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Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac: The Missing Manual | 
 enlarge | Author: Barbara Brundage
Publisher: Pogue Press
Category: Book
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Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 554
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7 x 1.4
ISBN: 0596519362
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.686
EAN: 9780596519360
ASIN: 0596519362
Publication Date: March 27, 2008
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Product Description
After more than two years, Adobe has finally released a new version of Photoshop Elements for the Mac. Version 6 packs a lot more editing firepower than iPhoto, and this Missing Manual puts every feature into a clear, easy-to-understand context -- something that no other book on Elements does! Photoshop Elements 6 is perfect for scrapbooking, making fancy photo collages, and creating Web galleries. It has lots of new features such as Guided Edit for performing basic editing tasks, an improved Photomerge feature, a handy Quick Selection Tool, and much more. But knowing what to do and when is tricky. Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac: The Missing Manual explains not only how the tools and commands work, but when to use them. With it, you will: Learn to import, organize, and fix photos quickly and easily. Repair and restore old and damaged photos, and retouch any image. Jazz up your pictures with dozens of filters, frames, and special effects. Learn which tools the pros use -- you'll finally understand how layers work! Create collages and photo layout pages for greeting cards and other projects. Get downloadable practice images and try new tricks right away. This full-color guide starts with the simplest functions and progresses to increasingly complex features of Elements. If you're ready for the more sophisticated tools, you can easily jump around to learn specific techniques. As always, author Barbara Brundage lets you know which Elements features work well, which don't, and why -- all with a bit of wit and humor. Don't hesitate: Now that Adobe's outstanding photo editor has been updated for the Mac, dive in with Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac: The Missing Manual right away.
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Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac May 13, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Insofar as I have used it, I find it helpful but think the index is a little weak. It is a very good reference tool for the learner of the program, which is what I am. A more sophisticated users of Photoshop Elements may find it a bit lacking, as friend of mine did who looked at it and determined some steps in the lessons on layers were not included. I found the lessons about moving through the layers a bit difficult. (Maybe that's just me!).
Classic Brundage ...THE reference manual for PSE6-Mac; if only it had missing CD! May 5, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've used the'Missing Manuals' series for Windows Elements since version 3. The Mac version is as thorough and instructive as they come, with numerous fine-tuning tips for more advanced users. Although bulky, the contents are all meat without fat ot bone; Brundage's writing style is pleasantly conversational and witty, without resort to the heavy-handed contrived 'humor' adopted by others in the field.
Unfortunately - a shortcoming made all the worse by printing color on pulpy paper - this book cries out for a companion work-along CD so that the user can duplicate the exercises. The hoary 'reason' to download images rather than spend a few more bucks turns out to be an empty promise as the web image library is incomplete, outdated, and borderline quality. Locating the website alone, plus time wasted and effort expended, would be worth the small extra cost of including a CD.
Even so, the reader will be well rewarded by the outstanding informative quality of the contents. This truly will the definitive reference text to Elements users from rookie to rocket.
 Nobody does this kind of book better May 4, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
At its most simplistic level, Photoshop Elements offers useful and intuitive tools to make almost any photo live up to its best potential. But there's so very much more to use in Elements that without a guide you really can't begin to appreciate -- or master -- its powerful tools. That's where Barbara Brundage comes in. She has pretty much perfected the art of laying out how best to approach Elements 6.0 no matter whether you just want to touch up a photo or take it into enormously creative directions. Her tone is straightforward and user-friendly without talking down. She includes step-by-step approaches, frequent referrals to related materials, and loads of photographs to help the reader really understand. She also tends to frequent Elements forums, where she offers advice and helps people sort through technical issues that might pop up.
In a perfect world, Adobe would include a book like this with Photoshop Elements. This is not that perfect world, and I'm not sure I'd want to go into it without the right tools at my side. For me, that's Ms. Brundage's book, and the enthusiasm I bring to any photo myself. Well worth the money.
 Big book with lots of info April 28, 2008
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
Definately need this book to work with Photoshop elements 6, but its still complicated. I needed help from a Photoshop person to actually interpret the program.
Solid basic introduction to Photoshop Elements April 8, 2008
25 out of 26 found this review helpful
The Missing Manual Series generally offers solid instructional manuals and " Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac" is no exception. It begins with a walkthrough of the elements of Elements, explaining the different work spaces, palettes and so on, then presents some common photo editing situations and details how to improve the images. Instructions are generally clear and well thought out. A short advanced section at the end touches on some special editing problems and helps explain how to approach special needs in a logical manner.
As you would expect from a general manual, this doesn't cover tricky editing situations or provide a cookbook for special effects. You'll have to get a more advanced or specialized book if you want to expand beyond basic to intermediate Photoshop Elements skills. That's not a complaint. The book covers enough without trying to be everything to everybody. But for its target market, this book does a nice job of providing clear instructions and explanations, and provides a good handle on what can be a pretty intimidating program.
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