Fundamental Photoshop Book

Work Web image magic with Photoshop 4. Create and manipulate pro-quality Photoshop images for the Web, multimedia, digital video and more with Fundamental Photoshop 4: A Complete Guide, Third Edition. Photoshop pros Adele Droblas Greenberg and Seth Greenberg walk you through every Photoshop command and dialog box, putting you in charge of all the latest tools and features--from simple retouching to image processing to electronic painting and beyond. Packed with insider tips, hints, complete tutorials and sample projects, this hands-on Photoshop 4 how-to makes it a breeze to: create, fill, move and float selections; master Photoshop's painting tools and blending modes; digitize, manipulate and change image size; use Photoshop's Action palette; apply filters such as Unsharp Mask, Motion Blur, Emboss and others; construct paths and curves with the Pen tool; create masks, use channels, and save and load selections; retouch old and damanged photos and correct images; output your work to the Web, multimedia programs and to digital video; design dazzling special effects; import and export files--EPS, GIF, PNG, PICT, PDF, JPEG and others; much more.