Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 336 pages
- Published by: Que
- Edition: 2nd Edition November 14, 2003
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0789730391
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0789730398
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Book Dimensions:
9.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inches
- Weighs: 1.8 pounds
Product Description
Adobe Photoshop is the world's leading image manipulation software. Used by both professional d amateur graphic designers, it is the de facto standard for print and Web publishing.
How to Use Adobe Photoshop visually steps the reader through everything he or she requirements to know in order to create and manipulate images for print and the Web.
Photoshop can be a somewhat intimidating program for the beginning user, but
How to Use Adobe Photoshop, with its visual, step-by-step approach, makes it simple to learn the basic techniques involved in using Photoshop.
About The Author
Daniel Giordan is an artist and designer who works as the Design Director for AOL Web Properties, coordinating the publishing designs for online properties such as Netscape, CompuServe, Mapquest, AIM, ICQ, and others. In addition to this book, he has authored four other books on Photoshop, including
The Art of Photoshop, Using Photoshop, and
Dynamic Photoshop. He has written other books addressing subjects such as Dreamweaver, Kai's PowerTools, and general design subjects. Dan also writes a monthly column for
Photoshop User magazine.
With a master's degree in fine arts, Dan also paints and works with photography while indulging an excessive interest in capturing every moment of his son's life on film.
Reader ReviewsI 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.
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