Advanced Photoshop Elements 4.0 For Digital Photographers, First Edition

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Once you have mastered the basics, this is the book to further develop your skills to get professional results with this affordable software. Under Philip's expert guidance you will be taken to the next level, far beyond Element's basic concepts and skills so you can achieve the optimum results from this powerful package.Philip includes details on how to push Elements to its limits as well as how to manage the digital workflow in general, covering scanner and camera capture techniques, advanced image changes, how to produce darkroom techniques digitally, as well as graphics capabilities and explaining how they all fit together. You will learn how to fix common scanning problems; make the most of dodging and burning-in techniques; adjust images for changes in color balance; set up a color managed workflow and much, much more! * Provides tips from the pros, to advance your Elements skills beyond the basics * Step-by-step, highly illustrated, color tutorials show you what can be achieved * Full coverage of the workflow involved, includes essential skills for digital cameras and web work

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INTRODUCTION Advanced Photoshop Elements 4.0 For Digital Photographers Philip Andrews ADVANCED PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 FOR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHERS Focal Press An imprint of Elsevier Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 200 Wheeler Road, Burlington MA 01803 First published 2005 Copyright © 2005, Philip Andrews. All rights reserved The right of Philip Andrews to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright holder except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, England W1T 4LP. Applications for the copyright holder’s written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the publisher Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science and Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone: (+44) (0) 1865 843830; fax: (+44) (0) 1865 853333; e-mail: [email protected] You may also complete your request on-line via the Elsevier homepage (www.elsevier.com), by selecting ‘Customer Support’ and then ‘Obtaining Permissions’ British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress ISBN 0 240 519906 For information on all Focal Press publications visit our website at: www.focalpress.com Printed and bound in Italy Acknowledgements Karen for your support, love and patience always and Adrian and Ellena for keeping me balanced. And as always, my thanks goes to the great team at Focal Press, especially Marie Hooper, Georgia Kennedy, Debbie Clark and Margaret Denley – you always make me look good. Cheers to Don Day for his technical comments and direction and to the supportive staff at Adobe in the UK, Australia and USA offices – you were right ‘Photoshop Elements is a great program and yes they do love it!’ Much appreciation to Mike Leavy, Adobe Engineering Manager for Photoshop Elements and Nigel Atherton, editor What Digital Camera and Better Digital Photography magazines for your kind words of introduction to this text – I am grateful for you