How to Wow: Photoshop for Photography (2nd Edition)
by Ben Willmore, Jack Davis
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Author: Ben Willmore, Jack DavisEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-07-29
ISBN: 0321357507
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Book Reviews of How to Wow: Photoshop for Photography (2nd Edition)
Book Review: Great creative inspiration with some helpful basics.
Summary: 5 Stars
How to Wow, Photoshop for Photography, Second Edition by Jack Davis and Ben Willmore has quickly earned a prominent spot on my digital darkroom reference shelf. The book has several key elements that ensure it will remain there for the foreseeable future.
It is 276 pages long yet you can comfortably familiarize yourself with it in one evening. The layout appeals to the visual senses immediately. From the contents, which contain thumbnails of each technique, to the numerous color coded tips, cautions and insights boxes, right through to the informative screen captures the book is a visual delight. While good looks are appreciated, useful content is what earned this book a prominent place in my reference library. The techniques provided are impactful, and have real world applications. I have seen numerous tutorials describing impressive techniques only to wonder how I would ever use them. Not so with this book. Within 2 days of getting the book I was employing several of the techniques with gratifying results.
The authors do a good job of providing beneficial foundational material in the first fifty or so pages. They touch on workflow, color management, exposure evaluation along with the basics of using non-destructive layers to preserve the original file. Entire books have been written on each of these subjects, so don't expect an all encompassing treatise but rather a succinct introduction to get you started down the right path if any of these topics are unfamiliar to you.
The book includes a CD with a wonderful collection of swatches, shapes, layer styles, gradients and actions that can be downloaded and installed in your own copy of Photoshop. These provide the basis to quickly achieve all the techniques shown in the book, plus many more to discover for yourself. Additionally, the CD includes all of the images used throughout the tutorials, so you can follow along at home if that appeals to you.
If you are looking for a book to show you how to transform your images and make them really exceptional, How to Wow, Photoshop for Photography, Second Edition by Jack Davis and Ben Willmore is a great place to start.
To me a review is most meaningful when you know a little something about the person writing the review. I have been an avid amateur photographer since the late 1970's and have been selling my work since 2004. Photography isn't my day job, but it does provide a welcome supplement. I have been shooting with a Canon Professional Digital SLR since 2003 and perform the vast majority of my post processing work in Photoshop. I began with Photoshop 7 and currently work with CS2. I am a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) and make extensive use of the abundant educational materials available on the member website. I have read well over two-dozen Photoshop training guides with one overriding goal in mind; producing the best images possible.
Summary of How to Wow: Photoshop for Photography (2nd Edition)
Wouldn't it be great if you could have two of the world?s most sought-after Photoshop teachers sitting next to you at your computer as you navigate through the infinite possibilities of your digital photographic darkroom? How to Wow: Photoshop for Photography, second edition, is the next best thing. It?s the brainchild of two Photoshop powerhouses---Jack Davis and Ben Willmore, both world-renowned authors and educators, who have developed an effective way to help you reach your full creative potential.
Jack and Ben guide you step-by-step through real-world projects, with an emphasis on uncompromising quality, last-minute flexibility, and go-home-at-night speed! You'll receive tips and techniques on everything from streamlining your workflow to solarizing without chemicals to balancing out skin tones. Whether it?s optimizing the color and tone of your image, retouching cosmetic undesirables, reconstructing priceless heirlooms, or creating sepia color treatments, you'll be given the tools at every stage of the creative process in order to learn How to Wow!
The book begins with the essentials of workflow (including color management, the new Adobe Bridge, and Camera Raw 3), and then moves on to adjusting and optimizing and retouching and repairing. Next comes the fun stuff, with projects focusing on enhancing and exaggerating aspects of your photos for maximum impact, followed by projects on color and black-and-white treatments and artistic effects and overlays. Finally, there is a chapter devoted to combining your images and creating custom photo collages using instant Wow Tools Presets, available on the CD-ROM accompanying the book.
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