The Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements 2

Richard Lynch

292 pages, parution le 16/01/2003

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Résumé

Unlock Photoshop Elements' Awesome Power with Sophisticated Techniques and Original Power Tools

Until now, Adobe's Photoshop Elements hasn't been considered powerful or full-featured enough for serious image correction. This is the book that changes that forever, revealing advanced features locked inside Photoshop Elements, ready to be turned loose.
All you need are the techniques found in this book and the author's custom Hidden Power Tools included on the CD-powerful enhancements that unlock key Photoshop features, like curves, channel separations in RGB and CMYK, and masking. Soon you'll do more with Photoshop Elements than you ever thought possible, including:

Radically upgrade the quality of your color results using channels, custom separations, and image luminosity
Alter reality by creating new photo-realistic objects and adding them to existing images
Create dynamic images for the Web using animation and rollovers
Correct and enhance image tone and color with Curves, Color Balance, and custom layer-blending tools
Make complicated masks and advanced selections to easily target your corrections
Create original, scalable line art for logos by harnessing the power of customized vectors
Featured on the CD
The CD contains an extraordinary collection of tools that expand what you can do with Photoshop Elements by unveiling powerful features hidden under the hood, including:
Calculations
Channels
Clipping paths
Color Balance
Custom vectors
Curves
Masking
Color separations (RGB, CMYK and Lab)
Snapshots
Enhanced sharpening
This CD also contains more than 70 images and project files to use while working along with the book's exercises.

Contents

PART I: Preparation and Concepts for Serious Image Editing

Chapter 1: Essentials of Images and Image Editing

PART II: Wrestling with Image Tone and Contrast

Chapter 2: Separating Color and Tone
Chapter 3: Manipulating Image Tones

PART III: Serious Color Correction

Chapter 4: Applying Tonal Manipulations to Color
Chapter 5: Color-Specific Correction Tools

PART IV: Rebuilding Images

Chapter 6: Altering Composition
Chapter 7: Shaping and Replacing Objects

PART V: Images in Print

Chapter 8: Vectors
Chapter 9: Options for Printing

PART VI: Images on the Web

Chapter 10: Creating and Using Web Graphics

Appendix: Other Concepts and References

L'auteur - Richard Lynch

Richard Lynch has written several books on Photoshop and digital imaging, including The Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements 2. He formerly spent years as senior editor for a how-to photography book publisher. Currently he writes as a columnist for Digital Photography Techniques, teaches digital art classes, and works in communications, information management, and web development.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Sybex
Auteur(s)	Richard Lynch
Parution	16/01/2003
Nb. de pages	292
Format	19 x 22,8
Couverture	Broché
Poids	731g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780782141788
ISBN13	978-0-7821-4178-8