Adobe Photoshop CS for Photographers: A Professional Image Editor's Guide to the Creative Use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC FROM OUR EDITORS
The Barnes & Noble Review
This is Photoshop CS for photographers: veterans whoﾽve lived for decades with the smell of the darkroom, and young whippersnappers for whom ﾽdigitalﾽ is second nature.
Martin Evening is a professional photographer first and foremost. He thoroughly understands professional workflow and the tasks working photographers need to perform. A Photoshop alpha tester, he teaches Photoshop worldwide (notably, at Thunder Lizard). This book reflects all that experience.
Youﾽll start with a quick look at whatﾽs new in CS (live histogram palette, image interpolation options, improved Automate plug-ins, and so forth). Youﾽll organize your workspace and customize Photoshop to your needs as a photographer. Then, itﾽs on to serious image adjustment.
Evening clearly explains what all that histogram stuff really means to your images. (He uses the bookﾽs full-color format to great advantage here.) His chapter on color correction offers nifty examples of using the new Match Color feature and using Selective Color to prepare an RGB file for CMYK conversion.
Youﾽll find strong discussions of image repair, montage, filters, and a host of darkroom effects. (Few Photoshop books cover split-toning and cross-processing, but this one does -- along with more familiar techniques like solarization and duotones.)
Thereﾽs solid coverage of digital capture and scanning, including a very nice introduction to Photoshop CSﾽs new Camera Raw plug-in. Resolution, color management, print and web output -- all covered.
You may not have come across Martin Eveningﾽs Photoshop books before: Theyﾽre imports from Great Britain. But Adobe Photoshop CS for Photographers stacks up well against the best weﾽve seen.
Bill Camarda
Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2003 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks for Dummies, Second Edition.
ANNOTATION
Audience: Serious amateurs with an initial grasp of Photoshop to professional photographers using Photoshop. Also graphic designers and all other users of Photoshop.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
The latest edition to join Martin Evening's bestsellers, the PEI Cool 2 award-winning 'Adobe Photoshop for Photographers' titles, gives you completely updated and revised coverage providing a professional photographer's insight into Photoshop CS.
The very latest coverage of what's new in digital capture is a big selling point, as are the numerous new tutorials and updated, top quality color images throughout. This edition also benefits from a new internal design that, along with a re-ordering of the contents, makes navigation even easier. Still packed with practical advice and even more hints and tips, this book will take Photoshop users up to a professional standard, guided by the 'Daddy' of Photoshop himself, Martin Evening.
* Over 450 professional, color illustrations make this book stand above the rest
* New interior design and reorganised contents make this book even easier to use
* Master the power of Photoshop CS under the instruction of an internationally recognised Photoshop expert
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
Reviews of the last edition:
For this reviewer the stand-out title from this current crop is Martin Evening's 'Adobe Photoshop 7.0 for Photographers'. Evening's offering eschews all the 'geeky' phraseology that mars the bulk of Photoshop books and instead focuses directly on the issues of interest to photographers... Definitely the 'daddy' of all Photoshop books.
--British Journal of Photography
...if you own one book about Photoshop 7, this is the one to buy...
--Rangefinder
...a super intro to the digital darkroom from the photographer's point of view.
--Professional Photographer
If your goal is to expand your technical, image editing, and artistic abilities, then Adobe Photoshop for Photographers most likely will help you achieve the high quality results you desire.
--PC Create IT
Among the references I consult most often is... Martin Evening's 'Adobe Photoshop 7 for Photographers', it offers outstanding information, techniques, examples from the author's professional photo assignments, and includes a CD with tutorials.
--eDIGITALPHOTO
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