Easy Photoshop Elements (häftad)
Format
Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
240
Utgivningsdatum
2004-03-01
Upplaga
1
Förlag
QUE
Illustrationer
col. Illustrations
Dimensioner
255 x 205 x 14 mm
Vikt
599 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
CDROM
ISBN
9780789731128

Easy Photoshop Elements

Häftad,  Engelska, 2004-03-01

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Join the digital photo revolution! In short sessions that can take just a minute, youll learn to enhance those pictures you took with your digital camera or picture cell phoneor old snapshots you recapture with your scanner. Remove that red-eyed look from flash photos. Fix contrast and brightness on under- or over-exposed shots. Adjust for vibrant, life-like color. Fix old or damaged family photos. (You can even get rid of the clutter in your closet by storing them conveniently on your hard drive or burning them on CDs!) Learn how to create compact picture files from your photos so you can share them easily with your family and friends via email or post them to your personal website. Create digital albums and shows from your new personal collection of impressive digital photographs, and produce high-quality prints from your color inkjet printerall without the cost and delay of photofinishing.

Along with the popularity of MP3 music, the fun, convenience, and sheer economy of digital photogrpahy is a great reason to buy a new computer and camera. Adobe has designed Photoshop Elements so you can get great-looking results with just a few clicks, and Easy Photoshop Elements is the perfect book to deliver on that promise of incredible ease of use!

Easy Photoshop Elements can also show you how to create photo albums and slide shows using other popular applications - Photoshop Album, Micro Research 3-D Album, and Microsoft PowerPoint. The book includes a CD with sample files you can use to recreate the book's lessons yourself, template files for building your own albums and shows, and a trial version of 3-D Album.
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Gerald Everett Jones is the author of more than 20 technical and business books, including Real World Digital Video, Excel for Windows Quick&Easy, and How to Lie with Charts. Besides writing technical books for nontechnical readers, he's had experience developing computer graphics software, as well as writing and producing film and video projects. He lives in Santa Monica, California.Gerald's Web site is http://www.lapuerta.tv.

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Introduction.


1. Learning the Ropes.

Starting Photoshop Elements and Opening a Picture. Viewing and Adjusting the Active Image Area. Using the Shortcuts Bar and Browsing for a File. Selecting Tools from the Toolbox. Controlling How Tools Behave with the Options Bar. Using Palettes. Arranging and Controlling Palettes. Using the Search Box and Following a Recipe. Taking a Tutorial. Setting Your Own Preferences. Saving Your Work.



2. Getting It All Together.

Getting Photos into Your Computer. Scanning Images. Grabbing a Video Frame. Capturing a Frame from a Video File. Taking an Image from the Clipboard. Copying a Picture from a Web Page. Scanning a Slide. Making a Positive from a Negative. Importing an Acrobat Image. Resizing and Printing an Image. Printing Contact Sheets. Changing Paper (Canvas) Size. Printing a Picture Package. Saving Your Picture Archive on CD.



3. Basic Photo Fixing.

Making a Quick Fix. Making a Quick Fix with a Slider Adjustment. Undoing Your Mistakes. Cropping a Picture. Straightening a Crooked Picture. Rotating an Image on Opening. Rotating an Image for Artistic Effect. Resizing and Resampling an Image. Transforming Image Perspective. Adding a White Border to Your Prints. Removing Red Eye in Flash Photos. Correcting a Color Cast. Selecting Color Variations. Replacing a Specific Color. Adjusting Brightness and Contrast. Changing a Color Photo to Black and White. Sharpening Focus. Making Edges Softer. Selecting and Coloring Shapes in the Shot.



4. Adding Titles and Text.

Adding and Printing Photo Captions. Adding Text to Prints in a Picture Package. Overlaying Text on an Image. Selecting and Editing Text. Changing Fonts and Text Properties. Moving or Deleting Text. Resizing Text. Creating Vertical Text. Rotating Text. Transforming and Skewing Text. Warping Text. Adding a Talk Bubble. Applying a Text Effect. Adding a Drop Shadow to Text. Creating Hollow Text.



5. Creating Snazzy Effects.

Adding a Decorative Border. Creating a Gradient Fill. Mounting a Photo on a Fancy Background. Adding a Beautiful Sky. Creating a High-Contrast Black-and-White Picture. Making a Photo Look Like an Oil Painting. Posterizing a Picture. Making a Photo Look Like a Sketch. Applying the Pointillize Filter. Using a Blur Filter.



6. Painting and Drawing.

Creating a Shape. Adding a Bevel to a Shape. Filling a Shape with Color. Using the Eyedropper to Pick a Color. Using the Color Swatches Palette. Painting and Drawing with a Brush and Pencil. Controlling How Brushes Behave. Painting with the Pattern Stamp. Using the Erasers. Softening Edges.



7. Flattering Your Subjects.

Adding Eyelight for Personality. Fixing Dark and Light Areas in a Photo. Removing or Softening Facial Lines. Removing Facial Blemishes. Changing Hair...