Overview

The bestselling guide to the leading image-editing software, fully updated Previous editions of this For Dummies guide have sold more 650,000 copies. Richly illustrated in full color, this edition covers all the updates Photoshop CS5, the gold standard for image-editing programs. Used by professional photographers, graphic designers, and web designers as well as hobbyists, Photoshop has more than four million users worldwide. Photoshop is the image-editing software preferred by professional photographers and designers around the world; Photoshop CS5 is packed with new functionality and enhanced tools Teaches all the basics for first-time users, including how to work with the menus, panels, tools, options, and essential shortcuts Covers how to fix red-eye, remove blemishes and wrinkles, remove people or objects from a photo, adjust brightness, improve color, add shadows and highlights, work with Camera Raw, decrease digital noise, create composite images, use channels and masks, optimize images for the Web, and much more Photoshop CS5 For Dummies helps both amateur and professional Photoshop users take advantage of all the program has to offer.

Full Product Details

Author:   Peter Bauer
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   For Dummies
Dimensions:   Width: 18.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.980kg
ISBN:  

9780470610787

ISBN 10:   0470610786
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   28 April 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction. Part I: Breezing through Basic Training. Chapter 1: Welcome to Photoshop! Chapter 2: Knowing Just Enough about Digital Images. Chapter 3: Taking the Chef’s Tour of Your Photoshop Kitchen. Chapter 4: Getting Images into and out of Photoshop. Part II: Easy Enhancements for Digital Images. Chapter 5: Adding Dark Shadows and Sparkling Highlights. Chapter 6: Making Color Look Natural. Chapter 7: The Adobe Camera Raw 6 Plug-In. Chapter 8: Fine-Tuning Your Fixes. Chapter 9: Common Problems and Their Cures. Part III: Creating ""Art"" in Photoshop. Chapter 10: Combining Images. Chapter 11: Precision Edges with Vector Paths. Chapter 12: Dressing Up Images with Layer Styles. Chapter 13: Giving Your Images a Text Message. Chapter 14: Painting in Photoshop. Chapter 15: Filters: The Fun Side of Photoshop. Part IV: Power Photoshop. Chapter 16: Streamlining Your Work in Photoshop. Chapter 17: Introducing Photoshop CS5 Extended. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 18: Pete's Top Ten Favorite Photoshop Tips and Tricks. Chapter 19: Ten Reasons to Love Your Wacom Tablet. Chapter 20: Ten Things to Know about HDR. Index."

Reviews

written so that even beginners to the software can be up and running in no time at all . (Photoshopdaily.co.uk, August 2010). This book does a sterling job of breaking everything down into small nuggets of information. (Digital SLR, October, 2010).

‘…written so that even beginners to the software can be up and running in no time at all'. (Photoshopdaily.co.uk, August 2010). ‘This book does a sterling job of breaking everything down into small nuggets of information.' (Digital SLR, October, 2010).

‘…written so that even beginners to the software can be up and running in no time at all'. (Photoshopdaily.co.uk, August 2010). ‘This book does a sterling job of breaking everything down into small nuggets of information.' (Digital SLR, October, 2010).

Author Information

Peter Bauer is an award-winning photographer and contributing writer for Photoshop User and Layers magazines. He is best known as the Help Desk Director for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) and has authored or coauthored a dozen books on Photoshop, Illustrator, and photography.

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