Create! Photoshop Elements 2

by Greg Simsic

This introductory guide aims to help the reader learn to perform all kinds of image editing tasks, including photo restoration, collage-making, overlaying images, and much more. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072227389
• ISBN13: 9780072227383
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

jumps right in

I love this little book! I have the "Visual QuickStart Guide" to "Photoshop for windows and mac" and I have just not been able to use it to get started with Photoshop. This little book (Create! no nonsense guide) is much less intimidating; it's much smaller (nice;) and the chapters are organized by simple sorts of tasks you'd wanna do in PhotoShop instead of by PhotoShop menus or building on PhotoShops tools/use from the ground up. This makes it a great book to get started with for even total beginners and after using this book to get started, I was finally able to dust off and begin using my "Visual QuickStart Guide" to look up more details on PhotoShop tips/tricks to build on.By the way, I used this book to get started with PhotoShop 7 (not PhotoShop Elements 2) and it worked - examples are almost a perfect match down to the menus to pick etc:)It's a great book for those without experience in typical Windows software menuing systems or image editing software, it starts ya out fast yet easy and explains enough background without overwhelming you with details.

An excellent guide to Elements

Finally a computer book that gets it! When I bought my digital camera I didn't have any graphic skills at all and learning to use Photoshop Elements (which came with my camera) seemed very intimidating. But Create! cuts to the chase. It had me retouching my digital photos and preparing them for the web in to time flat. The writing is crisp and breezy and didn't treat me like a ten-year old (there's not a goofy pun anywhere in this book). There's just tons of easy-to-understand, useful, practical advice. In fact, I was amazed at everything they've packed into this slender book. It proves just how much useless chatter fills most other computer guides. This book gives you so much more for your money than the average software guide.Bodenmiller and Simsic deserve credit for re-thinking what the computer book ought to be: short, inexpensive, and smart, with a beautifully designed interior that's simple, clean and uncluttered. And instead of organizing the book around the technical aspects of the software (much of which is meaningless to a novice), they've organized their book around accomplishing specific tasks. Yet they still manage to cover all of the cool features of Elements. I can't recommend this book highly enough to anyone who prefers a smart, plain=talking approach to software instruction. I absolutely loved it!

Finally! Something we all can use!

Finally a book we can use! We were amazed at the clarity of the information, easy to follow "plainspoken" approach, and great tips (you'll love the "facts" that pop up throughout)! My wife and I have taken on the arduous task of archiving the family photos. We wanted to do this with a little flair and style, but found that our skill set wasn't up to our intentions. We've asked people for help. We've read books that were either over our heads or were more interested on being "wacky" and cool. We were at a loss.This book is like having someone right there with you guiding you every step of the way. Specific information and instruction are easy to find, and the authors get right to their point. We've been able to clean up some old photos, adding cool effects that have left our family in awe. We also have a couple kids, and have used some of the tips we picked up to organize and energize our collection of their photos. The software is great, but we couldn't have found our way around it at all without this book.Don't waste your money on other titles. This is the one and only source for any Photoshop Elements 2 user. It is clear, concise, and truly helpful. You'll be amazed with the things you are able to do.

A computer book for smart folk

Finally a computer book that gets it! When I bought my digital camera I didn't have any graphic skills at all and learning to use Photoshop Elements (which came with my camera) seemed very intimidating. But Create! cuts to the chase. It had me retouching my digital photos and preparing them for the web in to time flat. The writing is crisp and breezy and didn't treat me like a ten-year old (there's not a goofy pun anywhere in this book). There's just tons of easy-to-understand, useful, practical advice. In fact, I was amazed at everything they've packed into this slender book. It proves just how much useless chatter fills most other books of its kind. Create! gives you so much more for your money than the average software guide.Bodenmiller and Simsic deserve credit for re-thinking what the computer book ought to be: short, inexpensive, and smart, with a beautifully designed interior that's simple, clean and uncluttered. And instead of organizing the book around the technical aspects of the software (much of which is meaningless to a novice), they've organized their book around accomplishing specific tasks. Yet they still manage to cover all of the many cool features of Elements. I can't recommend this book highly enough to anyone who prefers a smart, plain-talking approach to software instruction. I absolutely loved it!