who is a big name in elements

Eric Hsu

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Jun 13, 2003, 11:05:10 AM6/13/03

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I'm wondering who "invented" or created elements, or who has done a lot with it or written books on it. Anyone who comes to mind.

Nancy Soderman

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Jun 13, 2003, 2:56:57 PM6/13/03

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Eric,

There are credits on the Splash Screen.

Bob Polk

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Jun 13, 2003, 3:31:48 PM6/13/03

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A whole bunch of people, a Team effort.

Old Bob

Richard Coencas

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Jun 13, 2003, 4:46:11 PM6/13/03

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Just a little easter egg. If you go to Help>About Photoshop elements on Win or the Photoshop elements menu >About Photoshop elements on OSX, you get the splash screen, on E1 you see a bunch of names, on E2 you see some patent info, but if you wait a few seconds the list starts scrolling and you'll be treated to literally 100s of names of people who make Photoshop and Elements possible.

Rich

Beth Haney

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Jun 13, 2003, 7:59:25 PM6/13/03

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Is your name in there? :) (I doubt I'll bother looking!)

Marty Landolt

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Jun 14, 2003, 9:36:23 AM6/14/03

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ERIC H,
I don't know the hard working people who made Elements available but I certainly am familiar with those who keep it in the limelight...Artists on Grant's Challenges!
Marty

Gerard Van der leun

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Jun 14, 2003, 9:52:29 AM6/14/03

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What are/is Grant's Challenges?
Thanks

Gerard Van der leun

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Jun 14, 2003, 9:54:55 AM6/14/03

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OOops Never mind. I see now just a bit down the topic headers.

Richard Coencas

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Jun 16, 2003, 10:56:23 AM6/16/03

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Beth,

Yes, it's in there somewhere.

Fryte Myeat

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Jun 17, 2003, 1:01:16 PM6/17/03

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There's a guy Scott Kelby who does lots of conferences, but I think
for Photoshop. The main dudes on the masthead are Knoll, Hamburg and
Pawliger, I think. Chris Cox you'll see around a lot. Those will have
lots to do with the program. Some good books by Gregory Georges and
Richard Lynch. Steer clear of Dummies books -- they'll entertain you
for about 30 seconds. Russel Brown.

I've had to use Photoshop Elements cause I can't buy Photoshop with my
post-grad pocketbook. Best thing I found was dpreview.com and some
free tools from here: <http://hiddenelements.com/freetools.html> .
There's a group on yahoogroups for elements:
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/photoshop_elements/>
Not a lot going on the latter but it has potential.

FM

sheila scanlon

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Jun 17, 2003, 1:31:56 PM6/17/03

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I disagree to stay clear of dummies books. I previously used very simple digital imaging softwares, and rarely developed my film. Photoshop Elements 2 for Dummies is helping me learn the basic(and numerous) features of PSE2 as I continue to read other PSE2 books and read these discussions. I refer to it often, since I have only been using PSE2 seriously for a short while.

Sheila

Richard Coencas

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Jun 17, 2003, 1:39:52 PM6/17/03

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Haven't actually used it myself, but the Elements Dummies book is written by Deke McClelland, who is the author of the Photoshop Bible series and is one of the foremost photoshop gurus out there.

Rich

Fryte Myeat

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Jun 17, 2003, 2:00:38 PM6/17/03

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Too many filters and not enough grit in the bible really. Some writers seem to be writers and others really use the programs. I hated using it in PS 101. I meant dummies-type books -- there's too many and theyre all the same. I may like the Georges book because it is Photographically oriented. The Lynch book bacause curves and some other stuff make it Photoshop. There's enough in tutorials on the web and the manual to get you started. Elements isn't like a video game that'll entertain you, it's more like the other way round. If all you learn is to use the brightness/contrast, it won't make you too happy too long. But then that assumes people have my interest.

Dick Smith

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Jun 17, 2003, 3:24:54 PM6/17/03

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Beth,

Just for the heck of it I did look! Rich's name is there twice!

Way to go!

Dick