Short description
A guide to creative image editing that helps you master the features and tools of Adobe Photoshop CS4. It covers the foundation skills and advanced techniques you need to enhance photographs creatively and professionally. It also contains vital information on how to optimize your photography and digital imaging workflow.
Long description
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. The title 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!
Review
Praise for Photoshop CS3: Essential Skills:
This book is a must for anyone new to CS3. Amazon.com reviewer
Galer presents a really useful set of teaching tools: A fine set of DVD movie tutorials and exercise images accompany a well-written book...I have several CS3 books, and I like this one best. Amazon.com reviewer
This book is worth purchasing for the DVD alone - it is an excellent way to learn CS3. Amazon.co.uk reviewer
I would strongly recommend this book because the content is excellent and the supporting DVD, totally brilliant. Amazon.co.uk reviewer
After years of badly designed software manuals we are now starting to see books come to life, and we'd put this on a pedestal above the best. Superb design, really clear illustrations, great photography and clean navigation. Mark's put his lecturing skills into practice to deliver a solid structure so you can't fail to find the area of Photoshop you're struggling with and then get the answers quickly. Hundreds of illustrations, sound advice. Lots of projects with quality photos so you really see how to convert to black and white, how to retouch and how to make quality cut outs, including one of the best guides to using the complex pen tool. If you only want to buy one Photoshop book...this is it! ephotozine.com