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Thanks to the folks that made this book look so awesome: Felix Nelson, Jessica Maldonado, and Dave Damstra.

Everyone should have a Corey Barker in their creative arsenal. Corey is the guy I turn to when I need to take things to the next level. Whenever I finished a composite for this book, I’d show it to Corey and he’d always have that one little tweak (or sometimes several tweaks) that helped take it up a notch. Plain and simple, Corey rocks and this book is much better because of his input.

Thanks to my other fellow Photoshop Guy here at NAPP headquarters, RC Concepcion. Your help in setting up photo shoots, lighting, and direction for several of the shoots in this book helped me in a big way.

I owe a huge thank you to Margie Rosenstein, Nicole Procunier, Calvin Hollywood, Eric Doggett, and Russ Robinson for allowing me to bounce ideas and images off them from time to time.

To my two favorite editors in the world, Cindy Snyder and Kim Doty: Thanks for making me look so good and keeping me on track.

To Dave Moser, the business powerhouse behind Kelby Media Group: Your militaristic, yet insightful, comments throughout the day help me way more than you know. Thanks for continuing to push me to be better each day.

I owe a special thanks to someone who has become a good friend of mine during the production of this book, Joel Grimes. Joel is one of the best compositors out there, and he was kind enough to share his techniques, thoughts, ideas, and overall creative approach with me.

Thanks to all my friends at Peachpit Press: Ted Waitt, Scott Cowlin, Gary-Paul Prince, and Sara Jane Todd. It’s because you guys are so good at what you do that I’m able to continue doing what I love to do.

Thanks to all of my friends at Adobe for making a killer piece of software that I truly love to work with every day. I’d especially like to thank the team behind the Refine Edge dialog in Photoshop CS5: Sarah Kong, Alan Erickson, Jeff Chien, Gregg Wilensky, Scott Cohen, and Jue Wang. It sounds silly to thank someone for creating a dialog or feature, but I’ve gotta tell ya, without that feature in Photoshop, I don’t think I would’ve even attempted to write this book. Selections have long been the bane of many digital artists’ existence. But in Photoshop CS5, Adobe changed all that with Refine Edge. Selections that were once nearly impossible now happen in just a few minutes. No third-party plug-ins, no nuthin’. Thanks guys!

To you, the readers: Without you, well...there would be no book. Thanks for your constant support in emails, phone calls, and introductions when I’m out on the road teaching. You guys make it all worth it, and I feel honored that you’ve chosen me to help you learn more about Photoshop and photography.

Thank you.

—Matt Kloskowski

Other Books By Matt Kloskowski

Layers: The Complete Guide to Photoshop’s Most Powerful Feature

The Photoshop Elements Book for Digital Photographers

The Photoshop Elements 5 Restoration and Retouching Book

The Photoshop CS2 Speed Clinic: Automating Photoshop to Get Twice the Work Done in Half the Time

About the Author

Matt Kloskowski

Matt Kloskowski, the Education and Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), is a Photoshop Guy whose books, videos, and classes have simplified the way thousands of people work on digital photos. Author of several best-selling books on Photoshop, as well as the Lightroom Killer Tips blog, Matt teaches Photoshop and digital photography techniques to tens of thousands of people around the world each year. He co-hosts the top-rated videocast Photoshop User TV, as well as The Grid, a live talk show about photography. He has built a massive library of videos that appear in DVDs and online training courses, and has written articles for Photoshop User magazine. You’ll find Matt teaching for the Kelby Training Live seminar tour, as well as at the world’s premier Photoshop event, the Photoshop