Scott Kelby - The Photoshop Elements 12 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)

Scott Kelby & Matt Kloskowski

THE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 12 BOOK FOR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHERS

Published by
New Riders

2014 by Scott Kelby

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The Photoshop Elements 12 Book for Digital Photographers Team

CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Felix Nelson

TECHNICAL EDITORS
Kim Doty
Cindy Snyder

PRODUCTION MANAGER
Dave Damstra

ART DIRECTOR
Jessica Maldonado

COVER PHOTOS BY
Scott Kelby
Matt Kloskowski

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Warning and Disclaimer

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 Julie Stephenson, whose hard work,
dedication, absolute commitment to quality,
and warm smile are an inspiration to us all each day.
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 24 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.

I owe a special gratitude 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 teamwork and dedication are all about. In particular, I want to thank my friend and Creative Director Felix Nelson, and my incredibly awesome in-house Editor Kim Doty and way cool Tech Editor Cindy Snyder, for testing everything, and not letting me get away with anything. 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 Susan Hageanon 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 Ted Teditor Waitt, marketing madman Scott Cowlin, Sara Jane Todd, and the incredibly dedicated team at Peachpit Press who pitched in with the production on this edition of the book. 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, Calvin Hollywood, and Bert Monroy.

Thanks to my friends at Adobe Systems: Sharon Doherty, Mark Dahm, Bryan ONeil Hughes, John Nack, Mala Sharma, Terry White, Julieanne Kost, Tom Hogarty, Scott Morris, Russell Preston Brown, and the amazing engineering team at Adobe (I dont know how you all do it). Gone but not forgotten: Cari Gushiken, Barbara Rice, Jill Nakashima, Rye Livingston, Addy Roff, Jennifer Stern, Deb Whitman, Kevin Connor, John Loiacono, Karen Gauthier, Winston Hendrickson, Jim Heiser, and Kathy Waite.

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 14 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 nine-year-old shout, Say hello to my little friend! as an RPG comes flying at you in a video game.