Adobe® Photoshop® Elements® 3.0 Idea Kit

Adobe® Photoshop® Elements® 3.0 Idea Kit

by Lisa Matthews
Released October 2004
Publisher(s): Adobe Press
ISBN: 9780321270795

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Book description

You may already know how to use Photoshop Elements to edit your digital images or to create some basic special effects. But if you want to take those skills further--using your finely crafted images to produce a variety of professional-looking projects--you need this guide! In these pages, design pro Lisa M. Matthews shows you how to take advantage of all of Photoshop Elements' features--including those new to 3.0, like Photomail and an improved Review Mode--to create everything from postcards and flyers to personal Web pages, Web galleries, custom CD and DVD covers, and more. After learning the basics of image correction (including how to color images by hand and add borders), you'll find basic layout strategies for a slew of projects. As your knowledge grows, so does the complexity of the projects, so that by the end of the volume, you'll be creating slide presentations, Web pages and banners, and more. Best of all, the companion CD includes working templates of the book's projects and a trial version of the software.

Table of contents

  1. Copyright
  2. Introduction
    1. Using the templates
    2. Using the projects
  3. New Features
    1. Using File Browser
    2. Using Organizer and Creations
  4. Quick Fixes: Get Your Photos Ready for Projects
    1. Use the correct image size
    2. Set the resolution
    3. Crop and straighten your photo
    4. Variation: Crop to an exact dimension and resolution
    5. Red Eye Removal tool
    6. Healing Brush tool
    7. Correct the lighting
    8. Enhance your colors
    9. Sharpen the photo
    10. Save the file
  5. 1. Make Your Subject Stand Out
    1. Variation: Experiment with filters
    2. Variation: Adjust the color of the background
    3. Variation: Use a different image for the background
  6. 2. Swap and Add Colors in Your Photographs
    1. Variation: Replace existing image colors with completely new ones
  7. 3. Create Multiple-Photo Pages
    1. Variation: Add text automatically
  8. 4. Create a Contact Sheet for Your Image CD
    1. Mac directions
    2. PC directions
    3. Variation: Create a title
  9. 5. Create a Panoramic Image
    1. Variation: Merging other images
  10. 6. Accent Your Photograph with a Border
    1. Variation: Change the border dimensions
    2. Variation: Images destined for the Web
    3. Variation: Change the borders
    4. Variation: Create your own!
  11. 7. Publish Your Photographs in a Newsletter
    1. Variation: Add a little color
  12. 8. Create Postcards and Posters
    1. Variation: Create textures
  13. 9. Create Stickers, T-shirts, Tattoos, and More!
  14. 10. Blend Multiple Images to Create Covers for CDs, Binders, and More
    1. Variation: Select creatively
    2. Variation: Change modes
  15. 11. Create a Black-and-White Ad for Publication
  16. 12. Create Photographic Backgrounds and Sidebars for Slide Presentations
    1. Variation: Soften the edges
    2. Variation: Change the position of the sidebar template
    3. Variation: Add texture to the sidebar template
  17. 13. Create a PDF Slideshow
    1. PC directions
    2. Mac directions
  18. 14. Create a Web Photo Gallery
    1. Mac directions
    2. PC directions
    3. Variation: Change your colors
  19. 15. Create a Large, Mono-Color Background
    1. Variation: Optimize the image for the Web
  20. 16. Create Calendars, Cards, and Scrapbooks using Creations
    1. Variation: Use the Editor to customize your scrapbook
  21. 17. Create Custom Photo Catalogs Using the Organizer
    1. Create a Collection in the Organizer
    2. Create Tags in the Organizer
  22. Production Notes
    1. Photography Credits

Product information

  • Title: Adobe® Photoshop® Elements® 3.0 Idea Kit
  • Author(s): Lisa Matthews
  • Release date: October 2004
  • Publisher(s): Adobe Press
  • ISBN: 9780321270795