Advanced Photoshop Elements 4.0 for Digital Photographers [Paperback]

Philip Andrews (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 11, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0240519906 | ISBN-13: 978-0240519906 | Edition: 1

Once you have mastered the basics, this is the book to further develop your skills to get professional results with this affordable software. Under Philip's expert guidance you will be taken to the next level, far beyond Element's basic concepts and skills so you can achieve the optimum results from this powerful package.

Philip includes details on how to push Elements to its limits as well as how to manage the digital workflow in general, covering scanner and camera capture techniques, advanced image changes, how to produce darkroom techniques digitally, as well as graphics capabilities and explaining how they all fit together. You will learn how to fix common scanning problems; make the most of dodging and burning-in techniques; adjust images for changes in color balance; set up a color managed workflow and much, much more!

* Provides tips from the pros, to advance your Elements skills beyond the basics
* Step-by-step, highly illustrated, color tutorials show you what can be achieved
* Full coverage of the workflow involved, includes essential skills for digital cameras and web work

Editorial Reviews

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"This new book is quite simply packed with useful breakdowns of the best tools to help photographers make more of their images. The book is really easy to follow...an ideal way to learn new skills and improve your exisiting ones." - Which Digital Camera

"Philip's friendly style makes learning Photoshop Elements a breeze. This book gives you everything you need to feel like a digital pro in no time at all."
Richard Coencas, Photoshop Elements Quality Engineer Lead, Adobe

Praise for previous editions:

"...it is one of the best books on Adobe Photoshop (with or without Elements) I've read so far." - www.photocrack.com

"...a beautfifully rendered and compellingly written exploration of the advanced features and techniques that can be accomplished with Photoshop Elements." - Mike Leavy, Engineering Manager for Photoshop Elements, Adobe Systems, Inc.

"Philip Andrews know Elements better than anyone else I know. He also writes in a friendly, entertaining and non-academic style. He has a great understanding of the needs of the end user and his knowledge and enthusiasm for digital imaging (and photography in general) shine from every sentence. With Philip as your guide you'll be using Elements like a pro and making great images in no time." - Nigerl Atherton, Editor, What Digital Camer and Better Digital Photography

"The book has an upbeat, friendly feel and is easy to read...The sections are well though out and well described...Advanced Photoshop Elements for Digital Photographers is a good book and very adequately demonstrates how powerful and effective Adobe Elements can be." - Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine

"The large section dealing with colour management is written in perhaps the easiest to understand manner I have encountered in the hundreds of Photoshop books available." - Royal Photographic Society Journal

"Even with more than 300 pages of text, images, screenshots and sidebars, the book is well organized, with easy-to-search table of contents and index. Better yet, each chapter ia color-coded and the chapter title listed on the side of each page." - Digital Photographer, Oct/Dec 2006

"Another software guide, this time to the latest version of Photoshop Elements. A mix of step-by-step tutorials, tips and examples will give a good basic to common and not-so-common editing tasks." - Romeike, Digital Photographer Magazine, France

Book Description

Best-selling author shares even more professional Elements techniques!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Focal Press; 1 edition (January 11, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0240519906
• ISBN-13: 978-0240519906
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,207,721 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well rounded coverage, February 4, 2006

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Earl J. Mcgehee "earl49" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Advanced Photoshop Elements 4.0 for Digital Photographers (Paperback)

This book is more than just a Photoshop Elements software manual, it includes chapters on scanner and camera techniques and printing tips. Other chapters cover both basic and advanced tasks. Throughout there are sidebars with step-by-step workflows. The book is filled with color illustrations and screen shots. All versions of Elements are covered here but I'm not sure why this might be needed in an advanced book.
The arrangement of articles makes some things harder to find - for example the section about tinkering with the depth of field is in the chapter on Panoramas. Each section includes an indication of related techniques and difficulty level.
This book has to be compared to Scott Kelby's Elements 4 book. In general the Kelby book is more advanced - it includes a chapter on RAW processing for example where this Andrews book only has 2 pages. The Kelby book is better organized but it is limited to just advanced Elements procedures. If you are an intermediate user this Andrews book is probably the one you want.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the Best book on the subject, May 9, 2006

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David A. Huss (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Advanced Photoshop Elements 4.0 for Digital Photographers (Paperback)

There are a lot of books out there that claim to be for photographers or digital photographers but Phiiip Andrews' approach to his latest book focus on the Photoshop Elements as an extension of your digital camera experence. Missing are endless pages of running reharsh of material that is well covered in the user manual. In its place you will discover well laid out explainations of the essential features in Elements that can transform interesting photos into prize winners. He could have devoted more space to Raw conversion but as a Photoshop Elements author I am aware of the cold hard facts that exteremely few Elements users actually use Raw format so any additional coverage of the topic would have been a waste of ink and paper. If you are a digital photographer that wants to move beyond the point-and-shoot world of vacation photos this is the perfect guidebook. I would be remiss if I failed to point out one major flaw in the book. While the photos in the book are beautiful, the author insists that the photos are colour. If you can overlook the fact that the author has a misguided devotion to the UK spelling of color you won't find a better book on this topic.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The MASTER author strikes again, April 24, 2006

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This review is from: Advanced Photoshop Elements 4.0 for Digital Photographers (Paperback)

I find myself wondering why manuals and 'textbooks' can't be written in this same easy-to-read style.

Philip Andrews has now become my 'author of choice' in regards to all things photographic or digital, or a combination of the two.

This latest book is done in his easy style - whether you're 'novice' or 'advanced' (or somewhere in between), he 'talks' to us all.

The added advantage of 'Advanced Photoshop Elements 4' is that it also gives you tips for earlier versions of Elements - and a 'novice' need not be afraid to read through it. So, whether you're just starting with Elements 4 - or still using version 2 - you're bound to pick up some time-saving (and / or creative) tips.

The big plus with Philip Andrews' style is that he caters to photographers (who create 'visually' - that is, they like to look at photographs, and photographic styles, and create graphic images). So his books are filled with photographs - and COLOUR photos at that (which is how most of us like to view images). But for the Black & White purists, there are B & W techniques, as well.

Whether you're involved with web pages - or puzzling through the 'mysteries' of printing - or pining for a great panorama (it explains about 'Nodal Points' - but simplifies the explanation if you DON'T want to know about technical details) - or correcting, or making, distortions - being more creative - or just finding out HOW all those tools in Elements work - this is THE 'textbook' or 'Bible' for Elements-users to have in their library.