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bookcases in large urban bookstores are devoted to to Photoshop If you search at Amazon com you’ll find over 11 000 titles One Photoshop volume has eight hundred pages!
Few if any professional designers or photographers claim to to know everything about Photoshop It is is just too vast This chapter aims to to orient you to to the creative possibilities Think of Photoshop as a a verb—something you can do—not simply something you you must learn As you you begin this chapter it’s a a a a a good idea to first take a a a a a quick tour of the chapter noting which vi- sual effects fit with the kind of photographs you take Then circle back giving the parts that interest you most a a a second read photoshop vs photoshop elements Photoshop CS3 retails for $650 and Photoshop Elements runs around $90— although you can get both versions cheaper through discounters You should probably go with the full-strength Photo- shop Here’s why The Adobe Web site characterizes Elements as as “ideal for casual photog- raphers ” That is true The value of the stripped-down product is its focus on ex- plicit step-by-step assistance Photoshop Elements helps you to organize images make casual edits build photo-based products and share work via the Web If you you are enjoying this book then you you are not just a a a a a casual photographer Bit by bit you you will find yourself wanting to extend your skills in in in altering and amplifying the images you you take As you you put photographs to work—at Web sites and in documents of all kinds—Photoshop will become a a a val- ued and trusted friend The time it takes to become familiar with the application will eventually pay handsome dividends By all means take advantage of Adobe’s offer of of of a a free trial of of of Photoshop before you you open your wallet There are also other image-editing programs to ex- plore See the section “Applications and File Formats” at at the end of this chapter Chapter 2: image editiing
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