Photoshop Elements 4 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) (Paperback)

by Barbara Obermeier (Author), Ted Padova (Author) "What was once a consumer-grade, low-level program for beginning image editors and a junior cousin to the powerful Adobe Photoshop program has evolved and matured..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Whether you're a hobbyist or a pro, look what you can do with Elements 4!

Photoshop Elements is all grown up - a powerful program that's easy to use and gives professional results. This book's step-by-step instructions and full-color examples help you take creative control of Photoshop Elements' tools. From sharpening and improving contrast to creating greeting cards, calendars, and photo albums in Windows, here's how to tweak, improve, print, and share great pictures.

Discover how to

• Create sharp and colorful images for printing
• Combine multiple images into creative collages
• Correct color, contrast, and clarity
• Share photos as PDF slideshows
• Build a Web photo gallery
• Organize and find photos fast

From the Back Cover
Whether you're a hobbyist or a pro, look what you can do with Elements 4!

Photoshop Elements is all grown up — a powerful program that's easy to use and gives professional results. This book's step-by-step instructions and full-color examples help you take creative control of Photoshop Elements' tools. From sharpening and improving contrast to creating greeting cards, calendars, and photo albums in Windows, here's how to tweak, improve, print, and share great pictures.

Discover how to

• Create sharp and colorful images for printing
• Combine multiple images into creative collages
• Correct color, contrast, and clarity
• Share photos as PDF slideshows
• Build a Web photo gallery
• Organize and find photos fast

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Product Details

• Paperback: 380 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies (January 24, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471774839
• ISBN-13: 978-0471774839
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #107,820 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad PSE intro; Mac users, take note, January 13, 2007

By	CubeBoy (Los Angeles CA) - See all my reviews

This is a decent enough intro to Photoshop Elements 4. It doesn't cover a great deal more information than what's in the manual, but things are presented in more detail, with more examples, so it's useful. The color illustrations are helpful.

If you use a Mac: this book is written strictly for the Windows version, so you have to ignore a small amount of Windows-specific material, but most of the functions and menus are identical in both versions.

Oddly, in the intro, the authors say Elements 4 is NOT available for the Mac. That's funny, because I've had my Mac version for almost a year, and this book was published in 2006, though obviously written earlier. The authors then helpfully suggest you buy a Windows PC in order to run Elements! Dream on ...

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mastering Photoshop Basics, July 25, 2006

By	Thomas Cosgrove "Susan Cosgrove" (SanJuan Capistrano, CA, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My husband and I are taking a beginning Photoshop class at the local adult school. Instead of a more extensive and difficult text we chose to supplement the class with Photoshop Elements 4 For Dummies. It moves in more logical sequence than the class and enabled us to begin editing our photos immediately. It also allowed us to focus on class instruction without taking notes.

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Elements 4 for Dummies is great for this Dummy, March 8, 2006

By	Timothy M. Toine "loves Amazon" (North Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The "...For Dummies" is a great series. I have used these books for a number of subjects. The Photoshop Elements series has been especially helpful. Although the Elements series by Photoshop is not as complicated and intricate as the Photoshop 7,8 and CS it has many operations that really allow this amatuer to produce some startling results.