Photoshop CS3 Essential Skills (Photography Essential Skills)
by Mark Galer; Philip Andrews
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Author: Mark Galer; Philip AndrewsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-28
ISBN: 0240520645
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Focal Press
Book Reviews of Photoshop CS3 Essential Skills (Photography Essential Skills)
Book Review: Especially useful as a textbook
Summary: 5 Stars
Well, I guess I have to disagree with one reviewer who said all 10 students in his class didn't like the book.
I teach digital photography at the college level, and have for quite a few years. My wife and I are also professional photographers with our own studio. I use this book as the textbook for the Photoshop portion of my class. It is pretty easy to follow, and gets technical enough in places to suit a college-level class.
A lot of Photoshop books don't worry about how it works. They just give you step-by-step recipes to follow for a particular task. This book spends some time on explaining what is going on underneath. If you just want quick recipes for certain actions, buy a Scott Kelby book. They are excellent, and I use several myself. This book is for somebody who wants to know why it works.
The book does assume a pretty good working knowledge of your computer. If you are a beginner with Photoshop, you should be OK, but if you are a beginner on the computer, this might not be the best choice.
Summary of Photoshop CS3 Essential Skills (Photography Essential Skills)
Brimming with beautiful pictures, this successful book guides you through a project-based, progressive curriculum so that you can build all the essential skills to enhance photographs creatively and professionally with Photoshop CS3. If you are an aspiring professional, enthusiastic amateur photographer, or a student learning photography, digital imaging, art and design, or design graphics, you'll be amazed at the stunning results you can achieve!New! DVD is included FREE. Additional learning materials include * full-resolution, royalty-free images to download for trying-out your new techniques * over 8 hours of QuickTime movie tutorials to support the practical projects * Presets from layer styles to curves, shapes, and gradients * indispensable RAW files for editing practice
And don't miss the companion website with updates, practice material, and more at www.photoshopessentialskills.com!
"The perfect companion guide for Photoshop users of multiple levels."
Photoshop Creative Magazine
"This book provides excellent coverage of Photoshop as a digital darkroom tool, as well as covering a truly amazing amount of background information. It is very readable and is truly a gem."
Mark Lewis, Director, Mount Saint Mary College, USA
The Essential Skills Photography Series from Focal Press uniquely offers a structured learning experience for photographers of all ages, with both the underlying theory and loads of invaluable 'how to' and real-life practice projects - all from the most talented photography practitioners/educators in the world.
Each subject includes:
* learning objectives for each section - for class use or self-study
* color images of student and teacher/author work
* activities to check learning outcomes
* assignments to put theories into creative practice
* full glossary of terms
Other titles in the series:
Studio Photography: Essential Skills by John Child, Photographic Lighting: Essential Skills by John Child and Mark Galer and Digital Photography in Available Light by Mark Galer.
*An affordable resource that distills the complexity of Photoshop CS3 to the essentials
* Retouch photographs, create makeovers, produce sophisticated montages, and create special effects with clear, step-by-step projects
* Practice with activities that show the 'why', along with the 'how-to'
* Follow a structured learning approach to gain fundamental skills...and more
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