Photoshop 7 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, Student Edition

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Features

• NEW - Learning Objectives—Included in the Student Study Guide after each chapter.

  • Lists the main points students should learn from a chapter.

• NEW - Get Up and Running Exercises—Included in the Student Study Guide after each chapter.

  • Helps students synthesize and practice what they have learned, based on techniques introduced in a chapter.

• NEW - Class Discussion Questions—Included in the Student Study Guide after each chapter.

  • Helps students review a chapter with their class or study group. Lets students explore concepts introduced in the book and in class and compare and contrast the tools and techniques covered in a chapter.

• NEW - Review Questions—Included in the Student Study Guide after each chapter. Contains a set of multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and definition questions.

  • Enables students to evaluate how well they've learned key details in a chapter.

• NEW - Visual QuickStart Instructor Editions—Posted online. Include expanded instructor notes and answers to all review questions.

  • Provides the tools to help teachers guide and evaluate their students.

• Completely updated to reflect Photoshop 7's most significant new features—Include the new painting engine, the Healing Brush, and much more.

  • Helps students take full advantage of Photoshop 7's newest and most useful creativity and productivity features.

• Proven QuickStart visual learning format—Combines an open, welcoming design, hundreds of screen captures, expert tips, and concise step-by-step instructions.

  • Relies on a format designed to make learning as easy as possible.

• Comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals—Covers selections, layers and layer effects, history, masks, paths, type, filters, magnetic lasso, actions, and much more.

  • Covers everything students need to quickly become productive and effective with Photoshop 7.

• Expert tutorial and handy quick reference—Designed not only to teach Photoshop 7 exceptionally well, but also to serve as an outstanding task-based reference.

  • Will remain valuable to students long after they've mastered the fundamentals of Photoshop 7.

• Web and print preparation, including color management—Gives students practical guidance for preparing images to be used in any medium.

  • Gives students techniques that will be valuable regardless of the media they are working in or the specific image they are creating.

Description

Adobe Photoshop is one of those programs that both dazzles and dismays: You can do extraordinary things with it--as long as you don't get lost in its maze of palettes and toolbars. Luckily for you, with Photoshop 7 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, that needn't be a problem! If you're ready to take on image editing in Photoshop 7, this straight-ahead visual reference is the place to start.Veteran authors Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas are back with a completely revised edition of the guide that's become the standard for Photoshop instruction in classrooms, homes, and offices. Through clear, concise instructions and a multitude of screen shots, this book steps you through the basics of photo editing, manipulation, optimization, and correction. It also provides complete coverage of all that's new in version 7: native Mac OS X support, a new painting engine that facilitates wet and dry brush effects, and more--all in a task-based format that constantly reminds you of where you are in the program and what you're trying to accomplish.

For Instructors

Instructor's Manual

Instructor's Manual

Instructor Resources

Instructor's Supplement .sit file

Instructor's Supplement .zip file

Sample Content

Table of Contents

(NOTE: See the Student Edition pages at the end of each chapter.)

 1. The Basics.


 2. Photoshop Color.


 3. Startup.


 4. Pixel Basics.


 5. Select.


 6. Compositing.


 7. Layers.


 8. History.


 9. Adjust Commands.


10. Choose Colors.


11. Recolor.


12. Paint.


13. Gradients.


14. More Layers.


15. Masks.


16. Paths/Shapes.


17. Type.


18. Filters.


19. Liquify.


20. Automate.


21. Preferences.


22. Print.


23. Web/ImageReady.


Appendix A. Keyboard Shortcuts.


Index.

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