Barbara Obermeier - Photoshop Elements 10 for Dummies

Photoshop Elements 10 For Dummies

by Barbara Obermeier and Ted Padova

Photoshop Elements 10 For Dummies

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About the Authors

Barbara Obermeier is the principal of Obermeier Design, a graphic design studio in Ventura, California. She is the author of Photoshop CS5 All-in-One For Dummies and has contributed as author or coauthor on over two dozen books on Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Illustrator, PowerPoint, and digital photography. She is currently a faculty member in the School of Design at Brooks Institute.

Ted Padova is the former chief executive officer and managing partner of The Image Source Digital Imaging and Photo Finishing Centers of Ventura and Thousand Oaks, California. He has been involved in digital imaging since founding a service bureau in 1990. He retired from his company in 2005 and now spends his time writing and speaking on Acrobat, PDF forms, LiveCycle Designer forms, and Adobe Design Premium Suite applications.

Ted has written more than 45 computer books and is the worlds leading author on Adobe Acrobat. He has written books on Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Reader, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Adobe Illustrator. Recent books published by John Wiley & Sons include Adobe Acrobat PDF Bible (versions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and X), Acrobat and LiveCycle Designer Forms Bible, Adobe Creative Suite Bible (versions CS, CS2, CS3, CS4, and CS5), Color Correction for Digital Photographers Only, Color Management for Digital Photographers For Dummies, Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 For Dummies: Just the Steps, Creating Adobe Acrobat PDF Forms, Teach Yourself Visually Acrobat 5, and Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Complete Course. He also coauthored Adobe Illustrator Master Class Illustrator Illuminated and wrote Adobe Reader Revealed for Peachpit/Adobe Press.

Authors Acknowledgments

We would like to thank our excellent project editor, Jean Nelson, who kept us and this book on track; Bob Woerner, our great executive editor; Andy Cummings, Dummies royalty; Dennis Cohen, technical editing wizard, who made what we wrote sound better; and all the dedicated production staff at Wiley. And a big thank you to Leah Valle of 13thwitch.com for many photo contributions.

Barbara Obermeier: A special thanks to Ted Padova, my coauthor, and friend, who always reminds me there is still a 1 in 53 million chance that we can win the lottery.

Ted Padova: As always, Id like to thank Barbara Obermeier for her continued collaborations and lasting friendship. Also, a special thanks to Malou Pelletier, Grace Curtis, and Irene Windley for all their special modeling assistance.

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