Matt Kloskowski - The Photoshop Elements 10 Book for Digital Photographers

Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski

THE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 10 BOOK FOR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHERS

The Photoshop Elements 10 Book for Digital Photographers Team

CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Felix Nelson

TECHNICAL EDITORS
Cindy Snyder
Kim Doty

TRAFFIC DIRECTOR
Kim Gabriel

PRODUCTION MANAGER
Dave Damstra

ART DIRECTOR
Jessica Maldonado

COVER PHOTOS COURTESY OF
Scott Kelby
Matt Kloskowski

Published by
New Riders

Copyright 2012 by Scott Kelby

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This book is designed to provide information about Photoshop Elements for digital photographers. Every effort has been made to make this book as complete and as accurate as possible, but no warranty of fitness is implied.

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To my amazingly wonderful 14-year-old son Jordan, who continues to amaze me with his compassion, work ethic, integrity, brains, and heart. I could not be more proud to be your dad.

SCOTT

To my youngest son Justin, for always making me smile. I love you buddy!

MATT

In every book Ive ever written, I always thank my amazing wife Kalebra first, because I couldnt do any of this without her. In fact, I couldnt do anything without her. Shes just an incredible woman, an inspiration to me every day, and the only thing more beautiful than how she looks on the outside is whats inside. As anyone who knows me knows, I am the luckiest guy in the world to have made her my wife 22 years ago this year. Thank you, my love, for saying Yes.

I want to thank my wonderful son Jordan, and the most adorable little girl in the world, my daughter Kira, for putting a smile on my face and a song in my heart, each and every day. Thanks to my big brother Jeff for continuing to be the type of guy Ill always look up to.

A very special thanks to my good friend Matt Kloskowski. Im truly honored to have shared these pages with you, and I cant thank you enough for working so hard to once again make this the best edition of the book yet. As a company, were very lucky to have you on our team, and personally, Im even luckier to count you among my best friends.

My heartfelt thanks go to the entire team at Kelby Media Group, who every day redefine what team work and dedication are all about. In particular, I want to thank my friend and Creative Director Felix Nelson, and my in-house Editor Kim Doty and way cool Tech Editor Cindy Snyder, for testing everything, and not letting me get away with anything. To Kim Gabriel for keeping the trains running on time; and to Jessica Maldonado, the duchess of book design, for making everything look really cool.

Thanks to my best buddy Dave Moser, whose tireless dedication to creating a quality product makes every project we do better than the last. Thanks to my friend and partner Jean A. Kendra for everything she does. A special thanks to my Executive Assistant Kathy Siler for all her hard work and dedication, and for handling so many things so well that I have time to write books.

Thanks to my Publisher Nancy Aldrich-Ruenzel, my Editor D-Ted Ted Waitt, marketing madman Scott Cowlin, Sara Jane Todd, and the incredibly dedicated team at Peachpit Press. Its an honor to work with people who just want to make great books.

I want to thank all the photographers and Photoshop experts whove taught me so much over the years, including Jim DiVitale and Kevin Ames (who helped me develop the ideas for the first edition of this book), Joe McNally, Jack Davis, Deke McClelland, Ben Willmore, Julieanne Kost, Moose Peterson, Vincent Versace, Doug Gornick, Bill Fortney, Manual Obordo, Dan Margulis, Helene Glassman, Eddie Tapp, David Ziser, Peter Bauer, Joe Glyda, Russell Preston Brown, Bert Monroy, and Calvin Hollywood.

Thanks to my friends at Adobe Systems: Terry White, Cari Gushiken, John Nack, Mala Sharma, Sharon Doherty, and Mark Dahm.

Thanks to my mentors whose wisdom and whip-cracking have helped me immeasurably, including John Graden, Jack Lee, Dave Gales, Judy Farmer, and Douglas Poole.

Most importantly, I want to thank God, and His son Jesus Christ, for leading me to the woman of my dreams, for blessing us with such a wonderful son and an amazing daughter, for allowing me to make a living doing something I truly love, for always being there when I need Him, for blessing me with a wonderful, fulfilling, and happy life, and such a warm, loving family to share it with.

Of course, there are many people behind the scenes that helped make this book happen. One of my favorite parts of writing a book is that I get to thank them publicly in front of all the people who read it. So here goes:

To my wife, Diana: Youve been my best friend for 12 years, and Ive had the time of my life with you as we enjoy watching our family grow. No matter what the day brings, you always have a smile on your face when I come home. I could never thank you enough for juggling our lives, being such a great mom to our kids, and for being the best wife a guy could ever want.

To my oldest son, Ryan: Your inquisitive personality amazes me and I love sitting down with you for cuddle time at night. And even though you always grenade launcher yourself to a win, I enjoy our quality Xbox 360 time. By the way, youre grounded from playing until I get better!

To my youngest son, Justin: I have no doubt that youll be the class clown one day. No matter what I have on my mind, you always find a way to make me smile. Plus, theres nothing like hearing your eight-year-old shout, Say hello to my little friend! as an RPG missile comes flying at you in a video game.

To my family (Mom and Dad, Ed, Kerry, Kristine, and Scott): Thanks for giving me such a great start in life and always encouraging me to go for what I want.

To Scott Kelby: Having my name on a cover with yours is an honor, but becoming such good friends has truly been a privilege and the ride of my life. Ive never met anyone as eager to share their ideas and encourage success in their friends as you are. Youve become the greatest mentor and source of inspiration that Ive met. More importantly, though, youve become one heck of a good friend. Thanks man!