The ultimate comprehensive reference to Adobe now updated and revised to cover the CS4 release!
As the industry-standard image-editing software for print and digital media, Photoshop has a phenomenally broad reach and, if you’re a user, then you’re anxious to get started with CS4!
This authoritative guide to Photoshop CS4 shows you how to retouch, color correct, manipulate, and combine images
Sheds light on optimal ways to create cutting-edge special effects for digital or film-based images, and then use them on the Web or in print
More than 1,200 pages are packed with advice that demystifies even the most complex Photoshop tasks
Covers everything from image-editing basics to techniques for working with camera raw images
Also discusses the file browser, histogram palette, lens blur, customizable keyboard shortcuts, and more
This edition of the Visual QuickStart Guide to Photoshop CS4 by bestselling authors Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas covers Adobe Photoshop as well as Adobe Bridge and Adobe Camera Raw (which are included with Photoshop). The elegant layout and full-color photographs make the book not only visually appealing, but also easy to use. Tasks are presented as clear, step-by-step instructions. Most of the photos appearing in the book are available to readers to download so they can follow along closely with the instructions.
New and updated Photoshop program features are clearly marked with bright orange stars, so users already familiar with Photoshop can update their knowledge quickly. Major new features that are covered in this edition include workspace options in Photoshop, the Adjustments and Masks panels, and the new Bridge interface. Less publicized features are also covered, such as tool options and keyboard shortcuts.
This new edition also covers color management; workspaces; layers; selections; masking; compositing techniques; the History panel; blending modes; brushes; exposure, tonal, color and focus adjustments; retouching; layer styles; filters; type features; gradients; PDF presentation packages; preferences; presets; and more. Readers will learn everything they need to know to get a good working knowledge of Photoshop.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars QuickStart Guides Photoshop CS4
These CS4 QuickStart Guides look like a great idea. Was told about them by a friend who said they start you off just like you don’t know anything about the product and walk you through the whole product bit by bit.
Wonderful idea. Will buy more of these to get myself caught up on Adobe’s line.
5 Stars Great book
I bought this book for a class that I am taking and it is very well written and in full colour, which may or may not be important; to me, it is. It is pretty thorough. I have had some experience with Photoshop, but I have learned a great deal about this program that I hadn’t known before hand with this book. I am waiting for the Illustrator CS4 book to be released.
1 Star Not for a beginner!
I bought this book hoping it would be a good start for someone who has never used Photoshop. I was very wrong. The book is very poorly organized. It rambles on about things you don’t need to know to start out. For example the very first thing you need to do is create a new document yet the book does not tell you this. It tells you how to create a new document but hides this topic in the second chapter.
Over 10 hours of full-motion, animated instruction with crystal-clear audio in Photoshop. 146 individual lessons in Photoshop CS, 7.0, 6.5, and 6.0. The best Photoshop tutorial available. Designed by software training professionals. Learn at your office or home – at your own pace. Includes all of the topics covered in a comprehensive classroom training. Deluxe Training includes two printable instruction manuals our students receive (in PDF), along with practice exercises & keyboard shortcuts! Customize your training with the easy-to-use menu. Clear, easy-to-follow, step-by-step instruction. Watch the training sessions as many times as you want while you practice in Photoshop. No messy set-up, no internet connections needed. The best way to learn Photoshop on your own.
User Ratings and Reviews
1 Star Do not waste your money here
I was very disappointed in this video course.
Rather than “mastering” Photoshop this was
more of a bare bones introduction to the various
concepts. The tutorials are very short and several
important concepts are dealt with in one sentence
in the syllabus and some are not touched on at all.
I contacted the company requesting a refund and they
told me that they do not offer refunds so I am stuck
with this amateurish product.
My advice is stay away from this company. You
could do much better by saving your money and
Googling “free photoshop tutorials”….Hundreds
of good ones available at no cost to you the happy
Over 7 hours of full-motion, animated instruction with crystal-clear audio in Flash. 130 individual lessons in Flash 8, MX 2004 and MX. The best Flash tutorial available. Designed by software training professionals. Learn at your office or home – at your own pace. Deluxe Training includes a printable instruction manual (in PDF), along with practice exercises & keyboard shortcuts! Customize your training with the easy-to-use menu. Clear, easy-to-follow, step-by-step instruction. Watch the training sessions as many times as you want while you practice in Flash. No messy set-up, no internet connections needed. The best way to learn Flash on your own.
Over 10 hours of full-motion, animated instruction with crystal-clear audio in Photoshop. 154 individual lessons in Photoshop CS4, CS3, CS2, CS & 7.0. The best Photoshop tutorial available. Designed by software training professionals. Learn at your office or home – at your own pace. Includes all of the topics covered in a comprehensive classroom training. Deluxe Training includes two printable instruction manuals our students receive (in PDF), along with practice exercises & keyboard shortcuts! Customize your training with the easy-to-use menu. Clear, easy-to-follow, step-by-step instruction. Watch the training sessions as many times as you want while you practice in Photoshop. No messy set-up, no internet connections needed. The best way to learn Photoshop on your own.
Over 6 hours of full-motion, animated instruction with crystal-clear audio in Photoshop Elements. 137 individual lessons in Photoshop Elements 7.0, 6.0, 5.0 & 4.0. The best Photoshop Elements tutorial available. Designed by software training professionals. Learn at your office or home – at your own pace. Includes all of the topics covered in a comprehensive classroom training. Deluxe Training includes two printable instruction manuals our students receive (in PDF), along with practice exercises & keyboard shortcuts! Customize your training with the easy-to-use menu. Clear, easy-to-follow, step-by-step instruction. Watch the training sessions as many times as you want while you practice in Photoshop Elements. No messy set-up, no internet connections needed. The best way to learn Photoshop Elements on your own.
Guest writer Megan Jones takes you on a tip trip with Google SketchUp.Whether you want to design a new addition to your house, plan your landscaping or just make a drawing for fun, Google SketchUp offers wonderful functionality for creating 3D models. Even better, it’s completely free. If you’d like to try your hand at designing with the program here are some simple tips to help get you started.Learn the keyboard shortcuts. Keyboard shortcuts can save you a lot of time whether you’re using a com
Must Know Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts | Photoshop Tutorials TOOLS m : Marquee Tool l : Lasso Tool j : Airbrush Tool b : Paintbrush Tool s : Rubber Stamp Tool y : History Brush Tool e : Eraser Tool n : Pencil Tool r : Blur Tool o : Dodge Tool p : Pen Tool t : Type Tool u : Measure Tool g : Linear Gradient Tool k : Paint Bucket Tool i : Eyedropper Tool h : Hand Tool z : Zoom Tool. Double click on the Zoom tool will zoom document to 100%. d : Set Default foreground (white) and background (black)
Noupe has aggregated a list of 60 Photoshop Tutorials from various sources. The list includes links to other lists of tutorials, so it’s actually a few hundred links and tutorials. Some of them are directed specifically at creating digital art in Photoshop, like these 100 that I mentioned in a previous post (more here), and some of the ones here. Others are more general, with effects, textures, patterns, downloadable brushes and PSD files, cheat sheets, keyboard shortcuts, actions and gener
