Max Pixel's Adventures in Adobe Photoshop Elements 3, Replacement Edition [Paperback]

Steve Caplin (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

Children and fun-loving adults will agree, Max Pixel is quite a guide to Photoshop Elements 3. The 3D-generated character takes you on an illustrated and entertaining journey through image editing with Photoshop Elements in this unique, comic-book style. 

 

With Max Pixel in the lead, you'll work your way through fast-paced missions, each consisting of multiple projects that are bright, colorful, and no more than two pages long. If you get lost along the way, help is never too far off. All of the projects include handy Help sidebars that answer your questions even before you can think to ask them! At the end of each mission, a Mission Briefing reminds you of all that you've learned before you have a chance to forget.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Steve Chaplin lives in London and is a freelance graphic artist specializing in satirical photomontage. He is also a contributing editor to MacUser magazine, and is a beta tester for Adobe software. He also lectures on Photoshop techniques and the ethics of photomontage. He is the author of three other books: How to Cheat in Photoshop, Icon Design and the Complete Guide to Digital Illustration.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Adobe Press (April 25, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321375831
• ISBN-13: 978-0321375834
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,759,913 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #94 in Books > Computers & Technology > Digital Photography & Video > Adobe Photoshop Elements

More About the Author

Steve Caplin is a freelance artist and author working in London, England. His satirical photomontage work is commissioned by newspapers and magazines around the world, including The Guardian, The Independent, The Sunday Telegraph, The Sunday Times Magazine, Radio Times, Readers Digest and L'Internazionale.

Steve has worked for advertising agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi, Bartle Bogle Hegarty and Lowe Howard Spink, and his work has won two Campaign Poster Awards and a D&AD Pencil award. He has lectured widely in England, Norway, France and Holland, and has taught digital design at the University of Westminster and the University of the Arts London.

Steve is the author of ten books: How to Cheat in Photoshop (five editions), How to Cheat in Photoshop Elements (co-authored, three editions), Icon Design, Max Pixel's Adventures in Adobe Photoshop Elements, The Complete Guide to Digital Illustration (co-authored) and Art & Design in Photoshop. He has also co-authored three mainstream books: Dad Stuff, More Dad Stuff, Stuff the Turkey and Complete and Utter Zebu.

When he's not at his computer Steve plays the piano well, the accordion moderately and the guitar badly. He spends his spare time making improbable constructions out of wood and other materials. His first commissioned sculpture was for the Bethlem hospital - the original 'bedlam' - in 2010.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars some will like this book, September 5, 2005

By 

W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Max Pixel's Adventures in Adobe Photoshop Elements 3, Replacement Edition (Paperback)

Somewhat offbeat. Adobe Press usually puts out very sober, dry texts on their software packages. Some of which are huge reference tomes. Here, instead, they offer Caplin's take on Elements 3. A book meant to quick perusal, and directed at a newcomer to Elements.

The comic book nature of the narrative, and its very colourful montages, will appeal to some of you. But not to everyone. While initially amusing, I soon found it tiresome. The breathless, vivid cheerleading tone can rapidly degenerate into self parody.