Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop CS3 in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself)

Sams Teach Yourself Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 in 24 Hours
24 Proven One-hour Lessons
Carla Rose
Kate Binder
You can master Photoshop® CS3 faster than you ever thought possible--even if you have no Photoshop or image editing experience at all! In just 24 hands-on, step-by-step lessons, this book will teach you all the core Photoshop skills you need to get great results--in digital photography, graphic design, painting, or anything else!
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Learn how to...
Repair and retouch any black-and-white or color image, from precious family portraits to new digital photos
Achieve powerful artistry with Photoshop's filters and effects
Master digital painting with Photoshop's paintbrushes and other tools
Get your colors right, wherever you're printing your images or displaying them online
Create super-realistic composites
Transform your images using tools ranging from Flip to Liquify
Master professional-level features including layers, channels, and masks
Add type to your images
Take advantage of Photoshop CS3's powerful new features

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Part I: Getting Started
HOUR 1: Exploring Photoshop Basics
HOUR 2: Opening and Saving Files
HOUR 3: Making Selections
HOUR 4: Specifying Color Modes and Color Models
HOUR 5: Adjusting Color
Part II: Painting with Pixels
HOUR 6: Painting with Brushes
HOUR 7: Digital Painting
HOUR 8: Moving Paint
HOUR 9: Advanced Painting Techniques
Part III: Photoshop Power Tools
HOUR 10: Using Transformations
HOUR 11: Using Layers
HOUR 12: Using Masks
HOUR 13: Using Paths
Part IV: Fantastic Filters
HOUR 14: Getting Started with Filters
HOUR 15: Applying Filters That Improve Your Picture
HOUR 16: Applying Filters to Turn Your Picture into Art
HOUR 17: Applying Filters to Make Your Picture Funky
Part V: Using Text and Special Effects
HOUR 18: Adding Type to Pictures
HOUR 19: Taking Advantage of Useful Tricks
Part VI: Repairing and Enhancing Your Photos
HOUR 20: Compositing Images
HOUR 21: Repairing Black-and-White Photos
HOUR 22: Repairing Color Photos
Part VII: Publishing Your Pictures
HOUR 23: Printing and Publishing Your Images
HOUR 24: Going Online with Photoshop
Part VIII: Appendixes
APPENDIX A: Photoshop CS3 Palette Quick Reference
APPENDIX B: A Quick Walk on the Extended Side
Index

Carla Rose is the author of more than 30 computer books on digital media and graphics topics. She was a contributing editor for Photoshop User magazine and contributed to publications ranging from Atlantic Fisherman to Adobe Magazine to The New Yorker.
Kate Binder is a graphics expert who has written articles on design tools and techniques, publishing workflows, and photography for magazines including Publish, PEI, and Desktop Publishers Journal. Her books include Easy Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and Easy Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.
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Category: Graphics
Covers: Adobe Photoshop CS3
User Level: Beginning
$29.99 USA / $36.99 CAN / £21.99 Net UK

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0

Very helpful for an amateur:

I didn't know anything about Photoshop so I found this book very helpful for someone like me, who needed to learn step by step, slowly at my own pace. It was a book that was recommended by the photography teacher at Santa Monica City College. Since I dropped the course for lack of time, I decided to try on my own and I found that with each chapter I learned something new.
No book will be perfect, but I think if you have no background in Photoshop, or a minimal background, this book will teach what... more info

Very useful:

I am a fairly serious amateur who has used Photoshop CS2 for more than a year and used Photoshop Elements for a couple of years before that. Most of this book applies to CS2 as well as CS3, but much of it does not apply to Elements. I learned a lot from this book. The information is clear and neither talks down to you nor expects you to be a Photoshop geek. No book could ever cover everthing in Photoshop, but this one covers most of the important concepts in a way that is easy to understand and very useful.... more info

the worst book i have ever purchased:

I owned this book for 3 short days before I returned it. The examples are unclear and the chapter lead nowhere. You don't wind up with a finished product at the end that you can apply to other photos.

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