Photo Magic with Adobe? PhotoDeluxe

by Sally Wiener Grotta, Daniel Grotta

With Adobe's easy-to-use PhotoDeluxe image-editing software, even novice computer users can manipulate photographs, clip art, and scanned art like a Photoshop pro. "Photo Magic with Adobe PhotoDeluxe" makes getting started easy and fun, with inspiring examples and clear instructions on everything from using Kodak's Photo CD technology to going digital with the new and inexpensive digital cameras. Plus, you even learn how to put your images on the Web for the whole world to see.This is the first and only book on Adobe's hot new photo-editing product for home users. Just a few short years ago, only professionals with equipment that cost $100,000 or more could create the visual excitement of digital art using photographs. Now, with PhotoDeluxe, nearly anyone with a personal computer and this innovative software can make pictoral magic. Covering both Mac and Windows platforms, this book provides solid, easy-to-understand information for getting the most out of PhotoDeluxe. It shows users how to take the program to new levels of fun while creating delightful photographic special effects and creative projects using photos acquired from scanned images, digital cameras, and Photo CD collections.

290 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1996

About the author

Let me tell you a story. It’s about the life I lead and would lead if I were someone, somewhere or somewhen else. And that’s why I’m a storyteller, because I always wonder what’s around the corner, over the next mountain, or just in front of me but hidden. I use words and my camera to explore what I want to understand and what I need to communicate. As for exploring, I’ve been on assignment as a writer and photographer for many major publications to all seven continents. I’ve interviewed and photographed hundreds of fascinating or famous (or both) people. And, I’ve been honored that my work has received numerous awards, grants and accolades. But in the end, for me it’s all about making a connection with other people. (For more traditional bios, please go to http://www.grotta.net/events.htm and http://www.amhands.com/AboutSally.)

My fiction includes "Jo Joe" and "The Winter Boy." (Both from Pixel Hall Press.) With more on the way.

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