Photoshop CS2 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies [Repost]

Brace yourself—this For Dummies guide is in full, dazzling color! That way you can see how you can lighten, brighten, blur, sharpen, or even age your digital images with Photoshop CS2. Chances are you have Photoshop CS2 and have explored it enough to know that you need a good guide to make the most of all its capabilities and get up to speed fast. Odds are you’ve experimented with some photos and spent hours tweaking them. Maybe you’re a veteran and used Photoshop CS2 to turn the gray sky to blue in a resort photo or to brighten the CEO’s smile. Maybe you’re a novice and gleefully extracted your ex from old photos and gave yourself a flattering mini-makeover at the same time. Maybe you used it to remove a scratch from a treasured family photo.
Regardless, you probably haven’t scratched the surface. Photoshop CS2 gives you so many options and tools for digital image creation, correction, and enhancement that even experienced pros can discover new techniques and shortcuts. With explanations for working on a PC or a Mac, Photoshop CS2 All-In-One desk Reference For Dummies is your complete resource that:
Combines nine minibooks: (1) Photoshop Fundamentals (2) Image Essentials (3) Selections (4) Painting, Drawing, and Typing (5) Working with Layers (6) Channels and Masks (7) Filters and Distortions (8) Retouching and Restoration (9) Photoshop and Print
Has more than 650 pages of tips, techniques, and plain-English explanations
Is in glorious, full color, with all kinds of photographs and examples
Has tons of screen shots so you’ll know exactly what to look for on your screen
Provides a tear out Cheat Sheet that’s your instant reference for finding your way around Photoshop CS2, accessing the tools palette through shortcuts, and making selections
Gets you up to speed on the new Adobe Bridge that lets you view, search, and organize your files, edit Camera Raw files, search for and purchase royalty-free stock photography, synchronize color settings, and more
Introduces you to the 58 tools in the Tools palette, from the Pen to the Eraser… the Spot Healing Brush to the Burn…the Clone Stamp to the Red Eye
Explains how to work with Vanishing Point—the new feature that lets you edit three dimensionally on a two-dimension image
Features special Putting-It-Together exercises that walk you through numbered steps to show you how to do various tasks such as getting the red out of eyes, making and fine-tuning a collage, and more; images on the book’s companion Web site let you follow along
9 books in 1 — your key to fantastic Photoshop results!
Your one-stop, full-color guide to image editing success
Photoshop has become the industry standard because it's really that good. But it's also that big. Dividing all that information into nine handy minibooks lets you find what you want when you want it — whether it's choosing resolution and file format; using the new Spot Healing Brush; working with layers, channels, and masks; or preparing images for print.
Discover how to
Organize files with Adobe Bridge
Save time with presets
Neutralize red eyes with the one-click red eye correction tool
Select complex shapes easily
Repair flaws and imperfections
Create collages with text and pictures