The quick and easy way to learn how to use Adobe Photoshop Elements. Out day and date with the next version of Photoshop Elements. Photoshop Elements offers many of the same image-editing tools as Photoshop, at an extremely affordable price. Author Carla Rose has a loyal following, excellent rapport with readers, and the demonstrated ability to teach the most important features of a powerful product to the beginner. Photoshop Elements is a more accessible version of Adobe's flagship product, Photoshop. Elements is geared to business users, students, and home users who nonetheless want professional-looking images for their print and Web projects. Topics covered in the book include capturing and editing photos from traditional or digital cameras, correcting color, working with layers, erasing backgrounds and creating photo-illustrations, editing Web graphics, and simulating print and drawing techniques. Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop Elements in 24 Hours is an easily accessible tutorial that uses a friendly, conversational writing style to teach readers the basics--an approach that should especially appeal to Photoshop Elements users. Previously announced in 9/02 catalog. Carla Rose has authored or co-authored more than two dozen computer books, including Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop in 24 Hours, Maclopedia and Sams Teach Yourself Digital Photography in 14 Days, as well as books on desktop publishing, telecommunications, and more. She is a contributing editor for Photoshop User magazine and has written for publications ranging from the Atlantic Fisherman to Adobe Magazine to The New Yorker.