Adobe Photoshop CS3 One-On-One | 
 enlarge | Author: Deke Mcclelland
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Pioneering computer graphics author Deke McClelland updates his bestselling hands-on tutorial for Adobe Photoshop CS3, the latest version of this industry-standard image editing and production program. As with previous editions, Photoshop CS3 One-on-One guides readers step by step through the program's features and functionality. A key appeal of the One-on-One series is the two hours of DVD-video material included. Once you read about a particular technique, you can see how it's done first hand in the video. The combination is uniquely effective. And hugely popular. Whether you're a first-timer looking to learn Photoshop, or a seasoned user interested in the groundbreaking features of CS3, Deke's conversational style and carefully structured lessons guide you through everything you need to know to get up and running, and then takes you well into mastery. You'll learn to: - Grasp fundamental and advanced concepts and theory
- Use best practices, and techniques for making the most of Photoshop CS3
- Build relevant, real-world projects
- Use Photoshop's workflow and file handling features
- Use the combined power of Bridge + Camera Raw to process your digital photos
- Choose the right technique for converting your images to black & white
- Create beautiful multilayered documents including posters and flyers
- And much more
A Photoshop expert, sought-after computer graphics and design lecturer and author of over 70 books, Deke creates a classroom environment in Photoshop CS3 One-on-One with written instruction and video training -- except that you get one-on-one attention as you proceed from lesson to lesson at your own pace. It's like having private lessons with the author. Whether you're an enthusiast, prosumer, creative pro, technical pro, or newcomer, Deke's book will have you speaking fluent Photoshop CS3 in no time.
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 CS3 one-on-one, A-one!!! June 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have bought about ten CS3 help books, most are good, this is the best. I don't think Deke has missed anything, and I use this as a handy reference. I don't think you will be disappointed here.
detailed & comprehensive May 6, 2008
This book is very detailed and easy to follow. The videos before each chapter ease you into this great learning curve.
Jump right in May 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It didn't take long after installing my new copy of Photoshop for me to feel a bit overwhelmed with the software. I kept finding myself saying things like "I KNOW Photoshop can do this, but I can't for the life of me figure out how." I visited various web sites, read little blurbs here and there, and picked up lots of good tricks, but I still didn't feel like I really knew how to use this tool. I decided to get this book. I LOVED it. There's still plenty of Photoshop functions that I haven't explored yet, but all of the really useful ones are covered in this book.
There are a few things in this book that even an experienced Photoshop user may not have known, but only a very few. Most of the book is for people like me who need to start from the ground up.
Deke is a great technical writer--his instructions are easy to follow, there's lots of information packed into each lesson, and he still manages to be entertaining. If I had any complaints about the book, it would be these two things: 1. I enjoyed the lessons so much, I want to know more--500 pages is a good start, but let's have some more (even if it is less useful)! 2. This book came from earlier versions of Photoshop and as such, every now and then there will be a screen shot or a picture of a button or something that looks slightly different than what shows up on my screen. Not a big deal, but it threw me off for a few seconds. Despite these 2 things, I still rate the book 5 stars for a beginner audience, like I used to be.
Excellent Way to Learn Photoshop CS3 April 27, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I thought this book was fantastic and worth every dollar. The book is a "you-do-it-yourself" tutorial book covering navigation and Bridge, adjusting contrast and color balance, making selections and masks, cropping and sizing, filters, how to paint and heal, using text and shapes, along with chapters dealing with layers and layer adjustments and effects. And that's just some of the topics. It doesn't cover every tool and feature in CS3 - just the most useful - and thank goodness or it would be a massive undertaking to get through!
I spent well over 80 hours watching the 3+ hours worth of high quality video, reading the text and explanations, and following through all the detailed exercises. A DVD accompanies the book and includes the videos and all photographs that are used in the exercises. The DVD worked for me with no problems. The full color book includes photos of what your work should look like during various stages of the exercises so it's easy to get positive reinforcement that you're doing it correctly. All my exercises were successful in the end.
I probably loved this book so much because it was just what I was looking for: a hands-on method for a Photoshop beginner to learn about the tools and features in Photoshop CS3 as a whole. Those who are interested in looking for a step-by-step workflow to, say, touch up digital photos will probably want to look for a different book. This book definately covers some of those techniques, and you'll know how to do it in the end (plus a lot more), but it's goal is to cover the entire gamut of Photoshop software features.
The full color book is well organized and easy to follow. I went in order from Chapter 1 through Chapter 12, starting with how to navigate through Photoshop and finishing with how to print your images. At the end of each chapter is a written test to see how much you learned. Also throughout the book are many keyboard shortcuts which really speed things up. In the dozens of hours of exercises and detailed explanations, I found only 2 or 3 typos/errors and these were in the keyboard shortcut commands and I easily figured out the correct ones.
I highly recommend this book for anyone that has taken a quick look at Photoshop and doesn't know how to start learning it.
 Disjointed, confusing, and April 12, 2008
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
I've been playing with Photoshop for a couple years now, but not really understanding what I was doing.
The book started out strong, and I even learned a few things about what makes an image work in the first place. I also like how he walks you through everything step by step.
But then it starts to fall apart.
The first place I had issue was with the chapter/section on coloring and painting. The basic exercise was to color a line drawing of a butterfly which is fine.
The problem starts when he wants to make the butterfly more interesting. He has the reader going through all sorts of other steps that make use of very powerful (and often complicated) Photoshop featuers (layers, masks, etc). This does absolutely nothing to enhance the lesson and just made the thing feel tedious. In his defense, the images you load do come reasonably pre-set for all this. But the introduction of a new feature only serves to muddy the waters and delay the reader from getting on with things.
It gets worse when we get to quick masks. At this point, the step by step exercises start to degrade in quality and clarity and take on a random feel to them.
At this point (around half-way through the book), I just got tired of the whole thing.
The fact is that many topics in Photoshop require actual explanations, not simply walk-throughs. While his videos do some of that, the further you get in the book, the less actual information is given.
I am now using the chapter organization to find online tutorials. There's a number of video tutorials out there that will serve you MUCH better than this text will.
It is possible, I suppose, that in the later chapters, where he introduces some of the more artistic aspects of Photoshop, he gets his act together. But I'm not going to waste my time on that hope.
I seriously suggest making use of the FREE online resources out there and not paying for this book.
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