How To Use Adobe Photoshop CS2 (How To Use)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 320 pages
• Published by: Sams August 15, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0672327511
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0672327513
• Book Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 0.6 inches
• Weighs: 1.4 pounds

Book Description


Have you ever looked at your color pictures and wished you could make them black and white? Or maybe you've dreamed about taking that photo of your brother, cutting the head off and placing it on the body of a grizzly bear. The tool that you need is Adobe Photoshop and the book you need to learn all about it is How to Use Adobe Photoshop CS 2. Visually step through the process of creating images, manipulating them and then optimizing them for print or the web. The step-by-step approach used throughout the book will make it simple to learn the basic techniques involved in using Photoshop. You will learn to:

• Convert files
• Work with tone and color
• Edit images using tools, paths and layers
• Build web files

Master the basics of Photoshop with the visual examples and easy-to-follow lessons in How to Use Photoshop CS 2.

 

About The Author
Daniel Giordan is an artist and designer who works as the Design Director for AOL Web Properties, coordinating publishing designs for online properties such as Netscape, CompuServe, MapQuest, AIM, ICQ, and others. Giordan is the author of several bestselling graphic design titles, including The Art of Photoshop from Sams Publishing. His artwork has been exhibited at The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and in galleries throughout New England, including Stux Gallery, Boston University, and Yale University.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: How to Use Adobe Photoshop CS (How To Use) (Paperback) I am a beginning Photoshop user and I found this book to be great help. For an advanced Photoshop user, this could only be a simple reference book. It does not go into extreme depth with explanations on the many possible uses for each tool or function found in Photoshop. As the title implies, this book is used to teach how to use the application and its tools. It is well organized and starts with setting up Photoshop and ImageReady and progresses to teach the use of the tools found in Photoshop. It does this by the use of Tasks in every chapter. In the tasks, the tool or functions (like filters) are applied to (color) images with step by step instructions on what is happening and how to control what is happening to the image. The tasks are short and clear, usually only 2 pages in length. At the end of the tasks, additional how-to tips are given to understand 1 or 2 other ways to use the tool/function just taught. The use of full color to show the photographs in the examples along with the Photoshop menus and controls help to convey the lesson to the reader with simple visual understanding. I've read the entire book and now better understand and use Photoshop CS, but still use this book as a reference on how to do something when I just can't remember. It succeeded on what it set out to do and I love it. Comment | | (Report this)