Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 in 24 Hours

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you will be editing and organizing your photos with Adobe Photoshop Elements 6. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds upon a real-world foundation in both the creative process and techniques, allowing you to learn the essentials of Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 from the ground up.

 

Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common Photoshop Elements tasks.

 

Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge.

 

By the Way notes present interesting information related to the discussion.

 

Did You Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to do something.

 

Watch Out! cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them.

 

Color section includes a full-color collection of images found throughout the book.

 

Learn how to…

• Import photos from your digital camera and cell phone
• Get the best scans of your old prints
• Post your pictures on the Web in galleries and slideshows
• Order prints directly within Photoshop Elements
• Create printable scrapbook pages on your computer
• Improve and repair your old photos
• Remove unwanted objects (or people) from photos
• Get the perfect group shot using the PhotoMerge features
• Fix red eye, lighten dark pictures,  smooth wrinkles, and sharpen blurry images
• Create stunning artistic effects with the more than 100 filters available in Photoshop Elements

 

In addition to writing books like this one, Kate Binder does freelance magazine and book production and creates e-books for major publishers. Books written or cowritten by Kate include Easy Mac OS X Leopard, Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop CS3 in 24 Hours, Easy Adobe Photoshop Elements 4, Get Creative! The Digital Photo Idea Book, SVG for Designers, Photoshop 6 Cookbook, and PhotoImpact Solutions.

 

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Category: Graphics

Covers: Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 6

User Level: Beginning—Intermediate

 

$24.99 USA / $26.99 CAN / £17.99 Net UKÇ