Photoshop Elements is a cut-down, budget version of its big brother, Photoshop. While it's true that Elements is aimed primarily at amateur photographers and home users, it is still a fantastically powerful piece of software, and retains many of Photoshop's most exciting features.

Photoshop Elements Drop-Dead Photography Effects shows how the application can do so much more than merely correct exposure, boost contrast, and fix color casts. The book offers a remarkable showcase of the amazing, drop-dead special effects easily within the scope of every digital photographer. Scores of detailed step-by-step workthroughs shows how ordinary everyday photographs can be turned into surreal, fantasy landscapes, images of amazing alien life-forms, and scenes of other-worldly beauty.

Photoshop Elements Drop-Dead Photography Effects is guaranteed to inspire you, unlock your creativity, and ensure that you never look at your own pictures in quite the same way again.