The Photoshop CS3/CS4 Wow Book, Eighth Edition

The Wow book delivers not only dazzling content but dazzling sales -Covers all facets of the program; organized so readers can find quick step-by-step solutions or use it as a reference book for understanding how Photoshop works. -Uses techniques that produce high-quality work quickly and in a form thats easily edited or repurposed. -Draws on the expertise and unique approaches of dozens of Photoshop professionals, with gorgeous real-world examples. Using gorgeous, professionally designed projects (and a DVD crammed with project files and and other great resources), the latest edition of this best-selling full-color encyclopedia of Photoshop presents step-by-step all the techniques needed to reproduce the works shown in its pages. With clear background explanations that will help readers choose the best approaches for their own photo, design, and illustration projects, the book explores all of Photoshops most important features, including those new to both Photoshop and Photoshop Extended CS3 and CS4: a Camera Raw workflow; Smart Filters; content-aware scaling; improved Adjustment layers; new and enhanced selection and masking tools; better blending for panoramas, high dynamic range photos, and other composites; new video and animation features; 3D; image measurement and analysis tools; improved asset management with Bridge; and more. As always with this popular series, the book showcases the work of dozens of Photoshop experts, with the emphasis on results--how to produce the best work in the least amount of time while keeping options open for easy change and repurposing. Readers may just find some tricks even Adobe doesnt know about!