Photoshop CS5 in Easy Steps: For Windows and Mac

Photoshop CS5 in Easy Steps is designed to help users master the extensive Photoshop feature set by breaking the application down into a logical sequence of learning events. The book begins with a detailed tutorial on essential concepts and terms, introducing readers to the revamped Photoshop screen environment and its vocabulary. Then, with easy, step-by-step instructions and fact-filled sidebars, the primer walks through the fundamental aspects of this image-editing application. Photoshop CS5 in Easy Steps guides readers through the essentials of image file formats, making and refining selections, painting and editing, working with layers, paths, and the pen tool, channels and masks, and color correction techniques, as well as new features like Content-Aware Fill, Puppet Warp, Perspective Drawing, and the New Painting function. With this guide, users will master this new version in no time.