Photoshop Elements 8 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide

This bestseller shows photographers how to make their images pop with Photoshop Elements 8 Best-selling guide is fully updated to include all the new features in Photoshop Elements 8. Loaded with tips and techniques this book covers all the new features including Auto-analyzer, People Recognition, one-step color and lighting adjustments, and more. Step-by-step instructions, accessible style, and low price point make this an ideal guide to Elements 8. Photoshop Elements is geared for business users, students, educators, and home users who want professional-looking images for their print and Web projects, but dont want or need the advanced power of Adobe Photoshop. With Photoshop Elements 8 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide, readers can start with a tour of the interface and image-editing basics, or they can look up specific tasks to learn just what they need to know. This task-based, visual reference guide uses step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots to show readers how to capture and import photos, reduce red eye, enhance color, work with layers, and much more. Coverage includes: applying direct effects with the Adobe Smart Brush, softening surfaces and keeping edges crisp with a new filter, finding photos easily with keywords, and complete coverage of the new features including People Recognition, Auto-Analyzer, any-size photo recomposition, one-step color and lighting adjustments, multiple computer photo library synchronization, and more. Both beginning and intermediate users will find everything they need here--in straightforward language and with readily accessible examples. Jeff Carlson is the author of previous edition of this book as well as author of iMovie 09 and iDVD for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Pocket Guide. He divides his time between his Seattle Web design company, Never Enough Coffee Creations, and writing for publications such as Macworld, I.D., and HOW Magazine. He is also the managing editor of the weekly electronic newsletter TidBITS, which covers Macintosh and Internet issues.