| Beginning with an introduction to working with digital images on Adobe Photoshop 7.0, this guide contains a wealth of practical advice, with hints and tips to help you achieve professional-looking results. It provides the essential information on everything from scanning devices to colour management and output issues. Practical workshops show you how to master the essential techniques, with updated coverage of changes to Photoshop 7.0, including: improved retouching techniques with the Healing Brush and Patch tool; removing colour casts with the new Auto Color image adjustment feature; navigating, sorting and managing your photographs with the enhanced File Browser option; and how to save as many custom palette configurations as you like via the Workspace settings. Each technique is described in step-by-step detail, showing exactly which command to use, whether you're working on a Mac or PC. Detailed coverage is also given for Mac OSX users which Photoshop supports for the first time in version 7.0, as well as information on Windows XP for PC users. The accompanying free CD-ROM contains invaluable movie tutorials and a selection of images to experiment with, surely the quickest way to learn. If you have an initial grasp of the Photoshop basics and are looking for ways to improve the quality of your work, or want to find new ideas and tutorials for the best techniques direct from a professional whilst making sure you are fully up-to-date on Photoshop 7.0, then this book should have some solutions. |
