The Bottom Line
With brief but informative text instruction, and lots of clear, easy-to-follow visuals, this book will show you how to save time, be more productive, and do more cool stuff in Photoshop Elements 2.
Pros
- clear instruction
- heavily illustrated
- inexpensive
Cons
- some basic knowledge of Elements is assumed
Description
- Provides bite-sized nuggets of useful information, explained clearly and without jargon.
- Annotated screen shots guide you through the steps.
- Symbols indicate the difficulty level for each task.
- 10 tasks per chapter, plus extra "Did You Know?" sections and tip.
- Chapters 1-3: Working With Layers; Working with Selections and Masks; Using Filters
- Chapters 4-5: Working with Effects and Styles; Mastering Type Brushes and Shapes
- Chapters 6-8: Working with Photos; Working with Color; Preparing Images for Printing and the Web
- Chapters 9-10: Speed Things Up; Working with other Elements Tools
- 200 pages, full color, illustrated, 8 1/2 by 10 inches
Guide Review - Photoshop Elements 2 Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks
If you want to take Photoshop Elements 2 to the next level, but you don't want to spend a lot of time in text-heavy reference books, this book offers just enough instruction and lots of step-by-step illustrations to take you there. It consisits of 100 tasks in ten chapters. Each task occupies a two-page spread with a few paragraphs of instruction, annotated screen shots with step-by-step instructions, a difficulty level indicator, and extra tips, tricks, and shortcuts. Some tasks could have benefited from more information, but overall they manage to pack a lot of extra info in to the tips section. If more computer books were like this one, I would spend a lot more time learning things and less time falling asleep with my face in a book!
