Product Description

This book 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.

Each year we train thousands of digital photographers and, almost without exception, they have the same questions and face the same problem—that’s exactly what we cover in this book. 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 7 offers some digital photography features that Photoshop CS4 doesn’t offer, there are plenty of features that Photoshop CS4 has that Elements 7 still doesn’t have (things like layer masking, 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, and you’re gonna love it!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4129 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 512 pages

About the Author
Scott Kelby is the world’s #1 bestselling author of computer books (since 2004), as well as Editor and Publisher of Photoshop User magazine, and President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP). He’s the co-host of the highly acclaimed Photoshop User TV podcast, and trains thousands at digital photo and imaging workshops around the world. An awardwinning author of more than 50 books, including Scott Kelby’s 7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop CS3, Photoshop Classic Effects, and The Digital Photography Book, volumes 1 & 2, his easygoing, plain-English style of teaching makes learning Photoshop Elements fun. Scott knows firsthand which techniques are in hot demand, and now he shares them here in his latest book.

Matt Kloskowski is a Photoshop guru and author of nine books on Photoshop, Elements, and Illustrator. Matt teaches Photoshop and digital photography techniques to thousands of people each year. He co-hosts the top-rated video podcast Photoshop User TV and also hosts the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips and Photoshop CS3 Killer Tips podcasts. He’s built a massive library of DVDs and online training courses, and writes regularly for Photoshop User magazine. Matt is an instructor at the world’s premier Photoshop event, the Photoshop World Conference & Expo, and works in Tampa, Florida, at the National Association of Photoshop Professionals.

Customer Reviews

We should expect better
It's well laid out and easy to follow. Great for continued reference. Well written. Overall, very helpful. What I don't get is there are pages wasted on gushy acknowledgements and self promotion, for two authors in this case, even a silly Q&A preface, yet the book has some glaring holes in it. I mean if you have the benefit of a format and material already written on previous versions of the PSE software, the least you can do is try to cover all the major topics. To have a chapter called Take Me Away and not include the magic extractor tool (there's not even one mention of it through the whole book- check the index!), is beyond me.

And in that Q&A section one author comments about what is not in the book reads like an attempted justification of laziness. He explains..."I don't have a chapter on the layers pallette or a chapter on the painting tools..." What? Isn't that some of the most important stuff there is to learning how to master PSE? Did the authors wear out their copy and paste mouse buttons on this one?

So I can buy your Photoshop Elements book, and I'll learn about your other titles I can buy, everyone who's helped your career along, and how much you love your wife, but I probably won't learn some key features of PSE because they're covered in "every other Elements book out there"? Seems rather weak. A bit more effort from the authors and we could have been saved from having to buy another book on the same subject- that's what it sounds like to me. End mini rant. Have a Nice day!

PS Elements 7
Being a new user to PS Elemets 7 - Scott Kelby is very helpfull right from the start, makes it fun and easier that going online while in the program.I like to to be able to refer back quickly when learning anything new.

Extraordinary guide to use Elements 7
This book is a real gold mine of information on how to fully exploit this powerful imaging software. And it is very easy to quickly find information as each set of step-by-step instructions is named like "using the crop tool to add more canvas area" or "burned-in edge (vignetting)". It is a must for anyone wanting to fully use the features of Elements 7!