This unique book is designed to get you started fast!  With complete step-by-step instructions, you can quickly start having fun with Photoshop and alter photographs just like a professional tabloid artist.

* Get ready-to-use widgets for image transformation * See easy techniques for altering photographs

This unique book focuses on Photoshop CS from the photographer’s point-of-view. It covers new features such as Camera raw support, the light box, photo filters, color matching, Photomerge panoramas, 16-bit color editing, shadow/highlight correction, Lens Blur, the new interactive Histogram palette, Color Replacement tool, Filter Gallery and Web Photo Gallery. It also focuses on using Photoshop filters to create special effects and entirely new compositions using existing images as a starting point and image correction/repair issues.

Photoshop CS is the most photographer-friendly version of Photoshop to date. With the introduction of Camera raw support, the light box and new photography filters, Photoshop CS is a must-have for traditional and digital photographers alike.

This book is intended for traditional photographers who are going digital and digital photographers who want to learn how to get the most out of their photos. Written for intermediate and advanced photographers who want to learn Photoshop CS and to use it as a tool to enhance and manipulate their digital or scanned photos, this book will ease Photoshop neophytes into the world of digital image manipulation.

Key Features:

• Focus specifically on Photoshop CS
• Learn to manipulate digital photos, the easy way
• Written for serious photographers
   

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Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 Overview: Interface and features

Chapter 2 Photoshop CS New Features

Chapter 3 Image Resolution

Chapter 4 Scanning negatives and prints

Chapter 5 Image problems and correcting them

Chapter 6 Photoshop filters and effects

Chapter 7 Retouching and editing images

Chapter 8 Repairing damaged images

Chapter 9 Working with Color

Chapter 10 Going Black & White

Chapter 11 The “Make Art” button