Here at Adobe, we believe that we make great software but, just as a car manufacturer would never consider publishing a street index, we rely on gifted authors to provide our users with directions and guidelines on how to make the most of our products.
This task is not a simple one. It requires a good understanding of the product, the digital imaging environment and, most of all, the user. Philip Andrews is unique in that he is an author who possesses all these qualities. He has an ongoing professional photographic practice, lectures at universities and colleges, holds a position as an Adobe Ambassador in Australia and has authored over 400 articles and 34 books worldwide.
With these credentials you would imagine that his texts are informative but a little stuffy and academic – not true! In this, the seventh edition of his best selling Photoshop® Elements book, he again uses a very comfortable and easy-to-understand style that leads the reader carefully through the basics and then onto the more advanced techniques needed to edit and enhance their digital images. He not only provides ‘must have’ information about Photoshop Elements and how to use it, but also introduces the reader to important general digital concepts that puts the package firmly in the context of current imaging technology.
The book is dotted with great illustrations and pictures and, via the video tutorial and resources download section of the associated website, readers have the opportunity to follow the step-by-step techniques using many of these same images that are featured in the text. In addition, the chapter dealing with putting ‘Theory into Practice’ shows how you can use Photoshop Elements to enhance your digital photography projects in the context of a real life application.
I believe that with Philip providing you with such a good ‘street index’ to our Photoshop Elements 7 software, you will be creating fantastic digital images in next to no time at all.
Good luck and have fun with your image making.
Jane Brady
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Design Suites,
Adobe Systems Incorporated