Dayley - Adobe Photoshop CS6 Bible

Photoshop CS6 Bible

Lisa DaNae Dayley
Brad Dayley

Photoshop CS6 Bible

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Brad
For D, A, & F!

DaNae
As always, to Brad, my hero, my biggest fan, my best friend.
Always and Forever.

About the Authors

Brad Dayley is a senior software engineer with almost 22 years of experience creating computer software. He has been working with Photoshop for 21 years, enjoying the transition of Photoshop from a simple image editor to the powerhouse it is today. He is the author of several books. He is an avid amateur photographer and spends most of his free time in the remote areas of the western United States with his wife DaNae and four sons (wherever a Jeep can get them).

DaNae Dayley has been working with Photoshop for 18 years and is still constantly amazed at the cool stuff it can do! With a degree in Advertising from Brigham Young University, DaNae has owned and operated a media creation business for 17 years, incorporating writing, graphic design, and video editing over the years. She also enjoys teaching Photoshop classes locally. She has co-authored several books with her husband Brad Dayley and is the author of Photoshop CS3 Extended Video and 3D Bible and Roxio Easy Media Creator 8 in a Snap. DaNae lives in Utah with her husband Brad and their four sons. When she is not at her computer, she can be found in the great outdoors (with a camera), preferably in a Jeep!

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Acknowledgments

Our sincere gratitude goes out to the following persons, without whom this book could not have happened:

Our wonderful boys who once again, sacrificed time with their mom and dad and took on extra chores so that we could have fun with our favorite hobby; playing with Photoshop and teaching others to love it as much as we do.

To our editors who made the book readable and technically accurate and kept us on track, you really rock. Thanks to Stephanie McComb for her positive attitude in keeping us on track and getting the project moving in the right direction. Thanks to Jade Williams whose tireless efforts to create a polished end product are much appreciated. Careful; one of these days we might actually get all the rules down and you might be out of a job! (Don't hurt yourself laughing; we all know it's not going to happen!) Thanks to Marylouise Wiack for keeping us active and cleaning up our act. We can honestly say that we loved your edits! And thanks to Dennis Cohen for using your technical expertise to watch our back and improve the quality of the book. We appreciated the fresh perspective and Mac point of view; it helped us out on many occasions. Also, thanks to the entire staff at Wiley who was very professional in helping get this project out the door.

And last, but not least, our thanks go out to the talented photographers who have so generously contributed their fantastic photos to this work: Becky Diamond for her phenomenal wedding photos; and Janece Winder of Orange Works Photography and Design, who contributed wonderful photos of all kinds.