The Photoshop Elements 4 Book for Digital Photographers

Computer programs can be confusing and hard to run unless you know what you're doing or know where to get help. You buy a program for fifty or more dollars and still can't use all of its features without spending hours trying to figure them out from the help section of the program. Buying the book that should have come with the program (not to be confused with the series of books by that title) can be a costly prospect as well. Many times I have bought a program and spent hours cruising the information highway we know as the Internet to figure out many of the parts of the program I just scrimped and saved to get.

I have had Photoshop Elements 4 for a several months and just bought the companion book to the Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 called The Photoshop Elements 4 Book for Digital Photographers. I have written some tutorials about this program but wanted to get a handy book to refer to when working with Elements. One reason I wanted a separate book for some of those harder to accomplish editing areas was so I don't have to run to the aid of the rest of my household when they are trying to do things with Elements. I wanted a book that was not a step by step in how to create a certain kind of special photo effect or project but a step by step in the use of each part of Elements. For instance when I have a portrait I want all the things I need to accomplish to that photo like fixing blemishes and adjusting skin tone in one area of the book so we can refer to this book when we are accomplishing things like this. I have seen other books for Adobe's Photoshop Elements 4 that have projects and other special picture editing tips but I don't want a book or reference that tells me how to create only one project type at a time. I want a reference guide to help with each function in the program.