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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.686
EAN: 9780470397008
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0470397004
Label: For Dummies
Manufacturer: For Dummies
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: November 17, 2008
Publisher: For Dummies
Studio: For Dummies
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Photoshop Elements lets you edit and enhance your digital photographs and images with professional quality tools. Whether you’re a professional photographer or a beginner, Photoshop Elements 7 For Dummies gives you the scoop on using this full-featured photo-editing program.
You’ll find out how to transform your ordinary photos into visually stunning creations. This book gives you the tools to enhance your images, fix flaws, share pictures online, correct small problems with Quick Fix, keep track of images with the Project Bin, take charge with Shortcuts, present your photos as a slideshow, use Web hosting, animate images, and create movie files. You’ll also learn to: - Use the Organizer to move around efficiently in Elements
- Correct color, brightness, contrast, and exposure
- Use Adobe’s free Photoshop.com service
- Streamline your work using shortcuts
- Work with bitmap, grayscale, and indexed color modes
- Create albums and import images
- Follow creative applications for filters and effects
- Prepare images for printing
- Turn your photos into postcards, calendars, greeting cards, and photo albums
- Straighten crooked lines, crop for effect, or fix color, sharpness, red-eye, and contrast
Photoshop Elements 7 For Dummies shows you how to use all the Elements of great image editing, management, and photo fun. Whether you’re concerned about color profile embedding or just want to put your kid’s photo on a calendar, you’ll learn how with this book!
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The book is very informative. I do not believe that I could navigate Photoshop as quickly and as easily without this book. I am very satisfied with this book.
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I agree with one of the other reviewers, ie if this is for dummies I need one for Morons. To be fair this is my first attempt at using a real photo editor so there is much for me to learn as I have discovered by trying to use this book. It does have some good hints and shortcuts and warnings but it is not for the neophite, at least, not this one.
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Photoshop is not for beginners and neither is the dummies book. I can't even read the book and figure out how to work it. I am going to try to get someone to give me a crash course in person.
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This book was my intro to graphics imaging, and I was quite enthusiastic about the prospect of learning the Photoshop Elements basics. Unfortunately, the reality fell far short of what I had imagined, and had been promised by the book.
I am not a techno-geek, and do not have an intuitive grasp of anything to do with computer technology. Everything I learn is a struggle, and I trusted a Dummies book to walk me through the basics of everything I needed to know.
This book assumes that the reader has substantial knowledge of computers, in that it uses technical language and concepts that are never explained. It also neglects to give you basic knowledge of what, exactly, some of the elements DO. I started reading about the magic wand, and kept yelling at the book, "But, what does it DO?!?!"
In short, this book was one of the most frustrating reads I have ever experienced. I am now learning PE7 from another book. Once I have learned how to use PE7, the Dummies book may be quite useful. Then again, maybe not.
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I have given "Photoshop Elements 7 for Dummies" the absolute benefit of the doubt since I purchased it three months ago. I started to keep a list of real Photoshop Elements 7 functions that are not covered in this book, such as Surface Blur, but decided not to write an Amazon review so discarded those notes. However, today when I wanted information on using the High Pass Filter function for sharpening, and found it nowhere in the book, I felt obligated to write a review to prevent other potential purchasers from wasting their money. I don't know how they can call it Photoshop Elements 7 when many of the significant functions are not even mentioned. And the functions that are mentioned are covered so basically, and with no depth, so as to make the information of very little practical value. This book is a total waste of money. I plan to throw it into the trash rather than donating it to the Public Library because I want the patrons to choose one of the more valuable resources.
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