Paint Shop Pro 9 For Dummies

Do you take the shortest route instead of the side roads when you’re trying to get somewhere? Do you choose the streamlined model instead of one loaded with gizmos and gadgets? Do you value ease over extras? WordPerfect 12 is practical software designed to help you create great-looking, readable documents. Whether you’re a recent convert from longhand (welcome to the modern world) or a word processing pro, WordPerfect12 For Dummies covers what you need to know, including:
The basics, like using menus and toolbars, saving, editing, and printing files, getting help, and more
Editing and formatting text, adding page numbers, charts, cool fonts, borders, backgrounds, and more
Using templates to make your life easier
Creating envelopes and labels and doing multiple mailings
Using the compatibility toolbars, Workspace Manager, Office Ready template browser, and wireless office capabilities
Creating and integrating columns, tables and graphics
Creating Web pages, Adobe Acrobat Documents, XML files, and even Microsoft Office documents
Publishing your document as a Web Page
WordPerfect12 For Dummies was written by Margaret Levine Young, David C. Kay, and Richard Wagner, all computer gurus who have written or contributed to other For Dummies books and numerous computer books. After it shows you how to do what you need to do, it inspires you to do things you probably didn’t know you could do, such as:

Changing Workspaces to the WordPerfect Legal mode if you need to create legal documents
Choosing from 26 different tool bars to fit the way you work and what you’re working on
Using WordPerfect Office Ready for 40 additional templates
Printing bar codes
Using Microsoft Outlook contact information in Word Perfect

First you’ll get comfortable with WordPerfect 12, and then you’ll get confident and want to explore more. Whether you are a beginner, need a quick refresher, or want to take advantage of the advanced functions, with its complete index, WordPerfect12 For Dummies will be the reference you rely on.

Do you take the shortest route instead of the side roads when you’re trying to get somewhere? Do you choose the streamlined model instead of one loaded with gizmos and gadgets? Do you value ease over extras? WordPerfect 12 is practical software designed to help you create great-looking, readable documents. Whether you’re a recent convert from longhand (welcome to the modern world) or a word processing pro, WordPerfect12 For Dummies covers what you need to know, including:

The basics, like using menus and toolbars, saving, editing, and printing files, getting help, and more
Editing and formatting text, adding page numbers, charts, cool fonts, borders, backgrounds, and more
Using templates to make your life easier
Creating envelopes and labels and doing multiple mailings
Using the compatibility toolbars, Workspace Manager, Office Ready template browser, and wireless office capabilities
Creating and integrating columns, tables and graphics
Creating Web pages, Adobe Acrobat Documents, XML files, and even Microsoft Office documents
Publishing your document as a Web Page

WordPerfect12 For Dummies was written by Margaret Levine Young, David C. Kay, and Richard Wagner, all computer gurus who have written or contributed to other For Dummies books and numerous computer books. After it shows you how to do what you need to do, it inspires you to do things you probably didn’t know you could do, such as:

Changing Workspaces to the WordPerfect Legal mode if you need to create legal documents
Choosing from 26 different tool bars to fit the way you work and what you’re working on
Using WordPerfect Office Ready for 40 additional templates
Printing bar codes
Using Microsoft Outlook contact information in Word Perfect

First you’ll get comfortable with WordPerfect 12, and then you’ll get confident and want to explore more. Whether you are a beginner, need a quick refresher, or want to take advantage of the advanced functions, with its complete index, WordPerfect12 For Dummies will be the reference you rely on.

It’s easy to get started in digital photography and take great photos with Digital Photography All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies! This fourth edition helps you choose the right camera, compose and capture great photos, load them onto your computer, enhance them with Photoshop, and share them online or as prints. Here’s how to compare digital camera features, choose accessories, and explore digital SLRs; get great close-ups, sports and action shots, and portraits; and use image editors including Paint Shop Pro, Corel PhotoPaint, PhotoImpact, and Adobe’s popular Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.

You’ll also discover how to:

Compose pictures that communicate
Make the most of macro photography
Get great candid photos
Create the right lighting and use cool lighting gadgets
Take advantage of six cool improvements in digital SLRs

Follow great ideas for getting your photos published
Take great shots in a wide range of situations
Learn to repair and restore treasured heirloom photos
Turn your images into greeting cards, T-shirts, online albums, or prints

You’ll quickly find what you need in one of the seven minibooks:

Your Digital Studio
Using Digital SLRs
Taking Great Pictures
Basics of Image Editing
Editing with Photoshop/Photoshop Elements
Restoring Old Photos
Printing and Sharing Digital Images

Digital Photography All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, 4th Edition gets you up to speed on digital cameras and all the tricks, so you can truly enjoy your digital photography experience.

If you’re a photography hobbyist, would you like to brighten up that gloomy island vacation photo? Slim down without going on a diet? See whether white or green shutters look best on the house? Expunge the ex-boyfriend from family photos?
If you’re a pro or semi-pro photographer, would you like to make it snow in that ski resort photo? Replace the old logo in the glamour shot of the corporate headquarters with the new one? Grow hair in the CEO’s glaring bald spot? Freshen up the lettuce in that food shot?

You’ve come to the right place. With Photoshop CS2, you have the tools. With Photoshop CS2 For Dummies, you’ll have the know-how. In full color, with all kinds of examples, screen shots, step-by-step explanations, tips, and techniques, this guide takes you from the fundamentals to special power-user tricks! Cross-platform Mac-PC coverage includes:

The basics of getting around in Photoshop, getting images into and out of Photoshop, choosing the right file formats, and setting your preferences
Working with Adobe Bridge to organize and manage your images
Working with tonality, including making easy Auto Repairs, making adjustments with Levels and Curves (and the eyedroppers), and using Shadow/Highlight and the toning tools, Burn and Dodge
Making color look natural using the color adjustment commands
Taking advantage of the RAW format for maximum flexibility, including using the Adjust, Detail, Lens, Curve, and Calibrate tabs and the Camera Raw buttons
Fine-tuning your fixes, including making your selections with tools (four marquee tools, three lasso tools, and the Magic Wand tool)
Masking for both layer visibility and for protecting parts of your images
The most common problems in digital photos—red-eye, wrinkles, unwanted objects and people, and noise—and what to do about them
With Photoshop CS2, you can go beyond enhancing your images to create “art.” You have a very powerful painting engine, an extremely complex Brushes palette, and all kinds of painting tools. Photoshop CS2 For Dummies walks you though:

Compositing (combining images into a piece of artwork) and working with layers, including choosing from the almost two dozen blending modes
Selecting with Extract which is great for making tough selections, such as flyaway hair and various types of fringe
Using Vanishing Point to “map” a pattern to angled surfaces
Creating panoramas with Photomerge
Creating precision edges with vector paths, including using shape layers and the Custom Shape tool, choosing from more than 300 ready-to-use shapes with the Custom Shape Picker, and using the Pen tool to create paths
Where to find dozens, or even hundreds, of custom shapes already on your computer – absolutely free
Dressing up images with layer styles, including using the Styles palette and creating custom layer styles
Adding text messages and tweaking your text
Using the extensive painting tools and the Brushes palette
Using filters, including sharpening to focus the eye using blur filters or the Unsharp Mask and the new Smart Sharpen filter that give incredible control
Getting fun effects with the Liquify filter
In a special Power Photoshop section, you’ll learn about streamlining your work, including creating a PDF for both onscreen presentation and for printing. You’ll discover how to spiff up your online images by working with Image Ready to slice, optimize, and otherwise juice up your images for the Web and how to create fancy rollover buttons and fun animations,

From basic cropping to complex techniques that can turn good photos into great ones, Photoshop CS2 For Dummies is your guide to exploring all the possibilities that await you in Photoshop CS2.

Adobe software has always been highly respected for creative design and development. Its programs allow you to produce amazing designs and creations with ease, and with the release of the Adobe Creative Suite 2, you can design a wide range of productions ranging from illustrations and Web sites to professional documents and photographic manipulations.
Adobe Creative Suite 2 All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies is your one-stop guide to creating great graphics with all the cool CS2 tools. Written in a thorough, fun way to show you the basics on how to use each of the programs, you’ll find out just how easy it is to start designing brilliant images and graphics. This guide gives you the tools you need to:

Draw with InDesign
Understand page layout and color
Create colorful images with Illustrator C2
Use the pen tool, type, and image placing
Choose the correct Photoshop mode for your creation
Create images on PhotoShop CS2 for print
Paint and retouch images
Create and secure PDF files with Acrobat 7.0
Edit and extract text and graphics
Build and publish a Web site with GoLive CS2
Work with multimedia

Packed with easy-to-follow steps and guidance, you’ll be up to speed with all the features in no time. With these six great reference guides rolled into one, this is the ultimate book for becoming a CS2 pro!