Rating: 
Summary: Lame book
Review: 1. I have bought / read around 5-6 photoshop books.
2. I've been a photographer for 20 years, have a lot of traditional darkroom experience, but have been into digital photography for around... 2 yrs.
3. Bottomline:
a. This book is somewhat difficult to read (not as clear as it can / should be).
b. There is way too little practical detail. There's a lot of fluff, but little substance.
c. The attached CD-ROM is a joke. Not really helpful.
d. I would recommend others to at least consider: blazer / blatner's book (real world photoshop), photoshop artistry, john camp's book (don't know how to spell his last name).
Rating: 
Summary: Nearly Perfect Book for using Photoshop w/ a digital camera
Review: A simply superb book for learning how to use Photoshop 7.0 with images from your digital camera or scanner. I've been using Photoshop since before Adobe purchased it from the Knoll brothers and would assert that this book ranks among the two or three best works ever published on Photoshop, even when compared with Adobe's own excellent Classroom-in-a-Book series.The book is designed to address the issues that pro photographers face in reproducing and manipulating digital imagery with Photoshop 7.0, but contains a wealth of info and shortcuts that are valuable to anyone using Photoshop with the current generation of digital cameras and scanners. The author also is to be commended for the clarity of his writing, and his ability to explain the more complex concepts of digital manipulation of imagery. I especially like the inclusion of examples generated by pro photographers using professional models, instead of the poorly lit examples that fill most books covering the use of Photoshop. The CD tutorials included with the book are excellent, as well. The information on color space and calibration in the book can be a bit daunting for new users, but they are well worth the effort to read. The example projects included in the book are very useful and cover nearly all the practical situations that most photographers might face in their work with Photoshop. The actual book is beautifully printed on fine quality paper and the example photos are reproduced quite nicely by the folks at Focal Press. I would love a bit more on using third-party plug-ins in the next edition, but that is a minor criticism of this wonderful volume. This book represents the current state-of-the-art for improving your work with Adobe's flagship application. While most certainly geared towards pros, the book is great for those users who aspire to those heights. Even though I've worked with digital imagery for almost twenty years, I still learned an amazing amount from this book, and consider it to be a bargain. Very highly recommended.
Rating: 
Summary: 2ByMeta4 is off his rocker
Review: I have only looked at this book in the store--I do not own it, but I do know that 2ByMeta4 (probably the review below me) does not know what he is talking about. The book is not about making a photography out of photoshop 7 and I can not imagine where 2ByMeta4 got this idea. The title of the book is "Photoshop FOR Photographers" and not "Become a photographer without a camera" as 2ByMeta4 would have you believe. You do not make a photograph with photoshop, you make a photograph with your camera and either scan it or import it into photoshop where you then go to work on it. The working on the photo part is where "Adobe Photoshop 7.0 for Photographers" comes in handy. Other photgraphers have ranked "Real World Adobe Photoshop 7" and "Adobe Photoshop 7 Studio Techniques"--in that order--higher than this book. I will be able to give a full review later, but I felt something must be said about 2ByMeta4's absolutely silly review.
Rating: 
Summary: Where have all the good editors gone?
Review: I purchased "Adobe Photoshop 7 for Photographers" specifically for instructions on improving my photography processing skills. I have experience developing film and paper-based photos, providing me with comprehension of photo lab techniques as well as the associated dark-room lingo. Combining this background with an intermediate-level understanding of Photoshop, I was quite keen on diving into this book. While most of the content I found to be very useful, in many instances the editing was so poor that the book suddenly resembled a cloak-and-dagger mystery. Quality of instruction, it would appear, is sacrificed for speed of publication (admittedly, not uncommon in application books these days). If one combines the print instructions with the enclosed CD, the "Aha!" moment comes across much more easily; however, there just aren't enough of these print/CD combinations available for the reader's enjoyment. It's a real missed opportunity. What's more, (I have no idea if this is true or false) it appears that the publisher of the book and the publisher of the CD might be from two completely different companies; no doubt separated by the Atlantic Ocean. I must agree with a previous comment on the CD content: The narration speeds along at lightning pace, often ahead of the visuals, while the poor cursor has difficulty just keeping up (even on a fast G4 with all content saved on hard drive). It's nearly impossible to follow the narrator's cursor, unless one knows Photoshop well enough to listen for audio clues. Still, there's a lot to be had between the covers, and it's worth scrumming through the content despite the bruising editorial.
Rating:
Summary: Where have all the good editors gone?
Review: I purchased "Adobe Photoshop 7 for Photographers" specifically for instructions on improving my photography processing skills. I have experience developing film and paper-based photos, providing me with comprehension of photo lab techniques as well as the associated dark-room lingo. Combining this background with an intermediate-level understanding of Photoshop, I was quite keen on diving into this book. While most of the content I found to be very useful, in many instances the editing was so poor that the book suddenly resembled a cloak-and-dagger mystery. Quality of instruction, it would appear, is sacrificed for speed of publication (admittedly, not uncommon in application books these days). If one combines the print instructions with the enclosed CD, the "Aha!" moment comes across much more easily; however, there just aren't enough of these print/CD combinations available for the reader's enjoyment. It's a real missed opportunity. What's more, (I have no idea if this is true or false) it appears that the publisher of the book and the publisher of the CD might be from two completely different companies; no doubt separated by the Atlantic Ocean. I must agree with a previous comment on the CD content: The narration speeds along at lightning pace, often ahead of the visuals, while the poor cursor has difficulty just keeping up (even on a fast G4 with all content saved on hard drive). It's nearly impossible to follow the narrator's cursor, unless one knows Photoshop well enough to listen for audio clues. Still, there's a lot to be had between the covers, and it's worth scrumming through the content despite the bruising editorial.
Rating:
Summary: Where have all the good editors gone?
Review: I purchased "Adobe Photoshop 7 for Photographers" specifically for instructions on improving my photography processing skills. I have experience developing film and paper-based photos, providing me with comprehension of photo lab techniques as well as the associated dark-room lingo. Combining this background with an intermediate-level understanding of Photoshop, I was quite keen on diving into this book. While most of the content I found to be very useful, in many instances the editing was so poor that the book suddenly resembled a cloak-and-dagger mystery. Quality of instruction, it would appear, is sacrificed for speed of publication (admittedly, not uncommon in application books these days). If one combines the print instructions with the enclosed CD, the "Aha!" moment comes across much more easily; however, there just aren't enough of these print/CD combinations available for the reader's enjoyment. It's a real missed opportunity. What's more, (I have no idea if this is true or false) it appears that the publisher of the book and the publisher of the CD might be from two completely different companies; no doubt separated by the Atlantic Ocean. I must agree with a previous comment on the CD content: The narration speeds along at lightning pace, often ahead of the visuals, while the poor cursor has difficulty just keeping up (even on a fast G4 with all content saved on hard drive). It's nearly impossible to follow the narrator's cursor, unless one knows Photoshop well enough to listen for audio clues. Still, there's a lot to be had between the covers, and it's worth scrumming through the content despite the bruising editorial.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent Photoshop book
Review: I've been a professional photographer and graphic designer
for 14 years and I've used photoshop since its early days.
(before Layers)
This is an awesome reference book! This book covers a wide range of topics. Mr. Evening is very knowledgable
on digital imagery, manipulation, and overall use of modern digital imaging devices. I would say this is the very best book I've ever come across. Photoshop is so
versatile that the complexity can be overwhelming
But this book explains it all very well.
Rating:
Summary: one of the best resources for photographers
Review: I've been a professional photographer and graphic designer
for 14 years and I've used photoshop since its early days.
(before Layers)
This is an awesome reference book! This book covers a wide range of topics. Mr. Evening is very knowledgable
on digital imagery, manipulation, and overall use of modern digital imaging devices. I would say this is the very best book I've ever come across. Photoshop is so
versatile that the complexity can be overwhelming
But this book explains it all very well.
Rating:
Summary: Now I Know WHY! Thanks, Martin.
Review: I've used Photoshop for several years and never felt that I knew how to get the best results as a photographer. What I saw with my eye, captured either on film or digital, worked with in Photoshop and then sent to the printer, never was exactly what I wanted. After the first six chapters, I was finally getting a handle on what I'd been puzzled by for years. By the end of the book, I had learned more than my money's worth! If you need to learn Photoshop, get the "Classroom" book. If you want your photos to literally come alive in Photoshop and have that translated to your prints, get this book. You'll also pick up all of those handy keyboard shortcuts that make the process fly. The book is physically a little heavy for bedtime reading, but that's a good excuse to go back to the computer and play with the new ideas and solutions, even at 3 AM. Enjoy.
Rating:
Summary: Perfect for photographers
Review: If you are a photographer and have been confused about all the Photoshop books out there that were designed for graphic designers than this book is for you. It deals only with the aspects of PS that are for photographers and how to process and manipulate a digital image. I am an advanced amateur who has learned a great deal on PS, but this book puts it all together and is teaching me a lot.
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