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Renowned Photographer & Photoshop hall-of-famer Martin Evening returns with his comprehensive guide to Photoshop. This acclaimed work covers everything from the core aspects of working in Photoshop to advanced techniques for refined workflows & professional results. Using concise advice clear instruction & real world examples this essential guide will give you the skills regardless of your experience to create professional quality results. A robust accompanying website features sample images tutorial videos bonus chapters & a plethora of extra resources. Quite simply this is the essential reference for photographers of all levels using Photoshop. ...

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With a new edition of this best-selling guide to Photoshop Elements Philip Andrews takes his comprehensive coverage further than ever before. Using a perfect blend of colorful images & helpful screen shots Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 for Photographers covers every function & feature of Elements 10. Whether you are a new user wanting to take your first steps into the world of digital image editing or a seasoned pro looking for professional-quality results from your images this expert guide will help you get up to speed. Starting with the basics of importing & organizing your images through to the essentials of image adjustments & corrections Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 for Photographers builds up your skills before moving on to more advanced techniques. Complex topics such as effectively working with layers & filters creating panoramas & outputting your images for web & print will have you pushing your images & creativity further than ever before. Completed by a series of small projects to put your new skills to the test this book covers it all! Incorporating general photography tips along the way Philip Andrews has geared this essential guide towards the digital photographer & all your needs. Packed with images & screen shots to show you how to get the most out of your images Written by Adobe Ambassador & Elements expert Philip Andrews Tutorials & professional examples show you how to put your new skills to the test in the real world Be sure to visit the accompanying websites www. Photoshop Elements.net & pse-4-photographers.photoshop.com for additional Elements 10 tutorials tips example galleries offers & advice. An experience photographer author editor & online course creator Philip Andres is Adobe Australia's official Photoshop & Elements Ambassador making him the perfect guide to the Elements software. ...

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Since Lightroom first launched Scott Kelby's The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers has been the world's 1 best-selling Lightroom book (it has been translated into a dozen different languages) & in this latest version for Lightroom 4 Scott uses his same award-winning step-by-step plain-English style & layout to make learning Lightroom easy & fun. Scott doesn't just show you which sliders do what (every Lightroom book will do that). Instead by using the following three simple yet brilliant techniques that make it just an incredible learning tool this book shows you how to create your own photography workflow using Lightroom: * Throughout the book Scott shares his own personal settings & studio-tested techniques. Each year he trains thousands of Lightroom users at his Lightroom Live!" tour & through that he's learned what really works what doesn't & he tells you flat out which techniques work best which to avoid & why.* The entire book is laid out in a real workflow order with everything step by step so you can begin using Lightroom like a pro from the start.* What really sets this book apart is the last chapter. This is where Scott dramatically answers his 1 most-asked Lightroom question which is: " Exactly what order am I supposed to do things in & where does Photoshop fit in?" You'll see Scott's entire start-to-finish Lightroom 4 workflow & learn how to incorporate it into your own workflow. Scott knows first-hand the challenges today's digital photographers are facing & what they want to learn next to make their workflow faster easier & more fun. He has incorporated all of that into this major update for Lightroom 4. It's the first & only book to bring the whole process together in such a clear concise & visual way. Plus the book

Includes:: a special chapter on integrating Adobe Photoshop seamlessly into your workflow & you'll also learn some of Scott's latest Photoshop portrait retouching techniques & special effects which take this book to a whole new level. There is no faster more straight-to-the-point or more fun way to learn Lightroom than with this groundbreaking book."

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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom was designed from the ground up with digital photographers in mind offering powerful editing features in a streamlined interface that lets photographers import sort & organize images. This completely updated bestseller was also written with photographers in mind. Author Martin Evening describes features in Lightroom 4 in detail from a photographers perspective. As an established commercial & fashion photographer Martin knows firsthand what photographers need for an efficient workflow. He has also been working with Lightroom from the beginning monitoring the products development & providing valued feedback to Adobe. As a result Martin knows the software inside & out from image selection to image editing to image management. In this book youll learn how to: * Work efficiently with images shot in the raw or JPEG format * Import photographs with ease & sort them according to your workflow * Create & manage a personal image library * Apply tonal adjustments to multiple images quickly * Integrate Lightroom with Adobe Photoshop * Export images for print or Web as digital contact sheets or personal portfolios * Make the most of new features in Lightroom 4 such as the Camera Raw Process 2012 Basic panel tone controls Photographers will find Lightroom 4-and The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Book-indispensable tools in their digital darkrooms. This books companion site www.thelightroombook.com offers video tutorials articles sample images & updates from author Martin Evening. With Martins expert guidance youll soon find that you have precisely the tools you need to turn your concentration back where it belongs-on making better pictures!" -George Jardine digital photography consultant " As a photographer himself Martin Evening knows what tools photographers need to realize their creative vision. In this book he shows not only how Adobe Photoshop Lightroom works but also why it will become an essential part of any photographers workflow." -Greg Gorman photographer" ...

Serious digital photographers amateur or pro who seek the fastest easiest most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 choose Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press. The 11 project-based lessons in this book show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in Photoshop Lightroom 4. Photoshop Lightroom 4 delivers a complete workflow solution for the digital photographer from powerful one-click adjustments to a full range of cutting-edge advanced controls. Readers learn how to manage large volumes of digital photographs work in a non-destructive environment to allow for fearless experimentation & perform sophisticated image processing tasks to easily produce good-looking pictures & polished presentations for both web & print. This completely revised Photoshop Lightroom 4 cross-platform edition explains new tools that bring out greater detail in highlights & shadows & tools that help you make targeted adjustments to white balance noise reduction & more. Youll learn how to craft elegant photo books organize your images by location & easily share your images & videos on social media & photo sharing sites. ...

Adobe Photoshop is an application used not just by professional designers but by photographers artists & anyone wishing to take sophisticated control over their images. With step-by-step guides projects & sections on every element of image manipulation this is a comprehensive but accessible new task-based reference tool for beginners to intermediate. Covering the latest versions of the software & instructions for PC & Mac the clear accessible text is accompanied by helpful screenshots. ...

Adobe Premiere Elements 10 Classroom in a Book is the most thorough & comprehensive way for you to master all the new features in Adobes top-rated consumer-targeted video-editing software. Each chapter in this step-by-step project-based guide contains a project that builds on your growing knowledge of the program while end-of-chapter review questions reinforce each lesson. You will learn the basics of editing your videos with Premiere Elements & learn how best to use the programs many new features. In this new version of the book you will receive complete coverage of all the new features of Adobe Premiere Elements 10. Edit with speed & stability thanks to added support for 64-bit Windows (R) 7 systems. Export movies in AVCHD format & burn HD quality movies to standard DVDs. Import videos & share them directly on You Tube (R) or share finished movies on Facebook (R). Master the new Cartoon Effect filter & techniques for sweetening audio & more! ...