Book Description

Free 16-Page Full-Color Photoshop Gallery Inside! Explore the Endless Possibilities of Manipulating Photos with Photoshop — Find Out How to Bend the Golden Gate Bridge, Put a Smile on Mona Lisa, and More! With Adobe Photoshop's electronic image editing abilities, gone are the days of the tacky cut and paste photo collage! Photoshop® 4 For Macs® For Dummies®, 2nd Edition, takes you through the fundamentals with easy-to-follow explanations in a minimal amount of time! You'll find tons of helpful hints to guide you effortlessly through Photoshop 4. Ask for IDG Books' …For Dummies® Books, the Fun and Easy Way to Find Out About Computers. Also look for IDG Books' Macs® For Dummies®, 5th Edition, the fun and easy way to get started, and QuarkXpress® 4 For Dummies®, the fast and friendly way to explore desktop publishing! Inside, find helpful advice on how to: Twist, melt, and manipulate digitized photos into works of art with Photoshop's special effects Make features like resolution, image size, and file format work for you — not against you Retouch and rescue bad scans and poor pictures using filters and tools Save time and sanity with effective and efficient Photoshop shortcuts Explore the new features of Version 4, including the Navigator palette, grids and guides, and expanded layering capabilities Prepare color, black and white, and grayscale images for professional printing and publishing Explore Photoshop's creative possibilities in the 16-page full-color example gallery