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Photoshop CS4, Volume 1: Visual QuickStart Guide Paperback – 18 November 2008

by Elaine Weinmann (Author), Peter Lourekas (Author)

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This edition of the Visual QuickStart Guide to Photoshop CS4 by bestselling authors Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas covers Adobe Photoshop as well as Adobe Bridge and Adobe Camera Raw (which are included with Photoshop). The elegant layout and full-color photographs make the book not only visually appealing, but also easy to use. Tasks are presented as clear, step-by-step instructions. Most of the photos appearing in the book are available to readers to download so they can follow along closely with the instructions.

New and updated Photoshop program features are clearly marked with bright orange stars, so users already familiar with Photoshop can update their knowledge quickly. Major new features that are covered in this edition include workspace options in Photoshop, the Adjustments and Masks panels, and the new Bridge interface. Less publicized features are also covered, such as tool options and keyboard shortcuts.

This new edition also covers color management; workspaces; layers; selections; masking; compositing techniques; the History panel; blending modes; brushes; exposure, tonal, color and focus adjustments; retouching; layer styles; filters; type features; gradients; PDF presentation packages; preferences; presets; and more. Readers will learn everything they need to know to get a good working knowledge of Photoshop.

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456 pages
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English
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Peachpit Press
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18 November 2008
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17.15 x 1.91 x 22.86 cm
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0321563654
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978-0321563651
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This edition of the Visual QuickStart Guide to Photoshop CS4 by bestselling authors Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas covers Adobe Photoshop as well as Adobe Bridge and Adobe Camera Raw (which are included with Photoshop). The elegant layout and full-color photographs make the book not only visually appealing, but also easy to use. Tasks are presented as clear, step-by-step instructions. Most of the photos appearing in the book are available to readers to download so they can follow along closely with the instructions.

New and updated Photoshop program features are clearly marked with bright orange stars, so users already familiar with Photoshop can update their knowledge quickly. Major new features that are covered in this edition include workspace options in Photoshop, the Adjustments and Masks panels, and the new Bridge interface. Less publicized features are also covered, such as tool options and keyboard shortcuts.

This new edition also covers color management; workspaces; layers; selections; masking; compositing techniques; the History panel; blending modes; brushes; exposure, tonal, color and focus adjustments; retouching; layer styles; filters; type features; gradients; PDF presentation packages; preferences; presets; and more. Readers will learn everything they need to know to get a good working knowledge of Photoshop.

About the Author

Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas have also written, designed, and illustrated Visual QuickStart Guides to Adobe Illustrator and QuarkXPress. Their books have been translated into 12 languages and have sold more than 2.1 million copies worldwide. They have also taught at Pratt Manhattan, the Cooper Union School of Art, the New School Computer Instruction Center, and the Parsons School of Design.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Peachpit Press (18 November 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 456 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0321563654
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0321563651
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17.15 x 1.91 x 22.86 cm

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Elaine Weinmann and her co-author, Peter Lourekas, write, design, and illustrate the best-selling Visual QuickStart Guides to Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Their books have been translated into 25 languages and have sold more than 3 million copies worldwide. She has also taught computer graphics courses at the New School Computer Instruction Center and Pratt Manhattan; he has taught at the Cooper Union School of Art and Parsons School of Design.

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Muse Amused

An easy guide for a beginner without being a "beginner" book

Reviewed in the United States on 17 November 2011

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I found this book easy to understand with its color images of the photoshop menu settings and step by step instructions to more tasks than I knew existed. Since it's jam packed with information, skimming for the pictures brought me back easily to what I needed again after I forgot what the technique would be listed as in an index.

I've tried looking up certain PS tricks online but I usually end up wishing I had this book handy. You can find what you want to do quicker. The tutorial examples ranges from simple tasks to complex, so whatever your level of expertise, you should be able to find the instructions you need. The healing brush tool (instant wrinkle remover) on p. 290 is my new best friend.

marco

Very useful book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 May 2012

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I have one of these books for each new application that I buy.
They're quick and easy to pick up, find an answer, put down and get on with it.
I would highly recommend this and all other Visual QuickStart guides for beginners and intermediate users who want to use the programs without spending hours with a manual.

A Customer

Not for the novice

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 March 2018

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a very good book with lots of advanced techniques being taught.

M. Dalpe

Elaine Weinmann book on Photoshop CS4

Reviewed in Canada on 26 April 2014

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I have been using Photoshop for over 15 years, but without training, so I was stuck with what I knew, with some explorations into the "deep dark" advanced functions, with some success and not so successful results.
This book is teaching me so much already, and makes it much easier and much more efficiently for me to use than before. It really is all encompassing "how to" use all functions.
The only thing missing is the explanation of why certain functions exist, ex: "smart objects" or "masks", it shows me 'how' to use them, but I'm still not clear 'why' I should use them.
In a class room setting, you can ask, but when you are at home reading, you can't, so I still don't know why I would use such and such functions? I would have like much more context "You use smart objects when [circumstances], to [intended results, benefits], etc ..." So, now I know 'how' but I don't know 'why' on many functions.
Recommended for ALL levels to learn how to use Photoshop's functions.

Sue

A Great Photoshop reference book

Reviewed in the United States on 22 April 2014

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I do not use Photoshop enough to retain all it's many features therefore I am in constant need of reminders. "Photoshop CS4" is my go to book when using altering pictures. The book is in full color and has example after example of how to get from here to these. The book is easy to follow and is laid out in logical steps. If you buy one text book to walk you through Photoshop, I recommend "Photoshop CS4" highly.

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