4 Photoshop Books

How to Use Adobe Photoshop CS2 by Daniel Giordan
Publisher: Sams (August 5, 2005) ISBN-10: 0672327511 CHM 35,8 Mb 320 pages

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.

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Photoshop CS QuickSteps by Carole Matthews, Mark Clarkson, Erik PoulsenPublisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (March 2, 2004) ISBN-10: 0072232315 CHM 26 Mb 224 pages

Brace youself, because here comes QuickSteps: The fast, easy, accessible information on Photoshop X in a full-color cookbook-style format. Provides answers to all of your How-do-I questions in a concise and meaningful way. Lengthwise page layout allows for easy page viewing. Useful tips and cautions are displayed in the margins so that they don't break the flow of the quick steps themselves.We know a picture is worth a thousand words--so we went heavy on pictures and light on words in this easy-to-use guide. Color screenshots and brief instructions show you how to use all of Photoshop's powerful features in no time. Follow along and learn to retouch photos, work with color, layers, channels, and masks, create great-looking Web graphics, add special effects, and so much more. Each chapter's «How to» list and color-coded tabs make it easy to flip straight to the tasks you need to do. Written by Photoshop professionals, this book gets you started using Photoshop right away.

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Adobe Photoshop CS Type Effects by Ron Grebler, Dong-mi Kim, Kwang Woo Baek, Kyung In JangPublisher: Course Technology PTR; 1 edition (June 29, 2004) ISBN-10: 159200363X PDF 17,9 Mb 264 pages

Through twenty stunning, full-color artistic projects and clear step-by-step explanations how to complete them, "Adobe Photoshop CS Type Effects" will help you master the advanced type effect techniques of Photoshop CS. Use Photoshop CS to apply a variety of effects to your text, including a spiral effect for a CD, a tiled mosaic effect, and a unique magnifying glass effect.

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Adobe Photoshop CS2 One-Click Wow! (2nd Edition) (WOW!) by Jack DavisPublisher: Peachpit Press; 2 edition (November 11, 2005) ISBN-10: 0321246446 PDF 34,7 Mb 112 pages

If you're interested in taking advantage of the powerful new layer capabilities in Photoshop CS--including support for nested layers (up to five levels deep!), a Layer Comp feature that lets you store multiple designs within a single document, and the ability to work with layers in 16-bit images--you've come to the right place!This powerful book/CD combo is chock-full of one-click makeovers guaranteed to transform images instantly and easily, helping you employ layers effectively and creatively in the process. Better than filters--not to mention cheaper, more efficient, and easier to use--the CD's myriad Layer Styles transform photos into paintings, and type and graphics into metal, gems, glass, and just about anything you can conceive. In the book itself, veteran author Jack Davis; shows you how to work with Photoshop's powerful Layer Styles (including an easy, five-page step-by-step tutorial) and provides a gallery of full-color examples of the included Wow! Layer Styles and effects.

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