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Presents step-by-step lessons on the digital image editing software with two hours of video instruction on the companion DVD-ROM

Covers the features of Photoshop Elements 3 and includes a training DVD in the book

This is the second in a series of highly-visual, four-color titles that combine step-by-step lessons with two hours of video instruction. The first book, "Adobe Photoshop CS One-on-One," broke new ground with its innovative format. This book follows in its footsteps, showing readers how to master InDesign, the popular page layout/publishing program that's quickly becoming the market leader.

Presents step-by-step lessons on the digital image editing software with two hours of video instruction on the companion CD-ROM.

Transform ordinary images into breathtaking works of digital art with the advanced power and endless possibilities of Photoshop 5, Adobe's state-of-the-art digital imaging software. Take the grand tour of Version 5 with veteran tour guide Deke McClelland, and then move into new and exciting realms of digital wizardry as you master an array of text effects, image enhancements, and other wondrous things that make Photoshop 5 so hugely popular among the digiterati.Photoshop guru McClelland takes you gently -- and intelligently -- through the world of pixels, paintbrushes, and special effects with friendly, easygoing, down-to-earth tips and tricks to help you master the fine art of digital imagery. Clean up bad scans and poor-quality pictures, learn special painting tricks, create collages, add gradient fills and strange warps, explore new filters, and make your artistic masterpieces publishing-perfect or Web-ready with Photoshop 5. Plus, 16 pages of full-color examples -- and dozens of black-and-white images -- add to the visual content of this great guide for professional image-makers and amateur artists alike.