Sencillo de leer, muy ameno, me dió la idea clara de como tratar la fotografía de un modo sencillo. Ahora una vez controlados los conceptos, de color, luz, dimensiones....... estoy explorando el mundo de las utilidades que tiene el Elemets 6 como la creación de PDF, tarjetas, ...Ya me estoy atreviendo a trabajar con capas en el photoshop.

el libro me ha proporcinado muchos conocimientos y en un lenguaje bastate sencillo para los profanos que intentamos meter una patita en este mundo. Saludos

Marta

I have taken this book out of the library more than once. Each time I am on a waiting list so I decided to purchase the book and have it in my permanent library. It is a great book for my needs. It has taught me a lot.

Excellent! Well written, easy to understand and follow through on learning to apply the information.

A great "how to" book. Just need to make more minutes in a day to use it more.

CAUTION - Amazon sent me 2 books I didn't order. They made me pay the postage to send back the 2 extra books. I could find any way to notify them. There is no place to mark on the complaint form that they made the mistake. They have set up the form so that it's impossible for a person to get their money back. Amazon debits your credit card. You have no way to fight those charges. There is no way I can get this money back. It was their mistake and they make me pay. NEVER again will I order from Amazon.

I had the previous "Photoshop Elements "5" by Scot Kelby. I was good for the first 5 chapters and then I changed from "PC" to the "Mac" platform. I purchased Elements 6 for the Mac. The first thing I want to tell you is my review is NOT complete. I have not finished this new book either. The book is billed as being for both the MAC and the PC. BUT you must read the first chapter for the MAC from Mr. Kelby's web site. That was a pain, so I printed it out (about 60 pages)and had it spiral bound at my local "big box" stationary store. The cost was under $4.00.
Now the good part, Mr. Kelby lets you down load a picture to work on from the web site and takes you by the hand step by step to complete the task! I love this approach.
I am looking forward to finishing this book and perhaps Amazon will allow me to up date this review. Based on my limited experience with Kelby's first and second book purchased, I am very please and would highly recommend this book.

This is an excellent book, well organized and very understandable. Much better than Photoshop Elements 6 "The Missing Manual".

As an aspiring photographer and beginning Photoshop user I needed some direction to make sense of all of Photoshop's possibilities. This book is it!
I have been very pleased with the directions, which are written clearly and take you step by step through each process. There are sample photos along the way illustrating the results of each step as well as close-ups of the menus and buttons to use.
I am a Mac user, and I have had no problem following the directions. The key shortcuts are given for PC, but then are included in parentheses for Mac.
My favorite actions that I have learned from this book include:
-getting better conversions to black and white
-adding vignettes
-sharpening and blurring
-correcting light and shadows
-switching heads in group shots (so everyone is smiling!)
-healing and cloning
And this is only a fraction of what is taught in the book! A must have!

It's a good book. It helped me figure out how to manipulate my photos, and I even did my daughters senior pictures. She has bad acne, so it was a chore, but with the help of this book, you couldn't even tell

A friend of mine, who is a professional photographer, recommended this book to me. I have other manuals and have gotten some useful information out of them, but nothing compares to this book. My friend said the tips were useful and easy to find. He also said the instructions were easy to follow. He recommended any Scott Kelby book for this reason. Wow, was he right. I have spent hours and hours with the other manuals and gotten some useful information, but not a great deal. This book, on the other hand, was great from the start. Without a doubt, the best 3rd party manual I have ever read. I would highly recommend this book to everyone and would suggest that if you are buying a first manual, this be the one.

I thought this book was terrific! It gave all the step by step info for editing photographs. It does not go over the basic stuff about elements, so I think you have to have some of the basic background info already established, but if you just want a quick reference guide for editing this is FANTASTIC!

This is an excellent book. Clearly written, with step by step instructions and color illustrations to take you from downloading your picture from your camera to printing a corrected and enhanced photograph. I am very impressed with this book. My hats off to Scott Kelley and Matt Kloskowski

This is the best hands on book for photoshop 6.0. I had taken a class at a local university continuing ed course and it did not help me as much as this book did. I lent my copy to a friend and she lost it, I loved this book so much I purchased another copy from amazon. Very easy to use. You just look up a subject and it walks you straight through it.

This is a tough program to learn on your own and unless you use it daily, you forget how you did what you did. Sounds crazy but it is true. The book has been such a grand teacher for me and it takes you through each step. that is the easiest and best part for a novice. Suz

I am a total newbie to photoshop elements and this book walked me through 2 big projects without a hitch. Step by step instructions helped me accomplish the tasks easily. I will be using this book over and over for reference, but I will also be using other PE books as well, as this book doesn't cover everything. I am glad I made this purchase. As always, Amazon shipped promptly!

This book should be sold at the 1.00 dollar store. The instructions are very poorly written. To tell you to press one key, the author writes a complete page of nonsense (trying to be funny). I have not been able to use it. It is frustating when instructions are not clear or to the point. The illustrations are OK. I do not recommend this book. The software is not user friendly so it makes it more difficult.

I tried about every PSE book out there and this authers books are the best. Their up dates are not just copies of previous versions. I get each a new version after each new Elements and give the older copies to our photographer sons.

Book gives instruction on how to use Photoshop Elements to edit and enhance your digital photos, but assumes an existing familiarity with Photoshop so would not be a good choice as a manual for the new user. The Missing Manual or the Photoshop Elements for Dummies books would be more helpful to the new user. Kelby's book gives step by step directions for each technique he presents. However, the steps are hard to read, written in 2-inch blocks, san serif typeface, small font with humor woven into the directions. While humor has its place, it is annoying when one is trying to read small print instructions and illustrations while recreating them on one's own computer. Some people in our class outline the essential information on separate sheets of paper. While the content may be tops, the readability is low. If you want an easy to read set of directions, this isn't it.

This book does a solid job of providing examples and explaining the product feature/function. Worth my money.

Fabulous tutorial!!! This is exactly what I have been looking for the last 8 months!!!!!!!

This is a great reference book that contains high quality photos and easy-to-follow instructions for organizing, editing and printing, with a heavy emphasis on editing. I highly recommend it for those who are not thoroughly proficient in Photoshop Elements. For the next edition, I'd like to see a chapter on the "fundamentals" of Photoshop, that explains when to use the various menu picks, which I find overwhelming as a casual user. This book is excellent at giving specific instructions, but it generally doesn't give the underlying philosophy as to why those instructions are given, so I'm forever having to go back to the book, rather than learning how to use the software more productively.

While I enjoy Scott Kelby and appreciate his vast knowledge. This latest book is not quite as Mac friendly as I'd like. I understand money, space and time constraints when it comes to publishing, however it's a real drag to get some of the information for the Mac, NOT listed in the book, from his web site. I appreciate that he has written the info at all,but it is difficult to read an on line chapter while you are on your computer actually PROCESSING your photos or trying to follow along in the non published chapters.

Just so you MAC users will know, BEFORE YOU BUY, not all information for MACs are published in this book. The missing chapters and information are on Scott's web site, so you'll either have to read them before hand, memorize 50 pages, or make notes/print out pages then start processing. If you have more than one computer I'd have the lap top for the missing chapters and use your Desktop unit for processing if it has the larger monitor.

It's great information and I really like the way Scott writes. I always have, but I'm only giving him 4 stars for the awkwardness of having to go to the website. It may not be a big deal for some, but I like to have the book next to my computer while I'm using my processing software.

I own an Imac. I've found this book, especially instructions related to printing, close to useless. Why is this so? Because the book is essentially designed for PC users, and details that a Mac user would need are offered as an afterthought. Which is to say they're cursory, poorly organized and often unclear. Photoshop Elements is complicated enough to learn without its capabilities being further muddied by someone who cannot think clearly or is basically uninterested in Macs. Many people, myself included, love using a Mac because we prefer not to spend hours tinkering with a computer (though I did that for years with a PC). This manual defeats the ultimate intent of owning a Mac. Someone needs to write a Photoshop Elements manual exclusively for Mac users. I regret having bought this one.

I bought 2 other books about learning PSE6 and I wish I had bought this one first and I wouldn't have needed the other books.

Kelby always produces a thorough and entertaining look at Photoshop Elements. This is the 3rd of his books I have tried. Each one has had wonderful shortcuts and settings information that make using the Adobe program much easier. You don't have to work through the whole book to learn just what you need to fix a problem either!

this book wasn't helpful for me, i returned it the first day.
it's a good book for getting your photo chops together.
for learning photoshop element moves, i wouldn't recommend this one unless you already have an understanding of photoshop.

This is an excellent book with lots of color photos to guide you through the tasks. Instructions are done in steps which makes it easy to follow.

A good step by step book where you learn by working through examples. Kelby and Kloskowsi are users and trainers of the software, so their instructions are very clear. Sadly, some of the cool features which are included in the Windows version are used in the book but these features are not included in my MAC version of Photoshop Elements 6. The authors point that out in their book that not all of their instructions are applicable to the MAC version.
I suppose that it is possible that I just couldn't figure out how to use some features. E.g., the very cool face tagging feature either doesn't work on my brand new MACbook Pro, or I just can't figure out how to use it!

This is a great book for beginning Photoshop Elements users. Very clear and easy to use.

This is an all inclusive description of the functions of Adobe Photoshop Elements 6. In fact it is a bit too detailed.

The book could have used a summary sheet lising the various steps needed to perform an operation rather than doing a description in paragraph form.

It is also needed to differentiate why one operation is better than another along with doing quick fixes instead of the longer and more detailed ones.

In essence the book is quite good but needed a quick view chapter of the basics.

Excellent Book
A great hands on help for using photoshop elements. Found it was better than the "help" tab. I found the layout and the examples clear and easy to follow. This book was recommended by our instructor at a photoshop workshop class. After reading and starting to use it, I can see why. There is so much in this book. All the tips and tricks. Years of use packed into one book. A must have for anyone using photoshop.

This is a thick book that can be used as a reference guide when processing pictures in Elements 6 software. The chapters are short and to the point for each subject. There are many problems listed with step by step help in solving them. When doing picture processing one doesn't want to spend processing time with lengthy reading of instructions, and this book is short and sweet for each solution needed.

What I like about Scott Kelby's books is that he gives you the information you need, in concise language, with a dash of humor. Photoshop Elements can be overwhelming to the beginner. With this book, you will have the ability to do what you want to your photos. Each step is explained in detail, with example photographs. I absolutely recommend this book for anyone using Photoshop Elements 6.

I was very upset when I bought Elements 6 and there were only online directions. I didn't like having to flip back and forth to the online screen. I am the type that needs to look at instructions in a book in front of me while I am trying to figure out how to do something. This book is just what I needed. It has easy to follow step by step instructions with pictures. Because of the before and after pictures of the photos, I was able to flip thru and see photos that had effects that I might want to use. I have another of Scot Kelby's books also. I have had lots of fun learning new tecniques. I highly recommend this book and also his other books on digital photography.

The things you can do with Photoshop Elements are amazing, but it takes a while to learn. You can fine-tune good pictures, save badly exposed pictures, restore old pictures, create works of art with your pictures, or create works of art from scratch. The best way to learn Elements is by doing projects of practical examples. Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski give you those projects in their book with project photographs available for downloading. One word of warning - Adobe has been bringing out a new version of Elements every year. Version 7 has just been announced. Although there are many similarities among versions, it is best to have the book that fits your version. I'm sure that a book for Version 7 will be forthcoming.

First the bottom line: I've had this book a few weeks now and I like it a lot. It has proved to be exactly the book I needed and it's small flaws don't keep me from both enjoying it and finding enormously useful. Well worth the money.

Who is the book for?
This is NOT a book for someone who is brand new to photo editing, nor would I recommend it for someone who is new to PSE. In fact, the author makes it quite clear that he's not going to tell you, for example, what the erasure tool does, he's going to tell you how to use it to get something accomplished. Also, if you're looking for a reference book on PSE I'd look elsewhere, the book's organization doesn't lend itself to that, though the index is good and the table of contents excellent for finding things.

So who is it for? Me. Okay, what I mean is this: I'm familiar with PSE but no expert, I know the general concepts, I can find most of the tools most of the time. What I need help with is putting those tools to use to get a job done. If that's you, quit reading and buy the book!

Pro: the good news

Basically, this is a project-oriented book. The authors lead you through how to do nearly everything that I can imagine (and a bunch I hadn't) with a digital image. Yes, they'll take you through the pretty basic stuff like cropping BUT they add in why to crop and some fundamental composition rules that will not just help you crop the image but make the image better. That's the goal--make your images better, more interesting and more satisfying to you and the audience. There's a good discussion of selection techniques--the sometimes tricky process of picking the parts of an image that need work. And there are chapters with fairly advanced (for me anyway) stuff relating to special effects, color management, and preparing your shots for a show. All along the way, there are step-by-step "recipes" for you to follow and many clever, time saving tips and tricks.

In short, the book is readable, thorough and it will help make your images better.

Con: the not-so-good news.

Others have commented about the often lame attempts at humor. Personally, I found it easy to ignore it but I agree that it's both lame and quickly annoying. Not bad enough to keep me from recommending the book tho'. I also agree with another reviewer's comments about the difficulty in reading the screen shot clips--but the dark background from PSE 6 is preserved and it makes seeing the too tiny text difficult. Mostly tho' I didn't need to read the text there to understand the point being made.

Pretty much, that's it for the bad news in my view. Enough to keep it from 5 stars but not enough to keep me from highly recommending the book. If your the target audience--Get It and enjoy!

Would recommend this book to anyone who seriously wants to understand the full power of Photoshop Elements

Beautifully illustrating their instructions with step-by-step examples to demonstrate the techniques they teach, Kelby and Kloskowski cover everything about handling photos from basic red-eye reduction to calibrating your monitor. Both PC and Mac are covered by this volume. One warning: because this is an update of a previous book on PSE, there are a few things that are out-of-date in it that weren't caught in editing, such as a recommendation for a plug-in that isn't compatible with version 6, so keep that in mind when using it.

This is an excellent manual to accompany Elements 6 software. This book was recommended by our photo club members unamimously.

I bought the digital photographers book 2 and liked it so much I then bought the book 1 and then the elements 6 book.All books are written and explained well and very practical.Have learnt heaps having been away from photography (Film days) and just snapshooting for quite a long time.Recently bought a Canon 400d and learning digital from scratch. These books are excellent.

I received the book in the stated time of delivery. It was well packaged and in perfect condition.

I'm sorry I bought this book!
The authors are more interested in writing for their own amusement than in providing useful information. And trust me - they are not amusing. I'm writing this to save others from wasting their time on this inane diatribe.

The book is badly organized and it's almost impossible get answers to basic questions. Like, for example, what is RAW? Simple question. You'll get a whole page about Arnold Scwarzenegger's movie "Raw Deal," but at the end you still won't have a clue about RAW photos. It has something to do with Adobe, but that's about all you'll know.

How does Elements organize photos? I wish I could find out, but I'm not getting any answers here. The step-by-step instructions are massively longer than they need to be because the author's think they're here to entertain us. Can I just please get an answer! Do I have to read a novel to get through one step in a 3-step process? The KISS (keep it simple stupid) principle is nowhere to be found in this book.

Do yourself a big favor. Pass on this one.

Scott Kelby writes in a humerous style that makes a teaching manual a lot more interesting to follow. I always look forward to the next chapter. He covers the material without getting deep into technical jargon but you learn the techniques quickly that a photographer needs to edit his photos.

I have previously purchased Scott Kelby's books on Photoshop CS and Elements 5 for Digital Photographers. Both books are very well done and easy to follow. However, I just recently purchased Elements 6 plus Scott's book on Elements 6, and am very disapointed to see that the example windows shown in the book are grey background with white text just like what you see on your monitor, but they are much smaller and it is impossible to read the text without a magnifying glass. Areas where you are supposed to click on the windows are circled in red, but you can't read the text to see what you are clicking on. Using this grey background with white text is a stupid blunder by Adobe, not everyone using these programs has 20/20 vision and a large monitor like the geeks designing the system. We gave the Photoshop Elements 6 program and Scott's book to a young friend of ours who has much better vision than I do. She has since commented that it is difficult for her to see also since she has a laptop computer, but she will try to get used to it. I will not buy any further Adobe products that use this grey and white bit.

This book dives right into HOW to do things with Photoshop - complete with pictures on every page. If you go through the book and practice some of the things a few times, you'll learn everything a beginner needs to learn - in a fun and hands-on way.

The book also spends some time going over how to use the organizer, which is very important for any photographer.

What the book does NOT tell you is what every single function does - because there are so many advanced functions in photoshop. So, if you are looking for a dictionary on Photoshop's functions - this book is not for you.

This was an extremely well written book. Scott Kelby is very knowledgable and shares with his readers in a humorous way. I thoroughly enjoy reading anything he writes. I highly recommend this purchase.

Scott and his co-writer have produced a tutorial book that is not only easy to understand and use, but also fun to use.

I've been using P.E. now for month or two, but this book really gives you step-by-step solutions for many corrections that you have been doing but perhaps not so well or easily. And they will show you how to do some things that you haven't thought of doing.

Well worth the money. The instructions are clear, and the examples are perfect.

At 71 learning and remembering are a challenge. This book gives me the steps to accomplish well the tasks that I need to do do with my photography and is simple and good at directing me in these tasks. I do not know other programs and instruction books, but find this one better than I expected.

Lots of good step by step "how to" information. It has gotten me started processing raw format.