Table of Contents

Introduction.

Part I: Element-ary School.

Chapter 1: Braving the Elements.

Chapter 2: Dissecting Your Desktop.

Chapter 3: “Open!” Says Me.

Chapter 4: Pixels: It’s Hip to Be Square.

Chapter 5: Over (and Under) the Rainbow.

Part II: Be Prepared.

Chapter 6: Get Organized (Before It Gets You).

Chapter 7: Saving with Grace.

Chapter 8: It’s Perfect. No, Wait! Okay, Print.

Chapter 9: Making Selections on the Pixel Prairie.

Chapter 10: Fifty Ways to Love Your Layer.

Part III: Realer Than Life.

Chapter 11: The Midas Retouch.

Chapter 12: Darkroom Déjà Vu.

Chapter 13: The Rainbow Correction.

Part IV: Unreality Programming.

Chapter 14: Startling Style.

Chapter 15: If a Picture Paints a Thousand Words . . . Then Shut Up and Paint.

Chapter 16: Painting with the Digital Stencil.

Chapter 17: Type Righter.

Chapter 18: Can Photoshop Elements Do That?

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 19: Ten Shortcuts to Commit to Long-Term Memory.

Chapter 20: Ten Reasons Why You Might Want to Upgrade to Photoshop Someday.

Index.

About the Author

Deke McClelland wrote the Photoshop Bible and Photoshop Bible, Professional Edition (both published by Wiley), bestselling guides on digital imaging. He has written 76 titles in 25 languages with 3 million copies in print, including Photoshop For Dummies (published by Wiley) and the tutorial-based Adobe Photoshop One-on-One (published by O’Reilly/Deke Press). In addition to his books, Deke hosts the video training series Total Training for Adobe Photoshop and Total Training Presents: Adobe Photoshop Elements (published by Total Training). One of the most award-winning writers in the business, Deke has received seven honors from the Computer Press Association. In 2002, he was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame.

Galen Fott contributed to two editions of Deke’s Photoshop Bible and to Adobe InDesign CS One-on-One (O’Reilly/Deke Press). He has also written for Macworld and PC Magazine. Galen created and hosted Total Training for Mac OS X, co-hosted Total Training for Adobe Premiere 6, and presented more than two hours of Photoshop training for the Apple Web site (all published by Total Training). In his theoretical spare time, Galen is involved in a number of other pursuits. As an animator, he has worked for AT&T and Paramount. As a performer, he has played leading roles in musicals across the country. As a puppeteer, he has performed with the Jim Henson Company. Those with piqued interest can visit his Web site at www.grundoon.com.