Peachpit has just released a new book, entitled Photoshop CS4 Down & Dirty Tricks by Scott Kelby. In Photoshop CS4 Down & Dirty Tricks, readers learn the secrets behind the most closely guarded Photoshop CS4 special effects—the same ones seen on TV, in magazines, and on the Web. Using Scott Kelby’s simple, step-by-step methods, readers see exactly how it’s all done and discover how to create these effects on their own. A free sample chapter of the book is available for download, while the book itself retails for $44.99. Scott Kelby himself warns in his blog that this book is explicitly about special effects and not about topics like Camera Raw, colour corrections, sharpening or printing.

Peachpit Press Release

Peachpit Releases Scott Kelby’s Photoshop CS4 Down and Dirty Tricks

Free Sample Chapter Available at Peachpit.com

Berkeley, CA—June 1, 2009— Peachpit today announced the publication of Photoshop CS4 Down & Dirty Tricks, written by Scott Kelby, the world’s bestselling Photoshop author and editor of Photoshop User magazine. In Photoshop CS4 Down & Dirty Tricks, readers learn the secrets behind the most closely guarded Photoshop CS4 special effects—the same ones seen on TV, in magazines, and on the Web. Using Scott Kelby’s simple, step-by-step methods, readers see exactly how it’s all done and discover how to create these effects on their own.

Illustrated with hundreds of full-color images, Photoshop CS4 Down & Dirty Tricks reveals:

  * The latest photographic special effects
  * How to fake studio shots
  * The most popular effects used by movie studios
  * The most requested advertising effects
  * Commercial effects that clients go crazy over
  * The most asked-for current Web effects
  * Amazing 3D effects using Photoshop Extended
  * Creative ideas, layouts, and design techniques to help readers unleash their own creativity

A free sample chapter of the book is available on the product page, under the Sample Content tab. Photoshop CS4 Down and Dirty Tricks is now available at Peachpit.com, Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Borders, and other retailers nationwide.

To view more of Scott Kelby’s best-selling work, go to www.peachpit.com/ScottKelby. To join Scott Kelby for the second annual Worldwide Photowalk, visit worldwidephotowalk.com.

About Scott Kelby
Scott Kelby has been the top-selling computer technology book author since 2004. He is president of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, a trade organization for Adobe Photoshop users with more than 70,000 members in over 100 countries worldwide. Additionally, Scott is Editor-in-Chief of both Photoshop User and Layers magazines. Scott serves as training director for the Adobe Photoshop Seminar Tour and is the technical chair of the Photoshop World Conference & Expo. Scott is also the author of Scott Kelby’s 7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop CS3 and The Digital Photography Book, Volumes 1 and 2. For more information, visit scottkelby.com and kelbytraining.com.

About Peachpit
Berkeley-based Peachpit has been publishing the industry’s best-selling books on the latest in graphic design, desktop publishing, multimedia, Web design and development, digital video and general Macintosh computing since 1986. Its award-winning books feature step-by-step explanations, time-saving techniques, savvy insider tips, and expert advice for computer users of all sorts. It is the home of the internationally recognized Visual QuickStart Guide series, the design imprint New Riders and its highly popular Voices That Matter series, and is the publishing partner for Adobe Press, lynda.com, NAPP, Apple Certified, AIGA Design Press and others. Peachpit is part of Pearson, the international media company. Pearson’s primary operations also include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group. Learn more at www.peachpit.com and www.pearson.com.

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