How to Do Everything with Photoshop (R) 7 - Laurie Mccanna - Bog

Harness the power of Photoshop to create beautiful looking images effortlessly. Tackle common problems and technical issues, edit and enhance existing artwork--plus experiment with new ideas and methods to create entirely new visual scenes and schemas. Familiarize yourself with the Photoshop interface and tool palette, then follow along as author Laurie McCanna expertly guides you, in friendly, easy-to-understand language, through all the major functions of this amazing graphics application. Includes helpful advice on keyboard shortcuts, Photoshop Actions, and the history palette. "How to Do Everything with Photoshop 7 will help you discover new worlds of artistic splendor and Web-ready visual wizardry.Take control of your work space by setting customized preferences Create beautiful digital artwork for print or Web, personal or professional use Use layers to experiment without damaging the underlying artwork Copy and paste from several photos into a single image Isolate and edit portions of images with an array of selection tools Sharpen, replace, and repair existing images, and retouch photographs Mimic traditional painting tools ranging from pencils to airbrushes Add and edit typography, and work with the character palette Achieve the best results when working with multiple software programs. Troubleshoot and solve performance problems