How To Cheat in Photoshop Elements 9

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Название: How To Cheat in Photoshop Elements 9

Автор: David Asch and Steve Caplin

Издательство: Focal Press

Год: 2011

Формат: PDF

Размер: 34,6 Мб

Качество: Хорошее

Язык: Английский

The truth about cheating we’ve used the word ‘cheating’ in the title of this book in two ways. The most obvious is that we’re describing how to make images look like photographs, when they’re not. in this sense, it simply means creating photographic work without the need for a studio. The other sense of ‘cheating’ is finding shortcuts to help you work more quickly and more economically. wherever possible, we’ve used the quickest solutions we can find to achieve the results. each workthrough in this book is designed as a double page spread. That way, you can prop the book up behind your keyboard while going through the associated file on the DVD. at the end of each chapter you’ll find an interlude, in which we discuss an issue of relevance to the elements artist. some cover essential information about file sizes and types, color mode, and so on; others take a broader view. Think of them as light relief, and read them to save eye strain from staring at the screen for too long. Who is the book for? as the ‘baby brother’ to the full Photoshop Cs5, Photoshop elements has long suffered the stigma of being a cheap, unprofessional product. Cheap it may be, but it contains 90% of the features found in the full Photoshop and, as we’ve seen from user-created artwork, it’s anything but unprofessional. it’s true that elements is rarely used in a graphics studio or publishing company. But this is mainly because it doesn’t include the high-end prepress features found in Photoshop: using elements doesn’t mean that you’re working with a substandard application. some elements users simply want to enhance their digital captures, perhaps adding a caption or two. But there are also those who want to take their work further: to explore the field of photomontage, and to make reality from the dreams locked in their heads. it’s for these users that How to Cheat in Photoshop Elements 9 will be of most benefit, helping them to release that potential and get their ideas out of their heads and onto the screen. as a montage application, elements is only as limited as your imagination. it can realize any montage you can conceive, as long as you have How to cheat in Photoshop Elements 9 the technical skill required. we aim to provide you with that skill set, enabling you to unleash your creativity. whether you’re montaging missing family members into a group portrait, or creating a complex work of art, elements can help you achieve your goal.