Steve Johnson - Adobe Photoshop CS5 on Demand

Que Publishing, 800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46240 USA

Adobe Photoshop CS5 On Demand

Copyright 2010 by Perspection, Inc.
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Publisher
Paul Boger

Associate Publisher
Greg Wiegand

Acquisitions Editor
Laura Norman

Managing Editor
Steve Johnson

Author
Steve Johnson

Technical Editor
Toni Bennett

Page Layout
Beth Teyler
James Teyler

Interior Designers
Steve Johnson
Marian Hartsough

Photographs
Toni Bennett
Tracy Teyler

Indexer
Katherine Stimson

Proofreader
Beth Teyler

Team Coordinator
Cindy Teeters

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file

ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-4447-0
ISBN-10: 0-7897-4447-3

Printed and bound in the United States of America
First Printing: April 2010
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Adobe Photoshop CS5 On Demand has been created by the professional trainers and writers at Perspection, Inc. to the standards youve come to expect from Que publishing. Together, we are pleased to present this training book.

Perspection, Inc. is a software training company committed to providing information and training to help people use software more effectively in order to communicate, make decisions, and solve problems. Perspection writes and produces software training books, and develops multimedia and Web-based training. Since 1991, we have written more than 100 computer books, with several bestsellers to our credit, and sold over 5 million books.

This book incorporates Perspections training expertise to ensure that youll receive the maximum return on your time. Youll focus on the tasks and skills that increase productivity while working at your own pace and convenience.

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The task of creating any book requires the talents of many hard-working people pulling together to meet impossible deadlines and untold stresses. Wed like to thank the outstanding team responsible for making this book possible: the writer, Steve Johnson; the technical editor, Toni Bennett; the production editors, James Teyler and Beth Teyler; proofreader, Beth Teyler; and the indexer, Katherine Stimson.

At Que publishing, wed like to thank Greg Wiegand and Laura Norman for the opportunity to undertake this project, Cindy Teeters for administrative support, and Sandra Schroeder for your production expertise and support.

Perspection

Steve Johnson has written more than 50 books on a variety of computer software, including Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe Flash CS4, Adobe Dreamweaver CS4, Adobe InDesign CS4, Adobe Illustrator CS4, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2008 for the Macintosh, and Apple Mac OS X Snow Leopard. In 1991, after working for Apple Computer and Microsoft, Steve founded Perspection, Inc., which writes and produces software training. When he is not staying up late writing, he enjoys playing golf, gardening, and spending time with his wife, Holly, and three children, JP, Brett, and Hannah. Steve and his family live in Pleasanton, California, but can also be found visiting family all over the western United States.

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Welcome to Adobe Photoshop CS5 On Demand, a visual quick reference book that shows you how to work efficiently with Photoshop. This book provides complete coverage of basic to advanced Photoshop skills.

You dont have to read this book in any particular order. Weve designed the book so that you can jump in, get the information you need, and jump out. However, the book does follow a logical progression from simple tasks to more complex ones. Each task is presented on no more than two facing pages, which lets you focus on a single task without having to turn the page. To find the information that you need, just look up the task in the table of contents or index, and turn to the page listed. Read the task introduction, follow the step-by-step instructions in the left column along with screen illustrations in the right column, and youre done.