Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9: The Official Guide (Paperback)

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Corel PHOTO-PAINT regularly beats out its main competitor, Adobe PhotoShop, and costs less than half the price. The ONLY Corel-endorsed guide to PHOTO-PAINT. Fully explains basic to advanced features and contains all new workshop projects and a new 16-page 4-color insert.

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The ONLY Authorized Reference on Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9. Create stunning images and digital illustrations for print and for the Web with help from the only officially authorized guide to Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9. The new version of PHOTO-PAINT packs a wide variety of image-editing tools, natural media brushes, filters, special effects, and Web-publishing features inside a completely customizable interface - this expert guide shows you how to take full advantage of these great features. Filled with real-world examples, step-by-step workshop projects, and a 16-page color insert, Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9: The Official Guide is your one-stop resource to all the components of this powerful program. Inside, learn how to: Follow step-by-step workshops to learn to create digital masterpieces; Scan images like a pro and turn overexposed, scratchy, or timeworn photographs into visions of beauty; Master version 9's new tools, brushes, filters, and masks; Control your colors, including corrections, models, and palette setup; Edit photos and remove portions of images without disrupting composition using the Clone tool; Maximize the power of the Image Sprayer to create extraordinary images with a brush stroke; Create custom Web graphics and dazzling Web pages; PLUS! Browse the 16-page color insert for brilliant ideas that will help you generate your own professional digital works of art.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 771 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies (May 24, 1999)
• ISBN-10: 0072119853
• ISBN-13: 978-0072119855
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #928,152 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprise, April 27, 2000

By	compulsive reader (Muenchen) - See all my reviews

The standard view in the business is that nothing beats Photoshop when it comes to image editing. I have used PhotoPaint occasionally and was impressed. But while reading this book I was in for a surprise. The author really makes good on the claim "PHOTO-PAINT beats out its main competitors and costs less than half the price." Thus, this is one of the cases were reading the book really tells you more than you could find out easily by playing around with the software.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Textbook, September 22, 1999

By A Customer

This is the way to write a texbook! The Users Guide that comes with the program is as dry as old bones. Mr. Huss makes learning a difficult subject very easy and painless. In the past, I bought Photo-Paint5, could not learn how to use it. Someone on the internet said Photo-Paint 6 was much easier, so I bought it also. I gave up in total frustration. Mr Huss starts from the beginning and explains the techniques from scratch until the problems are solved and working. The only problem is with my memory and me. Now, I will go back to the beginning of the book, and I know that all the information is there for the taking. Only chapter that could stand an improvement is the one on creating elements for the web. All in all, this is a great book from which to learn Photo-Paint 9.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very good book, August 26, 2000

By	Eylon Koren (Ramat Hasharon Israel) - See all my reviews

This book is very good for beginers to Corel Photo-Paint 9 . The writing style of the auther is very amusing and it cover all the thing you need to know and then some more. my only complaint is that the auther could add some pictures of the buttons he is talking about because sometimes it takes a while to understand to whice button he refers.