The Photoshop Elements 7 Book for Digital Photographers |  | Authors: Scott Kelby, Matt Kloskowski
Publisher: New Riders Press
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Edition: 1
Pages: 512
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Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 8 x 1.1
ISBN: 0321565959
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.686
EAN: 9780321565952
ASIN: 0321565959
Publication Date: March 5, 2009
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Product Description
This book breaks new ground by doing something for digital photographers that’s never been done before—it cuts through the bull and shows you exactly “how to do it.” It’s not a bunch of theory; it doesn’t challenge you to come up with your own settings or figure things out on your own. Instead, it does something that virtually no other Elements book has ever done—it tells you flat-out which settings to use, when to use them, and why. If you’re looking for one of those “tell-me-everything-about-the-Unsharp-Maskfilter” books, this isn’t it. You can grab any other Elements book on the shelf, because they all do that. Instead, this book gives you the inside tips and tricks of the trade for organizing, correcting, editing, sharpening, retouching, and presenting your photos like a pro. You’ll be absolutely amazed at how easy and effective these techniques are—once you know the secrets.
Each year we train thousands of digital photographers and, almost without exception, they have the same questions and face the same problem—that’s exactly what we cover in this book. You’ll learn:
• The real secrets of how the pros retouch portraits
• How to color correct any photo without breaking a sweat (you’ll be amazed at how they do it!)
• How to use Camera Raw for processing not only RAW photos, but JPEGs and TIFFs, too! (And you’ll learn why so many pros like it best—because it’s faster and easier)
• The sharpening techniques the pros really use (there’s an entire chapter just on this!)
• How to deal with common digital camera image problems, including removing noise and avoiding halos
• The most requested photographic special effects, and much more!
THE BOOK’S SECRET WEAPON
Although Elements 7 offers some digital photography features that Photoshop CS4 doesn’t offer, there are plenty of features that Photoshop CS4 has that Elements 7 still doesn’t have (things like layer masking, Channel Mixer, etc.). But in this book, you’ll learn some slick workarounds, cheats, and some fairly ingenious ways to replicate many of those Photoshop features from right within Elements. Plus, since this book is designed for photographers, it doesn’t waste your time talking about how to frame a shot, setting your exposure, etc., and there’s no talk about which camera or printer to buy. It’s all Elements, step-by-step, cover-to-cover, in the only book of its kind, and you’re gonna love it!
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 Great book November 1, 2009
Rick Soucy (Tenessee)
I am fairly new to photo shop elements but I have read some on the basic's. This book goes beyond that and shows you simply how to do so many different things with elements. It was simple to follow and I learned quite a bit more than the basic books taught. I refer to it all the time to do creative things. I strongly recommend the book.
Excellent resource October 28, 2009
Bobby L. Tefft
This is one nice book. I am a novice to Elements 7 and it was been a tremendous help.
Highly recommend it. In fact, a fellow teacher knew I had bought Elements and brought me a book to borrow, he couldn't remember the name of the book, but said it was a great book. When he pulled it out of his briefcase, it was this book.
Small world, huh.
 A Little Disappointed September 24, 2009
Richard A. Augustine (Hobart, IN USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The author's book "Digital Photography Vol 1" was great for the beginner, so I expected more from this book. It's OK, but the book does not adequately explain many of features of Elements 7 in simple terms. If you are an advanced user, it is probably a good guide.
Mr. Kelby Is Now One of my Heros September 23, 2009
J. A. Masters (Palm Bay, FL United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Mr. Kelby is clear and plain-spoken, something I love, and after only one week and many digital photos, I love this book.
I had worked with imaging software a little, and then three years ago bought Elements 4 and just happened to pick Scott Kelby's book for Elements 4.
I knew Elements was a pretty powerful program, but just basically bought Mr. Kelby's Elements 4 book out of sheer good luck.
Three years and thousands of photos later, I upgraded to Elements 7 and also to Mr. Kelby's Elements 7 book.
I have spent the past week using Elements 7's expanded RAW features (when compared to my older Elements 4) and this book rocks more than the earlier version.
I understand that some who are brand new to image manipulation might feel let down a bit, because this book assumes a very basic level of expertise.
If you are brand-new to working with images on your computer, you might buy Elements 7, this Elements 7 version of Mr. Kelby's book, and also an absolute beginners book too. You will soon move from the absolute beginner book to Mr. Kelby's and I promise you'll be glad you bought it.
This is THE book for Elements as far as I'm concerned.
 the photoshop element 7 book for digital photographer September 10, 2009
Pal (PA, USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am a new user to the photoshop element, I looked up the instructions in the book on various topics and find the instructions confusing, have yet to complete any task I'd attempted. So I joined abobe's free basic membership, which come with some online tutorials and find those are much easier to follow.
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