Photoshop CS4 Digital Classroom

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Digital Classroom is like having a personal instructor guiding readers through each lesson, while they work at their own pace. This book includes 13 self-paced lessons that let readers discover essential skills and explore new features and capabilities of Adobe Photoshop. Every lesson is presented in full color with step-by-step instructions. Learning is reinforced with video tutorials and lesson files on a companion DVD that were developed by the same team of Adobe Certified Instructors and Flash experts who have created many of the official training titles for Adobe Systems. Each video tutorial is approximately five minutes long and demonstrates and explains the concepts and features covered in the lesson. Coverage includes information on Adobe Bridge, Camera RAW, masks and layers, painting and retouching, and selections and layers. Jam-packed with information, this book and DVD takes users from the basics through intermediate level topics and helps readers find the information they need in a clear, approachable manner.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Practical Introduction to PS
If you’re new to Photoshop, this book gives you the essentials of the program. It then goes beyond the basics and shows you handy techniques in this very robust program. The exercises are step by step, and even in the early chapters experienced users can pick up handy tips for routine processes. The integration of the text and the disk is well done, but you can learn from the book even without the computer explanations. A particularly handy quick overview is the video summary of each chapter. Worth the money because it allows the user to get the most out of his or her investment in the Photoshop program.

5 Stars A Great Introduction
I purchased this book in order to get more insight on all the features of Photoshop. I wasn’t disappointed. I thought the chapters were well organized. And everything worked that way the book said it would. Just follow the directions and you should do well.

Once you finish this book, get a copy of Photoshop CS4 Channels & Masks One-on-One by Deke McClelland.

5 Stars Very Helpful
As I have mentioned in most of my photography reviews I’m a 60’s something dinosaur who has a 1970’s Master’s Degree in Photography. I understand photography but I’m learning digital. This book is very helpful. It is not the “Be All End All” for Photoshop but then I don’t think there is one. I subscribe to [...], am a member of NAPP, and attend every seminar that gets within 200 miles of my southern Arizona home. I find that everyone thinks something else is the “Most Important” part of Photoshop. This is one of the blocks in my education. It is very well done and I appreciate the lesson files.

5 Stars Excellent
I’ve gotten through the first nine chapters and find this book has an excellent way of teaching. In only two cases have I looked at the videos for help. I like the way they use pictures to help you see exactly what you are going to do. I just checked the errata on their website because I was having problems with the “reset Adobe Photoshop CS4 Preferences” on page 3. I found on Adobe that you should press Ctrl+Alt+Shift immediately AFTER launching Photoshop. I highly recommend this book. I had been dabbling in Photoshop for about a month before receiving the book. The book helped me explore some amazingly powerful aspects of Photoshop.

5 Stars Mystery solved
I used to wonder what was so great about Photoshop. I had often heard of it’s use by photographers and how it could be used to falsify photographs of real world objects. Then, as an artist, I learned that it could be useful from a illustrator’s point of view. This book opens up all the aspects of photoshop that are not apparent from the many menu and dialog items available in the application itself. It provides examples of how to use Photoshop to its fullest. Now I think I have an idea why it is so expensive! It is just an excellent piece of software! I can only say that because of this book. It has opened up possibilities that I have not even dreamed of before, and has widened my artistic horizons.

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Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers A Professional Image Editors Guide to the Creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC

Martin Evening’s Adobe Photoshop for Photographers titles have become classic reference sources for photographers at all skill levels. Whether you are an accomplished user or just starting out, the Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers book contains a wealth of practical advice, hints and tips to help you achieve professional-looking results.
Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers begins with an overview of the Photoshop interface and the fundamentals of how to use Photoshop, followed by how to configure and optimize your computer’s performance to run the program and then it dives straight into the essentials of Camera Raw image editing. The Sharpening chapter shows how to use the Camera Raw controls to obtain optimum capture sharpening and noise reduction and the Essentials chapter outlines how to work with all the basic image adjustment tools that are in the program, some of which have been there since the very beginning.

Practical workshops show you how to master the essential techniques, such as color correction, retouching techniques, toning a black and white image, creating composite images and so on. Each technique is described in step-by-step detail, showing exactly which command to use, whether you are working with a Mac or PC computer.

The accompanying DVD contains a Photoshop for Photographers Help Guide. This is supplied in a web browser format that you can either run from the DVD or copy to your computer hard disk for off-line viewing. The Help Guide contains a complete guide to all the tools and panels in Photoshop as well as other items in the program. It is like having an off-line manual with which to learn more about what each Photoshop tool and palette does. The guide also provides 120 minutes of movie tutorials on Photoshop CS4. If you are just beginning to work with digital images or are looking for new ideas, the best techniques and ways to improve the quality of your work, this is the book for you!

* Learn Photoshop the Martin Evening way! Get up to speed fast with the essential information you need to create superb images in Photoshop CS4.
* Accompanying DVD includes the images you need to follow along as you read, with QuickTime movie tutorials for hands-on learning
* Over 750 professional, color images make this book stand above the rest

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars photoshop cs4 book
this is a must have book for professional photographers and graphics design artist. this is the number one book to buy to guide you through the photoshop cs4 program.

5 Stars A brilliant in-deapth introduction.
The book is excellent. Must be the best Photoshop CS4 book around. Don’t look elsewhere.

4 Stars Satisfied Customer
Thanks for getting the book to me in a timely manner. It has been very beneficial to my learning process of CS4 Photoshop. I plan to use the book more and more as the need arises.

5 Stars Still the best
Martin Evening was one of the first to explain Photoshop from the photographer’s viewpoint. Too many other books are written by graphic artists and others who understand design, retouching, etc., but really don’t understand photography. Evening does. This latest update is a worthy addition that anyone who is serious about photography will appreciate. It speaks our language in detailing exactly how to use each Photoshop feature to improve our images. I recommend this book.

5 Stars Valuable Resource
Martin Evening’s ” Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers” is great! It’s very comprehensive, and clear. It’s beautifully illustrated with many examples of how images are effected by the various tools and procedures. Martin Evening is a working photographer, Photoshop master, and very good teacher.

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The Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers Voices That Matter

Scott Kelby, the best-selling Photoshop author in the world today, once again takes this book to a whole new level as he uncovers the latest, most important and most exciting new Adobe Photoshop CS2 techniques for digital photographers.

This major update to this award-winning, record-breaking book does something for digital photographers that’s never been done before–it

cuts through the bull and shows you exactly “how to do it.” It’s not a bunch of theory; it doesn’t challenge you to come up with your own

settings or figure it out on your own. Instead, Scott shows you step-by-step the exact techniques used by today’s cutting-edge digital

photographers and, best of all, he shows you, flat-out, exactly which settings to use, when to use them, and why. That’s why the previous

version of this book took the digital photography world by storm.

But now, his new CS2, version is even bigger, even better, and exposes even more of the pros most closely guarded secrets, including a special chapter which shows, for the first time ever, step-by-step how to how to set-up Photoshop’s color management. He does it by throwing out all the theory, all the techno-babble, and all the confusing charts and graphs and instead just shows you exactly what you need to do (and

nothing more).

LEARN HOW THE PROS DO IT

Each year Scott trains thousands of professional photographers how to use Photoshop, and almost without exception they have the same

questions, the same problems, and the same challenges–and that’s exactly what he covers in this book. You’ll learn:

• The sharpening techniques the pros really use (there’s an entire chapter on, just this!)

• The pros tricks for fixing the most common digital photo problems fast!

• The step-by-step set-up for getting what comes out of your printer to match exactly what you saw on screen

• The retouching secrets of how the pros retouch portraits

• How to process raw digital camera images (plus how to take advantage of all the new Camera Raw features of CS2!)

• How to color correct any photo without breaking a sweat (you’ll be amazed at how easy it is–once you know the secret)

• A whole chapter on the latest, most requested Photoshop special effects • How to reduce noise, deal with lens problems, avoid halos, and more

• How to show your work like a pro!

• Plus a host of shortcuts, workarounds, and slick “insider” tricks to send your productivity through the roof!

If you’re a digital photographer and you’re ready to learn the “tricks of the trade”–the same ones that today’s leading pros use to correct,

edit, sharpen, retouch, and present their wor; then this is the book for you.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great Tool for Post Processing
As a self taught Photoshop user, it seems like I have a world to learn. I have purchased several Photoshop books and an online course with limited success. This one book has done more to help me improve my skills than any other resource. It is not designed for the beginner, but someone who has a foundation of photoshop skills and wants to expand their reach. I really appreciate how Scott Kelby offers multiple digital post processing solutions via Photoshop techniques. I routinely reach for this book and highly recommend it.

4 Stars Easy to understand!
I used this book in a photo class and found it extremely easy to understand to work through the assignments without much help from the instructor. So I bought this book as a gift for a friend of mine to help with learning Photoshop….. I highly recommend this book!

5 Stars Scott Kelby gets right to it
Scott Kelby gets right to it. You quickly learn the most important lessons and uses of Photoshop from a photographer’s perspective.

The book is very well written and easy to follow.

You can choose to follow each topic, or if a topic is of less interest, move on to the next topic. Some of the most important topics/pages I marked with a paper clip for easy reference.

Follow this book and you will be a Photoshop god in comparison to most other photographers.

5 Stars WOW!!!!! GET THIS BOOK NOW!!!!
I can’t say enough great things about this book to do it justice. I love this book. I have had CS2 for a while, but it might as well have been Elements 1 for the good it was doing me (by the way, I don’t even know how to work Elements, or if there is even an Elements 1!). Anyway, this book is so straight forward, you don’t need to know anything beforehand. For each procedure, it talks you through it step by step. What I loved about this book was that it didn’t assume you already knew stuff, it just told you “do this and that and click this and click that”, with tons of pictures to help you along. I recommend this book IMMENSELY!!!

5 Stars Excellent book
This is an excellent book for the beginner and pro alike! Scott Kelby wrote the book in a very easy to understand format (with a few jokes thrown in for the fun of it), and everything is demonstrated and explained in a precise step by step format. If you follow the steps you cannot go wrong, and your photos will come out looking like a professional shoot. Also, anything you could think about doing with a photo is covered in this book. Excellent resource for your digital photo processing.

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Photoshop Lightroom 2 Essential Training

In Photoshop Lightroom 2 Essential Training, Chris Orwig explores Adobe’s professional toolbox for image organization, processing, and output. He demonstrates effective use of catalogs, collections, keywords, and filters in the Library module; image correction and enhancement with the Develop module; and publishing the results via the Slideshow, Print, and Web modules. Chris also shares a wealth of creative tips and workflow techniques for capturing and processing stunning photographs. Example files accompany the course. Topics Include:

• Understanding Lightroom s interface, modules, and new features
• Importing photos from a folder, camera, or memory card
• Sorting and filtering with flags, ratings, labels, and other attributes
• Correcting white balance, tone, saturation, and clarity
• Cropping, straightening, and retouching with the Tool Strip
• Fixing color and exposure
• Fine-tuning portrait, travel, and nature photography workflows
• Integrating with Photoshop

Duration: 8 hours On 1 DVD-ROM System Requirements Macintosh Requirements

• OS 10.3.9 or higher
• DVD-ROM drive
• 1024×768 resolution
• 24-bit video support
• QuickTime 7 or higher

Windows Requirements

• XP or Vista
• DVD-ROM Drive
• 1024×768 resolution
• 24-bit video support
• PC sound card/speakers
• QuickTime 7 or higher (included)
• .NET 2.0 or higher (included)

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Very good resource for Lightroom 2 users
I’m a subscriber to Lynda.com and do not own the DVD. That said I have watched most of the videos on this DVD online and they are very well done. I can’t see how anyone would be disappointed. I wanted to post an outline of what the videos covered so those considering purchasing the DVD set could make a better decision.

Table of contents

Introduction

Welcome 0:37 11.6 MB

Lightroom overview 7:22 6.9 MB

Using the example files 1:28 2.3 MB

1. Getting Started

Photographic workflow puzzle 1:14 0.75 MB

Why use Lightroom? 3:50 2.9 MB

Lightroom and Photoshop 2:14 2.2 MB

Lightroom resource links 2:13 3 MB

New features in Lightroom 2 2:52 2.7 MB

2. Setting the Stage

The Lightroom modules 1:40 1 MB

Essential interface shortcuts 4:40 4.1 MB

Customizing the Identity Plate and Module Picker 3:23 6 MB

Changing the panel end marks 1:15 1.8 MB

Changing the image background 1:39 2.4 MB

Modifying other interface preferences 2:54 4.3 MB

Dual monitor support 1:37 2.2 MB

3. The Library: Importing Images

Importing and file formats 2:56 2.6 MB

Importing preferences 2:16 2 MB

Importing photos from a folder 4:26 4.4 MB

Importing photos from a CF card 3:07 4.5 MB

Using Auto Import 2:57 3.6 MB

Using multiple hard drives 5:14 6.3 MB

Creative tip 1: Handling your camera 1:00 7 MB

4. The Library: Essentials

The Navigator 4:29 6.1 MB

Working in the Grid and Loupe views 5:39 7.9 MB

Comparing two images 4:08 5.2 MB

Surveying multiple images 4:21 5.1 MB

The toolbar 3:26 3.9 MB

Folders 7:01 8.6 MB

Working with catalogs 4:04 6 MB

Exporting catalogs 5:14 8.1 MB

Defining catalogs 0:59 1 MB

Importing catalogs from laptop to desktop 1:30 1 MB

Sharing catalogs between multiple computers 2:04 1.2 MB

Using multiple catalogs to optimize performance 2:44 1.7 MB

Creative tip 2: Backing up your hard drive 1:48 14.7 MB

5. The Library: Processing Images

Presets 2:24 3 MB

Quick Develop: White balance 2:24 2.9 MB

Quick Develop: Image workflow 3:38 5.6 MB

Synchronizing settings 2:16 3 MB

6. The Library: Organizing Images

Flagging, rating, and labeling pt. 1 5:40 6.2 MB

Flagging, rating, and labeling pt. 2 1:26 1.9 MB

Using Quick Collection 1:38 1.9 MB

Collections 3:14 4.1 MB

Smart Collections 3:47 4 MB

Stacking 3:19 4.6 MB

Renaming 1:21 1.7 MB

7. The Library: Working with Metadata

Adding keywords 2:22 2 MB

Creating keyword sets 1:05 1.4 MB

Using keyword shortcuts 1:12 1.3 MB

Synchronizing keywords 1:32 1.8 MB

Keywording with the Painter tool 0:44 1.1 MB

Creative tip 3: Taking wide-angle shots 1:37 36.4 MB

8. The Library: Finding and Sorting with Filters

Filtering overview 1:38 1.6 MB

Filtering by text 1:55 2.1 MB

Filtering by attribute 1:44 2 MB

Filtering metadata by keyword 2:18 3 MB

9. The Library: Exporting Images

Exporting files 4:26 5.1 MB

External editing preferences 1:50 3.4 MB

Editing inside Photoshop 1:45 2 MB

Opening an image as a Smart Object in Photoshop 1:04 1.1 MB

Editing multiple images in Photoshop as layers 6:18 7.1 MB

Creating a panorama 3:41 7.5 MB

10. The Develop Module: Introduction

Develop module overview and essential shortcuts 4:39 4.2 MB

Using the Develop module presets 2:04 2.5 MB

Comparing the before and after 2:56 2.3 MB

Using the Snapshots and History panels 2:35 2.6 MB

Using the Histogram panel 3:55 4 MB

Creative tip 4: Shooting in perspective 1:33 14.7 MB

11. The Develop Module: Using the Basic Panel

Correcting white balance 3:52 4.8 MB

Complicated white balance made easy 1:54 1.8 MB

Customizing white balance 3:47 4.9 MB

Demystifying the Tone controls 4:10 4.8 MB

Using the Tone controls 6:02 6 MB

Understanding vibrance and saturation 2:18 2.2 MB

Using the Vibrance and Saturation controls 4:22 4.7 MB

Creating and using virtual copies 4:32 3.4 MB

Understanding clarity 2:13 1.9 MB

Using the clarity controls 3:26 3.5 MB

Typical Basic panel workflow 5:21 5 MB

12. The Develop Module: Using the Tool Strip Tools

Cropping 5:48 7.6 MB

Crop overlay 6:26 8.8 MB

Straightening with the Crop tool 3:24 2.9 MB

Perspective, composition, and crop aspect ratio 4:06 6.5 MB

Retouching with the Spot Removal tool 4:21 4 MB

Retouching dust on a lens 2:44 3.1 MB

Fixing red-eye 3:26 4 MB

Using the Graduated Filter tool 3:57 6.5 MB

13. The Develop Module: Using the Adjustment Brush

Adjustment Brush tool overview 9:51 11.8 MB

Working with color 4:31 5.3 MB

Whitening teeth 5:01 6.6 MB

Enhancing makeup color 3:24 4.9 MB

Creative color adjustments 4:41 6 MB

Smoothing skin 6:31 7.8 MB

Burning and dodging 5:39 6.7 MB

Fixing exposure 1:33 1.7 MB

Creative tip 5: Understanding f-stop 1:16 9.5 MB

14. The Develop Module: Modifying Tone Curve

Demystifying the Tone Curve controls 3:18 3.1 MB

Correcting an image with the Tone Curve panel 3:06 2.8 MB

15. The Develop Module: Using HSL and Color

Understanding the HSL controls 4:46 5.9 MB

Using HSL to brighten based on color 1:30 1.8 MB

Creative color with HSL 1:47 1.7 MB

Desaturating color with HSL 1:25 1.4 MB

Using the Color panel 2:21 2.6 MB

Creative tip 6: Take your camera everywhere 1:11 9.1 MB

16. The Develop Module: Converting to Grayscale

Converting to black and white 1:48 2 MB

Modify black-and-white tone with the Grayscale panel 3:13 4.6 MB

Enhancing black and white with other tools 4:17 8.1 MB

Using presets to convert to black and white 3:12 3.1 MB

Creative black and white 3:55 5 MB

17. The Develop Module: Split Toning

Split Toning essentials 5:16 5.6 MB

Advanced Split Toning tips 3:39 4.7 MB

Split Toning a color image 1:47 2.7 MB

18. The Develop Module: Improving Details

Reducing noise in a grayscale photo 3:38 4.2 MB

Reducing noise in a color photo 3:55 6 MB

Sharpening in Lightroom 6:58 9.2 MB

Advanced sharpening in Lightroom and Photoshop 4:44 5.6 MB

Removing chromatic aberration 1:58 3.9 MB

Creative tip 7: Zooming effectively 0:54 10.1 MB

19. The Develop Module: Creating Vignettes

Using the Lens Correction controls 2:56 3.2 MB

Using the Post-Crop controls 4:24 4.7 MB

Combining Post-Crop and Lens Correction 2:21 2.6 MB

20. The Develop Module: Using Camera Calibration

Understanding Camera Calibration in Lightroom 3:15 3.7 MB

Creative color with Camera Calibration 2:41 2.5 MB

21. Develop Module Workflows

About this chapter 0:56 0.9 MB

Portrait: Enhancements 7:34 10.2 MB

Travel: Black and white 5:19 5.4 MB

Surfing: Cleanup 10:00 10.1 MB

Nature: Creative color 8:24 10.8 MB

Portrait: Creative color 11:00 12.7 MB

22. Slideshows

Slideshows and Collections 1:37 1.8 MB

Using Slideshow templates 2:50 4.6 MB

Customizing the background 2:33 3.1 MB

Customizing the overlay elements 3:16 4.2 MB

Customizing titles and playback 3:18 4.7 MB

Creating a custom template 2:36 3 MB

Exporting as JPG or PDF 2:58 4.4 MB

23. Printing

Printing and Collections 2:36 2.6 MB

Using Print templates 2:07 2.1 MB

Customizing images settings and layout 3:22 4.5 MB

Customizing guides and overlays 2:43 3.7 MB

Picture Package 5:17 7.1 MB

Creating a custom Print template 1:00 1.3 MB

24. Web Options

Web resource overview 1:40 1.5 MB

Selecting images with the Library and Smart Collections 2:27 2.3 MB

Choosing a Web Gallery template 1:30 2.3 MB

Customizing 3:41 5.4 MB

Output settings 3:51 3.9 MB

Saving your template and exporting 2:26 3.2 MB

Print job settings 4:48 4.2 MB

Conclusion

Goodbye 0:22 2.3 MB

Running Time: 8 hours

Price: 99.95

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Photoshop CS3 One on One Video Training

Welcome to the first and most far-reaching training on the latest version of Adobe’s flagship image editor, Photoshop CS3. Hosted by award-winning author and Photoshop Hall of Famer Deke McClelland, Photoshop CS3 One-on-One is your opportunity to delve headlong into the new Photoshop with a seasoned, knowledgeable guide by your side. Complete with task-based projects and work-along sample files, this is the ultimate insider’s guide to Photoshop CS3. Organized into 27 logical chapters, these 360 movies will load you up with the essential information and skills you need to become comfortable and competent with the standard edition of Photoshop CS3. Everything is here, from the newest enhancements to the reliable classics, from the absolute essentials to the most advanced techniques. As Deke says, “Photoshop CS3 One-on-One is about in-depth instruction, real-world projects, and an informal while at the same time detailed and painstakingly accurate approach. It s your chance to go from 0 to 60 in a single series. I hope you ll agree, this is one-on-one training at its best.” Photoshop CS3 One-on-One covers the following topics, with an eye toward addressing techniques in the order that they are best employed:

• Understanding what Photoshop is and what it can do
• Zooming, scrolling, and getting around an image
• Making the most of the new-and-improved CS3 interface
• Using Adobe Bridge to organize and manage images
• Saving workspaces for maximum comfort and efficiency
• Correcting colors using the Variations and Hue/Saturation commands
• Taking on the professional-grade luminance editors, Levels and Curves
• Resampling an image and selecting an interpolation setting
• Cropping and straightening a photograph
• Using the selection tools, including the new Refine Edges command
• Retouching and image and healing away blemishes
• Understanding masking, layering, and layer comps
• Sharpening, blurring, and averaging the details in a photograph
• Working with transparency and blend modes
• Working with transparency and blend modes
• Cloning and healing in perspective using Vanishing Point 2
• Creating and editing text
• Using layer effects and styles to correct photographs and achieve special effects
• Making the most of adjustment layers, smart objects, and smart filters
• Working with the wealth of new features in Camera Raw 4, including its ability to open photos saved in JPEG or TIFF
• Stitching multiple photographs seamlessly using the new and improved Auto-Align, Auto-Blend, and Photomerge
• Recording actions and printing your images

It’s a lot, to be sure. But thanks to Deke’s wit, encouragement, and charm, it goes by quickly. His promise: “Give me 7 hours a week for a solid month, and I ll turn you into the most capable Photoshop user you know.” Who could say no?

User Ratings and Reviews

3 Stars Little to basic for me
Personally I was a little disappointed with this DvD. Not because it was a bad training guide, but because I knew most everything in it already. I’ve been a creative retoucher for 17 years and thought this DvD would get me up to speed on the new features in CS3. Which it did a OK job of.

All in all this would be a excellent training DvD for a Photoshop beginner or even a newer user. If you’ve been working in Photoshop as a Professional for many years, you might want to try a different book or DvD. One thing I did love was learning some newer keyboard short cuts. Deke McClelland is a smart guy, I hope he comes out with a much more advanced DvD in the future.

Cheers

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The Photoshop Elements 5 Restoration and Retouching Book

Bring out all your old storage boxes of photos, and open up all the images you’ve shot that were just “okay.” In his latest book, Matt Kloskowski shows you how to restore old photos and retouch newer ones to make your images go from so-so to great. Matt trains thousands of people each year, showing them exactly how to make their photos (and the people in those photos) look their very best. He won’t bog readers down with unnecessary details, but instead will show them, with clear step-by-step instructions, the best techniques in Photoshop Elements to make the best images. Everyone wants their photos to look great, and to be appreciated and noticed by their family and friends. With Matt’s newest book, readers will learn the most useful techniques for restoring old photos–from removing dust and mold to repairing scratches and tears–and retouching images of people–including specific sections about working on difficult areas, such as the eyes and mouth.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Photoshop Elements restoration & retouching
In one word WOW! You have to have this book, Matt explains things in simple terms and makes using PSE easy to use.

Bill

5 Stars The best ‘how to’ book ever!
I found this book at the local library and kept renewing it because it was so helpful. I have elements 6 (the book is for elements 5) but this is by far the best book on elements photoshop that I have found. I have used it many times on my photos. If you are a beginner with elements like me then you will love this book! In case you are wondering, I have also purchased 3 other elements 6 photoshop books before I purchased this book. The first was ‘Photoshop Elements 6 for Dummies’, then ‘Teach Yourself Visually Adobe Photoshop Elements 6′ and last ‘Photoshop Elements 6 in easy steps’. Now I can stop!

4 Stars The Photoshop Elements 5 Restoration and retouching book
A very informative and well written book. The man knows his subject, but does not go so far into theory as to lose the average reader.

5 Stars nice book
I love this book. It makes my life easier. What more could you ask for. This was just what i needed.

5 Stars Great “Step-by-Step” Guide
Very helpful and easy to follow. If you want a step-by-step guide to correcting some of the most common photograph problems using Photoshop Elements, then this book is for you.

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Photoshop CS3 Portrait Retouching Essentials

Some of the most compelling photographs are of people – portraits, family snapshots, wedding photos – and Photoshop helps make people look their best in pictures. In Photoshop CS3 Portrait Retouching Essentials, professional photographer and Photoshop expert Chris Orwig gives a hands-on tour of the retouching secrets used by pros. He demonstrates tricks for covering up skin flaws, correcting discrepancies in color and tone, removing backgrounds and other visual distractions, fixing teeth and hair, enhancing facial features, and sculpting body parts. This inspiring step-by-step training course is full of secrets that will help professionals and hobbyists alike create stunning photographs of people. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

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Photoshop CS4 One on One Fundamentals

There’s no program like Photoshop for editing photographs and creating photorealistic artwork. And there’s no Photoshop teacher like industry expert and Photoshop Hall-of-Famer Deke McClelland. In Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Fundamentals, Deke examines the essential capabilities of the application, from correcting color to retouching portraits. He also covers navigation, resolution, cropping, selecting, printing, and making web graphics. This course goes beyond basic tips and tricks, and provides the in-depth information and real-world context needed by serious students who want to master the software. Exercise files accompany the course.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Photoshop CS4 One on One
Deke McClelland does a great job with this. It is easy to follow along except when it comes to saving his brush set in Windows Vista. Otherwise the step by step instructions with the video make it very easy to pick up how to use CS4.

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Photoshop Elements 7 for Windows Essential Training

Photoshop Elements 7 is packed with features to help amateur photographers with every stage of digital photo processing, from getting organized to sharing projects with family and friends. In Photoshop Elements 7 for Windows Essential Training, Jan Kabili shares workflow techniques for organizing, editing, creating projects, and sharing. She also demonstrates how to enhance photos with this budget-friendly software. Jan explains the latest updates to the Organizer and Editor workspaces, and also covers new features like the Smart Brush tool and Photoshop.com integration. Elements is very well known for its project features, and Jan shows how to create books, collages, panoramas, and more. Example files accompany the course. Topics Include:

• Getting photos from a camera, scanner, or files
• Organizing and finding photos with tags, albums, and Smart Collections
• Using automatic and guided edit tools for common fixes
• Mastering Full Edit mode for refining, retouching, and photo editing
• Adding special effects and text
• Sharing and backing up images on Photoshop.com

Duration: 6.75 hours On 1 DVD-ROM System Requirements Macintosh Requirements

• OS 10.3.9 or higher
• DVD-ROM drive
• 1024×768 resolution
• 24-bit video support
• QuickTime 7 or higher

Windows Requirements

• XP or Vista
• DVD-ROM Drive
• 1024×768 resolution
• 24-bit video support
• PC sound card/speakers
• QuickTime 7 or higher (included)
• .NET 2.0 or higher (included)

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Much better than a classroom-Easy way to learn Photoshop Elements
I have had elements for several years but never fully understood or took advantage of all of the great options it had to offer. After using this DVD I feel I have a much better understanding of the program and will enjoy using it so much more.

The instructor takes the total novice and walks you slowly and clearly through the program She is easy to follow and the DVD shows you clearly what you can do. To make it even better she provides practice exercise folders so you can work right along with her using the exact same pictures she is using in the instructions. The program is broken up into chapters and can be started and stopped as you need to . You can also bookmark certain pages for future reference.

My suggestion:

1.Better instruction should be provided re. how to set up the DVD and use it along with your own elements program

2. The DVD isn’t viewed well on a laptop as it would be on a full LCD screen or played on a traditional DVD player on your TV.. The reason is the screen doesn’t adjust fully to allow you to see the bottom of the screen where some adjustments are located and where the function buttons are for the DVD .

Conclusion:

I think this is a valuable learning tool and I will be able to go back and review items in the future as I need to refresh my memory or to try options that right now I don’t need . This is soooooooo much better than a simple class room training as I now have Jan Kabili on my DVD forever to help me use Elements fully.

1 Star Product fine, beware hidden costs.
Bought this from the US because I coudn’t find it on sale in UK.

Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac Essential Training

In Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac Essential Training, Ted LoCascio teaches casual photographers how to organize, edit, and share their digital image libraries using this powerful software package from Adobe. He tours the included Adobe Bridge application, used for importing and organizing photographs, and explores every feature of Elements itself. He demonstrates how to navigate the Elements workspace, which is used to correct and improve images, combine them into projects, and produce slideshows, photo books, web galleries, and more. Ted also explains how to get the most out of each editing mode, and shares tips for correcting, retouching, and sharpening photographs. Example files accompany the course. Topics Include:

• Identifying photos by name, keyword, rating, and label
• Locating photos with searches, filters, collections, and stacks
• Using automated red-eye correction and sharpening tools
• Making detailed color and tone corrections
• Using Photomerge on faces and groups
• Working with filters, artwork, and other image customizations
• Scrapbooking

Duration: 8.5 hours On 1 DVD-ROM System Requirements Macintosh Requirements

• OS 10.3.9 or higher
• DVD-ROM drive
• 1024×768 resolution
• 24-bit video support
• QuickTime 7 or higher

Windows Requirements

• XP or Vista
• DVD-ROM Drive
• 1024×768 resolution
• 24-bit video support
• PC sound card/speakers
• QuickTime 7 or higher (included)
• .NET 2.0 or higher (included)

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac
As I am a newbie to photoshop elements, I found this tutorial to be outstandingly clear and informative. As the title suggests, it is essential training. It will get you up and running using the program. Since Photoshop Elements has so many features that simply cannot be covered in a single 8 hour video.[...] I look forward to purchasing it when (and if) it becomes available.

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Photoshop CS3 for Photographers

Photoshop CS3 for Photographers covers all the essential techniques a digital photographer needs to master in order to take advantage of Photoshop’s possibilities. Instructor Chris Orwig teaches everything from the key elements to the advanced tools of the application, demonstrating how to apply them for the best photographic results in print or online. He also gets into the nitty-gritty of using Photoshop, from working with Camera Raw to finessing a retouch. Exercise files accompany this training.Topics Include:

• Customizing the workspace and palettes
• Determining color settings and preferences
• Processing and working creatively with Camera Raw
• Using layers, masking, and blend modes effectively
• Correcting color at an advanced level
• Adding effects, sharpening, and removing noise
• Burning and dodging non-destructively
• Cleaning up and retouching images
• Getting images online and in print
• Increasing the photographic quality of images

Duration: 13.25 hoursOn 1 DVD-ROM

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by David Peters Adobe has gone above and beyond with Photoshop Elements 6 software, giving us the right combination of both power and simplicity allowing us to take our photographs to the next level. With the user-friendly step by step instructions it doesn’t matter what kind of editing experience you have. Thanks to easy to use composing levels the easy image-selection tools allow you to perform more advanced retouching and enhancing easily. Included are creative image books, digital scrapboo

by David PetersAdobe has gone above and beyond with Photoshop Elements 6 software, giving us the right combination of both power and simplicity allowing us to take our photographs to the next level. With the user-friendly step by step instructions it doesn’t matter what kind of editing experience you have. Thanks to easy to use composing levels the easy image-selection tools allow you to perform more advanced retouching and enhancing easily. Included are creative image books, digital scrapbook p

by David Peters Adobe has gone above and beyond with Photoshop Elements 6 software, giving us the right combination of both power and simplicity allowing us to take our photographs to the next level. With the user-friendly step by step instructions it doesn’t matter what kind of editing experience you have. Thanks to easy to use composing levels the easy image-selection tools allow you to perform more advanced retouching and enhancing easily. Included are creative image books, digital scrapboo