This new DVD by Scott Kelby, Editor of Photoshop User magazine, is designed for people who are already using Adobe Photoshop CS (or even Photoshop 7) and want to unlock the amazing power of Photoshop CS2 now.  Scott shows you step-by-step how it’s all done, and there’s no faster or easier way to unlock the secrets and incredible new features of  Photoshop CS2 so you can start using them right away.

You’ll learn:

. The important new features for digital photographers, and start using them like a pro

. How to unlock the power of Photoshop CS2′s new “Adobe Bridge” (it’ll change how you work forever)

. How to use Photoshop CS2′s Creative Tools to unleash a new level of creativity in your work

. How to use Photoshop’s new Smart Sharpen, Noise Reduction filter, and more!

. How to use CS2′s new Camera Raw plug-in, to take your Raw images to the next level

. How to open a new world of creativity using the amazing new Vanishing Point filter

Photoshop CS2 is packed with hidden tweaks, enhancements, and features, but how to put them to work isn’t always obvious. This DVD will have you using Photoshop CS2 like a pro right away. Plus, you’ll learn all those little shortcuts, tricks, and insider secrets that’ll let you apply the power of CS2 to your own work today.

Do you like to learn by doing? Do manuals leave you bored and craving realworld examples? Do you want concrete training that goes beyond theory and reference materials? If so, this is the book for you.

These hands-on exercises teach you the latest techniques for designing Web graphics and animations. You’ll learn how to optimize images, slice images, and create interactive rollovers. You’ll also learn how to design effective navigation, including elements such as Web buttons, navigation bars, tabbed navigation, and iconic navigation. Plus, you’ll learn techniques for integrating Adobe Illustrator, Adobe GoLive, Macromedia Flash, and Macromedia Dreamweaver with Photoshop into your workflow. Complete with insider tips, illustrated with detailed graphics, and accompanied by a CD-ROM loaded with classroom-proven exercises and QuickTime movies, this book ensures you’ll master the key features of Photoshop CS2 in no time.

Over 100 Step-by-Step Tutorials

• Organize Assets
• Optimize Images
• Optimize Transparent Images
• Create Web Backgrounds
• Design Navigation
• Create Animations
• Slice Images and Layout
• Create Rollovers
• Create Image Maps
• Create Data-Driven Graphics
• Integrate with Illustrator, GoLive,
Flash and Dreamweaver

Tanya Staples is a freelance author and educator teaching traditional and digital art. She has a bachelor’s degree in fine art and art history and a bachelor’s degree in education. Tanya is the author of Photoshop CS and ImageReady CS for the Web Hands-On Training as well as numerous video-based training titles in the lynda.com Online Training Library, covering Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter, Jasc Paint Shop Pro, and Keynote. As the former program manager for the Corel Painter product line, Tanya designed, taught, and wrote about graphics software. Tanya lives in Ottawa, Canada with her husband Matt and son Erik.

lynda.com, Inc. specializes in training books and video instruction for creative professionals. Check out the web site at www.lynda.com.
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Scott goes way beyond just showing the controls to adjust exposure, contrast, highlights, and color. Instead, after you learn the basics of Camera Raw, Scott takes you through real-world developing of real photos. In each project he adds new controls and new sliders so you’re learning everything in context while working on a real project.

Camera Raw is quickly becoming the tool where digital photographers spend most of their time. Join Scott to find out just how to take advantage of this essential tool in any photographer’s workflow.

DVD-ROM.
Running time: 191 minutes.
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“From the practical to the aesthetic and from business advice to Photoshop tutorials – Daniel’s book is based in extensive real world experience garnered over years of working with the most critical clients under the tightest deadlines. This book offers insights and advice that I’ve never seen shared in print before. I can’t wait to read it from cover to cover.”
Katrin Eismann www.photoshopdiva.com
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• How curves bring out detail in the most important areas of the imagen 
• A comprehensive strategy for blending channels to create deeper, stronger images
• The strengths and weaknesses of CMYK, LAB, and RGB, and when to use each one
• The first detailed look at the Shadow/Highlight command—and even more sophis-ticated ways to enhance contrast in the lightest and darkest parts of the imagen
• Sharpening strategies, in three full chapters, including the innovative hiraloam method (High Radius, Low Amount). Plus, a fiendishly effective method of merging hiraloam and conventional unsharp masking
• The realities—and the politics—of preparing files for commercial offset printing and how to deal with colors that are out of the press’s gamut
• What Camera Raw and similar acquisition modules can offer
• Typical problems of digital captures that were not found in the age of film— and how to correct for them

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He’s back! Adobe’s already-powerful imaging editing software has just grown a whole lot more powerful, and best-selling author Scott Kelby (editor of Photoshop User magazine) has returned to unlock even more of its secrets. Using step-by-step instructions and nearly 700 full-color images, Scott reveals precisely how to achieve some of Photoshop Element 3′s most closely guarded special effects. By the end of the volume you’ll have learned more than 300 new techniques for using Adobe’s affordable consumer-level software. Packed with creative ideas, layouts, and design techniques, the volume does more than just rehash masking, pixels, and file formats and resolution: It provides you with the Elements chops you need to unleash your own creativity.