 98% of the time I can recreate what they are doing. Book is very helpful with colored images. I would recommend this book.

Some things that you can do with this software:
Pamaramic - Take several photos and link them together to create a long photo.
Red Eye - Remove Red eye with the easy tool.
Enhance - You can enhance your photos in many ways.
You can add things to your photographs.
You can remove people from the photograph (or add people to it)
You can remove backgrounds or distracting images.
You can clean up someone's face if they have a scratch or blemishes.
You can make your photo look like it is on a canvas.
Slideshow - Create fun slideshows to show your family.

Trust me, there is a lot more you can do! I would recommend this to anyone. There is just so much you can do to make your photos look really good!

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Loved this book, August 28, 2006

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J. Kenner (Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
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I absolutely loved this book. I have tried many of the self-teach books out there for other products and I have not found one that is as well written and easy to follow as this one. Before I purchased Photo Shop Elements 4.0, I knew nothing....zip.....nada about the program and how it worked. I was so impressed with what you can do with this software and the instructional training manual was excellent. I would highly recommend it for anyone who is new to this product or for anyone who wants to take their photo editing to the next level. It's pretty amazing.