Photoshop CS2 For Dummies 1st Edition by Peter Bauer (PDF)

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If you’re a photography hobbyist, would you like to brighten up that gloomy island vacation photo? Slim down without going on a diet? See whether white or green shutters look best on the house? Expunge the ex-boyfriend from family photos? If you’re a pro or semi-pro photographer, would you like to make it snow in that ski resort photo? Replace the old logo in the glamour shot of the corporate headquarters with the new one? Grow hair in the CEO’s glaring bald spot? Freshen up the lettuce in that food shot?You’ve come to the right place. With Photoshop CS2, you have the tools. With Photoshop CS2 For Dummies, you’ll have the know-how. In full color, with all kinds of examples, screen shots, step-by-step explanations, tips, and techniques, this guide takes you from the fundamentals to special power-user tricks! Cross-platform Mac-PC coverage includes:The basics of getting around in Photoshop, getting images into and out of Photoshop, choosing the right file formats, and setting your preferencesWorking with Adobe Bridge to organize and manage your imagesWorking with tonality, including making easy Auto Repairs, making adjustments with Levels and Curves (and the eyedroppers), and using Shadow/Highlight and the toning tools, Burn and DodgeMaking color look natural using the color adjustment commandsTaking advantage of the RAW format for maximum flexibility, including using the Adjust, Detail, Lens, Curve, and Calibrate tabs and the Camera Raw buttonsFine-tuning your fixes, including making your selections with tools (four marquee tools, three lasso tools, and the Magic Wand tool) Masking for both layer visibility and for protecting parts of your imagesThe most common problems in digital photos—red-eye, wrinkles, unwanted objects and people, and noise—and what to do about themWith Photoshop CS2, you can go beyond enhancing your images to create “art.” You have a very powerful painting engine, an extremely complex Brushes palette, and all kinds of painting tools. Photoshop CS2 For Dummies walks you though:Compositing (combining images into a piece of artwork) and working with layers, including choosing from the almost two dozen blending modesSelecting with Extract which is great for making tough selections, such as flyaway hair and various types of fringeUsing Vanishing Point to “map” a pattern to angled surfacesCreating panoramas with PhotomergeCreating precision edges with vector paths, including using shape layers and the Custom Shape tool, choosing from more than 300 ready-to-use shapes with the Custom Shape Picker, and using the Pen tool to create pathsWhere to find dozens, or even hundreds, of custom shapes already on your computer – absolutely freeDressing up images with layer styles, including using the Styles palette and creating custom layer stylesAdding text messages and tweaking your textUsing the extensive painting tools and the Brushes paletteUsing filters, including sharpening to focus the eye using blur filters or the Unsharp Mask and the new Smart Sharpen filter that give incredible controlGetting fun effects with the Liquify filterIn a special Power Photoshop section, you’ll learn about streamlining your work, including creating a PDF for both onscreen presentation and for printing. You’ll discover how to spiff up your online images by working with Image Ready to slice, optimize, and otherwise juice up your images for the Web and how to create fancy rollover buttons and fun animations, From basic cropping to complex techniques that can turn good photos into great ones, Photoshop CS2 For Dummies is your guide to exploring all the possibilities that await you in Photoshop CS2.

User’s Reviews

Editorial Reviews: From the Back Cover Tame the Photoshop toolkit and get dazzling results Grasp the basics, correct color and tonality, work with Raw files, and moreWait till you see what you can do with Photoshop CS2! You’ll start with the nitty-gritty stuff, like how to get images out of your digital camera and into Photoshop, and go all the way to creating works of art with twisted type and the Photoshop Brush tool. Feeling even more adventurous? Check out Part IV for power-user tricks!Discover how to:Download, scan, crop, and print photosAdjust brightness, correct color, and fix flawsChoose the right file format for your imagesUnderstand the Raw file formatTurn photos into works of art About the Author Peter Bauer: Best known as the Help Desk Director for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), Pete is also the author of a half-dozen books on Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, a contributing writer for Photoshop User and Mac Design magazines, featured columnist for PlanetPhotoshop.com, and software documentation writer for a variety of Photoshop- and Illustrator-related products. An Adobe Certified Expert, he also appears regularly as a member of the Photoshop World Instructor Dream Team. As NAPP Help Desk Director, Pete personally answers tens of thousands of e-mail questions annually about Photoshop and computer graphics. He has contributed to and assisted on such projects as feature film special effects, major book and magazine publications, award-winning Web sites, and fine art exhibitions. He has taught computer graphics at the university level and serves as a computer graphics efficiency consultant for a select corporate clientele.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐I have played with Photoshop CS2 enough to do things I always do fairly easy (exposure, lighting etc). But after doing this for over a year I started thinking there was so much more I can do with this program why not get one of the Dummie series books like I did for the digital Canon camera to make it easy on myself. Well now I don’t have to hunt and peck through the program to figure something new out and the great thing is, it gives me new ideas. If you’re a PhotoShop pro then you don’t really need this book but if you’re fairly new to digital photo’s then this is a great tool to get you into making those pictures that are not the best to look good or at least much better. We all know if the photo you take is REALLY bad there is nothing you can do but retake it, so don’t think this will make a bad photo look like a pro photo but it does make those good ones even better and bad ones exceptable

⭐I like the ‘Dummies’ books, and often use them to get a feel for the subject before diving into some of the weightier tomes out there. This one is printed on better quality paper, more glossy, and lots of colour.I have a bunch of other books on CS2 – because it is a few years old, a lot of places are selling used books like this for $4 – including shipping! With the size of some of these technical computer books, they would be worth *that* much, just to use as toilet paper!If you (like me) have downloaded the CS2 suite under Adobe’s new “give it away” plan, check out the used books here on Amazon. I have amassed about 20 assorted volumes, and none of them cost more than $10.

⭐Not so good.

⭐This has been a very frustrating book to work through because it fails to mention key elements in its discussions. Chapter 10 on “Combining Images”, for example, gives lots of information on how to work with layers, but never explains how to create layers. Incidents like this, and there are a few, are guaranteed to raise your blood pressure.

⭐It isn’t very helpful for me but maybe someone else will benefit for it. I wouldn’t have bought it if I would have know what it was like.

⭐do not remember this item?

⭐This is a GREAT place to start if you are beginning DSLR photography even if film hasbeen in your life for a long time! Have had CS for many years but have still learned a lot!Now have Lightroom 4 and CS2 and hope that lasts for a while!

⭐I really have not had time to dig into this book and learn all I can with Photoshop, but I am hoping to real soon. I have glanced at it, and it does seem to be pretty well written and in depth.

⭐Difficult to follow instructions

⭐Work, good items

⭐Brilliant overview of Photoshop CS2. Having used Photshop semi-professionally for years I believed I was on top of the game. Taught me things I thought I already new – but actually didn’t. Very readable and full of tips and tricks even for pros. Remember, familiarity breeds bad habits, so read the book and refresh your memory!

⭐good book and quick shipping

⭐good product and good services

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