Expand your creative potential exponentially by learning to maximize the tools and technologies available in Photoshop Elements. This well-written resource is perfectly suited for business professionals or home users who want the power of a digital image editor without wading through the complications of a full-service graphics program such as Photoshop. You'll quickly become familiar with the features, tools, and techniques to work your own digital darkroom magic and create beautiful graphics, illustrations, and artwork. Understand layers, selections, and exposure. Generate text, special effects, and composite images. Plus--"Photoshop Elements 2: The Complete Reference" will help you prepare your work for presentation in print, slide show projections, or the Web.Learn practical applications, design techniques, and more Focus the effect of any tool, command or adjustment with Selections Access a library of point-and-click shortcuts Follow online in-context instructions to perform task-oriented, complex jobs Control exposure, tonal range, and color balance Abstract a photographic image and create the effect of a painting or illustration Create buttons and text effects Seamlessly fuse images to create panoramas or high-definition images Catalog, collect, and manage your artwork and photography Make Web animations, interactive images, and more
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