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Photoshop CS6: The Missing ManualPhotoshop CS6 is truly amazing, but it can also be overwhelming if you’re just getting started. This book makes learning Photoshop a breeze by explaining things in a friendly, conversational style—without technical jargon. After a thorough introduction to the program, you’ll delve deep into Photoshop’s secrets with expert tips and practical advice you can use every day. |
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iPhoto '11: The Missing ManualWith better ways to get your photos online and new options for creating printed projects, iPhoto '11 makes it easier than ever to transfer photos from a digital camera, organize them, and publish, print, or share them in maps—but there's still no printed manual for the program. Fortunately, David Pogue and Lesa Snider team up in this witty, authoritative book that should have been in the box. |
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Photoshop CS5: The Missing ManualYou'd be hard-pressed to find a published image that hasn't spent some quality time in Adobe Photoshop. With new features such as Content-Aware Fill and Puppet Warp, Photoshop CS5 is more amazing -- and perhaps more bewildering -- than ever. That's where this full-color Missing Manual comes in. It covers Photoshop from a practical standpoint, with tips, tricks, and practical advice you can use every day to edit photos and create beautiful documents. |
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Photoshop Editing Habits to Break, Part 2Lesa shows you even more frequent editing habits worth breaking in order to work more efficiently in Photoshop, using updated techniques... including empty Adjustment layers! |
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Photoshop Editing Habits to Break, Part 1Lesa shows you two frequent editing habits worth breaking in order to work more efficiently in Photoshop. |
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How to Fix Animal EyesLesa shows you how to use Photoshop to fix animal white, green, or golden eyes by rebuilding the pupils. Thankfully, it's easier than it sounds! This technique also works in Photoshop Elements. |
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Pushing photos through text and other shapesAuthor and speaker, Lesa Snider (aka PhotoLesa), shows you how to easily use Photoshop to push photos through text and shapes. This technique works in Photoshop Elements, too. |
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The Power of iPhoto '11In this fun day-long workshop, you'll learn about the most practical iPhoto '11 features, tips and tricks from the coauthor of iPhoto '11: The Missing Manual. Internationally acclaimed instructor, Lesa Snider is informative yet entertaining with a unique way of explaining difficult concepts so you understand the "why" behind the "how". Register for this class today and you'll not only gain control over your photo library, but you'll learn how to turn the photos you have into the photos you want! |
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Photoshop CS5 IntensiveIn this special workshop, you'll dig into Photoshop CS5 with Lesa Snider, author of Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual. There is so much to cover in Photoshop CS5 that we need almost a week to cover everything. In this special 4-day workshop you'll dig into Photoshop CS5 with Lesa Snider, internationally acclaimed instructor and author. Lesa is informative yet entertaining with a unique way of explaining difficult concepts so you understand the "why" behind the "how". Get ready to spend a fun, high-energy week digging into the power of Photoshop. |
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Photoshop Elements 9 for PhotographersIn this class, you'll learn practical editing techniques you'll use every day with the affordable Adobe Photoshop Elements. A fast-paced day lead by Lesa Snider, the fun, engaging best-selling author of Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual. By the end of this class, you'll be able to turn the photos you have into the photos you need. |
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Elements 8 for Digital PhotographersLesa Snider guides you through everything you need to know about editing non-destructively in the new Elements 8. Learn practical editing techniques, how to adjust images in Camera Raw and Elements' QuickEdit mode, and three ways to use Levels in Full Edit mode. Discover how to make your prints look their very best! |
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Photoshop CS4: The Missing ManualPhotoshop is the world's most widely used photo-editing and graphics program. But with all its fantastic new features and options, the CS4 version can bewilder even the most seasoned professional. That's where Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual comes in: packed with tips, tricks, and lots of practical advice, this visually rich four-color guidebook teaches you everything you need to know to edit photos and create beautiful documents in Photoshop. |
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Practical Photoshop ElementsIn this class, Lesa leads you on a journey through the most practical and non-destructive editing techniques in Photoshop Elements. Learn the truth about resolution, how to resize images without quality loss, discover the basics of layers and layer masks, how to create gorgeous grayscales, delicious duotones, festive frames, how to zap backgrounds, fix stubborn red-eye, and more! |
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From Photo to Graphic ArtLesa will show you how to quickly and easily turn ordinary photos into unique pieces of graphic art. |
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Graphic Secrets for Business ProfessionalsAn image is truly worth a thousand words, and working with images can be a challenge. Graphic Secrets for Business Professionals provides the tools needed to use images successfully in popular applications like Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, and more. Instructor Lesa Snider King goes over the importance of including images in business documents and presentations, and teaches every detail of how to do so effectively. The training covers choosing the right image to convey a message, resizing images for various projects, deciding what file format to use and when, "knocking out" backgrounds, and editing and retouching like a pro using Adobe Photoshop Elements. Also included are the four secrets of great design that ensure smart, professional, and effective documents and presentations. Exercise files accompany the tutorials. |
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