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The Photoshop Elements Book for Digital Photographers (VOICES) | 
 enlarge | Author: Scott Kelby
Publisher: New Riders Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 434836
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 10 x 8 x 0.7
ISBN: 0735713928
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.6869
UPC: 752064713920
EAN: 9780735713925
ASIN: 0735713928
Publication Date: August 11, 2003
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Product Description
Scott Kelby offers full-color, graphically rich, linear, tutorial- and project-based examples of every key step in the digital photography process. From experimenting with camera settings, through capturing and manipulating the image, through editing, output and organization, this book is designed for the digital photographer who knows aesthetics but who wants a concise guide to "grip it and rip it" usage of digital technology. Photoshop Elements is a very powerful and affordable image editing software. It carries many of the same features Photoshop does without the complicated graphs and tools. It also carries it all at a much less expensive price tag - only $99, compared Photoshop's $600. Anyone making the transition from film to digital photography will learn the stuff that is critical for Photoshop Elements -- no theory, no challenging the readers to come up with their own settings. This book shows the readers exactly "how to do it." Scott Kelby is President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), and is Editor-in-chief of both Photoshop User and Mac Design magazines. Throughout the year, Scott serves as Training Director for the Adobe Photoshop Seminar Tour and is technical chair of the largest Photoshop gathering, Photoshop World. Scott is one of the leading Photoshop trainers in the country today and trains thousands of Photoshop users across the country each year, and is featured in a series of Photoshop training videos. He has written 6 best-selling books on Photoshop and on digital photography.
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 Scott Kelby is the BEST.. depending on your approach.. December 5, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I use the full Photoshop Program (not Elements, although I do have a copy of the old version 2.0 onboard).. Scott Kelby's approach to his books is generally the same in all cases (Elements AND the full Photoshop program).. if you want, for example, to learn how to do a collage/montage, he has a section in his book to deal with the subject, and step-by-step instructions on how to achieve this effect.
There are plenty of "technical" books out there to explain the "whys and wherefores" of how this works.. the vast majority of us really aren't into this kind of stuff. I'm not a graphic artist --where this kind of explanation would be necessary.. I'm a digital photographer of basically family and recreational stuff.. and his "straight to the point" type instructions have, nevertheless, taught me how the different techniques work.. you just have to stick with it and work the tutorials. All of it eventually hangs off a neuron or two.. and the feeling of accomplishment is wonderful.
And --contrary to the other digs-- I find his humor really helpful during the stressful process of learning the application.
Training manual packs in step-by-step color examples March 17, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Digital photographers will find Scott Kelby's THE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS BOOK FOR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHERS focuses on two facets: the program's capabilities and the digital photographer's techniques. It shows 'how to do it' through examples and specific tips on choosing settings: then it tells why these settings work over other choices. Kelby edits Photoshop User magazine and trains thousands of digital photographers: their questions and experiences form the foundation of a training manual which comes packed with step-by-step color photo examples to demonstrate how altered photos differ depending on techniques.
Best Book for Photoshop Elements February 24, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I checked out at least 25 books out of our local library on the subject of Photoshop Elements. This was by far the best book available. The information is easy to understand and usable by the majority of people who use Photoshop elements. I liked it so much I purchased it.
 Random access tips November 26, 2004
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Kelby doesn't seem to waste your time. He focuses on helping you use Elements 2 on digital images that you already have. Deliberately no discussion on what is involved in taking a photo, be it digital or analog. Instead, we get a grab bag of various techniques. Random access. Because you can read these in any order. They tend to address common problems.
Though the complexity of what you or Elements have to do in a tip can vary. For example, there is a tip on straightening crooked photos. Where you can define a line in the photo that is meant to be level. Then Elements lets you read this angle from the horizontal, and rotate the image by that amount, in the opposite direction. Very easy to understand. This was in a chapter on cropping and resizing. Actually, you should find that all the tips in this chapter are similarly easy.
But other chapters can get more involved. Like that on colour correction. You get into the depths of changing the HSL or tweaking a gradient map. The concepts here can be trickier. Luckily, the book shows how you can easily vary settings and see the effects of this on the image. Gives you a good intuitive feel of what the tips entail.
 Not for Those New to Photoshop November 4, 2004
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
If you're TOTALLY new to the Photoshop like I'm, Kelby's book isn't the ideal book to be initiated into the world of Photoshop. After having purchased Kelby's book, I realized I needed another book that is more suitable for my needs. I found that in Jan Kabili's Adobe Photoshop Elements 2: Complete Course. While Kelby tends to ASSUME that you know what he's talking about by leaving out lots of "little steps" required to follow his guidance, Kabili does a superb job with the details. While I was very frustrated trying to figure out what those "little steps" that Kelby seems to assume you already know, I found myself delighted with Kabili's simple step-by-step, click-this-and-click-that instructions that come with numerous helpful side tips.
I think Kelby's book is good for those with some prior knowledge and experience with the Photoshop, or someone with a very high level of intuitive sense. The reason why I'm giving this book only three stars is: Instead of spending so much ink and space on his endless attempts at humor (not that I have any problems with humor per se) I wish he had used all that energy towards filling in the details and with other useful tips, instead.
On a side note: I've been ordering a series of books from Amazon.com lately, and I'm a thoroughly satisfied customer. Great job, Amazon.com!!
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