Photoshop Elements 2 Most Wanted: Digital Photography, Restoring, Retouching, Art and Combining Photos (with CD-ROM) [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Janee Aronoff (Author), Francine Spiegel (Author), Pete Walsh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2002

All the most common and popular uses of Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 have been brought together in one volume. Each section provides a useful guide to techniques, a summary of the tools used and several step-by-step projects to clearly demonstrate each effect. There's also a wealth of tips and tricks to help you get the most out of this latest version of Elements.

We've searched forums, looked in magazines, spoken to users and asked the experts at Adobe, to find out exactly what are the Most Wanted ways to use this versatile application. Everyone from enthusiastic amateurs, hobbyist photographers and business users will find invaluable advice about using this amazing image manipulation tool. Whether you are new to digital imaging or have been experimenting for several years, you'll find a wealth of information that you can immediately start putting into practice.

Topics covered include: restoring and retouching photos, manipulating and merging images, creating your own artwork, sharing your pictures with others and even creating your own of web pages.

On the CD that accompanies the book are all the source files to recreate the examples shown in the book, and a fully functional tryout of the latest version of the software.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Friends of ed; Bk&CD-Rom edition (December 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1904344224
• ISBN-13: 978-1904344223
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 8.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,259,460 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent tutorials with a sense of humor and style, January 22, 2003

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Daniel Will-Harris (Point Reyes, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Photoshop Elements 2 Most Wanted: Digital Photography, Restoring, Retouching, Art and Combining Photos (with CD-ROM) (Paperback)

I found this book useful because it didn't just go over features like the manual--it choose effects I actually wanted to learn, and it showed me how to do them in a simple, step-by-step way.

The authors all have a conversational style that's like having a friend explain it to you, and the included CD-ROM gives you all the files you need to follow along.

The book is full color, easy to follow, and helped me get a LOT more out of Elements than I suspected was there!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PE2 Most Wanted Delivers On All Levels, January 21, 2003

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new ni (Worcester, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Photoshop Elements 2 Most Wanted: Digital Photography, Restoring, Retouching, Art and Combining Photos (with CD-ROM) (Paperback)

This book isn't the same rehash of basics and tired formulas.

It concentrates on FUNCTION--how to do those things you really wondered about--and find explained here so succinctly and elegantly.

The illustrations are superb, and I was particularly taken with a neon tutorial that culminated with a dazzling neon sunflower. This is powerful stuff and makes me believe I can do it too (in fact, I did!).

All the instruction points you towards applying your new-found knowledge and skills to your own projects, which is what I really like (instead of making you feel you'll never be able to reach their heights like some other digital imaging books).

I would recommend PE2 Most Wanted to any Elements user who is ready to unleash his/her own creativity using easy-to-learn instruction and guidance.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Frustratingly Vague, July 26, 2003

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thestones (Aurora, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Photoshop Elements 2 Most Wanted (Paperback)

This is probably an excellent book for someone with intermediate digital imaging skills, but if you've just purchased Photoshop Elements 2, and are a complete beginner, I wouldn't recommend it. OK, I'm fairly computer literate and am knowledgable about more than a few not so user-friendly applications. Even though I'm going into this with almost zero knowledge about Photoshop Elements, I'm thinking it shouldn't be so difficult to grasp, especially since I'm a fast learner - and your website reviews gave me the impression that this is a good book for beginners. I guess I underestimated the learning curve with this particular program. At the outset, I'm told to use a certain tool, but am not told where to get the tool. I'm told to blur a layer, but not how to do it or where to locate the blur tool. I constantly had to refer to the help file to supplement the instructions in the tutorials. Most confusing of all is the order in which instructions are given. I'm told to create a layer, then perform some function. Then, with the same photo, I'm told to "duplicate your photo layer" to use the Dust/Scratches filter. Next I'm instructed to duplicate the photo layer twice. Which layer? Am I supposed to revert and start over with the same photo? I couldn't tell where I was supposed to be working as I went to each new step, what I was supposed to be seeing depending on which layer I was viewing, or how I was expected to combine the results of all steps involved. So now, I'm searching the website for another book that will hopefully be a little more clear and make me feel a little less dense.