Photoshop 4 for Windows for Dummies [Paperback]

Deke McClelland (Author), Julie Adair King (Author)

Book Description

Series: For Dummies (Computer/Tech) | Publication Date: February 3, 1997

Guides users through the fundamental techniques of Photoshop in a minimal amount of time, with easy-to-follow explanations. This text shows users how to create images for Internet publishing - especially for dealing with transparencies.

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From the Back Cover

With the Adobe Photoshop program's electronic image-editing enhancement abilities, the days of the cut and paste photo collage are gone! Photoshop 4 For Windows For Dummies takes you through the fundamentals in a minimal amount of time with easy-to-follow explanations! You'll find tons of helpful hints to guide you effortlessly through Photoshop 4 for Windows.

Inside, find helpful advice on how to:

• Delight and dazzle with the special effects of Photoshop to twist, melt, and manipulate digitized photos into works of art

• Understand how terms like resolution, image size, and file format work for you -- not against you

• Retouch and rescue bad scans and poor pictures by using filters and tools

• Save time and sanity with effective and efficient Photoshop for Windows shortcuts

• Explore the new features of Version 4, including the Navigator palette, grids and guides, and expanded layering capabilities

• Prepare color, black-and-white, and grayscale images for professional printing and publishing

• Explore the creative possibilities of Photoshop in the 16-page, full-color example gallery

Product Details

• Paperback: 350 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (Computers) (February 3, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076450102X
• ISBN-13: 978-0764501029
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,338,799 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for beginners, February 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Photoshop 4 for Windows for Dummies (Paperback)

I received Photoshop with my scanner, and had no manual to refer to. This book is easy to read and allowed me to begin working with Photoshop quickly. However, you will need another reference if you want to achieve the any of the advanced effects.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for a Beginner, but too opinionated, May 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Photoshop 4 for Windows for Dummies (Paperback)

This book is easy reading. However, the author wrote this book on how he uses Photoshop. He doesn't go into certain details like dissolves. He suggests in the book to take out the swatch palette for it is useless. I found it useful and I'm sure others probably would too. Not a book to use to study for the ACE exam.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thumbs up, January 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Photoshop 4 for Windows for Dummies (Paperback)

This book provides insightful general guidelines and concise details. It is one of the better written Dummies books. However, the figures in the book to illustrate the toolbox is inferior compared to those showed in the book named "Adobe Photoshop 5" published by Adobe.