The Digital Photographer's Guide to Photoshop Elements 4: Improve Your Photographs and Create Fantastic Special Effects (Lark Photography Book) [Paperback]

Barry Beckham (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 28, 2006 | Series: Lark Photography Book

This updated, up-to-the minute manual on Photoshop Elements includes information on the fourth and latest version of this extremely popular software program—just released this very season. All the new features are thoroughly covered with visuals such as brand-new screenshots and toolboxes. With hundreds of images and hands-on projects, the guide walks digital camera enthusiasts through all the ins and outs of the hardware and software, including cameras, computers, storage, printers, and scanners. Find out about image film formats, and how to save pictures on the Web and improve the composition and quality of a photo by cropping, rotating, flipping, or resizing the image. Even simulate traditional darkroom procedures. Every digital photographer who owns Photoshop Elements will want this.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Lark Books (September 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579909671
• ISBN-13: 978-1579909673
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,537,312 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sample files must be purchased, October 20, 2006

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J. Witte - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Digital Photographer's Guide to Photoshop Elements 4: Improve Your Photographs and Create Fantastic Special Effects (Lark Photography Book) (Paperback)

Here is one of those books that provide you with some creative ideas using Photoshop Elements but does not provide the sample files to follow along. Instead the author gives you a website where the files can be purchased. Although the book has some good ideas this fact alone gives it a low rating.
My suggestion is to make sure sample fiels are included in any book that gives tutorials on how to create new creations.. A Thing I overlooked.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A lot for the money, June 20, 2008

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Edgelily12 (Durham, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Digital Photographer's Guide to Photoshop Elements 4: Improve Your Photographs and Create Fantastic Special Effects (Lark Photography Book) (Paperback)

A wonderful book! I've had trouble learning Photoshop Elements, but in just a few days, I feel comfortable making adjustments I couldn't figure out before. No dreary pages on the theory of layers or colors, etc., just instructions on how to make improvements to your photos. Also, Beckham goes a little beyond the basics and shows how to do some neat special effects, like cloning, combining images from different photos, and restoring old, damaged photos. A great beginner's book.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Using a surprisingly complete software package., December 6, 2006

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Digital Photographer's Guide to Photoshop Elements 4: Improve Your Photographs and Create Fantastic Special Effects (Lark Photography Book) (Paperback)

There is no question that Photoshop is the professional's choice when it comes to digital photograph manipulation. But along the way it has gotten very big, very expensive. Each new edition has hundreds of new features. But when you look at the new features, there aren't very many that you're likely to find useful.

So Adobe decides to made a de-featured version of the software. They call it Photoshop Elements. Time goes on, and with each new edition of the Elements it gets more and more features. It's almost the equivalent of the Photoshop of just a few years ago. And at Amazon Elements is $79.99 full Photoshop is $579.99, a flat $500 more.

Look pretty carefully at Photoshop Elements if you're thinking of this kind of software. It just might do everything you need to do.

How to look at what Elements does, this book will tell you. It's a complete guide to using Elements. So learn Elements to use, or study it just to see if it will do your job requires, here's the place to start.