Photoshop CS2 for Windows & Macintosh [Paperback]

Elaine Weinmann (Author), Peter Lourekas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 17, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0321336550 | ISBN-13: 978-0321336552 | Edition: 1

If you're interested in weaving multiple images into a seamless panorama, placing text on paths and shapes, or any of the countless other things you can do with Photoshop CS2's myriad new features, this is the place to get up to speed on them fast! In these pages best-selling authors and Photoshop masters Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas use task-based instruction and strong visual aids to teach you all of the Photoshop essentials: from basic color manipulation and image correction to painting, masking, using filters, importing and editing digital photos, and more. Incisive text, crystal-clear screen shots, and step-by-step instructions bring the art of digital image manipulation to your desktop. Now you can take the ball and run with it, creating your own composite masterpieces that take full advantage of Photoshop's tight integration with the other products in Adobe's Creative Suite. Armed with the tips and techniques Elaine and Peter share here, you'll be ready for any Photoshop CS2 project.

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About the Author

In addition to this book, Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas have also written, designed, and illustrated Visual QuickStart Guides to Illustrator, Quark, LiveMotion, and Painter. Their books have been translated into 12 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide. They have also taught at Pratt Manhattan, Cooper Union School of Art, the New School Computer Instruction Center, and Parsons School of Design.

Product Details

• Paperback: 656 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press; 1 edition (June 17, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321336550
• ISBN-13: 978-0321336552
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #549,040 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Elaine Weinmann and her co-author, Peter Lourekas, write, design, and illustrate the best-selling Visual QuickStart Guides to Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Their books have been translated into 25 languages and have sold more than 2.4 million copies worldwide. She has also taught computer graphics courses at the New School Computer Instruction Center and Pratt Manhattan; he has taught at the Cooper Union School of Art and Parsons School of Design. View their blog at elaineandpeter.com Twitter @elaineweinmann

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for easy and detailed reference of everything in Photoshop Menus/Tools, October 21, 2005

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blair "masterblair" (West Hollywood, CA, United States) - See all my reviews
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I found this a great book to go over and learn everything on how this program works (and lots of stuff that most training books don't cover). Now true, I and others find it difficult to use as purely a training manual (I like projects to learn from) and this provides no projects. But after completing my How To Use Illustrator AND Photoshop books, I got this book to go through and have a real understanding of the menu's and for easy and quick reference if I can't figure out how to do something. So I highly recomend it for that reason alone. As for learning the programs from the ground up...depends on your learning style.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another winner in the Visual Quickstart series, June 10, 2007

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I had photoshop 5 and the corresponding Visual Quickstart guide. When I upgraded to CS2, I bought this book based on my satisfaction with the previous version. I was not disappointed.

The concept of these books is to provide a 1-3 page illustrated lesson on real world tasks. With photoshop, that works particularly well. I am an occasional user, and this book helps me get great results fast.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Could of been better, February 14, 2007

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H. Huntington "LovingPhotos" (PA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This book contained a lot of information, but unfortunately the directions are rather shaky. The way they describe the information is correct, but telling you how to get to the steps is extremely hard to follow.

The book that I found much better is:

Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Photographers by Martin Evening