Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio

Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio
by Glenn Honiball

Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio
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Author: Glenn Honiball
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-08-29
ISBN: 059600849X
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: O'Reilly Media

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Book Review: Review for the Alaska and Military Members Apple User Group
Summary: 4 Stars

Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio is an excellent resource for anybody who already has basic experience in the Adobe Photoshop program and has an interest in post production work with photographs. The author has an impressive online portfolio consisting of 83 images which showcase his skills with photoshop and post production work.
The book is for the most part very easy to follow and I believe that a reader who is somewhat familiar with Photoshop should be able to understand and follow the topics covered in the book. The author tends to be general in his reference of commands rather than list a specific key command. This behavior has both positive and negative effects. I can understand the desire to remain somewhat general since it allows the book to be more easily applied both older versions of Photoshop - such as version 7 - and likely to new versions of Photoshop released after the book is published. In fact a few of the places that key commands are directly referenced, I found that they didn't behave as expected. The negative effect of this generalization is that some people might be left with this book on one knee and the Photoshop manual on the other. But of course the title of the book does contain the word `commercial', not `do it yourself.'
I enjoyed the book hugely because it gave me better ways to achieve many of the effects that I regularly apply to photos and taught me new tricks that I'd never even thought of. That said, there were times when I wished that the book had come with one of the companion discs so often found on the back cover of computer texts. When trying to get a feel for how well a process was outlined, I often took more time searching images.google.com to find an image that was similar enough to the one that the author had used than I did actually following the explanation. I would have been enormously appreciative of a disc containing high resolution copies of the images that the author uses for his examples.
When working on the same files that the author used, it would be much easier to compare my final product to his and better bench my progress. When working with different files that were hastily harvested from the internet it can be like comparing apples and oranges.
I also found that a reader needs to carefully read a section of text start to finish to understand it, which is contrary to the style that is often found in books which are geared toward a `Commercial' audience. When reading a section I like it to be outlined as well as described, that way a user with extensive Photoshop experience is able to skim through the steps and only have to read the accompanying material corresponding steps that are not immediately understood.
All said and done, I enjoyed this book very much. I would not recommend it to a brand new Photoshop user since it depends on already having an understanding of basic Photoshop use, but I think that it would be an irreplaceable guide for a reader with established Photoshop skills who wants to add photograph retouching skills to their repertoire.

p.s. I should also mention that I tried many of the exercises from the book with the Gnu Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) with good success. Based on that success I would guess that the book may also be usable by reader with whose experience is with Macromedia Fireworks.

Summary of Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio

For both Mac and Windows PC users, Photoshop CS2 is the market leader and industry standard for commercial bitmap image manipulation. Also known as the "digital dark room," Photoshop is the unparalleled tool of choice among graphics professionals and hobby photographers alike.

Written by 20-year photo retouching veteran Glenn Honiball, Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio is the only book to deliver advice for the photographer and artist working with Photoshop CS 2 in a real world commercial environment. Honiball offers incomparable technical and artistic guidance for professionals, graphic artists, photographers, and just about anyone involved in creating and manipulating digital images.

Production artists face unrealistically tight deadlines and heavy workloads that leave little time for trial and error. Photo retouchers need practical, immediate Photoshop solutions to help them produce quality images with minimal effort and in a short amount of time. All the tools, techniques, and skills you need to achieve consistent, professional results with Photoshop CS2 can be found in Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio.

Anyone with intermediate-to-advanced Photoshop skills--whether you want to explore photo retouching personally or as an imaging professional or student--can use Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio to produce sharp, expert, extraordinary photos that don't look retouched.

Under Honibell's seasoned direction, you'll be able to tackle your greatest photo-retouching challenges with ease, precision and efficiency. He guides you through Photoshop CS2's new and innovative features; explains advanced capabilities; shows you how to adapt and custom-fit the software to meet your needs; offers time-saving tips for accelerating your workflow; and delivers advice and inspiration for exercising your own creative genius.

Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio is the ideal resource for any digital artist who wants to develop and perfect professional-level retouching using Photoshop CS 2. With this book, you will bring photo correction and manipulation to a whole new level.

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