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Photoshop CS4: Essential Skills (Photography Essential Skills) Author: Mark Galer, Philip Andrews $26.37 |
Photoshop CS4: Essential Skills (Photography Essential Skills) |
Editorial Review:
This inspirational guide to creative image editing will help you master the essential features and tools of Adobe Photoshop CS4. Broken into three parts to form a structured, self-study guide, Photoshop CS4: Essential Skills covers the foundation skills and more advanced techniques you need to enhance photographs creatively and professionally. Practical, step-by-step imaging projects then give you the chance to practice your skills and see what you can achieve with the right tools and knowledge.
Written by two internationally recognised authors and Adobe Photoshop Ambassadors, this established book and DVD package cuts through the complexities of Photoshop to deliver essential, clear guidance on how to get the best results. Fully updated with the latest CS4 features, it also contains vital information on how to optimize your photography and digital imaging workflow.
Now includes a free DVD, packed with more than 8 hours of detailed video tutorials to accompany the projects in the book, royalty-free hi-resolution images, indispensable RAW files for editing practice and much more.
* Learn to retouch and enhance your photographs, produce sophisticated montages and create special effects with clear instruction and step-by-step practice projects that show the why and the how-to.
* Develop an efficient workflow from capture to print, saving time and hassle, and helping you to achieve professional-looking results in Photoshop CS4.
* Watch and learn, with more than 8 hours of movie tutorials on the accompanying DVD to support the practical projects - worth the cover price alone!
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0 
A Waste Of Money: 
This book is terrible. If you are a newcomer to Photoshop, you will find the material overwhelming. The authors attempt to portray this book for users at any level. The truth is the material is more for someone who already has experience with an old version of Photoshop and needs a refresher course.
One topic after another is thrown at the reader at a pace that is much too fast. Often the material seems like reading a handbook than it is reading a tutorial. The authors have poor writing style and...more info
For beginners only: 
If you have even modest experience with Photoshop CS or Photoshop Elements, then this book will probably be a disappointment. Good breadth of coverage, poor depth of coverage. (Note: I have not tried the tutorial DVD; I am speaking only about the book itself.)
Good choice for building intermediate to professional skills: 
I'm a newcomer to photoshop, having bought CS4 the week it was released. I purchased this book because I was impressed by a similar book written by Mark Galer on Elements, and also because it was simply the only book on CS4 that was actually in print at the time of purchase.
I have given Essential Skills five stars due to the quality of the written and video tutorials. The target audience would be someone with preexisting basic skills who can jump over the mediocre introductory materials and get right...more info
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