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This latest version of Photoshop has a few new tricks up its sleeve and Adobe Photoshop CS4 For Dummies will teach you how to use them. From the basics like getting your images into and out of Photoshop to enhancing, cropping, and color correction, it’s all here!You’ll get all of the basics of digital images and master the importing and exporting of images. You’ll find out how to create easy enhancements like adding shadows and highlights and making color natural, in addition to learning how to use the Adobe camera raw plug-in. Before you know it, you’ll be making beautiful “art” with Photoshop by combining images, precision edges, dressing up images, painting in Photoshop, and using filters. You can even streamline your work in Photoshop using advanced techniques. Find out how to: * Import images and use all the tools and processes * Reduce digital noise, make colors look natural, add highlights and shadows * Optimize images for print or the Web * Edit images * Explore the Painting function and master the daunting Brushes panel * Add layer styles * Create on-screen presentations, contact prints, and more
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01 327258-ffirs.qxp 8/20/08 2:40 PM Page i Photoshop CS4 ® FOR DUMmIES ‰ by Peter Bauer 01 327258-ffirs.qxp 8/20/08 2:40 PM Page i Photoshop CS4 ® FOR DUMmIES ‰ by Peter Bauer 01 327258-ffirs.qxp 8/20/08 2:40 PM Page ii Photoshop® CS4 For Dummies® Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River Street Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sys