Barbara Obermeier is principal of Obermeier Design, a graphic design studio
in Ventura, California. She’s the author or co-author of over 16 publications,
including Photoshop Elements 7 For Dummies, How-to-Wow with Illustrator, and
Digital Photography Just the Steps For Dummies, 2nd Edition. Barb also teaches
Graphic Design at Brooks Institute and the University of California, Santa
Barbara.
About This Book:
This book is written for the person who has a good grasp of using a com-
puter and navigating the operating system and at least a cursory knowledge
of Photoshop. It is intended to be a comprehensive reference book that you
can read cover to cover or reach for when you’re looking for specific infor-
mation about a particular task.
Wherever I can, I sneak in a useful tip or an interesting technique to help
you put Photoshop to work for your project needs.
Sometimes, knowing how to use a tool doesn’t necessarily mean that you
know what to do with it. That’s why this book contains several Putting It
Together exercises that help you make a connection between the multiple
Photoshop tools at your disposal and the very specific task you need to
accomplish. Want to get the red out of a subject’s eyes or create a collage?
Just check out the Putting It Together sections in Books III through IX. These
sections present info in easy-to-follow numbered steps, in a hands-on style,
building on what’s presented in the chapter so that you can go to the next
level, put concepts to work, and move on to the next task.
What’s in This Book:
This book is broken into minibooks, each covering a general topic. Each
minibook contains several chapters, each covering a more specific topic
under the general one. Each chapter is then divided into sections, and some
of those sections have subsections. I’m sure you get the picture.
You can read the book from front to back, or you can dive right into the mini-
book or chapter of your choice. Either way works just fine. Anytime a concept
is mentioned that isn’t covered in depth in that chapter, you find a cross-
reference to another book and chapter where you find all the details. If you’re
looking for something specific, check out either the Table of Contents or
the Index.
The Cheat Sheet at the beginning of the book helps you remember all the
shortcuts you’ll use most often. Tear it out, tape it to your monitor, and
glance over it when you need to.
And finally, I have pictures. Lots of them. In full, living color. Many of these
pictures have callouts that point to specific steps or identify important con-
cepts, buttons, tools, or options. With a program like Photoshop, an image
often speaks louder than words.
This book contains nine minibooks. The following sections offer a quick syn-
opsis of what each book contains.
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