Photoshop Elements 5 Essential Training [CD-ROM]

Deke McClelland (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 10, 2006

Modeled after the professional-grade, industry-standard Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements 5 provides key tools for enhancing, organizing, and sharing photographs. In Photoshop Elements 5 Essential Training, instructor and award-winning author Deke McClelland shows how to use the powerful, easy-to-use Photoshop Elements 5 to create professional-looking images. The training covers the three main workspaces: the Welcome screen, which serves as a front door to the software; the Organizer, where images are sorted into digital libraries for better file management; and the Editor, which is used for common tasks such as cropping, straightening, correcting brightness and contrast, and removing red-eye. Exercise files accompany the tutorial.

Topics Include:

• Importing photos from a digital camera or a hard drive
• Organizing photos by date using a timeline
• Searching images by location using a map
• Organizing and finding images by name and subject
• Collecting, comparing, and backing up photos
• Understanding resolution and image size
• Cropping, straightening, and resizing photos
• Brightening, darkening, correcting red-eye, and healing damaged photos
• Applying automatic color corrections using Quick Fix mode
• Correcting brightness, contrast, colors, flash, backlighting, and skin tones
• Reducing digital noise, sharpening, and correcting lens distortion
• Printing color-accurate photos from an inkjet printer
• Emailing photos and sharing them online

Duration: 13 hours
On 1 DVD-ROM

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Each lynda.com CD/DVD course offers hours of training movies that you watch on your computer. The movies are recorded in pixel-perfect quality, and include the authors' narration and movements as they teach the subject matter. Courses include the same project files that the instructors use, so you can follow along at your own pace. lynda.com tutorials are great for visual learners and people who like to learn by doing. Topics include software applications, workflow optimization, tips and techniques, and much more. Play, fast-forward, and rewind for easy learning.

About the Author

In 1985, Deke McClelland oversaw the implementation of the first personal computer-based production department in Boulder, Colorado. In 1986, he became the artistic director for Publishing Resources, one of the earliest all-PostScript service bureaus in the United States.

These days, Deke is a well-known expert and lecturer on Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, and on the broader realm of computer graphics and design. To date, he has written 84 books that have been translated into 24 languages, with more than 3.5 million copies in print.

In addition to videos for lynda.com, Deke produces the One-on-One book series. Published by Deke Press in association with O Reilly Media, this series of full-color tutorials includes the best-selling Adobe Photoshop CS2 One-on-One and Adobe InDesign CS2 One-on-One.

In 1989, Deke won the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Computer Book. Since then, he has received honors from the Society for Technical Communication (once in 1994 and twice in 1999), the American Society of Business Press Editors (1995 and 2000), and the Computer Press Association (1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, and twice in 2000). In 2002, he was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame.

Deke lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and two wonderful boys.

Product Details

• CD-ROM
• Publisher: lynda.com, Inc (November 10, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1596712937
• ISBN-13: 978-1596712935
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,641,239 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Deke McClelland is a popular lecturer on Adobe Photoshop and the larger realm of computer graphics and design. He has hosted the interactive "Video Workshop" CD that shipped with Photoshop Versions 7, CS, and CS2, as well as hundreds of hours of tutorial-style video training for industry leaders lynda.com and Total Training. In addition to his video work, Deke has written 84 books translated into 24 languages, with more than 4 million copies in print. One of the most award-winning writers in the technology market, Deke received the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Computer Book in 1989. Since then, he has garnered more than 20 honors, including seven independent citations from the Computer Press Association. In 2002, he was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Intro to Photoshop Elements 5, March 26, 2007

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MARIO DESANTIS (Saskatchewan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Photoshop Elements 5 Essential Training (CD-ROM)

Deke's DVD is great! The most important benefit I learned from the DVD is how to have an accountable bird's view of the different features. Deke's explains the organizer and the editing of images in a very simple and comfortable way. I was very satisfied with Deke's DVD.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PSE5 by Deke McClelland, March 8, 2007

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Ralph Bunn "Ralph" (Sacramento, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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As always Deke has done an excellent job of presenting Photoshop Elements 5 and showing how to use the product. He is very good in defining every step of an application. I have enjoyed this video as well as others he has done and learn something every time I watch it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Incredible Product, August 1, 2007

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David A. Porter (Scottsdale, Arizona) - See all my reviews
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I am overwhelmed at how good this video is. Deke has a very personable style and teaches in a language that is very easy to understand, follow along, and most important of all duplicate.

The DVD comes with 100's of sample images, of his kids by the way, that you can play with without worrying about messing up any of your own.

I set up the DVD on a small floating screen in my browser and then opened up Photoshop Elements 5 and just followed along every step of the way.

He has made very large learning curve soooooo much smaller.

I love this product and recommend it VERY highly. I am very glad I purcahsed this product