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2 Free Photoshop 6 eBooks

Here are 2 ebooks in pdf format covering all of the features and functions and Adobe Photoshop 6. Most of the features taught in these books are also available in more recent versions of Photoshop.


Adobe Photoshop 6 Classroom in a Book:
http://hellnet.perverz.hu/ebookz/Adobe/Adobe%20Photoshop%206%20Classroom%20in%20a%20Book.pdf

Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Classroom in a Book is part of the official training series for Adobe graphics and publishing software developed by experts at Adobe Systems. The lessons are designed to let you learn at your own pace. If you’re new to Adobe Photoshop or ImageReady, you’ll learn the fundamental concepts and features you’ll need to master these applications. And if you’ve been using Adobe Photoshop or ImageReady for a while, you’ll find that Classroom in a Book teaches many advanced features, including tips and techniques for using the latest version of these applications and for preparing images for the Web.

The lessons in this edition include new information on designing Web pages adding special effects, and creating slices and rollovers for Web graphics. In addition, existing lessons have been updated to incorporate new commands and tools.

Each lesson provides step-by-step instructions for creating a specific project, and there’s also room for exploration and experimentation. You can follow the book from start to finish or do only the lessons that correspond to your interests and needs. Each lesson concludes with a review section summarizing what you’ve covered. File size is 36.3 mb. Length of book is 441 pages.


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Photoshop 6 Bible eBook:
http://hellnet.perverz.hu/ebookz/Adobe/Photoshop%206%20Bible%20(eBook).pdf

Table of Conents:


Part I: Welcome to Photoshop
Chapter 1:What’s Up with Photoshop?
Chapter 2:Inside Photoshop
Chapter 3:Image Fundamentals

Part II: Painting and Retouching
Chapter 4:Defining Colors
Chapter 5:Painting and Editing
Chapter 6:Filling and Stroking
Chapter 7: Retouching, Repeating, and Restoring

Part III: Selections, Masks, and Filters
Chapter 8:Selections and Paths
Chapter 9:Masks and Extractions
Chapter 10:Corrective Filtering
Chapter 11:Full-Court Filtering

Part IV: Layers, Objects, and Text
Chapter 12:Working with Layers
Chapter 13:The Wonders of Blend Modes
Chapter 14:Shapes and Styles
Chapter 15:Fully Editable Text

Part V: Color for Print and the Web
Chapter 16:Essential Color Management
Chapter 17:Mapping and Adjusting Colors
Chapter 18:Printing Images
Chapter 19:Creating Graphics for the Web

Bonus Chapters:
Chapter A: Constructing Homemade Effects
Chapter B: Actions and Other Automations
Chapter C: Macintosh Shortcuts
Chapter D: Windows Shortcuts

File size is 14.7 mb. Length of book is 1047 pages.

Free 369-page Photoshop eBook: 50 Fast Photoshop 7 Techniques

This free 369-page Phtooshop ebook fives you step-by-step techniques to tweak, embellish, and transform photos. If you are serious about digital photography; either as a passionate amateur, money-earning professional photographer or artist, or anywhere in between, and you want to edit your photos digitally with Photoshop 7 this book is for you! It is for you regardless of your experience level with Photoshop 7 or other versions.

The author claims that inexperienced Photoshop users can create some outstanding results by learning how to use just a few features extremely well. This book includes many techniques that will help you to learn all about some of the more important features and how to use them extremely well to do what you want to do.

This book, with its 50 step-by-step techniques and 50 sets of before and after images, has been written to provide you with the knowledge and skills that you need to use Photoshop 7 to edit your own digital photographs. All the techniques are applicable to images created with scanners or with digital cameras. They are for those just beginning to learn more about working in the new digital darkroom. They are for those who have worked in a traditional darkroom for many years and now want to work digitally, as well as for experienced Photoshop users who want to learn more about Photoshop 7 and the digital photo techniques that can be found in this book. File size is 32.3 mb.

Free 369-page Photoshop eBook: 50 Fast Photoshop 7 Techniques:
http://hellnet.perverz.hu/ebookz/Adobe/50%20Fast%20Photoshop%207%20Techniques.pdf

57 More Photoshop Tutorials

Here are 57 more Photoshop Tutorials, from various Photoshop sites. I hope you enjoy these.

Interface Wires
Wires are all over the place these days... even in interfaces! If used correctly, they can make your interface soar. Learn how to make them here.
http://www.hateralligator.com/pages.php?id=tutorials&show_tutorial=1&sub_id=1

Remove a object from an image
How to remove a person or object from a image.
http://www.designsequence.net/data/v2/index.php?page=remove

Abstract Techno
Exellent effect which can be used in many things such as, sigs, background and abstract art.
http://www.infinitedesigns.org/tutorials/ps/index.php?tutorial=techno_02

Photoshop CS Tutorial
Photoshop CS works much like an illustration program when working with vector-based shapes. Objects can be scaled up without any degradation at all. Resampling and interpolation are non-considerations. 4:25
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/resources/total-training.html#video-clips

Coloring Photographs
This tutorial shows you how to change the color of something in your digital image. This technique can be used to get rid of red eye.
http://www.infinitedesigns.org/tutorials/ps/index.php?tutorial=photo-manipulation-coloring_01

Crystals
A great tutorial which shows one of many ways to make crystals. They can be used for backgrounds, sigs, banners, plus much more.
http://www.infinitedesigns.org/tutorials/ps/index.php?tutorial=crystals_01

Icicle Text
Want to make a picture with that winter feel? Here is a great tutorial which shows how you can add icicles to text, but can be applied to a variety of objects as well.
http://www.infinitedesigns.org/tutorials/ps/index.php?tutorial=icicle-text_01

3D Text
An easy and effective tutorial which shows you how to make great, realistic 3D text in photoshop.
http://www.infinitedesigns.org/tutorials/ps/index.php?tutorial=3D-text_01

Color Replacement in Photoshop CS
The Color Replacement tool is one of those new tools that doesn't receive a whole lot of attention in the vast array of new features introduced in Adobe Photoshop CS. (DigitalMediaNet.com)
http://www.digitalmediadesigner.com/cgi-bin/getframeletter.cgi?/2004/01_jan/tutorials/pscs-cr040129.htm

How to make a smooth wavy selection
This Photo tutorial will teach you how to make a smooth wavy selection, also it will teach you how to make any selection with rough corners smoother.
http://www.adesdesign.net/php/tutorials/photoshop/smooth_wave1.php

Grid pattern
Using the pattern described in this tutorial you can draw a straight grid in a few simple steps.
http://www.webclass.ru/eng/Tutorials/Photoshop/Another_grid.html

Pick a Layer PS 7
Take a look at techniques for navigating your way through Adobe Photoshop’s Layers palette. This movie also delves into the hidden mysteries of the Background layer.
http://www.totaltraining.com/2003/main/product/tutorials.asp?c=Tutorial&n=TFps7&t=aff

Dodge tool
This tutorial has complete description of the dodge tool which is useful for photo retouching techniques in Photoshop.
http://www.webclass.ru/eng/Tutorials/Photoshop/The_Dodge_tool.html

Blood splatter text
create a blood splatter effect for your text
http://www.chuckforthought.com/index2.php?page=tutorials/blood/index

Fading techniques
This tutorial will teach you how to create smooth fading pictures. It allows you to seamlessly mix a couple of images together. This technique is useful for web designers and digital photo editors.
http://www.webclass.ru/eng/Tutorials/Photoshop/Fading_techniques.html

Water bottle branding
a full step by step tutorial creating a spring water logo
http://www.5pieces.com/tutorials/tut2/index.htm

Free Form Interface Design
Learn some of the methods used to create free form skins such as Windows Media Player and Winamp 3/5.
http://www.skinsntemplates.com/view.php?id=70&title=FreeForm Interface

Cyber Effect
Learn how to do an impressive cyber effect. Great for backgrounds!
http://www.easytuts.com/webdude75/03.html

Exploding Earth
Make the world look like its exploding by following this wicked tutorial!
http://www.easytuts.com/webdude75/01.html

Matrix-Style Photos
Turn your photos Matrix-Style with this really simple, but good looking tutorial!
http://www.easytuts.com/webdude75/04.php

3D Spikey Ball
Learn how to make a 3d Spike Ball that can be made in less than 30 seconds!
http://www.n-sane.net/tutorials/spikeyball/index.php

Light Blast Text
Create a great looking text effect and impress all your friends!
http://www.n-sane.net/tutorials/LightBlastText/index.php

Energy Warp
Learn how to make an awsome warp effect in 9 easy steps!
http://www.n-sane.net/tutorials/energywarp/index.php

Sizzling Fire Text
Create sizzling fire and still have free time for your TV!
http://www.n-sane.net/tutorials/firetext/index.php

MSN Emoticons
Create your own versions of those sleek emoticons found in MSN
http://www.n-sane.net/tutorials/MSNemoticons/index.php

EZ Pixel Bevel
Create a Pixel bevel layer style in 30 seconds and use it on whatever you wat, whenever you want!
http://www.n-sane.net/tutorials/ezpixelbevel/index.php

Shiny Text
Decorate your text so that it looks very shiny!
http://www.n-sane.net/tutorials/shinytext/index.php

Using Grayscale
Turn your images into grayscale for a different aurora.
http://www.n-sane.net/tutorials/grayscale/index.php

Comic Text
Learn how to make versatile text that looks like text from an old comic book.
http://www.n-sane.net/tutorials/comic_text/index.php

Plastic Texture
Create Plastic in a few seconds! All levels of users can now make great plastic!
http://www.n-sane.net/tutorials/plastictext/index.php

TV Scanlines
Put those scanlines that you have always wanted into your images whenever you want.
http://www.n-sane.net/tutorials/scanline/index.php

Stone Text
Create simple stone text in a matter of seconds!
http://www.n-sane.net/tutorials/stonetext/index.php

The Tools
A graphic, simple, easy way to learn what all the tools do!
http://www.n-sane.net/tutorials/tools/index.php

"Sunlight" Web Design Tutorial
By using some Clouds, Noise, a few adjustment layers, and some ornaments, this tutorial demonstrates how to create a website with a very nice, sparkling, sepia effect.
http://www.pegaweb.com/tutorials/sunlight/sunlight-1.htm

Introduction to Photoshop
This introduction lesson covers basic things like concept of layers in Photoshop, how to work with images and text type tools, saving for web...
http://www.adesdesign.net/php/tutorials/photoshop/introduction_to_photoshop.php

Animated Button
Learn how to create animated buttons and graphics using ImageReady.
http://www.b-man.dk/tutorials/ps_animatedbutton.asp

From 3D Max to Photoshop
How to save your render and import to photoshop with an alpha channel.
http://www.b-man.dk/tutorials/misc_3dmax2ps.asp

Smooth Edges
A useful methood to smooth corners and get rid of jagged edges.
http://www.b-man.dk/tutorials/ps_smooth_edges.asp

Photo Adjustment
Change a normal photograph into something more.
http://www.b-man.dk/tutorials/ps_sicko.asp

Pixelstretching
Learn how to stretch certain parts of an image by defining a pattern.
http://www.b-man.dk/tutorials/ps_pixelstretching.asp

Smooth and highlight
A useful method to smooth and highlight your photographs.
http://www.b-man.dk/tutorials/ps_hightlights.asp

Pixel border - From PS to layout
Learn how to make a pixel border with an iframe.
http://www.b-man.dk/tutorials/ps_pixelborders.asp

45° Line Pattern
Learn how to make a 45° scan line pattern using Photoshop.
http://www.b-man.dk/tutorials/ps_45linepattern.asp

Enhancing Digital Photographs
Learn how to sharpen, smooth and color your photographs using Photoshop.
http://www.b-man.dk/tutorials/ps_enhancing.asp

Photoshop Spot Remover
There are times when you need to eliminate discoloration (blemishes, spots, stains, etc.) on your subject while maintaining detail. Here's an alternative to the Healing Brush that can be much more effective at both maintaining detail and eliminating spots.
http://www.creativemac.com/cgi-bin/getframeletter.cgi?/2003/07_jul/tutorials/psspotremover030715.htm

Gradient Masks in Adobe Photoshop
How to create a gradient mask that is fully editable and work for any layer you'd care to apply it to without any tweaking whatsoever.
http://www.creativemac.com/cgi-bin/getframeletter.cgi?/2003/07_jul/tutorials/psgradient030723.htm

Severed Hand
Great for your Hallowen Invites![/B]
http://www.escrappers.com/specialfx.htm

Perspective Correction
Modify the perspective using the Crop Tool
http://www.escrappers.com/perspective.html

Diffusion Glow
for dreamy photos
http://www.escrappers.com/difusionglow.html

3d Photos
Creative Distort
http://www.escrappers.com/distort1.html

Dreamy Photos
fairy dust treatment
http://www.escrappers.com/dreamy.html

Photoshop Curves
basic concepts to help you better understand the Curve Tool
http://www.escrappers.com/curve.html

Depth of Field
Modify the Depth of Fiels using the Extract Filter
http://www.escrappers.com/depth.html

Bright Eyes
Enhance those beautiful eyes
http://www.escrappers.com/bright.html

From Scanning to Adjusting Image
Learn how to correct your scanned photos, and adjusting image quality.
http://www.adesdesign.net/php/tutorials/photoshop/scantoadj.php

Photoshop 7 Tutorials
Easy to follow Photoshop 7 Tutorials, watch and listen to a expert guide you through photoshop right from your own computer.
http://www.computer-training-software.com/photoshop-7.htm

22 Adobe GoLive Tutorials

Here are 22 excellent training tutorials teaching you how to use Adobe GoLive. I hope you enjoy these.

22 Adobe GoLive Tutorials:

Automatically Set Page Titles in Adobe GoLive

A good page title is important for accessibility, bookmarking, and search engine compatibility but it's a detail overlooked by many web designers. To help you avoid this common mistake, GoLive 6 includes a new extension called "Set Title" that will warn you whenever you save a page without a useful title. (DigitalMediaNet.com)
http://www.creativemac.com/cgi-bin/getframeletter.cgi?/2003/08_aug/tutorials/golive_tip75_pratt.htm

Taking Control of GoLive
This tutorial shows newer and other GoLive users how to make GoLive act the way you want it to. Have you ever wished you could set the hot-key short-cuts the way you wanted instead of the way that the Adobe engineers set them? Well you can do it and it's very easy to do.
http://www.creativecow.net/articles/lindeboom_ron/golive/hotkeys/index.html

Adobe GoLive 5 Tutorial
GoLive, a WYSIWYG editor for both the PC and Mac, just might lure Josh away from his SimpleText ways. Join him as he builds a GoLively site.
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/19/index3a.html

Getting dynamic with GoLive
Build data-driven Web sites with Blue World's Lasso Studio for Adobe GoLive 5.
http://www.adobe.com/web/tips/glvlassostudio/main.html

GoLive Smart Objects and Illustrator
You can use Adobe GoLive Smart Objects to create a link from your Web page to your image file in Adobe Illustrator 9. Find out how.
http://www.adobe.com/webstudio/golive/glvillsmart/main.html

Photoshop files as tracing images
How to design a Web page layout in Photoshop and use it as a tracing image in Adobe GoLive.
http://www.adobe.com/webstudio/photoshop/glvphstrace/main.html

Use Smart Objects to Link to Photoshop files
Learn how to create a two-way connection for your image files between Photoshop and Adobe GoLive.
http://www.adobe.com/webstudio/photoshop/glvphsmart/main.html

Creating a browser switch action
Want to use all the bells and whistles of new Web browsers without losing viewers who have older versions? Build an alternate page, and use a GoLive browser automatically.
http://www.adobe.com/web/tips/glvbrwrswch/main.html

Import Photoshop layers into GoLive
Learn to import Adobe Photoshop documents into GoLive and work with different layers in different floating boxes.
http://www.adobe.com/webstudio/golive/glvimppsd/main.html

Setting up Dynamic Link
Want to add dynamic content to your Web page? Learn how to set up Adobe GoLive Dynamic Link.
http://www.adobe.com/web/tips/glvdynlink/main.html

Slice and dice with Adobe GoLive
Slice images for quick creation on the Web.
http://www.adobe.com/webstudio/golive/glvsliceimg/main.html

Hot-wire layers in QuickTime
With the right naming conventions, you can turn Photoshop layers into instant buttons in GoLive. Then wire each button to a movie track to build an interactive movie.
http://www.adobe.com/web/tips/glv5hotwire/main.html

Get Real with Adobe technologies
Learn how to embed RealMedia into your Web pages using Adobe GoLive.
http://www.adobe.com/web/tips/glvrealext/main.html

Liberate Links With Cascading Style Sheets
Follow these easy steps and learn how to remove the customary underline from your textual hyperlinks using GoLive's Cascading Style Sheets editor.
http://www.adobe.com/web/tips/glvcss/main.html

Adobe GoLive Tutorial
GoLive, a Mac-friendly WYSIWYG editor, just might lure Josh away from his SimpleText ways. Join him as he builds a GoLively site.
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/19/index3a.html?tw=authoring

Creating Reusable Components
See how simple it is to maintain consistency across your Web site with GoLive page components.
http://www.adobe.com/web/tips/glvcomp/main.html

Open Links in a Separate Browser Window
Using Adobe® GoLive™, learn how to display a hyperlinked page in a separate browser window.
http://www.adobe.com/web/tips/glvsepwin/main.html

Manage Your Colors in a Custom Palette
Streamline the process of adding color to a Web site by keeping just the colors you need in a special palette.
http://www.adobe.com/web/tips/glvcustomcolor/main.html

Table Manners
In this excerpt from Real World Adobe GoLive 4, author Jeff Carlson shows you how to eliminate unpredictable Web page display using tables in Adobe GoLive.
http://www.adobe.com/web/features/rwgolive/main.html

GoLive Training Videos
Master the art of Web design in Adobe GoLive 4.0, using the latest multimedia techniques right from your Web browser. Learn the tricks and techniques you need to build and manage great Web sites with these narrated QuickTime movies.
http://www.adobe.com/web/tips/glvvtco/main.html

Creating DHTML animations in Adobe GoLive
Learn how to use the Timeline Editor to create sophisticated Web animations in Adobe GoLive.
http://www.adobe.com/web/tips/glvdhtml/main.html

Creating Interactive Slideshows
Create a professional, interactive slideshow to display a gallery of images.
http://www.adobe.com/web/tips/glvsldsho/main.html

29 Photoshop Tutorials

Here are 29 Photoshop Tutorials from Idigitalemotion.com. Check out their tutorial home page here: http://idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/tutorials.html

Chrome:
Learn how to create a chrome text effect.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/chrome.html

Asteroid:
create a realistic asteroid.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/guest/astroeide/astro.html

Eye Tech:
learn how I created the text effect for my Nemisis image.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/eyetech.html

Metal Text:
learn how to create a a chromic/mettalic text effect.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/text2.html

Alien Orb:
create small orbs for your interface.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/alien.html

Dotted World:
create a cool looking dotted world map.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/dotworld.html

Wire:
create those cool looking wires for your interface.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/wire.html

Red FX:
create a cool text fx.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/redfx.html

Round Button:
create a high tech button for your interface.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/hightech.html

Halo:
learn how to create a halo effect for your text and images.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/halo.html

Red Text:
learn how to make a cool glossy text effect.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/redtxt.html

Background Texture:
create those trendy image background.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/bt.html

Text Effect:
learn how to create this text effect.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/text1.html

Bump Texture:
create a bump textures for your backgrounds.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/bump.html

Feather Line:
learn how to create a feathered line just like in my site's cover.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/line.html

Sepia Photo:
here's how to create the cool sepia image effect.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/sepia.html

Stains Text:
create a stained effect on your text.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/stains.html

Rust Texture:
know how to create a rust texture for your background and interfaces.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/rust.html

Texture:
create a realistic texture effect.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/texture2.html

Cracks:
create some cracks for your background and graphics.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/grunge2.html

Grunge:
create some grunge for your art check it out.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/grunge.html

Glowing Text:
create a glowing text effect.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/glow.html

Inset Button:
learn how to create an inset button.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/inset.html

Wall Texture:
here's how to create a grainy wall texture.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/walltexture.html

Metal Texture:
create metal texture for your background or interfaces.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/metal.html

Pattern:
learn how to create a pattern for the background of your site or images.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/pattern.html

Colorizing:
learn how to colorize any object or image you like.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/colorizing.html

Cord:
always wanted to create a cord for you interface or graphics? here's how.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/cord.html

Gradient Text:
here's how to create a cool gradient text effect.
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/gradient.html

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