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Summary: Okay, but Kelby's new book is better
Review: This book is pretty good, but lacking in good examples in my opinion. The techniques are fine but I thought the examples and the instructions given in Scott Kelby's book are better.
I had to choose, I think I'd buy Kelby's digital photogrpahy book (plus it's for Photoshop 7 and includes info on the new Camera Raw plugin)
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Summary: Must have for experienced photographers.
Review: This has it all, but you need expericence. Lots of info on high priced equipment needed. You will be able to break out of the pack with this book. Use this alot for my account at portfolio.com. You will be happy with the results.
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Summary: GREAT book,...but not for the novice.
Review: This is a GREAT book! I thinks it's the best book on Photoshop since 'Photoshop Channel Chops' (out of print, but if you see it, GRAB IT). However, the amateur should beware as this is definately NOT for the novice user of photoshop. I consider myself to be an 'advanced' user of photoshop (worked with it since version 4). I use it for everything from simple color correction of photos to full-blown, entirely digital matte paintings composed of 50+ layers and channel adjustments and even I learned a thing or TEN from this book. I was really pleased with the author's thorough discussion of color management and file output and proofing - GREAT stuff! Not to mention the many examples utilizing Photoshop 6.0's improved funtionality to do things in ways I'd either never thought of, or had done in a less than elegant, round-about way 'cause I've always done it that way. Like many of the unsuspecting readers who have posted here, when I first read the back cover I thought it would be yet another one of the many 'Getting Aquainted With Photoshop' type books that litter the bookstore shelves, but after thumbing through it, I quickly realized that despite the quotes that the publisher had thrown on the back-cover, the author has aimed this work squarely at the professional. In fact, upon close inspection of the cover you'll see just below the main-title, the faint silver sub-title, 'A Professional Image Editor's Guide to the Creative Use of Photoshop For The Macintosh and PC',...that really says it all. I have no doubt that the publisher purposefully made the sub-title a MUCH smaller and thin, sans-serif font with a silver (read: invisible) color to drop it from pronouncement on the front cover. With that and the 'Anyone Can Use It' tone of the quotations on the back cover, it's obvious that they were hoping to appeal to a much broader audience. Shame on you guys! However, I do think that a determined novice user of photoshop , someone who understands the program and is enthusiastic to learn more, will benefit GREATLY from this book,...I wish I'd have had this book when I was first starting out. Worth the read. Well done!
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Summary: Good - but not for the inexperienced
Review: When I bought this book it was as an aid to my understanding of the use of Photoshop in conjunction with digital cameras. To a large extent it succeeded and I learnt a great deal from it. Potential purchasers should, however, understand that the book appears to be targeted rather more at the professional photographer than the amateur with moderate cost equipment. The chapter on colour management is, for example, good, but deals mostly with high end devices and does not really help those who print to standard colour inkjet printers. The author also has an annoying habit of assuming that the reader is already familiar with much of Photoshop and, worse, that they have already read the previous version of his book! If you are a beginner to either Photoshop or digital photography this book is not for you, but if you already have some experience then you will probably find it very useful and if you are a professional photographer then it will probably be invaluable.
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