Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Fundamentals with Imageready 2, W/CD

Author Gary David Bouton has designed a systematic approach to working with the software that reinforces and enhances your skills. He shows you what the creative process demands of you, and how you can meet those demands: from creating a cool Web site to integrating text from other programs; from the ins and outs of good typographic layouts to math formulas for successful output; and much, much more.

• Master the art of Photoshop selections, the most complex yet rewarding feature in Photoshop

• Get hands-on experience with Photoshop layers--layer masking, layer reordering, layer modes, and clipping groups are fully documented

• Learn in a way that integrates what you know with what you want to learn: two review chapters help you comprehend, develop a work style, and get the results you want in no time

• Create the slickest elements for a Web site: rollover buttons, image mapping, and GIF animation are fully explained, plus you learn to use Photoshop/ImageReady as the indispensable Web design tool

• Includes more than $400 in coupons for plug-ins and Photoshop-related goods

• Step-by-step tutorials on every topic, with images and other tutorial files included on the companion CD

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