false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176223228m/604482.jpg 604482 1 Each Classroom in a Book features consistently well-written and conceived lessons, part of Adobe's official training and certification program. They guarantee solid instruction, taking readers step-by-step through professional-level projects with topnotch artwork. <I>Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Classroom in a Book</I> book assumes no prior knowledge, and beginners will benefit from the slow and deliberate pacing. However, more experienced Photoshop users won't find it difficult to speed ahead through familiar material and there's a thorough index for troubleshooting specific problems. They'll find new techniques to make their workflow more efficient, and, perhaps, "unlearn" any bad habits (for example, getting a better grayscale conversion for a color photo by using the Channel Mixer rather than clicking "Mode > Grayscale").<p>Chapters cover the fundamentals: the work environment and help resources; making selections (with the wand, lasso, and marquee tools); using layers and masks; working with the pen tool and other vector graphics techniques; retouching and color correcting; selected effects like hand coloring; color-management issues; and creating images for print or the Web. Areas new to version 7 include working with the File Browser, using the new paint engine to create custom brushes and patterns, and working with the healing brush and cloning stamp.<p>All lesson project files and fonts are on the companion CD-ROM. Each lesson begins by outlining what will be learned and how long the project should take, and ends with review Q&A. The color section not only shows finished artwork for several projects, but also includes some useful reference pages: a toolbox overview (with color illustrations of what each tool does), a layer blending mode sampler, and a set of images helpful in color management.<p>In addition to the above topics, the book also shows how to create slices and optimize images in both Photoshop and ImageReady, make rollovers and animations in ImageReady, and use droplets for batch processing. You may not become a power user after these tutorials, but you'll certainly have a firm working knowledge of Photoshop upon which to build expert skills. <I>--Angelynn Grant</I> 591043 5 7 2002 Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Classroom in a Book total:14|5:1|4:4|3:8|2:1| 14 47 25 0 0 0 false false Fri Oct 23 08:33:14 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 08:33:14 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Oct 06 13:36:54 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 13:36:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Aug 29 20:45:14 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 20:45:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Aug 29 05:38:52 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 05:40:27 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Mar 25 21:41:10 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 21:41:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jan 13 12:32:45 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 12:32:45 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Dec 27 10:15:01 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 15 14:31:21 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Nov 09 14:12:28 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 14:12:28 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Nov 06 22:23:38 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 22:23:38 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Oct 02 17:03:40 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 17:03:40 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Sep 24 01:31:45 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 01:31:45 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Sep 19 05:28:58 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 05:28:58 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Aug 07 22:33:34 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 22:33:34 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Aug 04 07:23:30 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 07:23:30 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Aug 03 14:17:41 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 14:17:44 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue Jun 10 00:18:21 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 00:18:37 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun May 11 04:37:26 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 04:37:26 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Mar 25 16:13:58 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 16:13:58 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Mar 05 19:10:37 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 19:10:37 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Feb 28 13:57:35 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 16:38:32 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=604482