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Summary: Tremendously practical, shines where other books fail
Review: If you were to read just the two chapters of this book on curves and color correction it would be worth the price of the book. Nowhere have I seen such an insightful and practical discussion on the use of curves for both contrast and color adjustment. This is not to say the rest of the book is not extremely good as well, because it is. These two chapters just really shine and after looking for years for a good book that truly addresses the appropriate use of curves this book was a godsend.
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Summary: Based on one chapter
Review: The chapter on curves is reason enough to buy this book, at least for me. This book was so well designed that when the text referred to one of the many illustrations, the illlustrations were always on the same page. No flipping around. Sad to say how rare this is.Very clearly explained the stuff so you could remember how to do things. Make sense?
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Summary: Mr. Willmore is a good teacher within this book
Review: This book helped me learn how to use Curves in a very thorough way. I used to be intimidated with Curves and had preferred to use the Levels command instead. Mr. Willmore also showed how to find highlights, shadows and gray areas and then adjust the colors by the numbers. You have to average the numbers of the highlights, shadows and the gray from each individual channel within the Curves dialog box. I practice some images with extreme color casts. I managed to get rid of the color casts to make images more exceptable. Mr. Willmore took the time to teach people the theory of using Curves. The rest of the book is great too.
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Summary: Mr. Willmore is a good teacher within this book
Review: This book helped me learn how to use Curves in a very thorough way. I used to be intimidated with Curves and had preferred to use the Levels command instead. Mr. Willmore also showed how to find highlights, shadows and gray areas and then adjust the colors by the numbers. You have to average the numbers of the highlights, shadows and the gray from each individual channel within the Curves dialog box. I practice some images with extreme color casts. I managed to get rid of the color casts to make images more exceptable. Mr. Willmore took the time to teach people the theory of using Curves. The rest of the book is great too.
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Summary: excellent production book
Review: This has a very thorough (so far--I haven't finished the book) intro to production work with Photoshop. My design program does not address technology and I've found it a very practical and cheap solution to learning production basics for my own classwork and as I prepare for the job market. So far it has demystified resolution, levels, curves, and I'm reading about color management now. MUCH better than the introductory classroom titles, and a required supplement to the manual if you ever expect to do extensive work with Photoshop.
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Summary: not just instructions
Review: This is not your usual do step 1 do step 2 kind of book, the author goes in to great detail about every feature of photoshop. I'm not a photoshop guru but I'm no newbie either and this book was very helpful. It shows you how to do things in multiple ways which is very helpful. While reading this book, there were plenty of instances when I found out I was actually doing things "The long way." Overall, this book doesn't just instruct, it helps the reader understand Photoshop.
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Summary: The new Adobe Photoshop Bible
Review: This is THE book on Adobe Photoshop, if you really want to learn Photoshop and the foundation skills that go along with it, then this book is a must have.
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