Focal Easy Guide to Photoshop CS2: Image Editing for New Users and Professionals (Digital Imaging Editing)

Focal Easy Guide to Photoshop CS2: Image Editing for New Users and Professionals (Digital Imaging Editing)

by Brad Hinkel (Author)

Synopsis

If you don't know where to start in Photoshop and feel overwhelmed with the options, then this is the book for you. With highly visual step-by-step explanations, this concise guide gives you a solid grounding in using Photoshop to edit digital images and helps you develop a full understanding of the key tools and features of Photoshop CS2. Brad Hinkel guides you through a simple image editing workflow to get you up and running fast. If you want solutions quickly and easy access to any basic step of the workflow, this guide provides the essential knowledge you need. This title is filled with step-by-step projects and covers all the key new features of Photoshop CS2: Camera RAW, Reduce Noise, Smart Sharpen and Spot Healing Brush. Understand the basics of Photoshop and learn the image editing skills you need with this simple, easy-to-use introduction. It offers a clear, concise color coverage - written for Photoshop CS2, but relevant for all versions. It contains step-by-step techniques that put image-editing into a practical workflow context.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Publisher: Focal Press
Published: 19 Sep 2005

ISBN 10: 0240520017
ISBN 13: 9780240520018

Media Reviews
Hinkel...has put together a handy guide to some of the key features of CS2. He has also created an excellent Web site that provides additional sections and images to supplement the book... - Digital Photographer

If you're after a concise introduction to Photoshop CS2's many image-editing facilities, this is a useful book that packs in a lot of information at a modest price. - Advanced Photoshop

This concise and accessible title is excellent for anyone thinking of upgrading to CS2, or those who have already made the leap...this is a well-structured book that is useful and easy to navigate through. - Photoshop Creative
Author Bio
Brad Hinkel worked as a program manager for a very large software company in the Seattle area. He helped ship a number of important software products including Word, Mail, and Flight Simulator. He also worked for an Internet retailer in the mid-90's. Brad has been teaching digital photography since 1999. He was largely responsible for starting the digital photography program at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography starting in 1999, and has taught several sections of every course at RMSP. He also created the complete digital photography program at the Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle starting in 2000, and created the entire digital curriculum for that school.