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Taylor & Francis Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 A Visual Introduction To Digital Imaging by Philip Andrews
If you are just starting to work with digital images and want to gain great results fast, this complete and easy-to follow guide is the one for you. Bestselling author Philip Andrews - Adobe Australia's official Photoshop Elements Ambassador -provides a clear introduction packed with step-by-step tutorials, visual examples and tips, equipping you with the knowledge and skills you need to get the most out of this best-selling software. All content is completely revised and updated for Photoshop Elements 4.0.This completely revised and updated edition covers all the new features of version 4.0, including automatic fixes for Red Eye, the new Order Prints Pane, the Adjust Skin Tones feature and the exciting Magic Selection Brush and Magic Extractor tools. Learn how to create professional quality images for print, web and email by following the clear, step-by-step instructions. Get thorough guidance on how to successfully manage and organize your images, with advice on tagging, making collections and backing up your files. The associated website www.guide2elements.com provides all the tools needed to fine tune your skills. Images and projects featured in the book are provided online so you can put each technique into practice as you read. Printable lesson plans for those teachers among you are available, along with useful links and updates so you have everything at your fingertips to get the best out of Elements. Praise for previous editions of this title:"With Philip providing you with such a good 'street index' to our Photoshop Elements 3.0 software you will be creating fantastic digital images in next to no time at all."Judith Salonga, Adobe Systems"If you need to manipulate digital images this is the book that will not only show you what can be achieved but inspire you to develop your skills even further." Computer Arts Special"Whether you are into manipulating photographs, wishing to build better websites or produce better looking prints, this book will help you to master all the necessary tools contained in the program. The learning curve just got shallower!" Martin Evening"Philip Andrews' knowledge and enthusiasm shines through." Royal Photographic Society Journal Editors' Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Maps.- Introduction: Democracy and Civil Society.- Sociable Societies: Enlightened Sociability from Boston to St. Petersburg.- Intimacy and Exclusion: Bourgeois Passions in the Early Nineteenth Century.- Nations of Joiners: Practicing Democracy in the Age of Nationalism.- Mass Culture, Mass Politics: Fin-de-siecle Crises.- Conclusion: Paradoxes of Civil Society.- Bibliography.- Index.