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Summary:

Photoshop Elements is the most popular image-editing and managing software for digital photographers on the market today. It helps home and amateur photographers users work more efficiently and creatively, and will help them produce, edit and organize high-quality digital photographs for print and the web. Brilliant Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 is perfect for users who want to spend less time reading and more time learning. Now in full colour!

Photoshop Elements is the most popular software available for anyone wanting to edit, organize and manage their digital on the market today. It helps users work more efficiently, creatively and will help them produce high-quality images for print and the web.

This book provides users with a 4 colour tutorial to the new release, Photoshop Elements 6 and shows readers how to get the most out of the program, including using the new features such as orgainzing your photos with Smart Albums, sharing your images online with Create & Share, and improving your editing with Photomerge and Quick selection tools, and others.

Brilliant Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 provides the in-depth, wide ranging coverage that enables Photoshop Elements users to get the most out of the software and included tools.

This book

• Is filled with step-by-step instructions and full colour visuals
• Covers every core Photoshop Elements feature and function
• Highlights new features such as Smart Albums and Create & Share
• Introduces new functionality and tools such as Quick Selection and PhotoMerge 

Spend less time reading and more time doing with a simple step-by-step approach to beginner and intermediate level office tasks.

Brilliant guides provide with the quick, easy-to-access information that you need, using:

·         Detailed index & troubleshooting guide to help find exactly what you need to know

·         Each task is presented on one or two pages

·         Numbered steps guide you through each task or problem

·         Numerous screenshots illustrate each step

·         “See Also …” boxes point you to related tasks and information in the book

·         “Did you know ?...” sections alert you to relevant expert tips, tricks and advice

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #104743 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-20
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 576 pages

From the Back Cover

When you're working on your computer and come up against a problems that you're unsure how to solve or want to accomplish something in an application that you aren't sure how to do, where do you look? Manuals and traditional training guides are too unwieldly and make it hard to get to the info you need right away, and helplines are rarely that helpful. Brilliant guides allow you to find the info you need easily and without fuss and guide you through the task using a highly visual, step-by-step approach - providing exactly what you need to know, when you need it.

Spend less time reading and more time doing with a simple step-by-step approach to beginner and intermediate level office tasks

Brilliant guides provide the quick, easy-to-access information that you need...

• Now in accessible full colour design throughout
• Detailed index and troubleshooting guide to help you find exactly what you need to know
• Each task is presented on one or two pages
• Numbered steps guide you through each task or problem
• Numerous screenshots illustrate each step
• "See Also ..." boxes point you to related tasks and information in the book
• "Did you know?..." sections alert you to relevant expert tips, tricks and advice

Brilliant Photoshop Elements 6 provides the in-depth, wide ranging coverage that enables Photoshop Elements users to get the most out of the software and will show you how to...

• Get started quickly with the Welcome screen
• Browse, organize and process files using the Organizer
• Find and view only the photos and video clips you want to see
• Easily create photo books, calendars, collages, slide shows, scrapbook pages, greeting cards and CD/DVD labels
• Use auto controls to quickly fix a photo
• Use Guided Edit to walk you through the editing process
• Use more precise colour correction to enhance a photo
• Easily brush away wrinkles and other unwanted photo results
• Use image trickery and special effects to change a photo
• Use themes and artwork to liven up your photo projects
• Create perfect group shots, seamless panoramas, and more
• Easily share your work using e-mail, online galleries, mobile phones, CDs/DVDs, and more

Perspection has written and produced books on a variety of computer software, including Adobe Flash CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS2, Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Microsoft Office 2007 and 2003, Microsoft Windows Vista and XP, Microsoft Expressions Web and Apple Mac OSX Panther. Perspection was founded in 1991, and is committed to providing information and training to help people use software more effectively. Perspection has written more than 80 computer books, and sold more than 5 million copies.

Customer Reviews

Excellent learning tool
I strongly disagree with the earlier review. This book is absolutely brilliant - just like its title. Careful reading of the first few pages explains the way Elements works. This is a book which you can follow from beginning to end or simply dip in and out and use as a reference. I highly recommend this book to anyone new to Elements and even more experienced Elements users will find useful information.

Semi brilliant
Bought this but then had to buy Elements 6 for Dummies to cover wider issues.

DREADFUL
By far the least helpful software manual I've ever seen. I'm new to PS Elements 6, so bought this to help with the learning curve. A complete waste of money - no explanation of the way the program works, no definition of terms in the text. An example - by page 11 you are deep into working with bins and palettes. I have no idea what either of them are. Unless I can find a simpler explanation I'll have to go back to using Picasa and put the cost of the software and this wretched book down to experience.