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Title: Photoshop 7 Professional Photographic Techniques by Gavin Cromhout, Janee Aronoff, Nyree Costello, Vikas Shah ISBN: 1-59059-147-X Publisher: APress Pub. Date: 16 July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.4 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A fine read with many great ideas
Comment: I found this book to be full of easy-to-follow examples of useful and non-trivial techniques. It seems as if the last reviewer had just been looking for a coffee table book, something fluffy with pretty pictures.
This book's pictures are fine for illustrating the techniques, and, for me, that was what was important. I am very happy with my choice of Professional Photographic Techniques, for a book to really use in learning my way around in photoshop through photo manipulation.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not a truly professional book
Comment: I was attracted to the word 'professional' in the title, and that's why I bought the book. This turned out to be a poor reason to buy the book, and I was disappointed with much of the content.
I suppose technically speaking this book does cover techniques that professionals use, but it doesn't really cover them to a professional extent. You can buy whole Photoshop books dedicated to things like restoration or color correction. In this book, they have brief chapters. Maybe this book is supposed to be an introduction to professional techiniques??
Even then, I found some of the approaches to be questionable. On many occassions there was definately a more flexible, less destructive approach to the presented problem (ie. a more PROFESSIONAL way). Books I've read that I thought were good professional photographic technique books would include 'PS Artistry', 'PS Master Class', 'Photoshop Color Correction.' I gave it 3 stars (cause you can't pick 2.5), and because it might be useful to someone else; as well it didn't strike me as a hit n' run scam book. Maybe it would be alright for an intermediate user, but check out other books too.
Rating: 1
Summary: No files, no support!
Comment: While the book moves well from more basic techniques, the constant reminders that you can follow along using the downloads available on the authors' web site turns out to be aggravating false advertising. While I appreciate that the authors decided not to enclose a CD in the book, then they need to insure that their web site can supply the files needed to use the book. They have a support email address, but not suprisingly emails sent to that address bounce back. Perhaps the authors are professional photographers, but they're clearly not professional publishers.
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Title: Photoshop 7 Artistry: Mastering the Digital Image by Barry Haynes, Wendy Crumpler ISBN: 0735712409 Publisher: New Riders Pub. Date: 02 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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Title: Photoshop Restoration & Retouching, Second Edition by Katrin Eismann, Doug Nelson ISBN: 0735713502 Publisher: New Riders Pub. Date: 21 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Creative Thinking in Photoshop: A New Approach to Digital Art by Sharon Steuer ISBN: 0735711224 Publisher: New Riders Pub. Date: 17 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Photoshop 7: Photographers' Guide by David D. Busch ISBN: 1929685688 Publisher: Muska & Lipman Pub Pub. Date: 29 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: How to Cheat in Photoshop: The Art of Creating Photorealistic Montages by Steve Caplin ISBN: 0240517024 Publisher: Focal Press Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $36.99 |
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