Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 224 pages
- Published by: Sams February 13, 2005
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0672327309
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0672327308
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Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 6.9 x 0.4 inches
- Weighs: 12 ounces
Book Description
Wish your ex-boyfriend wasn't in that great picture of you with your family? Cut him out! Hate the shirt you're wearing in the picture of you with your best friend? Change the color! You can do all of this and more with Photoshop Elements 3 and
Fun with Photoshop Elements 3 can show you how. Get your feet wet and your hands dirty with this cheeky look at how to use the program for fun. Learn the key tools and tricks through objective-based lessons that will show you how to complete a task quickly and easily so you can move on to the next task. By the end of the book, you will be able to combine elements of two photographs into one image, perform "head transplants," makeover your clothes or face, edit people into and out of images and graft images together to create giant, mystical creatures. The possibilities are endless-let us help you reel them in!
About The Author
Rhoda Grossman has 14 years of experience as a professional digital illustrator and cartoonist. An accomplished teacher, Rhoda has shared her knowledge of digital painting and image manipulation techniques in numerous classrooms in the San Francisco Bay area. As principal in "Rhoda Draws a Crowd" she provides digital caricature entertainment for events all over the world. Rhoda has several Photoshop and Painter books to her credit, including a variety of releases of Photoshop Magic.
Reader Reviews
I teach Digital Photography to 8th graders and thought this book would be filled with ideas for fun projects. The poor quality of this book's printing means that you cannot see the "marching ants" that the author demonstrates in her examples of selections. Worse, images that she has combined (such as a person's face with an animal) are so poorly done that they look completely fake and unprofessional. (My own students, novices at Elements and only age 13, did a much better job of photo composites and selections than the author, whose renditions look like really bad tabloid front page fakery!) While I can appreciate a juvenile's fascination with "gross-out" effects, the author's use of Elements to manipulate photographs is simply mean-spirited. Is showing people at their worst (making a woman look like she has oral herpes is one example that comes to mind) her idea of "fun?" I feel sorry for the models used in this book, since she used stock photos (not requiring their permission) to make them look like repugnant freaks. No, there is nothing "fun" about this book, which is a pity, because Photoshop Elements CAN be used creatively and effectively to enhance and alter photographs. (Examples include Surreal Digital Photography by Huggins and When Pancakes Go Bad by Muchnick, and some of the WOW! books). Don't waste your money on this offensive, poorly executed book.
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