The Photoshop Elements 8 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)

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Effect::: This book (for Windows and Mac) breaks new ground by doing something for digital photographers that’s never been done before—it cuts through the bull and shows you exactly “how to do it.” It’s not a bunch of theory; it doesn’t challenge you to come up with your own settings or figure things out on your own. Instead, it does something that virtually no other Elements book has ever done—it tells you flat-out which settings to use, when to use them, and why. If you’re looking for one of those “tell-me-everything-about-the-Unsharp-Maskfilter” books, this isn’t it. You can grab any other Elements book on the shelf, because they all do that. Instead, this book gives you the inside tips and tricks of the trade for organizing, correcting, editing, sharpening, retouching, and presenting your photos like a pro. You’ll be absolutely amazed at how easy and effective these techniques are—once you know the secrets.

You’ll learn:

• The real secrets of how the pros retouch portraits
• How to color correct any photo without breaking a sweat (you’ll be amazed at how they do it!)
• How to use Camera Raw for processing not only RAW photos, but JPEGs and TIFFs, too! (And you’ll learn why so many pros like it best— because it’s faster and easier)
• The sharpening techniques the pros really use (there’s an entire chapter just on this!)
• How to deal with common digital camera image problems, including removing noise and avoiding halos
• The most requested photographic special effects,  and much more!

The Book's Secret Weapon
Although Elements 8 offers some digital photography features that Photoshop CS4 doesn’t offer, there are plenty of features that Photoshop CS4 has that Elements 8 still doesn’t have (things like paths, Channel Mixer, etc.). But in this book, you’ll learn some slick workarounds, cheats, and some fairly ingenious ways to replicate many of those Photoshop features from right within Elements. Plus, since this book is designed for photographers, it doesn’t waste your time talking about how to frame a shot, setting your exposure, etc., and there’s no talk about which camera or printer to buy. It’s all Elements, step-by-step, cover-to-cover, in the only book of its kind!
User friendly.

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Customer Reviews

I am a hobbyist photographer who has used Irfanview almost exclusively for editing photos. However I recently bought this book and Elements 8.0 at the same time. WOW! There is a steep learning curve. Scott doesn't pull any punches and, as he admits in the intro, he doesn't try to teach the "easy" stuff (as he says, this book is "the funk and not the junk"). BUT, the stuff he does teach is highly valuable. As a complete newbie to Elements, there is a very steep learning curve. However, there are lots of tutorials at the Adobe website to teach the basics (look for AdobeTV). What this book did was taught me the real fine points, in a practical and step by step manner. And it's not just a little bit of information, it's a TON of info... I keep going back to the book and trying different stuff with my photos: how to make a better grayscale, how to "polish" a studio shoot, how to do HDR in Elements, several different ways of sharpening and of removing blemishes, etc...

I have never commented on a book on Amazon before but this one was so good I decided to!

THANK YOU Scott!

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