Photoshop 7 for Dummies

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 480 pages
• Published by: For Dummies
• Edition: 1st Edition May 15, 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0764516515
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0764516511
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 1.9 pounds

Product Description
Adobe Photoshop is arguably the most comprehensive and popular photo editor around. Here are a couple of reasons why: When you work in Photoshop, you're not drawing from scratch; you're editing photos. Secondly, the program keeps you interested with a depth of capabilities that few pieces of software can match. Unlike other computer programs that have caught on like wildfire over the years, Photoshop is both powerful and absorbing.

Just because Photoshop is a pleasure to use doesn't mean that it's easy to master. Directed toward making you comfortable and productive with the program, Photoshop 7 For Dummies points out the features you need to know and shows you exactly how to use them ­– no pain; all gain. You'll discover ways to

• Work with the program window
• Switch between Photoshop and other programs
• Change the number of pixels in an image
• Define colors using the Color Palette
• Get ride of red eye
• Blur the edges of a selected area
• Apply filter effects

Photoshop guru and author Deke McClelland reveals his own techniques for quick and creative image editing, along with specific tips that Photoshop veterans can use to take advantage of the software's new features. Plan to get the hang of

• Producing high quality scans
• Adding background textures, bevels, and text effects
• Harnessing Photoshop's layering features and professional pre-press capabilities
• Applying different types of gradients
• Making a Web Photo Gallery
• Placing your image into PageMaker of InDesign
• Creating your own custom brush

Graphics abound in Photoshop 7 For Dummies, with 16 pages of glossy pictures to show off special issues related to color. You'll find commands for both PCs and Macs and lots of step-by-step instructions to guide your image-editing efforts for print or the Web – in no time!

Book Info
Loaded with tips on fixing flaws and creating extraordinary effects. The secrets of Photoshop image-editing are explained in English. Covers Version 7. Softcover.

Reader Reviews
If you buy this book with the expectations of learning Photoshop, forget about it. The book just dosen't capture your attention, it makes you more confused then you were before you bought it. The authors try and make you learn by using old fashioned pictures and cartoons, a good idea, but it dosen't work. I really tried for about 2 weeks to learn Photoshop, with the help of this book. I learned more by navigating the program by myself. I don't like this book.