Adobe PhotoDeluxe For Dummies

By Julie Adair King

Make the most of your best shots with a few clicks of the mouse. Graphics pro Julie Adair King shows you all the tips and tricks for enhancing your digital photographs with the power of Adobe PhotoDeluxe and Adobe PhotoDeluxe For Dummies, the fun and easy way to digital image editing. With PhotoDeluxe and the techniques explained in plain English that are in Adobe PhotoDeluxe For Dummies, you can find fast and friendly ways to * Remove red-eye, scanner dust, jaggies, and other common photographic flaws * Get a grip on resolution, compression, and resampling * Perform image-editing miracles, from correct color balance to enhanced focus * Create exciting text effects by using special techniques * Prepare your images for Web pages or multimedia presentations * Bend and twist images to your heart's content * Make your own old-fashioned, antique-looking pictures * Expand your creative possibilities by using layers, photo stitching, and other cool PhotoDeluxe tools A brave new world of digital imaging is waiting just around the corner. Get out your camera and join in the fun

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764504266
• ISBN13: 9780764504266
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 359 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Great for dummies and geniuses

In buying this book, at first I was a little reluctant to do so because I thought that the "Dummies" books were for, well, dummies. However, after doing an extensive search for books on PhotoDeluxe, I found that there were few. Of those, the only ones that are currently in print are a Quickstart book, which usually isn't that informative, and Adobe PhotoDeluxe 4 For Dummies. As a graphic production artist who is starting a career, I needed a book that could get me up to speed fast on PhotoDeluxe. I was particularly interested in the area of color correction, since that was my most pressing need at the time. The book, despite its title, exceeded all my expectations and I have gained a lot from it. It familiarizes you in the many features of PhotoDeluxe in a way that's easy to understand, without insulting your intelligence. The book covers everything, from color correction to the many special effects that PhotoDeluxe is capable of producing. In fact, from reading this book, I have learned that PhotoDeluxe is more similar to its higher priced counterpart, PhotoShop, than I thought it was.In closing, I highly recommend this book to anyone who desires to learn how to use PhotoDeluxe. In comparison with other books on graphic software, this one's as good as any other.

A terrific resource for the Photo Deluxe software

After trying on my own for a long time, I bought this book. I recommend it to anyone who is not an electronics whiz and wants to make the most of Photo Deluxe 1, 3 or business edition. It was very helpful. I did things not covered in any manual.