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Photoshop CS2 Workflow: The Digital Photographer's Guide | 
 enlarge | Author: Tim Grey
Publisher: Sybex
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 386219
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
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Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 8 x 0.6
ISBN: 0782143962
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.686
EAN: 9780782143966
ASIN: 0782143962
Publication Date: May 27, 2005
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"The real strength of this book is in how it will help any photographer establish a workflow that is simple and doesn't become a distraction."
--Christopher Robinson, Editor, Digital Photo Pro If you're like most artists, the concept of planning and structuring your work may sound limiting and inhibiting. You may be surprised to learn that quite the opposite is true--a proper workflow can free you from the monotonous aspects of your work and let you exercise your imagination. Digital imaging expert Tim Grey is the first to present a process for you to follow as you optimize your images in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. You'll discover a natural flow for adjusting images, learn to perform techniques that make your images as striking as they can be, and reduce time and effort. Covering the full spectrum of adjustments, this book is suitable regardless of your level as a photographer.
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 Photoshop CS2 Workflow by Tim Grey May 9, 2007
Tim Grey's "Photoshop CS2 Workflow" is the most comprehensive book I have read that shows how to use Photoshop to consistently get the best out of digital images. It takes the reader step by step through the process of downloading images, RAW conversion, cropping and adjusting tone and color all the way to saving the files and workflow automation. It is written in a style that is easy to comprehend and contains excellent illustrations that make the "how to" information easy to understand. This book belongs in every digital photographers library.
 Photoshop CS2 Workflow: The Digital Photographer's Guide January 3, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Excellent book on digital workflow. Great tips on setting up preferences in Photoshop CS2. Highly recommend.
Great Book for Beginners July 29, 2006
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
Photoshop CS2 Workflow: The Digital Photographer's Guide is the best Photoshop primer I've ever read. The author works through image adjustments in a very logical progression. He begins with very simple edits and works his up to more complex fine tuning. The instructions are both step-by-step and very clear. He also does an excellent job of explaining the "big picture" of why you want to make these adjustments and does not just turn you into a mouse clicker following steps by rote.
If the book has a weakness, it is that it doesn't really live up to its title. The book is not about workflow per se, but about all the steps that are part of a workflow. Only the first and the last chapters really focus on the aspect of trying to plan the workflow itself. This is no crime, I don't know if it's even possible to fill an entire book with workflow planning discussions without becoming ridiculously redundant and useless. But Tim Grey and his publishers chose to identify this as a workflow text and on that basis I think they have failed. If they had named the book "Photoshop CS2 for Beginners: The Digital Photographer's Guide" I would give it 5 stars and my highest recommendation. As it is, I'll still give it my highest recommendation for Photoshop novices as long as they realize that this book is really to help them with image editing skills much more than planning the workflow process itself.
Not what I expected, but pretty good May 3, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This wasn't exactly what I expected: There's no discussion of VersionCue, versioning and naming in general, or color managment.
But that said, it's a pretty good book - I'd recommend it for anyone who hasn't yet thought about what they do as a "workflow".
It offers great tips on most of the common tasks that you'll encounter with Photoshop - as well as talking about working extensively with Layers, which is essential to any intelligent workflow.
I just wish it had addressed the more complex topics I list above. But I'm still glad I bought this book.
The best most helpful guide I own March 8, 2006
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
I am teaching a beginning Photoshop class to adults, and bought this book to help me with my lesson plans. I have been mightily impressed. I have used Photoshop daily in my work since Photoshop 5, and am learning MANY new basic techniques that somehow have escaped my attention until now. I will not only save time, but improve my output with what I have learned from this book! His writing is very clear, and is also interesting to read. I have recommended it to my students, and am incredibly glad I found it before my teaching began!
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