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 enlarge | Authors: Barbara Obermeier, Ted Padova
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
List Price: $24.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 74782
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0470098104
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.686
EAN: 9780470098103
ASIN: 0470098104
Publication Date: January 30, 2007
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 Photoshop elements v. 5 for Dummies February 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very helpful and easy to use and easy on the budget. Organized and Indexed so whatever you are looking for, that Photoshop elements can do, is quick to locate.
 Learning a lot about photo editing September 17, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The book much easier to follow than the manual that comes with the software. If you want to learn about how to make layers this is the book to buy.
This helped me a lot September 15, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Photoshop Elements 5 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
It has helped so much. I wasn't too familar with the program when I bought it I only knew that I wanted what it offered. It isn't something however that the normal person can figure out by trail and error in a reasonable amount of time. This is a book that makes the hard work worth it and the results aren't hours and hours away. Great purchase
A great book for a diffucult subject. August 13, 2007
50 out of 52 found this review helpful
I have seen some rather negative comments on this book from a few other reviewers. Let me start out by stating that I teach a Digital Darkroom course. That course uses Photoshop Elements 5, a very capable program, although not necessarily an easy one. If you are not technically inclined this program will be confusing, to say the least. The manual that comes with it is barely adequate. This is where the Photoshop Elements 5 for Dummies book comes in. It is far superior to the manual included with the program. That is not to state that it is easy. It is not! You will have to put effort into learning the techiques, and methods of Elements 5. I am quite familiar with Photoshop CS2 as I use it for my fine art photography. I thought teaching Elements 5 would be a snap. After all I regularly use the full version, how difficult could a scaled down version be? The answer turned out to be 'quite difficult'. Photoshop Elements 5 has many features of CS2 but they are implemented differently and sometimes work differently. Some of the things in Elements 5 are not even in CS2! Elements 5 has far superior selection tools, are you listening Adobe?? Elements 5 certainly does not have a lot of the features and tools of its big brother, but who in their right mind would expect it to? It is however very capable and I have it installed on my laptop so I can do preliminary editing in the field. I often need nothing more. This book is invaluable to users of Photoshop Elements 5 as it goes farther and explains better some of the more difficult operations in Elements. But it definitely is not easy, unless you are interested in only the most basic aspects of photo editing.I gave this book 5 stars because it deals elegantly with a difficult subject. Almost all my students buy this book, and they all love it. Granted, being taught in a classroom is easier than tackling it on your own, but this book and some serious effort will get you well on your way. Is it perfect? No, but it is the best of its genre. One unexpected nice feature - if I select a photo to edit from the Elements 5 organizer while working on my desktop computer, where I have both Elements 5 and CS2 installed, the Elements 5 organizer politely asks me wich version of photoshop I want to use to edit it. Very nice! The organizer in Elements 5 is so good that I use it to keep my (thousands) of images organized. Good job Adobe! I guess what I am saying is this "any version of Photoshop is complicated and Elements 5 is no exception". You will need to put some heavy effort into it, but the rewards are huge. This book will be a great asset in those efforts.
 Review August 13, 2007
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
Considering this book was for"dummies" I thought it was rather hard to understand. I am still trying to wade my way through it.
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