Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual is written by Barbara Brundage (with the support of O’Reilly Media - Missing Manuals series who have enough clarity for the novice, and enough depth and detail for the power user), an expert on Elements who combines technical knowledge with her appealing, down-to-earth writing style. She clearly explains Photoshop Elements 6’s exciting array of new features, including the new Quick Edit function, Windows Vista compatibility, improved RAW conversion, a handy Quick Selection Tool, and more. Under Barbara’s intelligent tutelage, readers learn how to:
Import, organize, and fix photos quickly and easily.
Repair and restore old and damaged photos, and retouch any image.
Jazz up their pictures with dozens of filters, frames, and special effects.
Learn which tools the pros use–and finally understand how layers work!
Create collages and photo layout pages for greeting cards and other projects.
Get downloadable practice images and try new tricks right away.
“Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual” provides the best possible guidance to scrapbookers, photographers at every level, and budding graphic artists and progresses from simple to complex features. Those ready for the more sophisticated tools can easily jump around to learn specific techniques. As always, Barbara lets you know which Elements features work well, which don’t, and why (all with a bit of wit and good humor).
“Elements is wonderful software, but there’s a lot going on there. I wanted to help people find their way around and to understand some of the great things they can do with the program.” - adds Barbara.
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