Photoshop 7 for Windows and Macintosh (Visual Quickstart Guides)

Appropriate for beginning to intermediate courses on Photoshop 7.<\/P><\/B>

Adobe Photoshop 7 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide<\/I> is the newest version of the classic Photoshop tutorial that is used as a standard textbook in thousands of classrooms and as a desktop reference by print and Web graphics professionals worldwide. Veteran Photoshop authors and instructors Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas teach Photoshop with exceptional clarity, using the proven Visual QuickStart format: step-by-step explanations, practical tips, and hundreds of screen captures that demonstrate exactly what students will see and what they should do. The book has been thoroughly updated to reflect Photoshop 7's key enhancements, including the new painting engine that facilitates wet and dry brush effects; the Healing Brush for rapidly removing an images scratches and flaws; and much more. After introducing Photoshop 7s updated interface, the authors help students build their skills incrementally, covering selections, layers and layer effects, history, masks, paths, text tools, filters, the magnetic lasso and pen, actions, and preparing images for both print and the Web-including the basics of color management. To give students deeper insight into what they can accomplish with Photoshop, the book includes a 16-page color gallery section containing artwork from several of the worlds leading Photoshop artists.<\/P><\/P>"