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Adobe Photoshop CS4 Studio Techniques has been completely updated to cover the new features in CS4.
In a friendly, easy-going style that's long on information and short on techno-babble, Photoshop Hall-of-Famer Ben Willmore and photographer Dan Ablan guide you through the concepts and features that will truly make a difference in how you use Photoshop every day. They'll take you from blindly following step-by-step instructions to an in-depth understanding of how Photoshop works, cutting through the fat to focus on what they consider to be Photoshop's essential features. This full-color book delivers the content in three easily digestible sections: Working Foundations, Production Essentials, and Creative Explorations. Streamlined for this new edition, the book will distill Photoshop's vast capabilities down to what you need to know for a full understanding of the program, while simultaneously focusing more directly on best practices for the photographer. Beginning with a quick "refresher course" on the working foundations of Photoshop, you'll move on to real-world production techniques. Finally, you'll get to fully explore Photoshop's creative potential by blending and enhancing images, creating collages, retouching photographs, colorizing, and working with filters and layer masks. By the time you finish this book, your creativity and efficiency levels will soar and you'll feel like you finally "get" Photoshop.

Even more Photoshop time saving tips and tricks are included in this new, expanded edition of Steve Caplin’s bestseller. Updates include many new images and techniques which show you how to make the most of the power of Photoshop!

With this book you can work from the problem to the solution with expert guidance from a professional illustrator. Each section is divided into color double page spreads on illustrative techniques; giving bite size chunks with all that you need to know in a highly visual, approachable format.

Most of the original Photoshop files are provided on the free CD, along with hundreds of dollars’ worth of free, sample plugins and images, so you can try out each technique for yourselves as you read.

* 78 pages of new material show you how to take your Photoshop montage skills even further
* CD includes all the images from the book and 100 new, free, high resolution AbleStock images
* Benefit from a professional illustrator’s timesaving tips and tricks!

Step-by-step projects and video tutorials make advanced techniques and workarounds look effortless in this money-saving guide to professional image editing with a cut-price program

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Unleash the hidden potential for professional image editing in Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 7 with this essential book and DVD guide.

Using step-by-step instructions and movie tutorials, Mark Galer leads you through the less well-known and most powerful post-production editing techniques Adobe® Photoshop® Elements has to offer. Cunning tricks and clever workarounds in this book show you how to create inspiring, professional-looking images and perform tasks you only thought possible in the full Adobe® Photoshop® package.

Whether you’re an imaging professional or a photography enthusiast, this book and DVD will help you get the maximum performance from your software. Learn how to:

* Create striking effects with no commercial lighting or studio equipment
* Extend the dynamic range of your digital camera by merging multiple exposures
* Optimize, enhance and montage images with stunning results

The DVD provides extensive support to the book with movie tutorials for all projects, high resolution images, multilayered files of completed projects, a stock library and a keyboard shortcut guide.

* Save money by unleashing the hidden potential of Elements 7 for professional image editing rather than upgrading to the full Photoshop software
* Practical, step-by-step projects show you how to solve real-world problems and create stunning images using clever workarounds and powerful, little-known techniques
* Full DVD support with more than 5 hours of tutorials, image files, a stock library and keyboard shortcut guide–worth the cover price alone!

Photoshop is the foundation of every digital career. It is the most pervasive technology on the market. Many users think they know it, but in truth they have gaping holes. This book covers what a professional truly needs to know about Photoshop to be employable. For students (whether in formal programs, certified training centers, or self-paced) this book offers a chance to explore the many aspects of the program interactively. The book cuts though the clutter and is unique in that it focuses not just on digital photography, but Internet, graphic design, multimedia, and video uses.