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Summary: The best book on the subject... hands down.
Review: After three years of sifting through seemingly endless texts on Photoshop, I am able to competently make my way through the program and earn a full-time salary using it. I thought there was little that I could learn from yet another book until I was sent by my employer to Santa Fe Workshops for a class on print-making taught by Barry Haynes. I bought this book shortly before leaving and spent the flight out there flipping through it.Shortest four-hour plane trip I ever took. For those new to Photoshop, this is not the tool for you.... yet. For those who want to understand and use the remarkable new color management tools of the program, this is without a doubt the way to go. The detailed exercises will soon have you up to speed using new tools and techniques to save time in editing and money in print supplies. Barry seems to intuitively understand what it is that Photoshop veterans need to know and he answers those questions in this volume with panache. The section on Color Spaces, Color Management and Color Correction are alone worth the price of admission. Additionally, the companion cd, usually a waste of plastic in many books of this type, contains invaluable tools that will have you accessing it for months. I have finally met the master and his name is Barry. By the way, the workshop in Santa Fe was great. Barry teaches the Photoshop gospel in New Mexico, West Palm Beach and at his home in Oregon. Check his website for details. I found his class on color correction and print making to be the best I've taken and for the professional in search of the finest in Photoshop training, I don't hesitate to recommend it. If you can't get to Oregon, buy the book. It's the next best thing to being there. (Have I heard that before?)
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Summary: this is some stuff!!
Review: All I can say is that if you were a master of everything written about in this book then you would certainly know some stuff!!
An amazing amount of complex info is presented here and gives many inspirations for future projects.
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Summary: Superb practical coverage of digital imaging
Review: As someone who is probably guilty of buying every book available on photography and in particular digital photo-retouching & printing, I can't recommend this book highly enough! The sections on setting up Photoshop's color and print configurations were invaluable and the best I've seen. The sections on photo retouching and printing techniques were truely excellent also. This book rapidly gets you through setting up your environment with Barry's tips and proven settings and then takes you straight into using the product effectively.
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Summary: An Absolute Must-Buy for Photo Editors!!
Review: Being both a professional graphic designer & webmaster and a part-time photography buff, I get the opportunity to use Photoshop regularly. With the introduction of Photoshop 6, Adobe added quite a few new features that will really interest those of you who are into editing photos. Barry Haynes has published previous versions of this book, which I must admit, I had never read. Now after having had the opportunity to read this one, I have to say, I am sorry I didn't read his books sooner. This book rocks. It contains a TON of information not only about photo editing, but also the using of Photoshop to a truly advanced level. I think the reason this book is so extremely useful is due to the fact that the author is a professional photographer. This means he has personally practiced what he is preaching. The layout of the book is easy to read and done in full color throughout. The book is part regular instructional text and part hands-on projects using materials found on the accompanying disc. Both the instructional material and the projects are extremely detailed. While the book assumes a level of knowledge, it does however work really hard to help you gain that professional edge. After reading this book, I felt both inspired and prepared to push some serious pixels. I have to warn beginners out there that this will blow them all away. This is definitely an intermediate to advanced book. If you are a beginner, I suggest you try Scott Kelby's Photo-Retouching Secrets (ISBN: 0735711461). Once you master that, run to the store and buy this book. This said, here is a run down what the book contains: SEC. 1 - ESSENTIAL TOOLS & FUNCTIONS (107 pp) Navigation, Preferences, Tool Palette, Picking & Using Color, Selections, Paths, Masks, Channels, Layers, Layer Masks, Adjustment Layers, History Palette, History Brush, Snapshots, Transform Images / Layers / Paths / Selections, File Formats / Compression and Automation with Actions. SEC. 2 - COLOR CORRECTION AND CALIBRATION (100 pp) Color Corrections Tools, Digital Imaging and the Zone System, Color Spaces, Device Characterization, Color Management, Color Preferences, Monitor / Scanner / Printer Calibration, Image Resolution, Scanning Film, Digital Cameras and Steps to Create a Master Image. SEC. 3 - OVERALL COLOR CORRECTION, SELECTION & LAYER TECHNIQUES (52 pp) Detailed Lasso, Quick Mask, Color Selection Techniques, Overall Color Correction, Correcting a Problem Image, Replacing Color, Color Range, Mask Blur for Selection, Color Change and Color Matching Images. SEC. 4 - ADVANCED COLOR CORRECTION AND RESTORATION TECHNIQUES (26 pp) Duotones, Complex Color Correction and Retouching, Restoring Old Photos, Colorizing B&W Photos, Combining Bracketed Photos or Two Scans to Increase Dynamic Range, LAB Color Correction and Using Layers to Tune Opposite Color Areas. SEC. 5 - COMPOSITING MULTIPLE IMAGES WITH LAYERS, ADJUSTMENT LAYERS & LAYER MASKS (26 pp) Basic Composting, Seamless Composites, Color Correction of People and Complex Composite Production Ad. SEC. 6 - CALCULATIONS, PATTERNS, FILTERS, COMPOSTING AND EFFECTS (82 pp) Blend Modes, Calculations, Apply Image, Layer Clipping Paths, Shape Layers, Layer Styles, Posterize, Bitmaps, Textures, Patterns, Using Built in Filters & Effects and Considerations for Multimedia, Premiere, Director, After Effects and the Web. SEC. 7 - IMAGES FOR THE WEB AND MULTIMEDIA (30 pp) Differences in Creating for the Web and 8-bit Color, Optimizing Images for the Web & Multimedia, Creating Your Own Web Photo Gallery and Creating Slices / Animations / Rollovers in ImageReady.
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Summary: An Absolute Must-Buy for Photo Editors!!
Review: Being both a professional graphic designer & webmaster and a part-time photography buff, I get the opportunity to use Photoshop regularly. With the introduction of Photoshop 6, Adobe added quite a few new features that will really interest those of you who are into editing photos. Barry Haynes has published previous versions of this book, which I must admit, I had never read. Now after having had the opportunity to read this one, I have to say, I am sorry I didn't read his books sooner. This book rocks. It contains a TON of information not only about photo editing, but also the using of Photoshop to a truly advanced level. I think the reason this book is so extremely useful is due to the fact that the author is a professional photographer. This means he has personally practiced what he is preaching. The layout of the book is easy to read and done in full color throughout. The book is part regular instructional text and part hands-on projects using materials found on the accompanying disc. Both the instructional material and the projects are extremely detailed. While the book assumes a level of knowledge, it does however work really hard to help you gain that professional edge. After reading this book, I felt both inspired and prepared to push some serious pixels. I have to warn beginners out there that this will blow them all away. This is definitely an intermediate to advanced book. If you are a beginner, I suggest you try Scott Kelby's Photo-Retouching Secrets (ISBN: 0735711461). Once you master that, run to the store and buy this book. This said, here is a run down what the book contains: SEC. 1 - ESSENTIAL TOOLS & FUNCTIONS (107 pp) Navigation, Preferences, Tool Palette, Picking & Using Color, Selections, Paths, Masks, Channels, Layers, Layer Masks, Adjustment Layers, History Palette, History Brush, Snapshots, Transform Images / Layers / Paths / Selections, File Formats / Compression and Automation with Actions. SEC. 2 - COLOR CORRECTION AND CALIBRATION (100 pp) Color Corrections Tools, Digital Imaging and the Zone System, Color Spaces, Device Characterization, Color Management, Color Preferences, Monitor / Scanner / Printer Calibration, Image Resolution, Scanning Film, Digital Cameras and Steps to Create a Master Image. SEC. 3 - OVERALL COLOR CORRECTION, SELECTION & LAYER TECHNIQUES (52 pp) Detailed Lasso, Quick Mask, Color Selection Techniques, Overall Color Correction, Correcting a Problem Image, Replacing Color, Color Range, Mask Blur for Selection, Color Change and Color Matching Images. SEC. 4 - ADVANCED COLOR CORRECTION AND RESTORATION TECHNIQUES (26 pp) Duotones, Complex Color Correction and Retouching, Restoring Old Photos, Colorizing B&W Photos, Combining Bracketed Photos or Two Scans to Increase Dynamic Range, LAB Color Correction and Using Layers to Tune Opposite Color Areas. SEC. 5 - COMPOSITING MULTIPLE IMAGES WITH LAYERS, ADJUSTMENT LAYERS & LAYER MASKS (26 pp) Basic Composting, Seamless Composites, Color Correction of People and Complex Composite Production Ad. SEC. 6 - CALCULATIONS, PATTERNS, FILTERS, COMPOSTING AND EFFECTS (82 pp) Blend Modes, Calculations, Apply Image, Layer Clipping Paths, Shape Layers, Layer Styles, Posterize, Bitmaps, Textures, Patterns, Using Built in Filters & Effects and Considerations for Multimedia, Premiere, Director, After Effects and the Web. SEC. 7 - IMAGES FOR THE WEB AND MULTIMEDIA (30 pp) Differences in Creating for the Web and 8-bit Color, Optimizing Images for the Web & Multimedia, Creating Your Own Web Photo Gallery and Creating Slices / Animations / Rollovers in ImageReady.
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Summary: Excellent book for photographers
Review: Excellent book. In short this book is for: 1. photographers more then artists. Most of the examples are about photo's 2. in full color with loads of pictures that explain the steps and menu's. I counted on average 2 or 3 color pictures per page with a few lines of text about what is done. This is where this books shines and distinquish itself from other books. 3. it's obvious that the author(s) has a lot of experience with Photoshop, the book tells you best practice of how to do things. Good examples that are meaningful and useful. 4. it's not an easy book, there is a lot to read in a small font with the initial and finished examples on the cd. A book to learn, not a quick reference book. 5. A lot of depth, a lot of things are discussed in depth in 448 pages. 4. note that there's a version Photoshop v7 out now if you own 7.
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Summary: So far the best Photoshop book that I have seen
Review: I am a photographer and web designer, so I use photoshop on a regular basis. I have more than 10 photoshop books, and this one is by far the best. Most of the books deal with one side of the photoshop and not the other. This one takes you step by step, from setting up your preferences (I have yet to see a book, besides this one, which does this) to teaching you everything that you have to know about this great application. This is a must have for a photographer, and anybody who is interested in learning advanced Photoshop 6.0
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Summary: O.K. as far as software books go.
Review: I had gotten Barry haynes Photoshop 5 Artistry a few years ago and couldn't figure out why I never used it. After buying Photoshop 6 Artistry I now know why. He tends to be a bit arrogant in his writing; for example he seems try to make you feel like that if you don't do everthing his way you just aren't worthy to use photoshop. Secondly there are far too many inconsistencies in the book; he will reference a diagram or picture as being on the next page when in fact it is on that very same page or even the page before it. It looks to me as whoever did the proof reading of this book should be fired. Don't get me wrong it is a great book to learn advanced Photoshop techniques if you can get by the author's arrogance and the very obvious mistakes in the book. I would probably have given this book a higher rating if it weren't for all of proof reading errors and I only just started to work through the book
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Summary: Photoshop 6 Artistry
Review: I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to fine tune their images and their Photoshop skills! I teach Photoshop and found it very helpful.
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Summary: This book will take you from Intermediate to Advanced!
Review: I just spent a week reading through a ton of different excerpts and reviews of photoshop books to decide on a book to help me improve my very good PS skills. I ended up buying this one and I am EXTREMELY happy with the choice. I'm an intermediate user with an interest in phot0 correction and real-life uses of Photoshop (I don't do much logo design or pure graphic design). This book will catapult me to an advanced user. It covers many of the tips and tricks like the Photoshop WOW book, but has a much strong focus on when, why and how to use the techniques. I highly recommended it.
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