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Whistle Stopper - Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual
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Manufacturer: Pogue Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.686
EAN: 9780596514440
Format: Illustrated
ISBN: 0596514441
Label: Pogue Press
Manufacturer: Pogue Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 586
Publication Date: 2007-10-20
Publisher: Pogue Press
Studio: Pogue Press
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Summary: A must-have for real understanding
Comment: I am so impressed to find this book goes into the 'nitty-gritty' of Elements, explaining how the various facilities work, not just giving examples and how to achieve them like so many of the other books on Elements do. But there is room for both type of book, just that I particularly like to understand how I'm achieving the result.
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Summary: Confusing for a Beginner
Comment: I have used this series before and found it very easy to use with step by step instructions that take you through the software (Dreamweaver). So when purchasing Photoshop Elements 6 I went to a book store and blindly followed the previous reputation of the Missing Manuel Series. At first I was very excited, however, quickly found that I got lost and confused quite a bit. I found myself online seeking out other resources to clear up confusions. I was very disappointed that the Organizer is covered with so little clarity. I really wasn't aware of how poorly this section was written until revisiting the bookstore and finding several other books that allotted whole chapters to the Organizer versus a couple of pages. Also I was disappointed in the organization of the book and how it seems to skip around in referencing subjects without really taking you through how things work in a systematic way. Although I am using the book as a reference, and the more I learn the program the more I understand, I don't think it is the most systematic, easy to understand book for a complete beginner with no experience in Photoshop Elements or Photoshop.
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Summary: Magnificent
Comment: Magnificent is what this book is. It is easy to follow and understand the complicated features of elements 6. I had other products before this to help me learn, but this is the best.
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Summary: Perfect choice!
Comment: This book was a gift, but my father-in-law called to say how much he has enjoyed it. The book is very well organized and easy to understand.
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Summary: One of the best
Comment: Photoshop elements is so extensive that most books or guides don't begin to cover what's available or even how to use the features. This leaves the new user lost and bewilidered. This book is the best I have seen and is much better than Adobe's help.
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Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual provides the best possible guidance to scrapbookers, photographers at every level, budding graphic artists--anyone who wants to get the most out of the latest Elements upgrade.
Author Barbara Brundage's Top 10 Elements Tips
1. Always back up your photos as soon as you get them out of your camera. You can use the Organizer's backup or disc-burning feature (File->Backup Catalog to CD, DVD or Hard Drive) for this, or you can use your computer's built-in disc-burning utility. For really important photos (wedding and baby pix, for example), it's not a bad idea to burn a disc and keep that someplace else, like your safe deposit box or with a friend or relative. Then, no matter what happens, you won't have to worry about losing your photos.
2. Never, ever work on your original photo. If you use the Organizer, good news: Elements already has your back. It creates version sets, which allow you to save different states of your image as you edit. You can create as many different versions of a photo as you like and go back to any one of them at any time. And if you're working with RAW files you can't alter your original (only the conversion settings). If you don't use the Organizer, make a copy of the picture (File->Duplicate) and work on that. This way you can always start over again if you get a better idea later on.
3. Sharing photos with the Organizer. There are all kinds of fun, creative ways to share your photos in Elements 6, and the Organizer makes it super easy to explore them all. Try a slideshow with music and commentary, or upload your photos to EasyShare or one of the other online services to create mugs, bags, and other cool gift items with your photos on them.
4. Don't scorn the auto buttons. If you've never tried these one-click fixes--Auto Levels or Auto Color, for example--give `em a try. Each version of Elements gets a little smarter and you may find that you like the results you get from one of these easy-to-use fixes.
5. Panoramas for everyone. You don't need to feel wistful anymore about the fact that your point and shoot camera's lens doesn't have a true wide-angle setting. Take a series of photos with, ideally, about a 30% overlap and Elements' Photomerge will automatically stitch them together into a panorama wider than you could have captured with the widest lens. (If you've tried Photomerge in previous editions of Elements, the Photomerge in Elements 6 is a whole new thing--totally automated and it does terrific blending to eliminate visible seams between images.)
6. Batch processing with RAW. If you shoot RAW format photos, now you can apply the same settings to multiple pictures at once. Just open all the RAW files you want to work on, and then click to select each of their thumbnail-sized photos. Elements will then apply any edits you've made to the current photo to all the pictures you've just selected.
7. Crop creatively. Unless you plan to print on standard photo paper, don't feel compelled to crop your photos to standard photo paper sizes and shapes. Use cropping to emphasize the best parts of your photo if you plan to use the image for the Web or to print at home.
8. Take credit, quickly. You can put copyright info on your photos by using the Watermark feature in the Process Multiple Files dialog box (File->Process Multiple Files), or you can create a custom brush: just type what you want (the copyright symbol is Alt+0169 in Windows, Option+G on a Mac), then select your type and go to Edit->Define Brush. Save your brush and from now on you've got a one-click copyright notice.
9. Black and white are beautiful. The Convert to Black and White feature in Elements does a great job, especially if you use the sliders to tweak your adjustments, but you can create even more dramatic black and white photos by using the Dodge and Burn tools to selectively enhance contrast after converting.
10. The very best way to learn Elements is to dive right in. Open a photo and try all sorts of different things. Nobody, even great Photoshop gurus, knows exactly what will happen to any given photo when you combine different filters and effects. Experiment, and you'll quickly see why Elements is so addicting. You can do all sorts of amazing things you never knew you could!
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