Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 Maximum Performance:

Unleash the hidden potential for professional image editing in Adobe Photoshop Elements with this project-based, real-world guide. Using step-by-step instructions and accompanying movie tutorials, Mark Galer leads you through the less well-known and most powerful post-production editing techniques Adobe? Photoshop? Elements has to offer. Cunning tricks and clever workarounds help you to create professional images without features from the full Adobe? Photoshop? package that you need but don?t want to pay for – perform tasks you didn?t think were possible in Adobe? Photoshop? Elements! Whether you?re an imaging professional or a photography enthusiast, this book will help you get the maximum performance from your software. 

Learn how to: 

* Create striking effects with no commercial lighting or studio equipment 

* Extend the dynamic range of your digital camera by merging multiple exposures 

* Optimize, enhance and montage images with stunning results The accompanying DVD provides extensive support with movie tutorials for all projects, high resolution images, multilayered files of completed projects, a stock library and a keyboard shortcut guide.

Audience
Photography and digital imaging enthusiasts using Photoshop Elements who want to push the capabilities of the programme for advanced image editing without Photoshop.

Contents
Part 1: Optimize Projects
1: Crop and Correct 2: Levels 3: Camera RAW 4: Target Tones 5: Contrast 6: Hue and Saturation 7: Sharpening 8: Printing

Part 2: Enhance Projects
1: Depth of Field 2: Shafts of Light 3: Black and White 4: Toning 5: Character Portrait 6: Glamour Portrait 7: Motion Blur 8: Low Key 9: Channels

Part 3: Montage Projects
1: Creative Montage 2: Replacing a Sky 3: High Dynamic Range 4: Creative Type 5: Displacement 6: Preserving Shadows 7: Panoramas 8: Hair Transplant Jargon Buster Keyboard Shortcuts