Anyone still think that Adobe Photoshop Elements is a toy version of the real thing? As the most popular photo-editing program on the market, Photoshop Elements not only has Photoshop's marvelous powers, but also has capabilities the mothership lacks. Each new version includes more tools designed specifically for today's consumer digital photo enthusiasts. The latest edition, Photoshop Elements 5, solidifies the reputation of this superb and inexpensive product with new scrapbook features, a link to online photo services, and many other improvements.
In fact, there's so much to Photoshop Elements that it can be quite confusing at times. That's precisely why our Missing Manuals are the bestselling books on the topic. Adobe provides a pamphlet and some help files; our book, now in its fifth edition, carefully explains every feature the program has to offer (something no other book has done) by putting each one into a clear, easy-to-understand context. Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual covers the Windows version of Adobe's workhorse and gives you the low down on a host of new features:
* Learn to create multiple page documents, custom photo layouts with frames, and highly customized layouts for scrapbook projects
* Master the new editor for Layer Styles, which lets you customize individual layers in a photo
* "Attach" your photos to areas of a Yahoo! Map so your friends and family can see the pictures you took in specific places
Author Barbara Brundage also introduces you to a new sophisticated tool called "Curves" to adjust the color and contrast in your photos, and shows you how to burn multi-session CDs and DVDs. As always, she lets you know which features work well, which don't, and why -- all with a bit of wit and good humor. Although the book progresses from simple to complex tasks, you can easily jump around to learn specific techniques, such as creating photomontages (composites), restoring old photos, preparing images for the Web, and archiving. More than a dozen downloadable images let you practice using the editing tools right away!
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Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Maße
Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 178 mm
Dicke: 38 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-596-52728-0 (9780596527280)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Barbara Brundage has Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in English. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and has worked in both advertising and technical writing. She also plays the harp and attended Eastman School of Music, where she studied with legendary harpist Eileen Malone. Barbara makes her living as a professional harpist and has performed for a wide range of dignitaries and celebrities including Margaret Thatcher, Tom Cruise, the Clintons, and Isaac Stern. She is the founder of Seaside Press, through which she publishes her arrangements, which are popular with harpists around the world.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword
The Missing Credits
Introduction
Part One: Introductory Elements
Chapter 1. Finding Your Way Around Elements
The Welcome Screen
Organizing Your Photos
Photo Downloader
Editing Your Photos
Your Elements Tools
Bins and Palettes
Getting Help and the How To Palette
Escape Routes
Getting Started in a Hurry
Chapter 2. Importing, Managing, and Saving Your Photos
Importing from Cameras
The Photo Downloader
Opening Stored Images
Working with PDF Files
Scanning Photos
Capturing Video Frames
Creating a New File
Picking a Document Size
Choosing Resolution
Choosing Color Mode
Choosing Your File's Contents
Using the Organizer
The Photo Browser
Creating Categories and Tags
Creating Collections
Searching for Photos
Searching by Metadata
Saving Your Work
The File Formats Elements Understands
Changing the File Format
Backing Up Your Files
Saving to CDs and DVDs
Organizer Backups
Chapter 3. Rotating and Resizing Your Photos
Straightening Scanned Photos
Straightening Two or More Photos at a Time
Straightening Individual Photos
Rotating Your Images
Rotating and Flipping Options
Straightening the Contents of Your Image
Straighten Tool
Free Rotate
Cropping Pictures
Using the Crop Tool
Cropping Your Image to an Exact Size
Cropping with the Marquee Tool
Zooming and Repositioning Your View
Image Views
The Zoom Tool
The Hand Tool
Changing the Size of Your Image
Resizing Images for Email and the Web
Resizing for Printing
Adding Canvas
Chapter 4. The Quick Fix
The Quick Fix Window
The Quick Fix Toolbox
The Quick Fix Control Panel
Different Views: After vs. Before and After
Editing Your Photos
Fixing Red Eye
Smart Fix
Adjusting Lighting and Contrast
Color
Sharpening
Quick Fix Suggested Workflow
Adjusting Skin Tones
Part Two: Elemental Elements
Chapter 5. Making Selections
Making Quick Selections
Selecting Rectangular and Elliptical Areas
Selecting Irregularly Sized Areas
Controlling the Selection Tools
The Magic Wand
The Lasso Tools
Selecting with a Brush
The Magic Selection Brush
The Selection Brush
Selecting Objects from an Image's Background
Changing and Moving Selections
Inverting a Selection
Making a Selection Larger or Smaller
Moving Selections
Saving Selections
Chapter 6. Layers: The Heart of Elements
Understanding Layers
The Layers Palette
The Background
Creating Layers
Adding a Layer
Deleting Layers
Duplicating a Layer
Copying and Cutting from Layers
Managing Layers
Making Layers Invisible
Adjusting Transparency
Locking Layers
Blend Mode
Rearranging Layers
Aligning and Distributing Layers
Grouping and Linking Layers
Merging and Flattening Layers
Fill and Adjustment Layers
Adding Fill and Adjustment Layers
Layer Masks
Moving Layers Between Images
Part Three: Retouching
Chapter 7. Basic Image Retouching
Fixing Exposure Problems
Deciding Which Exposure Fix to Use
Fixing Major Exposure Problems
The Shadows/Highlights Command
Controlling the Colors You See
Calibrating Your Monitor
Choosing a Color Space
Using Levels
Understanding the Histogram
Adjusting Levels: The Eyedropper Method
Adjusting Levels: The Slider Controls
Removing Unwanted Color
Using the Color Cast Tool
Using Color Variations
Choosing the Color You Want
The Color Picker
The Eyedropper Tool
The Color Swatches Palette
Sharpening Your Images
Unsharp Mask
Adjust Sharpness
The High-Pass Filter
The Sharpen Tool
Chapter 8. Elements for Digital Photographers
The RAW Converter
Using the RAW Converter
White Balance
Adjusting Exposure, Shadows, Brightness, Contrast, and Saturation
Adjusting Sharpness and Reducing Noise
Converting to DNG
Photo Filter
Processing Multiple Files
Choose Your Files
File Renaming
Changing Image Size and File Type
Applying Quick Fix Commands
Attaching Labels
Chapter 9. Retouching 102: Fine-Tuning Your Images
Fixing Blemishes
The Spot Healing Brush: Fixing Small Areas
The Healing Brush: Fixing Larger Areas
The Clone Stamp
Applying Patterns
The Healing Brush
The Pattern Stamp
Curves: Enhancing Tone and Contrast
Making Your Colors More Vibrant
Using the Hue/Saturation Dialog Box
Adjusting Saturation with the Sponge Tool
Changing the Color of an Object
Using an Adjustment Layer
Replacing Specific Colors
Using a Brush to Replace Colors
Special Effects
Chapter 10. Removing and Adding Color
Method One: Making Color Photos Black and White
Method Two: Removing Color from a Photo
Creating Spot Color
Erasing Colors from a Duplicate Layer
Removing Color from Selections
Using a Layer Mask and the Saturation Slider
Colorizing a Black-and-White Photo
Tinting an Entire Photo
Chapter 11. Creating Panoramas and Correcting Perspective
Creating Panoramas
Selecting Files and Merging Them
Adjusting Your Photos
Fine-Tuning Your Panorama
Finishing Up: Creating Your Panorama
Correcting Lens Distortion
Transforming Images
Skew, Distort, Perspective
Free Transform
Part Four: Artistic Elements
Chapter 12. Drawing with Brushes, Shapes, and Other Tools
Picking and Using a Basic Brush
Modifying Your Brush
Saving Modified Brush Settings
The Specialty Brushes
Making a Custom Brush
The Impressionist Brush
The Pencil Tool
The Paint Bucket
Dodging and Burning
Dodging
Burning
Blending and Smudging
Blend Modes
The Smudge Tool
The Eraser Tool
Using the Eraser
The Magic Eraser
The Background Eraser
Drawing with Shapes
Rectangle and Rounded Rectangle
Ellipse
Polygon
Line Tool
The Custom Shape Tool
The Shape Selection Tool
The Cookie Cutter
Chapter 13. Filters, Effects, Layer Styles, and Gradients
Using Filters
Applying Filters
Filter Categories
Useful Filter Solutions
Adding Effects
Adding Layer Styles
Applying Gradients
The Gradient Tool
Gradient Fill Layer
Editing a Gradient
Saving Gradients
Gradient Maps
Chapter 14. Type in Elements
Adding Type to an Image
Type Options
Creating Text
Editing Type
Warping Type
The Warp Text Dialog Box
Adding Special Effects
Text Effects
Type Gradients
Applying the Liquify Filter to Type
Type Masks: Setting an Image in Type
Using the Type Mask Tools
Creating Outlined Type
Part Five: Sharing Your Images
Chapter 15. Creating Projects
Photo Layouts
Creating Multi-Page Documents
Adding Favorites to the Artwork and Effects Palette
Photo Book Pages
Album Pages
Greeting Cards
CD Jacket
DVD Jacket
CD/DVD Label
Online Creations
Chapter 16. Printing Your Photos
Getting Ready to Print
Ordering Prints
Ordering Prints Online
Printing at Home (The Editor)
Page Setup
Print Preview
Printing at Home (The Organizer)
Printing Multiple Photos
Contact Sheets
Picture Package
Labels
Chapter 17. Elements and the Web
Image Formats and the Web
Saving Images for the Web or Email
Using Save For Web
Previewing Images and Adjusting Color
Creating Animated GIFs
Emailing Your Photos
Emailing Images
Sending Photos to Other Gear
Sharing Photos with Yahoo Maps
Chapter 18. Photo Galleries, Slideshows, and Flipbooks
Photo Galleries
Creating a Photo Gallery
Slideshows
Simple PDF Slideshow
Custom Slide Show
Flipbooks
Part Six: Additional Elements
Chapter 19. Beyond the Basics
Graphics Tablets
Free Stuff from the Internet
When You Really Need Photoshop
Beyond This Book
Part Seven: Appendixes
Appendix A. The Organizer, Menu by Menu
Appendix B. The Editor, Menu by Menu
Appendix C. Installation and Troubleshooting
Index
