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1 online resource |
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If you're new to Elements and need a complete overview of each feature and function, you'll find exactly what you're looking for here: step-by-step instructions covering every aspect of Elements, accompanied by helpful screenshots and colorful images. If you're a more experienced user, you'll find Philip's signature advanced tips and techniques invaluable as you stretch the power of Elements beyond what you previously thought possible. From basic techniques such as importing files and performing simple image edits to more complex projects such as creating scrapbooks, making panoramas, and working with raw files, it's all covered in this comprehensive guide from one of the industry's premier Elements experts, and always in the context of creating great photographs first and foremost. Be sure to visit the accompanying websites www.photoshopelements.net and pse-4-photographers.photoshop.com for additional Elements 8 tutorials, tips, example galleries, offers and advice. *A supplemental website features over an hour of video tutorials for additional training and practice *An example gallery site, pse-4-photographers.photoshop.com, showcasing the synchronization links between Photoshop Elements and Photoshop.com *Written by an official Adobe Ambassador and expert author whose tips and tricks are featured in the Adobe Inspirational Browser in both Photoshop Elements 7 and 8 *Contains step-by-step instructions and resources (via the book's website) for completing an entire project - a multi-page Photo Book - so you can work through the whole process from start to finish, and apply the skills you learn to other creative photographic projects. |
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Cover; Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 forPhotographers; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Section One: Introducing Photoshop Elements; 1 Digital Basics; Photography iseverywhere; The beginning -- the digitalphotograph; Creating digitalphotos; The steps in the digitalprocess; Where does Photoshop Elements fit into theprocess?; 2 Photoshop Elements; Top tools for the photographer; The Photoshop Elementsworkflow; The Organizerworkspace; The Editorworkspace; Moving between Organizer and Editorspaces; The Create and Share taskpanes; New and improved features for Photoshop Elements8 |
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Photoshop Elements and PremiereElementsPhotoshop Elements 8 for the AppleMacintosh; Firststeps; The Welcomescreen; Step 1: Getting your pictures intoElements; Step-by-step to betterscanning; Creating newdocuments; Step 2: Viewing yourpictures; Step 3: Imagerotating; Step 4: Cropping andstraightening; Step 5: Automatic corrections; Step 6:Printing; Step 7:Saving; Step 8: Organizing yourpictures; Step 9: Backing up yourfiles; Section Two: The Photographer's Toolkit; 3 Organize; The Organizerworkspace; The WelcomeScreen; The Organizer MenuBar; The Organizer ShortcutsBar; The Organizer BottomBar |
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Managing your photos with theOrganizerOrganizing and searchingfeatures; Albums -- the Elements way to group alikephotos; Locatingfiles; Attaching a MapReference; Protecting yourassets; Bridge -- the center for Mac-based imagemanagement; Setting up Bridge; Using Bridge to manage your Elementsphotos; 4 Fix; The Fix TaskPane; Automatic editingoptions; Automating editing of several pictures atonce; 5 Create; Photoprojects; Photo Book and PhotoCollages; PhotoCalendar; PhotoStamps; GreetingCard; PhotoPrints; Flipbook; SlideShows; PDFSlide Show; VCD/DVD withMenu; CD/DVD Labels; CD and DVD Jackets |
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Web GalleryInstant Movie; 6 Share; Share, share and share alike!; Archiving files directto CD/DVD; Sharingonline; Phone Photos; 7 Raw Shooting; Better digital capture; Enabling your Raw camera; Modifying your capture workflow for Raw; Auto RawConversions; The Adobe Camera Rawutility; Raw Enhancementworkflow; Output options; The manual raw conversion process via ACR; KeepingACR up to date; OtherRaw plug-ins; Raw filequeue; Applying changes across multiple raw files; Applying changes across rated raw files; THE RAW ADVANTAGE; 8 Editor Guided; The Guided editor mode -- 'help when you needit' |
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9 Editor QuickThe Quick editor mode -- 'quick changecentral'; 10 Editor Full; The Full Editor interface; Setting up your screen for Elements; Setting Color Management in Photoshop Elements; Brightness and contrast changes; Dodge and Burn tools; Color corrections; Transforming the shape of photos; Section Three: Elements in Action; 11 Advanced Techniques; The importance of BitDepth; Manual tonal control; Specializedcolor control; Highquality sharpening techniques; Retouchingtechniques; Adding texture toan image; Changing thesize of your images; 12 Selections; Selection basics |
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Adobe Photoshop elements.
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Adobe Photoshop elements. |
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Adobe Photoshop elements |
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Photography -- Digital techniques.
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Photographie numérique. |
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Photography -- Digital techniques |
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Electronic books.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Print version: Andrews, Philip, 1964- Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 for photographers. Oxford : Focal, ©2010 9780240521893 0240521897 |
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9780240521893 |
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0240521897 |
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0240521900 |
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9780240521909 |
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