Adobe PhotoDeluxe for Dummies

Product Description

Adobe PhotoDeluxe is a tool for people who want to edit and use electronic images. This guide examines using scanned photographs and images made with digital cameras, demonstrating all the features, options and special effects that users can apply when editing their pictures. The book also features details of simple projects that can be completed with PhotoDeluxe's built-in tools. These include creating personalized calendars, greeting cards and T-shirt transfers. The CD-ROM packaged with this guide contains sample files for practising PhotoDeluxe tricks, editing utilities like PaintShop for enhancing electronic images, a demo version of Adobe PageMill for publishing images on the Web and a demo of PhotoDeluxe.

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PhotoDeluxe, Adobe's entry-level, consumer-oriented image editor, includes many of the great painting and color-correcting tools common to its professional software package, Photoshop. Though easier to use than Photoshop, PhotoDeluxe contains some features that are not quickly accessible or understandable to novice users, and that's where Adobe PhotoDeluxe for Dummies comes in handy. Part one of the book presents the basics of editing pixel-based images, navigating the PhotoDeluxe interface, and saving and printing files. Part two moves through the wide variety of image-editing tools available that will allow you to manipulate the brightness and contrast controls, color options, and canvas size. You will also find instructions on adding borders and shadows; fixing red-eye syndrome; changing an image's focus; and removing dust, noise, and patterns. The third section teaches you how to use the painting, layers, and type tools; play around with color; and work through special projects such as creating wallpaper and sending images via e-mail. The final section of Adobe PhotoDeluxe for Dummies covers fun effects and troubleshooting problems, shortcuts, and online resources. The book's contents are applicable to versions 2 and 3 of PhotoDeluxe, including the business edition, for both Windows and Mac platforms. The accompanying CD-ROM has trial and shareware versions of image cataloging and management tools, panorama software, puzzle makers, plug-ins, and Web-authoring tools. --Kathleen Caster