Make the most of your images!

Having trouble getting your artistic idea out of your head and onto the screen? Want to start producing amazing creations in Elements, without reading pages and pages of instructions? How to Cheat in Photoshop Elements 8 is the can't-miss book with the can-do attitude and with it you'll get the hands-on experience needed to quickly craft inspired images that captivate the imagination.

Fool your friends by creating your own montages and manipulations that look like genuine photographs. Save time with invaluable shortcuts and tips to cut through unnecessary steps, helping you to work faster and smarter.

Covering the latest tools and features in Photoshop Elements 8, this book contains over eighty progressive and cutting-edge projects as well as activities relevant to previous Elements versions and now shows shortcuts for both Windows and Macintosh.

The accompanying CD contains all the necessary images and preset files to enable you to follow the tutorials to the letter, as well as movies showing the techniques in action.

There is also a forum where you can ask questions about the book; the authors and fellow readers are on hand to help out where they can. Click here to open the forum in a new window.


Reviews of the first edition

If you're regularly finding yourself scratching your head for new workarounds in Photoshop Elements, this book is the ideal solution... we recommend this book for all Elements users aiming to push boundaries. Photoshop isn't compulsory when there are books like How to Cheat out there.

photoshop creative

A common misconception is that Photoshop Elements isn't that great compared to its big sibling Photoshop. This is one more volume that makes a compelling case for Photoshop Elements.

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During your school days, did you ever sneak a peak at the teacher's edition of your textbook? It was just like yours, only it had all the answers filled in! Imagine if you took your teacher's book and took out all the boring background stuff, leaving just the questions and answers. That's exactly what How to Cheat in Elements is like: no boring background, just all the answers!

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