Inside Adobe Photoshop 4 - Softcover

This 867-page book is an exhaustive guide to Photoshop--one of the biggest we've seen--and focuses on the many new features and changes in Photoshop 4.0 for Windows and Macintosh. The authors write about creating Web backgrounds and graphics, creating animations, and integrating illustrations and 3D graphics from other packages. You also get in-depth instruction on creating interesting type effects, using plug-ins, and creating composite works from various photographs. There are just a few full-color pages, which show final images along with explanations of the techniques. A CD includes practice files, a glossary, a resource guide, utilities, images, textures, and fonts. If you want a book that covers every aspect of Photoshop and that addresses the needs of fairly accomplished Photoshop users, this is the one to get.

This book is the most comprehensive, yet efficient, way to increase productivity in Photoshop by outlining the tips, tricks, and high-end techniques that result in professional images. It includes in-depth coverage of creating Web graphics with Photoshop and a variety of exercises to improve user skills. - Master the new tools, filters, and techniques needed to create stunning imagery

- Understand how Photoshop really works by following easy-to-use tutorials and exercises

- CD-ROM includes exercise files, freeware, and shareware textures and images, custom designed Web templates, and the Inside Photoshop Online Glossary