Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop Elements 2 in 24 Hours [Paperback]

Carla Rose (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 18, 2002

Photoshop Elements is a more accessible version of Adobe's flagship product, Photoshop. Elements is geared to business users, students, and home users who nonetheless want professional-looking images for their print and Web projects. Topics covered in the book include capturing and editing photos from traditional or digital cameras, correcting color, working with layers, erasing backgrounds and creating photo-illustrations, editing Web graphics, and simulating print and drawing techniques. Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop Elements in 24 Hours is an easily accessible tutorial that uses a friendly, conversational writing style to teach readers the basics - an approach that should especially appeal to Photoshop Elements users.

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Photoshop Elements is a more accessible version of Adobe's flagship product, Photoshop. Elements is geared to business users, students, and home users who nonetheless want professional-looking images for their print and Web projects. Topics covered in the book include capturing and editing photos from traditional or digital cameras, correcting color, working with layers, erasing backgrounds and creating photo-illustrations, editing Web graphics, and simulating print and drawing techniques. Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop Elements in 24 Hours is an easily accessible tutorial that uses a friendly, conversational writing style to teach readers the basics--an approach that should especially appeal to Photoshop Elements users.

About the Author

Carla Rose, a photographer, artist, and award-winning writer, is the author of more than 20 computer books, including Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop in 24 Hours and Sams Teach Yourself Digital Photography and Photoshop Elements All in One.

 

Jennifer Fulton, iVillage's former "Computer Coach," is an experienced computer consultant and trainer with over 20 years in the business. Jennifer is also the best-selling author of more than 100 computer books written for both the education and retail markets, including Sams Teach Yourself PaintShop Pro 8 in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself Windows ME in 10 Minutes, How to Use Microsoft Publisher 2000, How to Use Microsoft Office XP, Easy Outlook 2000, Sams Teach Yourself Excel 2000 in Ten Minutes, Office 2000 Cheat Sheet, and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Upgrading and Repairing Your PC.

Product Details

• Paperback: 504 pages
• Publisher: Sams (October 18, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067232430X
• ISBN-13: 978-0672324307
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,784,558 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I liked this book so much i bought it., February 21, 2004

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I am a complete novice when it comes to Photoshop. I initally ruled out this book because of the 3 star rating. How wrong i was! I first bought "Create! The No-Nonsense Guide to PE 2." It was a little too brief and left too many questions unanswered. I then turned to my local library, who had this SAMS title available. I checked it out twice before i decided it was a book i would want to reference on a regular basis and bought it. For my money, it's perfect. Carla Rose is an interesting and entertaining writer without being overly chatty or bogging down in too many personal asides. I started on Chapter One, Page One, and worked my way thru. The instructions are clear and didn't overload a newbie with too much information. The only reason i did not give it 5 stars is because of the SAMS website. I was only able to find/download one tutorial. According to the book, there should have been more, and while that was a disappointment, it really had no effect on the ultimate result - namely, i'm now pretty darn proficient in Photoshop Elements, if i do so say so myself. If you don't know what you're doing, get the book. I think you'll enjoy it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lack of support and missing source images, November 22, 2002

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June Marie Wingert (Willis, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop Elements 2 in 24 Hours (Paperback)

I bought the book hoping I could utilize the source images for the book's exercises. These exercises are suppose to be posted on Sams Publishing Web site. However, there are no download links for this book. I have attempted to contacted Sams and the only response I received was to click on the books imprint page and it will bring you to the download links. If they had tried this themself they would realize that this does not work.
Support for this product is Zero.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Russ Walkowich MyMac.com Book Review, February 12, 2003

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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop Elements 2 in 24 Hours (Paperback)

Carla Rose has been involved with photography since she was a young girl and has continued with her interest, expanding into the Macintosh area, and writing more than 24 computer books. Jennifer Fulton has written over 100 computer books for both the education and retail market. Together they have worked to produce a book that will get you up and going with Photoshop Elements 2 in a relatively short time.

Now the idea is not that you sit down and start to read the book, one chapter an hour straight for twenty-four hours. The idea is to provide the reader with enough information that they can then take an hour or two to work with what they've learned from reading the chapter, building their knowledge and confidence levels as they continue on.

Chapter One starts with the basic introduction to PSE 2 for the reader, explaining the Help resources including Tool Tips, Hints Palette, How-To's and the Help Button. Chapter Two guides the reader through the Elements Desktop, through Tools, Shortcuts, Options, Menus and preferences. Each chapter that follows continues to provide the reader with logical basic information for them to follow as they work their way through the program. Starting and Saving, Importing Source Images, Making Selections and Using Layers, Adding Type, Printing Picture and Posting to the Web cover the remaining 8 hours. The reader then works into Simple Corrections (Levels, Contrast, Color, Straightening, Skewing, Cropping/Resizing, Repair Recipes and Tutorials); Photo Rescue (Black-and-White pictures, Color Repairs, Removing/Replacing Objects, Improvement Filters) and the remaining 7 hours cover Creativity (Artistic Filters, Art from Scratch, Composite Images, Going Wild, Creating Background/Textures from Scratch, to name a few)

Each chapter/hour includes a summary, Q & A, a Workshop (Questions and the Answers) and Activities for the reader to put what they've learned to the test. Ms. Rose has even set up that examples of images used in the book can be downloaded from Sams Publishing's main site to work with as part of the Activities section in two of the chapters. While the book is in black and white, the authors have included a full Color Gallery that shows the images in the book as they would appear, including the page number and "hourÓ that the reader would be in. The book is logical, well thought out and is not overwhelming even for the brand new user or beneath a user that is familiar with Photoshop Elements.

MacMice Rating: 4 out of 5