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 enlarge | Authors: Katrin Eismann, Sean Duggan
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: $49.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 27750
Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 429
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 10 x 7.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 0596100477
Dewey Decimal Number: 771
EAN: 9780596100476
ASIN: 0596100477
Publication Date: January 11, 2008
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 The one for me March 27, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I came to photography recently, without the benefit of darkroom experience. I've read several photoshop books, but this was the only one that really helped me with the creative aspects of post processing.
 A quite well written book with a holistic approach March 24, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have been through a number of photoshop books in the past few years. Of all of them I can say that the authors were certainly prepared and that they put a lot of effort in their book.
But if on the one hand the authors knew pretty well what they were saying, the same could not be said about their readers, whom I guess were having a few problems connecting their experience and previous understanding of Photoshop to what they were being taught.
This book is a step forward in this regard, in that it has a very real-life, down-to-earth, experience-based approach with what it talks about. Photoshop books are normally organised around conceptual areas or tools. This book is organised around what you get to do with it and around the experience of dealing with images.
I appreciate the occasional divagation of the authors who sometimes interrupt the flow of the information to mention something that they believe is important but that does not fit in the paragraph itself.
What I don't like about this book - and about al other photoshop books I've ever encountered - is the tutorial, step-by-step approach to teaching. There are things you can be taught, and things that you can only learn. Other things, you can only be taught to a certain extent, or be pointed at.
Creative skills belong to this last group. I don't want to be told to "enter mask mode, set the brush to 32 pixels and 20% hardness [...] do this, do that and here is the final image". Creativity doesn't come packaged in procedures, and nor do its tools.
The Best Book on CS3 Written March 15, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have read more than a dozen books on CS3 and this is by far the best. It is very complete and readable. These two authors are a couple of the most knowledgeable and understandable available today.
An outstanding and colorful lesson plan. March 5, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Classic photo and darkroom concepts are important for using even modern digital cameras and tools - and thus a manual pairing tested photo techniques with Adobe Photoshop, which includes original photo examples with each lesson. From coverage of traditional darkroom skills and abilities and how these translate into Photoshop CS3 and Lightroom to the basics of producing initial high-quality images and understanding both black and white and color darkroom techniques, this packs in details and lessons for both artists and educators, making for an outstanding and colorful lesson plan.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
Katrin did it again March 1, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love Katrin books on Photoshop and this last one is a must have, specially if you teach Photoshop, it will help you a lot to organize your classes. Beautifull edition with plenty of concise explanations. It may lack profound information on some aspects but it's still a must in your digital photography library
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