Written for beginning and intermediate users, this guide to Photoshop 5 offers solid advice on using the image editor's full suite of tools. The authors include plenty of discussion as well as step-by-step instruction as they teach you how to navigate the Photoshop interface; use the paint, color, drawing, text, gradient, and editing tools; work with paths, masks, layers, and channels; apply native and third-party filters; create special image and type effects; and repair, retouch, and enhance images. Appendices show you what's new in this version of Photoshop and help you install, upgrade, and troubleshoot the program. A glossary contains computer and digital-imaging terms. Throughout the book, you'll find plenty of screen shots, usage hints, shortcuts, warnings, and cross-references to aid you in your work. --Kathleen Caster
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By offering clear, concise information, step-by-step instructions, and numerous, detailed figures, Using Photoshop 5 shows you how to use Photoshop from the ground up. Learn how to put the product to use right away. Topics covered include changing canvas size, color mode, and resolution, picking and selecting color, copying parts of an image with the rubber stamp, and working with selections, paths, and masks. Also covered are adjusting layers and manipulating channels, creating special effects with filters, working with type, correcting image color, using light and shadow, creating vignettes, borders, and backgrounds, adding or removing image elements, and repairing creases and missing areas in photos.
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