Beginner's Guide to Adobe Photoshop Elements
by Perkins, MichelleFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-08-01
Publisher(s): Amherst Media
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Summary
We've all taken pictures and thought, "If only ..." -- if only Mom's eyes weren't closed, if only there wasn't that ugly light switch on the wall, if only the exposure wasn't so dark. The list goes on and on -- and that's where Elements comes in. Featuring many of the powerful tools found in Adobe Photoshop (but at a bargain price), Elements lets you fix the problems and make all your photos look their best. In this book, you'll learn how to make the most of this powerful software, following along with simple lessons that make learning Elements quick and easy! Book jacket.
Table of Contents
| Getting Started | |
| Introduction | p. 4 |
| All About Resolution | p. 6 |
| Digital Color Modes | p. 8 |
| Image File Formats | p. 10 |
| The Basics | |
| The Work Area | p. 12 |
| Welcome Screen | p. 14 |
| Working with Palettes | p. 16 |
| Viewing Images | p. 18 |
| Correcting Mistakes | p. 20 |
| Changing Image Size | p. 22 |
| Saving Images | p. 24 |
| Hints, Help, and Recipes | |
| Hints | p. 26 |
| Help | p. 28 |
| Recipes | p. 30 |
| Cropping and Orientation | |
| Duplicate, Rotate | p. 32 |
| Transformations | p. 34 |
| Cropping | p. 36 |
| Color and Exposure | |
| Adjusting Color | p. 38 |
| Automatic Corrections | p. 40 |
| Adjust Lighting | p. 42 |
| Brightness/Contrast | p. 44 |
| Adjust Color | p. 46 |
| A Few More Tools | p. 48 |
| Levels and the Eyedropper Tool | |
| Evaluating Images | p. 50 |
| Digital Color | p. 52 |
| Eyedropper Tool | p. 54 |
| Levels--The Basics | p. 56 |
| Reading Histograms | p. 58 |
| Adjusting Contrast | p. 60 |
| Adjusting the Midtones | p. 62 |
| Adjusting the Channels | p. 64 |
| The Levels Eyedroppers | p. 66 |
| Skin Tones | p. 68 |
| Using Filters and Effects | |
| Artistic Filters | p. 70 |
| Brush Strokes and Sketch | p. 72 |
| Blur and Distort | p. 74 |
| Pixelate and Render | p. 76 |
| Texture and Stylize | p. 78 |
| Effects | p. 80 |
| Working with Layers | |
| The Basics of Layers | p. 82 |
| More about Layers | p. 84 |
| Layer Styles | p. 86 |
| Special Types of Layers | p. 88 |
| Making Selections | |
| Basics and Tools | p. 90 |
| More Selection Tools | p. 92 |
| Modifying Selections | p. 94 |
| Working with Selections | p. 96 |
| Adding Artwork | |
| Colors and Brushes | p. 98 |
| Painting and Filling | p. 100 |
| Text | p. 102 |
| Basic Image Retouching | |
| Blemishes, Red-Eye | p. 104 |
| Sharpen or Soften | p. 106 |
| Dodge and Burn | p. 108 |
| Noise | p. 110 |
| Liquify | p. 112 |
| Simple Photo Projects | |
| Handcoloring | p. 114 |
| Restoring an Image | p. 116 |
| Compositing Images | p. 118 |
| Web and Print Graphics | p. 120 |
| Panoramic Images | p. 122 |
| Outputting Images | |
| Images in Action | p. 124 |
| Index | p. 126 |
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