• Author:
  • Obermeier, Barbara
  • Padova, Ted
• Subject:
  Business Applications
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
• Published:
  27/02/2009
• Price:
  $59.99
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Nine convenient minibooks cover everything you need to know about image editing, sharing files, and creating projects with Elements 7. They include:

• Introducing Elements
• Elements Fundamentals
• Image Essentials
• Selections
• Painting, Drawing, and Typing
• Working with Layers and Masks
• Filters, Effects, Styles, and Distortions
• Enhancing and Retouching
• Creating and Sharing

Written by graphics and digital imaging experts Barbara Obermeier and Ted Padova, this handy guide covers:

• Setting up your work environment, using tools and shortcuts, and managing your files
• Working with resolution, managing color, using appropriate file formats, and handling selections
• Using the Brush and Pencil tools, working with layers, and creating artistic effects
• Erasing imperfections and fine-tuning color
• Doing creative things with your photos, including slide shows, calendars, greeting cards, flip books, and other projects
• Managing images in Organizer and Bridge and the process for acquiring, saving, and exporting images
• How to do quick image makeovers, and much more

Photoshop Elements 7 All-in-One For Dummies helps you get great photos for print, Web galleries, and cool projects that’ll make your friends say “wow!”

Barbara Obermeier is the principal of Obermeier Design, a graphic design studio in California specializing in print and Web design. She is currently a Graphic Design faculty member at Brooks Institute. Ted Padova is an internationally recognized authority on Adobe® Acrobat®, PDF, and digital imaging.

Book I: Introducing Elements.

Chapter 1: Examining the Elements Environment.

Chapter 2: Getting to Know the Tools.

Chapter 3: Viewing and Navigating Images.

Chapter 4: Setting Your Preferences.

Book II: Elements Fundamentals.

Chapter 1: Acquiring, Saving, and Exporting Images.

Chapter 2: Working in the Organizer.

Book III: Image Essentials.

Chapter 1: Specifying Resolution and Changing Image Sizing.

Chapter 2: Choosing Color Modes and File Formats.

Chapter 3: Working with Camera Raw.

Chapter 4: Using and Managing Color.

Chapter 5: Time Travel — Undoing in Elements.

Book IV: Selections.

Chapter 1: Making Selections.

Chapter 2: Modifying and Transforming Selections.

Book V: Painting, Drawing, and Typing.

Chapter 1: Painting and Drawing with Elements.

Chapter 2: Filling and Stroking.

Chapter 3: Working with Type.

Book VI: Working with Layers and Masks.

Chapter 1: Creating Layers.

Chapter 2: Managing Layers.

Chapter 3: Playing with Opacity and Blend Modes.

Chapter 4: Working with Masking.

Book VII: Filters, Effects, Styles, and Distortions.

Chapter 1: Making Corrections and Having Fun with Filters.

Chapter 2: Distorting with the Liquify Command.

Chapter 3: Adding Pizazz with Styles and Effects.

Book VIII: Retouching and Enhancing.

Chapter 1: Quick Image Makeovers.

Chapter 2: Correcting Lighting, Color, and Clarity.

Chapter 3: Compositing with Photomerge.

Chapter 4: Getting Help in Guided Mode.

Book IX: Creating and Sharing with Elements.

Chapter 1: Creating Elements Projects.

Chapter 2: Getting It Printed.

Chapter 3: Getting It on the Web.

Chapter 4: Sharing Projects with Others.

Index.

Bonus Chapter 1: Working in Bridge.

Bonus Chapter 2: Using the Content Panel.