Teach Yourself VISUALLY Photoshop CS5

Book excerpt: Gets visual learners up to speed quickly on the newest Photoshop release Photoshop is the gold standard for image-editing programs and is used by professional photographers, graphic designers, and Web designers as well as hobbyists. Designed for those who learn best visually, this full-color guide has been completely updated to cover the newest release of Photoshop. Previous editions have sold more than 150,000 copies. Photoshop is the industry standard for image-editing software used in both print and digital media, with more than four million users worldwide; the latest version includes new functionality and enhanced tools People who learn more easily when they can see how something is done will quickly grasp essential Photoshop concepts and procedures in this visual, step-by-step format Covers importing photos from digital cameras and scanners, retouching and repairing, enhancing digital images, adding custom 3D effects, editing images for the Web, creating a Web photo gallery, incorporating graphics into desktop publishing programs, color management, using layers and filters, compositing, and more With step-by-step instructions and full-color screen shots to demonstrate each task, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Photoshop makes learning easy. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.