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Product Description Everything you need to know about Photoshop CS6 packed into one For Dummies guide Photoshop is the world’s most popular image editing software, with more than four million users worldwide. Professional photographers, graphic designers, and web designers as well as photo hobbyists need to learn the fundamentals and master the newest features of Photoshop CS6. This complete all-in-one reference makes it easy, with eight self-contained minibooks covering each aspect of Photoshop. Helps you familiarize yourself with the latest Photoshop tools and features and find your way around the desktop, menus, panels, and more This full-color guide includes eight self-contained minibooks: Photoshop Fundamentals; Image Essentials; Selections; Painting, Drawing, and Typing; Working with Layers; Channels and Masks; Filters and Distortions; Retouching, Restoring, and Printing Covers all the basics for beginners as well as advanced techniques, like managing color, modifying and transforming selections and paths, making corrections with filters, using the liquefy command, trying out Photomerge and merge to HDR pro, preparing graphics for print or the web, creating contact sheets and picture packages, and more From Photoshop fundamentals to dynamic digital imaging techniques, Photoshop CS6 All-in-One For Dummies has your creative needs covered. From the Back Cover Explore all the creative ways you can use Photoshop to enhance your images Want to get the red out of a subject's eyes? How about restoring an old photo? Or adding text and shapes to an image? With this guide, you quickly find out how to do it all and get the most out of Photoshop. Each minibook shows you how to use the cool features that Photoshop has to offer so you can create stunning images and graphics. Get your feet wet dive into the basics of Photoshop and become familiar with the desktop, menus, panels, and key tools Create a work of art use the drawing and painting tools to make your images pop with gradients, patterns, text, and more Blend it all create and edit layers; then enhance them by applying different blend modes, opacity settings, and styles Put a mask on become a pro working with channels and masks and then take advantage of filters and distortions Looking better than ever gain the skills to fix flaws and imperfections to improve your images Open the book and find: Steps for cropping an image and adjusting the size How to make selections with the Marquee and Lasso tools Tips on compositing with multiple layers Ways to enhance images using blending modes Filtering techniques to smooth defects and sharpen soft areas Hints for repairing images with healing and toning tools How to prep your graphics for printing Techniques for creating and editing type 8 Books in 1 Photoshop Fundamentals Image Essentials Selections Painting, Drawing, and Typing Working with Layers Channels and Masks Filters and Distortions Retouching, Restoring, and Printing About the Author Barbara Obermeier is principal of Obermeier Design, a graphic design studio in California specializing in print and web design. She is currently a faculty member in the School of Design at Brooks Institute.