Photoshop 3 for Macs For Dummies

A Photoshop book geared specifically toward non-artists and other casual users. Unlike other Photoshop titles, which run the gamut from immense all-in-one solutions to mesmerising advanced colour workbooks, this book addresses the thousands of users who use Photoshop to edit screen shots, scans, clip art and Photo CD images for reports, fliers and other business documents. This book: lists one of the hundred Photoshop tips and techniques that every user should know but even the most advanced users don't; explains how to get to first base with masks. Neverus a standard selection tool again; describes ways to use built-in filters to achieve amazing visual effects that most users don't know are possible; examines which colour correction functions readers should avoid, which they should use and how they work. Even if you print exclusively in black and white, these functions are a must; explains how to use the new Dust & Scratches filter to remove imperfections from scanned images; provides information on using the new Layers palette, which offers increased flexibility in image creation and editing; describes how to use the new Sponge tool to bring out the colours in a faded image.
Deke McClelland, author of the "Macworld Photoshop 2.5 Bible" and "CorelDRAW! For Dummies", has written 25 books about desktop publishing and graphics. He's a contributing editor to "Macworld" and also writes for "Publish" and "PC World". He received the Ben Franklin Best Computer Book Award in 1989 and won the prestigious Computer Press Award in 1990 and again in 1992.