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Learn to design and optimize stunning Web graphics with Photoshop CS2.; Completely updated to include the latest features of Photoshop CS2.; Learn by doing - the hands-on, classroom-tested instruction from Lynda.com allows users to follow along and learn at their own pace.; A companion CD-ROM packed with excercise files, QuickTime training movies, and bonus materials sets this book apart. Adobe Photoshop CS2 for the Web Hands-On Training is one of the few books on the market focused exclusively on Web workflow and targeted at those who design Web graphics with Photoshop CS2. In this book, a step-by-step approach sets the pace for learning the concepts and features of the program. Each carefully-developed exercise is reinforced with numerous screen shots that give readers the visual cues they need to understand the process of web design as well as the particular concepts within each lesson. Readers will learn about the new features of Photoshop CS2, such as the newly integrated Animation palette and Variables feature, Smart Objects, the Adobe Bridge feature, improved PDF creation and presentation, new integration features with Illustrator and InDesign, and will also learn how to work with color, create type, optimize images, work with Macromedia Flash, create web photo galleries, and more. Those readers in particular who learn by doing will appreciate the accompanying CD-ROM that contains files for the exercises in the book and QuickTime movies to reinforce the more complex concepts. This book is for beginners to intermediate Web designers who are looking for solid instruction that goes beyond theory and reference manuals. Adobe Photoshop CS2 is expected to ship April 29, 2005. The accompanying CD-ROM includes a complete set of exercise files to accompany all the projects in the book, plus dozens of QuickTime tutorials to reinforce the more complex concepts.

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Tanya Staples is a freelance author and educator who teaches traditional and digital art. She has a bachelor's degree in fine art and art history, and is currently completing a bachelor's degree in education. For the past five years Tanya has designed, taught, and written about graphics software, most recently as the program manager for the Corel Painter product line. When she's not in front of a computer or a classroom, you can find Tanya in the kitchen cooking up a storm for friends, creating stained glass artwork, or touring the back roads of Ontario on her motorcycle.

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