Photoshop CS3 Bible [Paperback]

"This book makes using Photoshop easy. I can enhance old scans and new digital images without losing their authenticity. For that, I am grateful." — Peter Simon, photojournalist (www.petersimon.com) The bestselling Photoshop guide just got better Photoshop CS3 has lots of new features, and this practical guide can help. You′ll learn to work with the CS3 interface and many new and improved commands — including enhanced selection tools, a more powerful Clone Stamp, new Vanishing Point capabilities, and added Animation and Timeline features. You′ll also discover how to create super special effects, build great composite images, and perform true miracles with your digital and 3D images, whether they′re bound for print, the Web, or handheld devices. Master the new workspace, from the toolbox to the palettes to the Bridge Correct color and lighting, restore damaged images of all kinds Take control of your images with selections, masks, and filters Bring words into your pictures and make text flow along a path Explore advanced topics, tricks, and specialized techniques What′s on the CD–ROM? Full–color images used in the book, so you can experiment and explore Tutorials covering some of Photoshop′s hottest tools and features System Requirements: See the CD appendix for details and complete system requirements. 16–page color insert Filled with breathtaking, full–color images, this special section illustrates what you can achieve with Photoshop! Express yourself with text Achieve special effects with Smart Filters Import and edit 3D images

Laurie Ulrich Fuller. Drawing and writing since she could pick up a crayon, and telling people what to do (and how to do it) since she was able to speak, Laurie Ulrich Fuller is a graphic artist, computer trainer, and the author and co–author of more than 25 books on computers, software, and the Web. Laurie has written hundreds of training manuals for universities and corporate training centers, and in the past 16 years, she’s personally trained thousands of people to make more creative and effective use of their computers. Her classroom has expanded in recent years to include total strangers around the world — through CD–based training products and online courses. In the early 1990s, after spending way too many years working for other people, Laurie started her own firm, Limehat & Company. This venture allowed her to put her experience, ideas, and contacts to good use, providing consulting, training, Web development, and Web hosting services with a focus on the special needs of growing companies and non–profit organizations. If you’re wondering where the name “Limehat” came from, it’s a long story, but suffice to say it goes back to a childhood taunt, regarding a plaid hat she involuntarily wore to school. She still gets flashbacks. When not writing about or teaching people to use computers, Laurie can be found working for a variety of animal and environmental advocacy groups, including the League of Humane Voters (www.lohvpa.org). You can find out more about Laurie’s work, experiences, and both personal and professional interests at www.planetlaurie.com. You can find out more about Photoshop and the Photoshop Bibles and check out online Photoshop tutorials, tips, tricks, and expert advice at www.photoshopbible.com. Laurie welcomes reader mail at authors@photoshopbible.com. She can’t promise an immediate response, but all mail will be answered. Robert C. Fuller. Another year, another Photoshop update. True to form, Mr. Fuller still shuns the daylight, but just like the last time around, it took only a shiny new iMac to bring him up from the basement. While the rejuvenating effects of last year’s run–in with the eMac did not have longstanding positive effects on his mental health, at least this year he’s been speaking in complete sentences. “I really like this iMac” is all we’ve heard out of him, but at least he’s smiling and the faceless apparitions don’t seem to plague him as much. Robert is the author of the Dreamweaver 4 and HTML Virtual Classroom books (McGraw–Hill/Osborne), as well as HTML in 10 Steps or Less (Wiley Publishing, Inc.). He has contributed to The Photoshop 7 Complete Reference (McGraw–Hill/Osborne), The Photoshop 2 Elements Bible , and Restoration and Retouching with Photoshop Elements 2 (both Wiley Publishing, Inc.), as well as last year’s Photoshop CS2 Bible Professional Edition. Robert also teaches computer topics at colleges and through online courses. You can write to him at authors@photoshopbible.com.