How To Do Everything with Photoshop(R) Elements 2 [Paperback]

David Plotkin (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0072226382 | ISBN-13: 978-0072226386 | Publication Date: October 22, 2002 | Edition: 2nd

Use the latest version of Photoshop Elements and this easy-to-understand book to create professional-quality images for print and the Web from your very own digital and scanned images. This guide will show you how to take advantage of the flexible tools and versatile output options so you can be more creative than you ever imagined!

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From the Back Cover

Push the boundaries of Photoshop Elements with help from this easy-to-understand resource. Learn to navigate the Elements interface, rearrange the desktop, and set preferences to suit your style. Then, when you're ready, get progressively more immersed in the details of this exciting application with nearly 20 chapters of guidance on fixing existing images, using darkroom-like tools, using layers, creating photo collages, working with filters, adding type, and more. Plus, get tips for printing your images and posting them to the Internet. Whether you're a business or home user, How to Do Everything with Photoshop Elements 2 will help you create beautiful and functional digital images.

• Apply quick, automatic corrections to images to improve their quality
• Restore treasured photographs--plus remove red-eye, scratches, tears, and creases
• Create professional-quality images for print or the Web
• Insert text and shapes into photos
• Add and remove objects and change backgrounds
• Combine layers, masks, gradients, and color adjustments to improve photos
• Use powerful filters, effects, and layer styles to make quick changes
• Construct panoramic scenes or artistic collages

About the Author

David Plotkin (Walnut Creek, CA) maintains professional web sites for nonprofit organizations using FrontPage. He has authored mnay books including: Special Edition, Using Lotus Approach (Que) and The Filemaker Pro Bible (IDG).

Product Details

• Paperback: 508 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 2nd edition (October 22, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072226382
• ISBN-13: 978-0072226386
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,257,248 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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100 of 103 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Best Photoshop Elements 2.0 Reference Book, January 2, 2003

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Perry Delvecchio "perrydel" (Mentor, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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I have three other PSE 2.0 books, but this is by far the best one. Plotkin takes you through every element, tool, method, etc. He has two chapters (52 pages) on layers alone, which to me was especially important. Although he doesn't have a lot of color pictures (using less expensive black and white), the explanations and effects are quite clear and easy to understand. I was really only scratching the surface of PSE 2.0 before I got this book.
I highly recommend it. It is also very reasonably priced as compared to some others I considered.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Might have been a great book with color, March 13, 2004

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"englandmd" (Idaho) - See all my reviews

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I found the book well-organized and quite lucid. The author clearly understands the program well. The book's Achilles heel (and probably the reason for its relatively inexpensive price) is that there are only a few color illustrations in the center. All of the other illustrations are done in low resolution B&W, making it nearly impossible to appreciate the techniques or changes in images. If the publisher had raised the price a few dollars and done the illustrations in color, the book would be vastly more valuable.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cover Art as a Loss Leader, February 4, 2005

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Seymour Remen (Ann Arbor, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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The only well printed page (in color) is the cover. The book is printed in material that is virtually newsprint -- extremely hard to read and illustrations are poor as a consequence, some to illegibility. The book is in no way an improvement over the original Adobe manual -- or rather, it is in no way comparable. A waste of time and money.