Editorial Reviews
Product Description:Martin Evening's Adobe Photoshop for Photographers titles have become classic reference sources for photographers at all skill levels. Whether you are an accomplished user or just starting out, the Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers book contains a wealth of practical advice, hints and tips to help you achieve professional-looking results.
Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers begins with an overview of the Photoshop interface and the fundamentals of how to use Photoshop, followed by how to configure and optimize your computer's performance to run the program and then it dives straight into the essentials of Camera Raw image editing. The Sharpening chapter shows how to use the Camera Raw controls to obtain optimum capture sharpening and noise reduction and the Essentials chapter outlines how to work with all the basic image adjustment tools that are in the program, some of which have been there since the very beginning.
Practical workshops show you how to master the essential techniques, such as color correction, retouching techniques, toning a black and white image, creating composite images and so on. Each technique is described in step-by-step detail, showing exactly which command to use, whether you are working with a Mac or PC computer.
The accompanying DVD contains a Photoshop for Photographers Help Guide. This is supplied in a web browser format that you can either run from the DVD or copy to your computer hard disk for off-line viewing. The Help Guide contains a complete guide to all the tools and panels in Photoshop as well as other items in the program. It is like having an off-line manual with which to learn more about what each Photoshop tool and palette does. The guide also provides 120 minutes of movie tutorials on Photoshop CS4. If you are just beginning to work with digital images or are looking for new ideas, the best techniques and ways to improve the quality of your work, this is the book for you!
* Learn Photoshop the Martin Evening way! Get up to speed fast with the essential information you need to create superb images in Photoshop CS4.
* Accompnying DVD includes the images you need to follow along as you read, with QuickTime movie tutorials for hands-on learning
* Contains over 750 professional, color images
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
The Best On Photoshop CS4 Out There, November 8, 2009
By
Daniel du Toit (Westboro, MA USA)
This is truly the most amazing book on PS CS4. I thoroughly enjoyed the first chapters on Adobe Camera Raw - ACR is brushed off by many authors as merely a tool to convert RAW images to JPG after performing very limited basic adjustments. Well, Evening showed me there is much more to it than that.
This book is a comprehensive reference as well as instructional guide lined with many clear concise examples.
Boring? No, definitely not! For MAC users only? No, not the copy I received from Amazon.
This is my first book by this author, it won't be the last - excellent!
Best instruction ever, period, October 22, 2009
By
S. Carduner (truro, ma)
That's it. By far the most informative, best written how-to book I've read. In depth, easy to follow, great step-by-step illustrations, clear presentation of the concepts... in a class by itself...
An outstanding contribution, October 13, 2009
By
F. Delgado (Portland OR USA)
I have seen many books which give instruction about specific Photoshop (PS) techniques but without providing a solid foundation about the structure and components of PS. Those books leave one feeling he is in a giant maze and give no clue about where the exit is.
Martin Evening's book about CS4 has been carefully thought out from the perspective of someone who is new to PS and does give a broad enough introduction to the structure of PS and related applications which one would likely use, like Bridge, Camera Raw, Lightroom. For example, he even takes the time to identify the rationale behind specific recommended settings in PS preferences. He provides basic details about what someone needs to know if she or he is new to PS. I found useful tips on most every page! I am confident that if a serious student reads with full attention to what Martin covers in each of the almost 700 pages of this book he or she will end this study with a solid working understanding of the essentials of PS and ready for study of advanced topics. He then can move to other books which have what I call "circus tricks" as they do ilustrate some neat techniques but require a solid foundation first. Martin's book will give that foundation.
Additionally, Martin writes from the perspective a working photographer who obviously uses PS, LR, and other products every day in his commercial work. This perspective provides a valuable extra edge to the book.
This book is a major contribution to the field of PS education.
Great book for photographers, October 6, 2009
By
Yevgeniy Kiselev (Sacramento, CA)
It is a great book for photographers that are looking to enhance their photoshop skills
excellent, October 1, 2009
By
Pang Mei Chin (Germany)
This book is simply very cool. From the foundation to being an expert, this books explains in a very thorough way. Highly recommendable.
