Photoshop CS5 For Dummies

What the book covers: Photoshop basics including explanations of the menus, panels, tools, options, and shortcuts users need most; tips for fixing common problems such as red-eye, wrinkles, blemishes, and removing people or objects from photos; information on adjusting brightness, improving color, and fixing flaws; adding shadows and highlights; working in Camera Raw; decreasing digital noise in your images; creating composite images with layers and blending modes; using channels and masks; adding text and special effects; painting in Photoshop; getting creative with filters, streamlining your work in Photoshop; optimizing images for the Web; and more. Updated coverage: This new edition will have approximately 25-35% new content. Series features: Information presented in the straightforward but fun language that has defined the Dummies series for more than eighteen years.

Peter Bauer is an award-winning photographer and contributing writer for Photoshop User and Layers magazines. He is best known as the Help Desk Director for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) and has authored or coauthored a dozen books on Photoshop, Illustrator, and photography.