• Published in conjunction with the next version of Paint Shop Pro software, this easy-to-use reference shows how to edit photos and create high-quality, professional-looking graphics
• Covers how to capture images from a variety of different media-paper, camera, and screen
• More advanced topics include retouching, adjusting colors, creating artistic effects, adding layers of text and shapes, masking layers, and creating Web images
• A sixteen-page color insert features before-and-after image edits and graphics highlighting the visual effects that people can achieve

From the Back Cover

Retouch, reshape, and re-create your graphics for amazing images

Create great graphics and Web-friendly images, or fix photos that need help

Want your photos and graphics to be picture-perfect? This book is your buddy. It will help you capture and scan images, create a virtual painting, repair damaged, dark, or blurry photos, add Aunt Louise to the picture and get the red out of Uncle Joe's eyes, and produce great prints or post your masterpieces online.

Discover how to:

• Capture pictures from paper, camera, or screen
• Size and crop photos
• Boost photo color, retouch, and fix lighting flaws
• Add shapes and text to your graphics
• Turn photographs into fine art

About the Author

David Kay is a writer, an engineer, an artist, and a naturalist who has written or cowritten more than a dozen computer books. William "The Ferrett" Steinmetz is a freelance Webmaster and editor.