Go where no other Photoshop book takes you. The Art of Photoshop, CS2 Edition allows you to look over the designer's shoulder while learning advanced Photoshop CS2 techniques. 19 vivid, full-color images, available on the included CD-ROM, will inspire you to push your understanding of Photoshop CS2 and its capabilities.

    Learn the techniques that the designer used to create the images and then how to apply them to your own images using the same techniques and the new tools available with the Photoshop CS2 software. Work with author Dan Giordan on developing these 19 images by:

- Making complex selections
- Transforming layers
- Mastering curves and color correction
- Working with layer masks
- Mastering the distort filters
- And more

    The techniques you learn in the Art of Photoshop, CS2 Edition and the included images will inspire your design skills and show you how to develop your own image editing talent with Photoshop CS2.

Part One Image Handling
Part Two Image Editing
Part Three Montage
Part Four Special Effects

Author Descriptions

Daniel Giordan is an artist and designer who works as the design director for AOL Web Properties, coordinating publishing design for online properties such as Netscape, CompuServe, Mapquest, AIM, ICQ, and others.

In addition to this book, he has authored numerous books on Photoshop for Digital Photographers, Using Photoshop, and Dynamic Photoshop. He has written other books that address subjects such as Dreamweaver, Kai’s PowerTools, and general design subjects. He writes a monthly column, “Giordan on Photoshop,” for Digital Camera magazine and is a frequent contributor to Adobe Magzine.