Photoshop Elements 4 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) [Paperback]

Barbara Obermeier (Author), Ted Padova (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471774839 | ISBN-13: 978-0471774839 | Publication Date: January 24, 2006 | Edition: 1

Whether you're a hobbyist or a pro, look what you can do with Elements 4!

Photoshop Elements is all grown up - a powerful program that's easy to use and gives professional results. This book's step-by-step instructions and full-color examples help you take creative control of Photoshop Elements' tools. From sharpening and improving contrast to creating greeting cards, calendars, and photo albums in Windows, here's how to tweak, improve, print, and share great pictures.

Discover how to

• Create sharp and colorful images for printing
• Combine multiple images into creative collages
• Correct color, contrast, and clarity
• Share photos as PDF slideshows
• Build a Web photo gallery
• Organize and find photos fast

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Whether you're a hobbyist or a pro, look what you can do with Elements 4!

Photoshop Elements is all grown up — a powerful program that's easy to use and gives professional results. This book's step-by-step instructions and full-color examples help you take creative control of Photoshop Elements' tools. From sharpening and improving contrast to creating greeting cards, calendars, and photo albums in Windows, here's how to tweak, improve, print, and share great pictures.

Discover how to

• Create sharp and colorful images for printing
• Combine multiple images into creative collages
• Correct color, contrast, and clarity
• Share photos as PDF slideshows
• Build a Web photo gallery
• Organize and find photos fast

About the Author

Barbara Obermeier: Barbara Obermeier is principal of Obermeier Design, a graphic design studio in Ventura, California. She’s the author of Photoshop CS2 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies and has contributed as author, coauthor, or technical editor on numerous books. Barb is also a faculty member in the Visual Communication Department at Brooks Institute.

Ted Padova: In addition to writing several books about Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, Ted is the world’s leading author of books on Adobe Acrobat. He is a coauthor of Adobe Creative Suite and Adobe Creative Suite 2 (Wiley Publishing, Inc.) and spends most of his time writing and speaking at conferences and expos nationally and internationally.

Product Details

• Paperback: 380 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (January 24, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471774839
• ISBN-13: 978-0471774839
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #322,098 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad PSE intro; Mac users, take note, January 13, 2007

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This review is from: Photoshop Elements 4 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) (Paperback)

This is a decent enough intro to Photoshop Elements 4. It doesn't cover a great deal more information than what's in the manual, but things are presented in more detail, with more examples, so it's useful. The color illustrations are helpful.

If you use a Mac: this book is written strictly for the Windows version, so you have to ignore a small amount of Windows-specific material, but most of the functions and menus are identical in both versions.

Oddly, in the intro, the authors say Elements 4 is NOT available for the Mac. That's funny, because I've had my Mac version for almost a year, and this book was published in 2006, though obviously written earlier. The authors then helpfully suggest you buy a Windows PC in order to run Elements! Dream on ...

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mastering Photoshop Basics, July 25, 2006

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My husband and I are taking a beginning Photoshop class at the local adult school. Instead of a more extensive and difficult text we chose to supplement the class with Photoshop Elements 4 For Dummies. It moves in more logical sequence than the class and enabled us to begin editing our photos immediately. It also allowed us to focus on class instruction without taking notes.

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Elements 4 for Dummies is great for this Dummy, March 8, 2006

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The "...For Dummies" is a great series. I have used these books for a number of subjects. The Photoshop Elements series has been especially helpful. Although the Elements series by Photoshop is not as complicated and intricate as the Photoshop 7,8 and CS it has many operations that really allow this amatuer to produce some startling results.