Overview
Covering the newly released version of PhotoImpact, the popular and feature-rich photo-editing application, this is a complete guide to the program's basic and more advanced uses. Users will learn to work with filters, tools, and special effects and will gain familiarity with features such as Button Designer and Frame and Shadow. Also included is information on working with words and shapes, enhancing images, graphics design for the Web, and printing and sharing files. Hundreds of screen shots and detailed examples make the instructions easy to follow and understand.Author Biography: Jason Dunn is the owner of Kensai Design & Communication, a computer graphics firm, and the author of PhotoImpact Solutions. He lives in Calgary, Alberta
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
The Barnes & Noble ReviewPhotoImpact 7 is a huge bargain in image editing, and it's been getting rave reviews. However, PhotoImpact eschews the simple step-by-step wizards of, say, Microsoft Picture-It. You'll have to invest a little time learning this software, but your investment will be repaid handsomely -- whether you're creating web sites or tweaking the images you've captured with your digital camera.
PhotoImpact 7 Power! is a friendly, easy read that'll help you harness all the power built into PhotoImpact. Jason Dunn and James Rodel start by walking you through PhotoImpact 7's interface, and helping you understand its "object-based" metaphor -- which many will find easier than the layers used by Photoshop and some other graphics software. You'll find highly accessible coverage of the program's meat-and-potatoes: text handling, paths, photo enhancements and special effects.
There's extensive coverage of PhotoImpact 7's web design tools -- the image optimizer, background designer, image map tools, button designer, rollovers, plus a full chapter on GIF Animator and a complete newcomer's overview of web graphics. You'll especially appreciate the authors' focus on getting the job done fast with PhotoImpact's Quick Commands, batch convert tools, and templates. (Bill Camarda)
Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer with nearly 20 years' experience in helping technology companies deploy and market advanced software, computing, and networking products and services. He served for nearly ten years as vice president of a New Jerseyยbased marketing company, where he supervised a wide range of graphics and web design projects. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2000 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks For Dummiesยฎ, Second Edition.