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Covering the various tools and features in Photoshop Elements 9, this title offers comprehensive coverage of photomontage and image manipulation in Elements. Starting with the basics of layers, selections and transformations of photos, it helps readers creat their own movie posters, textures and caricatures. While many Photoshop Elements users are content with using the software for correcting exposure, sharpening edges and removing unwanted objects from their photographs, there's a whole world of opportunity out there for creating fun photomontages, powerful panoramas and dynamic distortions just waiting to be discovered. How to Cheat in Elements9 is the answer to anyone who has ever wanted to take their creative skills in Elements one stage further. Starting with the basics of layers, selections and transformations, readers will be creating their own movie posters, textures and caricatures in no time at all, while sections on outputting your images for web or print enable anyone to wow their friends with their creations Covering the latest tools and features in Elements 9, this book is also fully compatible with all previous versions of Elements. QuickTime movie tutorials and images for all projects in the book are included on the accompanying CD. * Fun and creative, with more than 80 full colour, step-by-step projects, supported by QuickTime movie tutorials and image files * Comprehensive coverage of photomontage and image manipulation in Elements you simply can't find anywhere else * Part of the successful Focal Press 'How to Cheat in' series, featuring Steve Caplin's best-selling How to Cheat in Photoshop titles Contents Getting Up to Speed; Selection techniques; Montage essentials: Layers; Hiding and showing; Image adjustments; Light and shade; Transformation and distortion; Materials and textures; Working with Text; People and animals; Shiny surfaces; The third dimension; Print and the internet; Glossary