Barbara Brundage
Explains What's New & a Lot
More Fun in Elements 6
Sebastopol, CA—Bestselling
author
Barbara Brundage--whose
day job is playing the
harp--didn't plan on
becoming an authority on
Elements, one the world's
most popular photo-editing
programs. Yet her newest
publication--Photoshop
Elements 6: The Missing
Manual (O'Reilly,
$39.99)--clearly secures
Barbara's position as the
premier Elements' expert.
"I'm a lowly
musician, but if I can learn
Elements anyone can,"
insists Barbara, the author
of three previous books
about Elements 3, 4, and 5.
A few years back in 2001,
Barbara chose Elements to
create graphics for her new
website and promo materials.
She soon discovered the
nifty software program also
made arranging and
publishing her harp music a
whole lot easier. Then she
got hooked on digital
photography and relied on
Elements to improve and
organize her images.
"Fortunately, the folks at
Missing Manuals know
that sometimes it's easier
for someone who isn't from a
technical background to
explain things to people who
don't have a lot of
technical knowledge," says
Barbara about her road to
authorship.
Indeed
Barbara's technical
knowledge combined with her
appealing, down-to-earth
writing style made her a
perfect addition to the
Missing Manual roster of
authors. Founded by New York
Times technology columnist
David Pogue, O'Reilly's
Missing Manual series
specializes in producing
beautifully written manuals
for popular consumer
software and hardware
products--the book that
should have been in the box.
Photoshop Elements 6: The
Missing Manual provides
the best possible guidance
to scrapbookers,
photographers at every
level, budding graphic
artists--anyone who wants to
get the most out of the
latest Elements upgrade. She
clearly explains Photoshop
Elements 6's exciting array
of new features, including
the new Quick Edit function,
Windows Vista compatibility,
improved RAW conversion, a
handy Quick Selection Tool,
and more. Under Barbara's
intelligent tutelage,
readers learn how to:
-
Import,
organize, and fix photos
quickly and easily.
-
Repair
and restore old and
damaged photos, and
retouch any image.
-
Jazz up
their pictures with
dozens of filters,
frames, and special
effects.
-
Learn
which tools the pros
use--and finally
understand how layers
work!
-
Create
collages and photo
layout pages for
greeting cards and other
projects.
-
Get
downloadable practice
images and try new
tricks right away.
Photoshop Elements 6: The
Missing Manual
progresses from simple to
complex features. Those
ready for the more
sophisticated tools can
easily jump around to learn
specific techniques. As
always, Barbara lets you
know which Elements features
work well, which don't, and
why--all with a bit of wit
and good humor. Adds
Barbara: "Elements is
wonderful software, but
there's a lot going on
there. I wanted to help
people find their way around
and to understand some of
the great things they can do
with the program."
Barbara Brundage is the
author of
Photoshop Elements 6: The
Missing Manual, and a
member of Adobe’s prerelease
groups for Elements 3, 4, 5,
and 6.
Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual
Barbara Brundage
ISBN: 0-596-51444-1, 586
pages,
$39.99 USD, £24.99 GBP
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