New from O’Reilly: Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac – The Missing Manual by Barbara Brundage

Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac � The Missing Manual by Barbara Brundage

This new book from O’Reilly is ideal for scrapbookers, serious and casual photographers, and budding graphic artists. Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac: The Missing Manual by Barbara Brundage (O’Reilly, US $44.99) promises easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for everything from importing photos to organizing, editing, sharing, and storing your images. You’ll also find a tour of Bridge, the ultra-deluxe file browser that comes with Photoshop CS4—and Elements 8.

The new book provides answers you need to:

• Get crystal-clear and jargon-free explanations of every feature
• Learn to import, organize, back up, and fix photos quickly and easily
• Repair and restore old and damaged photos, and retouch any image
• Jazz up your pictures with dozens of filters, frames, and special effects
• Remove unwanted objects from images with the new Recompose tool
• Learn advanced techniques like working with layers and applying blend modes
• Download practice images and try new tricks right away

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Published by Chris Malinao

Chris teaches Lightroom as workflow software to photography students at the FPPF, Federation of Philippine Photographers Foundation. He also teaches smartphone photography.