Photoshop CS4 For Dummies 1st Edition by Peter Bauer (PDF)

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This latest version of Photoshop has a few new tricks up its sleeve and Adobe Photoshop CS4 For Dummies will teach you how to use them. From the basics like getting your images into and out of Photoshop to enhancing, cropping, and color correction, it’s all here! You’ll get all of the basics of digital images and master the importing and exporting of images. You’ll find out how to create easy enhancements like adding shadows and highlights and making color natural, in addition to learning how to use the Adobe camera raw plug-in. Before you know it, you’ll be making beautiful “art” with Photoshop by combining images, precision edges, dressing up images, painting in Photoshop, and using filters. You can even streamline your work in Photoshop using advanced techniques. Find out how to:Import images and use all the tools and processesReduce digital noise, make colors look natural, add highlights and shadowsOptimize images for print or the WebEdit imagesExplore the Painting function and master the daunting Brushes panelAdd layer stylesCreate on-screen presentations, contact prints, and moreComplete with lists of ten reasons to love your Wacom tablet, ten reasons to own a digital camera, and ten favorite tips and tricks, Adobe CS4For Dummies is your one-stop guide to setting up, working with, and making the most of Photoshop CS4 for all your digital photography needs.

User’s Reviews

Editorial Reviews: From the Inside Flap Get to know Photoshop and start using the newest, coolest techniques!Whether you’re just learning Photoshop or want to take your skills up a notch, you’ve come to the right place. Photoshop CS4 has a few new tricks up its sleeve, and Photoshop expert Peter Bauer will show you how to use them. From the basics like getting your images into and out of Photoshop to enhancing, cropping, and color correction, it’s all here!Basic training — if you’re a beginner, check this section for details on how to get started, get around, and get familiar with all the partsEnhancements made easy — learn about tonality, how to tweak color to natural perfection, how to isolate areas of an image for correction, and moreFixing those common problems — red-eye, wrinkles, people and objects that don’t belong in the photo, and othersBut is it art? — explore the painting functions, master the daunting Brushes panel, and add layer stylesFeel the power — create on-screen presentations, contact sheets, and moreOpen the book and find:Explanations of the menus, panels, tools, options, and shortcuts you need mostTips for taking advantage of the Camera Raw file formatHow to fine-tune your fixes with selection toolsWhat you can do with filtersSteps for creating composite imagesOptions for adding text to an imageHow to streamline your workflow From the Back Cover Get to know Photoshop and start using the newest, coolest techniques!Whether you’re just learning Photoshop or want to take your skills up a notch, you’ve come to the right place. Photoshop CS4 has a few new tricks up its sleeve, and Photoshop expert Peter Bauer will show you how to use them. From the basics like getting your images into and out of Photoshop to enhancing, cropping, and color correction, it’s all here!Basic training — if you’re a beginner, check this section for details on how to get started, get around, and get familiar with all the partsEnhancements made easy — learn about tonality, how to tweak color to natural perfection, how to isolate areas of an image for correction, and moreFixing those common problems — red-eye, wrinkles, people and objects that don’t belong in the photo, and othersBut is it art? — explore the painting functions, master the daunting Brushes panel, and add layer stylesFeel the power — create on-screen presentations, contact sheets, and moreOpen the book and find:Explanations of the menus, panels, tools, options, and shortcuts you need mostTips for taking advantage of the Camera Raw file formatHow to fine-tune your fixes with selection toolsWhat you can do with filtersSteps for creating composite imagesOptions for adding text to an imageHow to streamline your workflow About the Author Peter Bauer is an award-winning photographer and contributing writer for Photoshop User and Layers magazines. He is best known as the Help Desk Director for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), but he has also authored or coauthored a dozen books on Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, computer graphics, and photography. Read more

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

⭐I usually do OK teaching myself programs, and have learned to do some stuff in Photoshop on my own just through poking around, but this book was a real slog. Just like Photoshop, it’s full of non-intuitive terminology and undefined terms. It might be helpful to a graphics geek, or someone with at least a background in graphics theory (if there is such a thing) but I felt my eyes glazing over on most pages, with paragraph after paragraph of Photoshopese that left me baffled. It really isn’t a book for true dummies. I’m not sure you could make a Photoshop guide for true dummies, Photoshop is probably too opaque and esoteric.

⭐Although I previously had CS2 and CS3 I decided to start from “ground zero” with a CS4 “Dummies” book; I have had good luck with this series and found this book to be valuable regardless of whether you are a first time Photoshop user or migrating from a previous version. However, this book may not be advanced and detailed enough for very advanced users of previous versions.

⭐I’m a writer, not an artist, but as an efditor, I’ve used photoshop for years. Lots of elementary things I never understood.This book did it for me, but it depends on your level of PS knowledge to begin with.

⭐INSTRUCTIONAL BOOKS SHOULD HEED AN OLD REQUEST…EXPLAIN IT TO ME LIKE I AM A 5TH GRADER! ALTHOUGH THIS BOOK IS BETTER THAN SOME I HAVE READ, IT DOES LITTLE TO LIVE UP TO ITS TITLE…PHOTOSHOP CS4 FOR DUMMIES! I DON’T FEEL I WAS ANY MORE LEARNED THAN I WAS BEFORE I READ THE BOOK!

⭐it is what it is ….. a book.

⭐It gives a basic overview for the novice…like me. It could use more about filters and layers to aid the novice.

⭐As a new person starting from scratch this book does not give the detail required for learning. I felt it would apply more to someone who has been using photoshop for some time and this book explains a few handy tips. It was not much help at all for me as a beginner

⭐Yes it did…

⭐Excellent value, and delivered very promptly. The format of the book is well done, and easy to digest. For me at least it has found a nice balance between loads of information, in a style one can understand. I have never used any photoshop software before, and this book is helping nicely.

⭐A very good series of books and easy to follow for a beginner.

⭐Just as advertised

⭐followed the book and still a Dummie

⭐Book is as it is and does as it does!

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