If you’re interested in weaving multiple images into a seamless panorama, placing text on paths and shapes, or any of the countless other things you can do with Photoshop CS’ myriad new features, this is the place to get up to speed on them fast! In these pages best-selling authors and Photoshop masters Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas use task-based instruction and strong visual aids to teach you all of the Photoshop essentials: from basic color manipulation and image correction to painting, masking, using filters, importing and editing digital photos, and more. Incisive text, crystal-clear screen shots, and step-by-step instructions bring the art of digital image manipulation to your desktop. Now you can take the ball and run with it, creating your own composite masterpieces that take full advantage of Photoshop’s tight integration with the other products in Adobe’s Creative Suite. Armed with the tips and techniques Elaine and Peter share here, you’ll be ready for any Photoshop CS project.

If you’re interested in weaving multiple images into a seamless panorama, placing text on paths and shapes, or any of the countless other things you can do with Photoshop CS’ myriad new features, this is the place to get up to speed on them fast! In these pages best-selling authors and Photoshop masters Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas use task-based instruction and strong visual aids to teach you all of the Photoshop essentials: from basic color manipulation and image correction to painting, masking, using filters, importing and editing digital photos, and more. Incisive text, crystal-clear screen shots, and step-by-step instructions bring the art of digital image manipulation to your desktop. Now you can take the ball and run with it, creating your own composite masterpieces that take full advantage of Photoshop’s tight integration with the other products in Adobe’s Creative Suite. Armed with the tips and techniques Elaine and Peter share here, you’ll be ready for any Photoshop CS project.

Appropriate for beginning to intermediate digital imaging and graphic arts students using Photoshop. These task-based, visual reference guides feature step-by-step instructions and plenty of screen shots to guide students and teachers through the most important tasks. Visual QuickStart Guides are the ideal way to get students up and running quickly, and are used for intermediate and advanced students as a quick reference.

In addition to this book, Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas have also written, designed, and illustrated Visual QuickStart Guides to Illustrator, Photoshop, LiveMotion, and Painter. Their books have been translated into 12 languages and have sold more than 1.3 million copies worldwide. They have also taught at Pratt Manhattan, Cooper Union School of Art, the New School Computer Instruction Center, and Parsons School of Design.

Clear, concise and quite readable
As a novice to photo editing, I have to admit Photoshop is quite a complicate product and quite daunting to work with. What I needed was a quick start guide on the most common functions that would be applicable for me, and this book does just that.

It breaks down these functions into discrete sections within the book. So you have the first chapter on getting to grips with the basics of Photoshop and then looks at colours and the different colour schemes that can be used. Other more advanced topics such as layering, gradients and masking are covered, terms that originally filled me with fear, but now at least I know what the mean and when they should be used (but still need to practice lots).

I found the book more than adequately covered what I was hoping to get out of Photoshop. For the more advanced user, I expect a lot more detail may be required, but for me, this book was a perfect way to start.

No nonsense guidance
Like all the other Visual Quickstart guides, you cannot go wrong with thisguide for Photoshop CS. Photoshop has so may functions that it is a bitdaunting to tackle, but this easy to follow guide is perfect to show youthe way. No endless paragraphs, no patronising comments… just how to do itin easy steps, with pictures. This book even contains some colour imagesof Photoshop fundi’s to give you a taste of what is possible with thisvery powerful program. A must for any novice or if you need no nonsenseguidance.