Photoshop Elements 3 Solutions

Transform the Ordinary into the Extraordinary With Photoshop Elements 3, Adobe has introduced substantial new features for digital photographers—including RAW support, organizing tools, Healing Brushes, and much more. As the software has become easier for digital photography enthusiasts to use and more compelling for serious digital photographers who seek the finest results, so has this acclaimed guide. In Photoshop Elements 3 Solutions, award-winning photographer and author Mikkel Aaland has extensively revised his best-seller to include all of version 3's smart new features plus many fresh techniques and examples. Whether working with digital images is a hobby or part of your livelihood, Aaland's practical solutions, stunning color images, and reader-friendly approach will guide you to a higher level of expertise. Inside, Aaland shows you the ins and outs of Photoshop Elements 3 for Windows and the Macintosh, including: Organizing and managing your digital images Touching- up faces to make people glow Enhancing product images so they stand out Transforming outdoor and real-estate shots Fusing photos into priceless panoramics Combining images into realistic composites Working with the Camera RAW format and advanced digital photo techniques Optimizing photos for the Web, screen, and e-mail transmission Creating PDF slide shows and professional-looking picture packages And more...

Now updated to cover the latest program version, this is the ultimate full-color guide for Photoshop Elements users want to get the most out of the program This new edition features a tighter organization and new and enhanced content based on reader feedback Practical solutions, stunning full-color images, and a reader-friendly design take readers to a new level of image-editing expertise Now bargain-priced at under $30-$10 less than the previous edition!

Now updated to cover the latest program version, this is the ultimate full-color guide for Photoshop Elements users want to get the most out of the program This new edition features a tighter organization and new and enhanced content based on reader feedback Practical solutions, stunning full-color images, and a reader-friendly design take readers to a new level of image-editing expertise Now bargain-priced at under $30-$10 less than the previous edition!

From the folks behind the software, this book's step-by-step, project-based lessons, complemented by review questions at the end of each chapter and a CD filled with lesson and media files, will have readers editing, organizing, sharing, and storing all of their digital images in no time.

Today's advancements in digital technology are transforming the traditional art of scrapbooking. With a computer, digital camera, scanner, ink-jet printer, and Photoshop Elements—Adobe's popular digital imaging software for home users--you have all the ingredients you need to create a truly astounding and unforgettable scrapbook. But learning how to use these tools can be intimidating. In Scrapbooking with Photoshop Elements: The Creative Cropping Cookbook, digital scrapbooking trainer Lynette Kent distills the information you need to know about choosing and setting up the hardware you need. She also shares professional design secrets and introduces you to the vast range of artistic possibilities that emerge when you use Photoshop Elements. This practical and friendly guide demystifies the technical topics and leads you step-by-step through dozens of inspiring examples. Inside, you'll find: Professional advice and principles for coherent design Shopping lists to help you choose the right tools Creative ways to enhance photos with Photoshop Elements Artistic techniques you can't perform with scissors and glue, such as turning a photo into a sketch or painting, and creating type that is filled with a photo Tips for producing special text effects and customizing clip art and backgrounds Innovative ideas for making better photos for your scrapbooks Instruction on how to set up pages for printing and archiving Handy tear-out recipe cards that outline key steps from the book's projects Secrets for getting the most out of your digital camera, scanner, and ink-jet printer Essential information on preserving your images through digital archiving Bonus! You also get exclusive coupons for savings on digital scrapbooking products.

He's back! Adobe's already-powerful imaging editing software has just grown a whole lot more powerful, and best-selling author Scott Kelby (editor of Photoshop User magazine) has returned to unlock even more of its secrets. Using step-by-step instructions and nearly 700 full-color images, Scott reveals precisely how to achieve some of Photoshop Element 3's most closely guarded special effects. By the end of the volume you'll have learned more than 300 new techniques for using Adobe's affordable consumer-level software. Packed with creative ideas, layouts, and design techniques, the volume does more than just rehash masking, pixels, and file formats and resolution: It provides you with the Elements chops you need to unleash your own creativity.

Do you want to rearm Venus de Milo, shave Uncle Harry’sbeard, or turn gray skies to blue? Have at it withPhotoshopElements 3 For Dummies, your guide to enhancing theeffect, fixing the flaws, or adding artistic effects to yourphotos. You’ll discover how to: Import and organize your photos Create, rearrange, blend and manipulate layers to create acomposite image Save photos using the correct file format— TIFF (TaggedImage File Format, PDF (Portable Document Format), or BMP (for PCusers) Save for the Web with JPEG and GIF Take advantage of the terrific Help Great Help system,including a How To palette with step-by-step tutorials for imageediting and features Create a slide show, a picture package, or a Web photogallery PhotoshopElements 3 For Dummies was written by DeleMcClelland, award-winning author of more than 75 titles, includingPhotoshop for Dummies and Photoshop CS Bible, andGalen Fott, writer and reviewer for Macworld and PCMagazine. It includes 16 pages of full-color examples thatdemonstrate capabilities and show you “before” and“after” photos. You’ll get step-by-step specificson techniques that can transform your photos, including: Selecting the area you want to work with using the lasso,marquee, or magic wand tools or the selection brush Using the healing brush to remove imperfections such asblemishes and the new red eye removal tool to remove that demonicglow Adjusting color with a variety of tools and techniques Applying filters such as Blur, Gaussian Blur, Colored Pencil,Diffuse Glow, Glass, Glowing Edges and many more Color correcting quickly with fast color-corrections Using the layer styles in the Styles and Effects palette to letyour imagination go wild with painting, drawing, applying dropshadows and bevels, adding text, and more Using the brush, pencil, eraser, shape and cookie cuttertools Working with the type tools, including formatting options,warping type into unusual shapes, and creating outline type Making the most of the effects, including frame, image effects,text effects, and textures Using Photomerge to create panoramic pictures PhotoshopElements 3 For Dummies doesn’t just giveyou instructions—it gives you ideas. You’ll be inspiredto capitalize on the capabilities and explore different techniquesto enhance and share your photos.

This book breaks new ground by doing something for digital photographers that’s never been done before—it cuts through the bull and shows you exactly “how to do it.” It’s not a bunch of theory; it doesn’t challenge you to come up with your own settings or figure things out on your own. Instead, it does something that virtually no other Elements book has ever done—it tells you flat-out which settings to use, when to use them, and why. If you’re looking for one of those “tell-me-everything-about-the-Unsharp-Mask-filter” books, this isn’t it. You can grab any other Elements book on the shelf, because they all do that. Instead, this book gives you the inside tips and tricks of the trade for organizing, correcting, editing, sharpening, retouching, and printing your photos like a pro. You’ll be absolutely amazed at how easy and effective these techniques are—once you know the secrets. LEARN HOW THE PROS DO IT Each year we train thousands of digital photographers and, almost without exception, they have the same questions and face the same problems—that’s exactly what we cover in this book. You’ll learn: The real secrets of how the pros retouch portraits How to color correct any photo without breaking a sweat (you’ll be amazed at how the pros do it!) How to use Camera Raw for processing not only RAW photos, but JPEGs and TIFFs, too! (And you’ll learn why so many pros like it best—because it’s faster and easier) The sharpening techniques the pros really use (there’s an entire chapter just on this!) How to deal with common digital camera image problems, including removing noise and avoiding halos The most requested photographic special effects, and much more! THE BOOK’S SECRET WEAPON Although Elements 10 offers some digital photography features that Photoshop CS5 doesn’t offer, there are plenty of features that Photoshop CS5 has that Elements 10 still doesn’t have (things like paths, Channel Mixer, etc.). But in this book, you’ll learn some slick workarounds, cheats, and some fairly ingenious ways to replicate many of those Photoshop features from right within Elements. Plus, since this book is designed for photographers, it doesn’t waste your time talking about how to frame a shot, set your exposure, etc., and there’s no talk about which camera or printer to buy. It’s all Elements, step by step, cover to cover, in the only book of its kind, and you’re gonna love it!