Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 Complete Course

By Jan Kabili

Written by an Adobe-certified expert and illustrated throughout in full color, this Complete Course shows you how to master the full range of Elements tools and techniques while working on a single project. Twelve sessions and more than sixty step-by-step tutorials, accompanied by vivid color images and screen shots, show you how to create a series of sophisticated, themed greeting cards from start to finish. After completing the course, you'll have an impressive portfolio piece, a set of cool cards you can actually use, and a thorough understanding of Photoshop Elements 2 fundamentals. * Build layered collages * Color correct photographs * Apply special effects and filters (covered in bonus sessions on the enclosed CD) CD-ROM Contents * Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 tryout, Windows version * All the files needed to create the project * Bonus sessions on using filters and applying effects * Shortcuts and help summary System Requirements: PC running Windows 98 or later; Mac running OS 8 or higher. See the What's on the CD-ROM appendix for details and complete system requirements. Seybold Seminars, Publications & Consulting is the leading brand helping graphic design and Web professionals understand and work with the latest digital technologies. For more information, go to www.Seybold365.com

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764540939
• ISBN13: 9780764540936
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Wiley Publishing
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

If you are serious about your pictures

If all you want to do is rotate your picture, lighten it up a bit and crop out what doesn't belong, in other words if you are a point-and-shoot person, don't get PSE or this book. There are easier programs that do such elementary chores. To get involved with PSE you have to be more serious about your pictures than that. But, now, let's say that you are serious, that you are willing to invest some hours to learn a little more about the possibilities of digital photography. In that case, there really is nothing better than the combination of this excellent book and a sophisticated camera. (I use the Nikon D-70, which has provision for interchangeable lenses. Canon makes something similar.) This book, while written in simple language and not requiring any particular background to read, does require effort. You need to spend quite a few hours to study this work. But the rewards of this effort are great. The book takes you through every nook and cranny of the PSE, and, believe me, there are quite a few such nooks and crannies. Once you have studied this book, you will be a better person -- well, a better photographer anyway. But if you are not serious about spending the time and effort, forget it; just click with your point-and-shoot and let it go at that.

I impressed my friends!

I don't have a great deal of experience in digital photography, and my experience in editing photos was minimal before I bought this book. Now I'm amazed at what I've been able to do with Elements. The postcard projects in this book are very cool to say the least, and I've patterened a few of my treatments after these. Now my friends say "You did *that*?" This book was clear,easy to follow, and great for my photos (not to mention my ego!). Thanks, Jan.