Photoshop Elements is a more accessible version of Adobe's flagship product, Photoshop. Elements is geared to business users, students, and home users who nonetheless want professional-looking images for their print and Web projects. Topics covered in the book include capturing and editing photos from traditional or digital cameras, correcting color, working with layers, erasing backgrounds and creating photo-illustrations, editing Web graphics, and simulating print and drawing techniques. Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop Elements in 24 Hours is an easily accessible tutorial that uses a friendly, conversational writing style to teach readers the basics--an approach that should especially appeal to Photoshop Elements users.

About the Author

Carla Rose started her photography career at the age of 8 with a Brownie Hawkeye. A graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, she worked as a TV news photographer and film editor, as well as an advertising copywriter and graphic artist, before discovering the Macintosh. She has written all or part of more than two dozen computer books, including Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop 7 in 24 Hours; Maclopedia; Adobe InDesign for the Mac; Sams Teach Yourself Digital Photography in 14 Days; Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop 4 in 14 Days; The Whole Mac; Managing the Windows NT Server; PageMaker 6.5 Complete; Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop 4 in 24 Hours; Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop 5 in 24 Hours; Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop 5.5 in 24 Hours; Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop 6 in 24 Hours; Mac Online; The First Book of Macintosh; The First Book of PageMaker 4 for Macintosh; It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Mac; Turbocharge Your Mac; and Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Mac. She is a contributing editor for Photoshop User Magazine and has also written for publications ranging from the Atlantic Fisherman to Adobe Magazine to the New Yorker. She lives near Boston, Massachusetts, with her husband, audio guru Jay Rose, and three large, friendly cats. She welcomes email addressed to author@graphicalcat.com but regrets that she cannot reply to every message.

Jennifer Fulton, iVillage's former "Computer Coach," is an experienced computer consultant and trainer with over 20 years in the business. Jennifer is also the best-selling author of more than 100 computer books written for both the education and retail markets, including Sams Teach Yourself PaintShop Pro 8 in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself Windows ME in 10 Minutes, How to Use Microsoft Publisher 2000, How to Use Microsoft Office XP, Easy Outlook 2000, Sams Teach Yourself Excel 2000 in Ten Minutes, Office 2000 Cheat Sheet, and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Upgrading and Repairing Your PC.

Jennifer lives in the Midwest with her husband, Scott, who is also a computer book author, and her daughter, Katerina, an author-to-be. They live together in a small home filled with many books, some of which they have not actually written themselves.