Photoshop Elements 2: Zero to Hero

✍ Scribed by Tom Arah, Barry Beckham, Adam Juniper, Todd Pierson, Paul Shipley

• Publisher: Wrox
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 284
• Series: Programmer to Programmer
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

You have the creativity. We can unlock it. From absolute beginner to Photoshop Elements master - come with us on a journey from Zero to Hero. Starting with the basics, this book gets you up and running in Photoshop quicker than you thought possible. "Chapter Zero" shows you around the program, so you can skip ahead and produce the results you really want. Fast. Zero to Hero doesn't stop there. We also devote space to four Photoshop heroes who share their skills and creativity. Within these pages, you'll find easy-to-follow, fully illustrated solutions to all the common, and not-so-common, problems that photographs present. In the 96-page, full-color section at the back of the book, the heroes reveal their projects in depth, sharing tips and tricks on the whole creative cycle, from shooting your photos right through to the finished article. Packed with added insight, and backed up by free technical support, this book will give you the knowledge, and the inspiration, to be a Photoshop Elements 2 hero. What you will learn from this book This book will show you: * Convincingly correct bad lighting in seconds * Swap people and objects from other photos * Combine amazing effects for artistic results * Add stylish captions and shapes * Animate your graphics

✦ Table of Contents

Photoshop Elements 2......Page 3
Contents......Page 6
Zero......Page 13
How to use this book......Page 14
A bit of theory......Page 17
Resolution......Page 19
On with the show…......Page 20
Palettes......Page 23
Opening an image......Page 29
Saving images......Page 33
Phew!......Page 34
In this chapter......Page 35
Rotating and cropping......Page 36
Brightness, contrast, and color......Page 42
Color casts......Page 48
Lighting......Page 51
Focus sharpening......Page 56
In this chapter......Page 57
Basic selection......Page 58
Complicated selection......Page 62
Anti-aliasing......Page 67
Selection Brush tool......Page 69
Moving and copying......Page 71
In this chapter......Page 77
Theory......Page 78
Introduction to the Layers palette......Page 79
Adjustment layers......Page 86
Layer management......Page 90
Blending Modes......Page 94
Layer Styles......Page 101
Cartoon time......Page 104
In this chapter......Page 109
Clone Stamp tool......Page 110
Dodging and burning......Page 113
Texture changes......Page 114
Red Eye Brush tool......Page 116
Doctoring images......Page 117
Photomerge......Page 132
In this chapter......Page 139
How text is displayed......Page 140
Adding text......Page 141
Shapes......Page 153
In this chapter......Page 159
The Brush tool......Page 160
The Impressionist brush......Page 164
Filters......Page 166
Effects......Page 171
Aging an image......Page 174
Spot color......Page 176
In this chapter......Page 179
Printing......Page 180
Exporting images......Page 185
Batch processing......Page 193
Endgame......Page 194
In this chapter......Page 195
Preparing the image......Page 196
In this chapter......Page 223
Reducing resolution......Page 225
Photo to watercolor......Page 227
Textures......Page 238
Frames......Page 239
Aging effect......Page 243
Busker......Page 246
In this chapter......Page 251
The typical happy snap......Page 252
Simplify your photos......Page 253
Photo 3: Composition......Page 254
Format......Page 257
Distracting objects......Page 258
Lighting......Page 260
Motion......Page 261
Tell a Story......Page 263
In this chapter......Page 265
The photography......Page 267
Assembly of the elements......Page 269
Index......Page 279