Product Details

• Actors: Scott Kelby
• Format: NTSC
• Subtitles: English
• Studio: New Riders Press
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0321321340
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #98,670 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Way to Learn Elements, July 5, 2006

By	SVCS Member (Silicon Valley, CA) - See all my reviews

If you have ever read one of Scott Kelby's books, you know that they aren't a dissertation of all the possible menu items and tools from the tool and shortcut bar. They instead are practical tips and techniques to enhance or correct typical digital photos that you might take. This training CD is no different! This CD starts out with the basic workflow that one might use when using Photoshop Elements of loading pictures to the organizer, Backing them up, and Printing them on a Contact Sheet.
It continues with a short description of how to get the Editor Interface to be like Elements 2.0 and a rather complete description of the File Browser which was removed in Elements 4.0. With these basics out of the way the CD continues with photo demonstrations of how to fix and enhance photos using Levels, Unsharp Mask filter, Crop tool, Shadows/Highlights, Blending Modes (for under and over exposed images), and Photo Filters (for color casts).
The next section was titled Advanced Editing and starts with a demonstration of processing camera raw images and even bracketing for multiple images. Unfortunately I don't have a camera that records in raw. But the CD did show bracketing and making corrections without raw. There is also a section on retouching to whiten teeth, add sparkle to eyes, fixing blemishes, removing hot spots, smoothing skin, adding a smile, and slimming.
One thing that I found by accident is that all the photos are available so you can edit them and follow along with the CD. It is a great product to learn Elements. (Reviewed by ScottM)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars find the most appropriate methods, September 12, 2005

By	W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

The DVD focuses on showing you many nifty effects you can do with the Photoshop Elements. The ideal reader might be one who has never done any digital retouching. If that describes you, then you might get the maximum benefit from the DVD. It will reveal powerful techniques that are simple to understand and apply to your photos.

The DVD naturally contains example images for you to experiment on. Tweak the methods generously. This will help you assimilate the ideas and possibly suggest combinations of the methods that will look good on your photos. The thing to remember is that the methods explained here can usually be applied in any combination to an image. And the DVD cannot possibly enumerate all these combinations. It's up to you to find the most appropriate.