Adobe Photoshop CS2 A-Z

Accented Edges filter Automate; Bridge Background color - Button mode;
Cache - Cutout filter; Darken blend mode - Dust&Scratches filter;
Edges - Eyedropper tool;
Facet filter - Fuzziness setting;
Gamut Warning - Guides;
Smart Halftone Pattern filter - Hue/Saturation adjustment layer;
ICC profiles - Knockout;
LAB color - LZW compression;
Magic Eraser tool - Multi-Page PDF to PSD;
Navigator -Notes;
Ocean Ripple filter - Overlay blend mode;
Page Setup - Quick Mask mode;
Radial Blur filter - Rulers;
Sample All Layers - Swatches palette;
Text - Type Masks;
Underlining type - Use All Layers;
Vanishing Point filter - Vivid Light blending mode;
Warp - Workspace; Photoshop XMP - Zoom
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Philip Andrews is Adobe Australia's official Photoshop and Elements Ambassador. He is an experienced photographer, author, magazine editor and online course creator. He was previously a lecturer at the Queensland School of Printing and Graphic Arts, Australia. He is a beta tester for Photoshop, an alpha tester for Photoshop Elements and a Photoshop specialist demonstrator for Adobe Australia. Philip is also co-founder of photo-college.com an online photography training college. He's a regular contributor to several magazines including Shutterbug, Amateur Photographer, Australian Photography and Better Photography, he is senior contributing editor for Better Digital, columnist for What Digital Camera and Co-editor of Better Photoshop Techniques magazine.

"Each section is expressed clearly with simple buy highly effective and user-friendly illustrations...These are definitely books you should have to hand while working at your computer." - Amateur Photographer

"Some books you can never get into, some seem to fit like an old glove. To me this is certainly one of the latter. As far as I can see every action you are likely to make as a photographer is covered...This book is a must have, easy to follow reference that will guide you through CS2's many tools and commands." - Royal Photographic Society Digital Imaging Group magazine

"A thorough guide to Adobe's recent Photoshop CS2 release, this book...acts as an effective reference tool thanks to its easy to follow A to Z layout." - Computer Arts

"If you ever wanted a quick reference guide to the mass of tools in Photoshop, then this is the answer...Keep it to hand as a quick and easy guide." - Which Digital Camera

Reviews of previous editions:
7.0 and previous eds:

'As the name suggests, this is a handy and easy to use reference for all things Photoshop. Designed in an index format, Bargh's informative book is well-illustrated and a valuable asset for all getting into digital imaging.'
- Better Digital

'The book provides a visual representation of various features within Photoshop accompanied by succinct, punchy text, which enables you to learn fast and efficiently. Whilst many Photoshop books are tomes difficult to read and understand, this book, with its easy and intuitive layout makes learning a breeze... Overall, this book is an invaluable reference tool that should adorn every desktop when working in Photoshop. Highly recommended.'
- John Shaw, Digital Photo and Practical Photographer.

'... this handy and simple-to-use paperback ... is a perfect adjunct to ... any other technique book dealing with Photoshop.'
- Professional Photographer

'There are stacks of guide books on Photoshop and I'd feared this would be another that is useful but