Best-selling author Scott Kelby is well known for his plain-English style, his humorous tone, and his unparalleled ability to cut through all the technical jargon that other authors use when writing about image-editing programs. Here, Scott delivers great techniques on Photoshop Elements 5 that his readers understand and use to make the best possible images. With this newest release of Photoshop Elements, Scott shows readers how to work with their images like a pro, from importing to organization to correction to output. Readers will learn all they need to know about the digital photography workflow, as well as the latest secrets of the pros to help them create the best special effects, apply the most useful sharpening techniques, and avoid many of the hassles and problems that are encountered in digital photography (such as digital noise and color halos).

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 112 Ratings

Finally I see the light - 2009-11-16
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First of all a disclaimer.... I was a reluctant convert to Photoshop, being a somewhat old-fashioned, conservative photography from the days of slides and negatives. I finally bought a copy of PSE 5 at the urgings of some of the younger photographers in my club. However my use of this tool was very limited, because all the instructions I could find seem to need me to be a whiz at the computer.
Finally after reading Scott Kelby's Digital Photography books and really learning a lot from them, I bought his book on PSE. What a difference a book makes.... I love his simple conversational style, even his style of humor works for me. In a few shot days I have been able to learn techniques from the book that will help me improve my photography tremendously.
I would highly recommend this book to all PSE users.

Fantastic tool - 2009-10-15
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I have Barbara Brundage's The Missing Manual, well thumbed, but this is the book I'll be turning to most often. Not nearly as techy, basic English, step-by-step instructions, good illustrations without going into much detail as to how Photoshop works. I've had my program for two or more years, use it casually, but am always trying to improve my pictures. This will do the job. Thank you, Mr. Kelby!

Love this book. - 2009-09-10
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This book is exactly what I was looking for. It skips all the boring explanations of the program and goes right to what you want to do. So, if you want to reduce darck circles under the eyes, it give you a few simple steps and BOOM you're done! The steps are super easy and I'm so grateful to have found a book that gives me exactly what I need. Thank you!

Proceed with "Caution." - 2009-04-26
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I will give the Photoshop content in this book high marks. Unfortunately, the author also has the ambition to be a comedian and uses this book as a vehicle to spread his message of humor. I see nothing wrong with a "little" fun being placed here and there to break up the boredom that can creep into books like this, but this is waaaaayyyyyy over done, and it's pretty lame humor at that in most cases.
Buyer be warned.

If you have photoshop elements, this is a MUST. - 2009-03-23
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This book as exact step by step dummy proof instructions for photoshop elements. I have Elements 7 and with minor changes to the E 7 program, this book can still help you with anything you may need. If only they could put out HELP guides as fast as the programs!

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