Mike Wooldridge - Teach Yourself VISUALLY Photoshop CC

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For technical support please visit www.wiley.com/techsupport. Sales | Contact Wiley at (877) 762-2974 or fax (317) 572-4002. Credits Sr. Acquisitions Editor Stephanie McComb Sr. Project Editor Sarah Hellert Technical Editor Dennis Cohen Copy Editor Scott Tullis Editorial Director Robyn Siesky Business Manager Amy Knies Sr. Marketing Manager Sandy Smith Vice President and Executive Group Publisher Richard Swadley Vice President and Executive Publisher Barry Pruett Project Coordinator Patrick Redmond Graphics and Production Specialists Jennifer Goldsmith, Joyce Haughey, Andrea Hornberger Quality Control Technician Melissa Cossell Proofreader Cynthia Fields Indexer BIM Indexing & Proofreading Services Vertical Websites Associate Producer Rich Graves About the Authors Mike Wooldridge is a writer and web developer based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

He has authored more than 30 books for the Visual series. For more information about him and his books, visit www.wooldridge.net. Brianna Stuart is a writer, editor, and busy mom based in the Seattle area. She is also the author of Teach Yourself VISUALLY Photoshop CS6 , Teach Yourself VISUALLY Photoshop Elements 11 , and Creating Web Pages Simplified , 2nd Edition. Authors Acknowledgments Mike and Brianna thank Sarah Hellert, Scott Tullis, Dennis Cohen, Carol Kessel, and everyone else at Wiley for their help with this book. Mike dedicates this book to his wife, who provided many of the photos in the examples, and his son, who continues to impress with his technological talents.

Brianna dedicates this book to her husband, who doesnt mind too much when his camera gear gets borrowed, and to her three-year-old twins, whose energy she really needs to figure out how to bottle. How to Use This Book Who This Book Is For This book is for the reader who has never used this particular technology or software application. It is also for readers who want to expand their knowledge. The Conventions in This Book Steps This book uses a step-by-step format to guide you easily through each task. Numbered steps are actions you must do; bulleted steps clarify a point, step, or optional feature; and indented steps give you the result. Icons and Buttons Icons and buttons show you exactly what you need to click to perform a step. Tips Tips offer additional information, including warnings and shortcuts. Bold Bold type shows command names or options that you must click or text or numbers you must type. Italics Italic type introduces and defines a new term.