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The Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
The Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
Author: Scott Kelby
Brand: Peach Pit Press
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars(188 reviews)
Sales Rank: 38775

Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 480
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 8 x 1.1

MPN: 0321330625
ISBN: 0321330625
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.686
EAN: 9780321330628
ASIN: 0321330625

Publication Date: April 28, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description

Scott Kelby, the best-selling Photoshop author in the world today, once again takes this book to a whole new level as he uncovers the latest, most important and most exciting new Adobe Photoshop CS2 techniques for digital photographers.

This major update to this award-winning, record-breaking book does something for digital photographers that's never been done before--it cuts through the bull and shows you exactly "how to do it." It's not abunch of theory; it doesn't challenge you to come up with your own settings or figure it out on your own. Instead, Scott shows youstep-by-step the exact techniques used by today's cutting-edge digital photographers and, best of all, he shows you, flat-out, exactly whichsettings to use, when to use them, and why. That's why the previous version of this book took the digital photography world by storm.

But now, his new CS2, version is even bigger, even better, and exposeseven more of the pros most closely guarded secrets, including a specialchapter which shows, for the first time ever, step-by-step how to howto set-up Photoshop's color management. He does it by throwing out allthe theory, all the techno-babble, and all the confusing charts andgraphs and instead just shows you exactly what you need to do (and

nothing more).

LEARN HOW THE PROS DO IT

Each year Scott trains thousands of professional photographers how touse Photoshop, and almost without exception they have the same questions, the same problems, and the same challenges--and that's exactly what hecovers in this book. You'll learn:

  • The sharpening techniques the pros really use (there's an entirechapter on, just this!)
  • The pros tricks for fixing the most common digital photo problemsfast!
  • The step-by-step set-up for getting what comes out of your printer tomatch exactly what you saw on screen
  • The retouching secrets of how the pros retouch portraits
  • How to process raw digital camera images (plus how to take advantageof all the new Camera Raw features of CS2!)
  • How to color correct any photo without breaking a sweat (you'll beamazed at how easy it is?once you know the secret)
  • A whole chapter on the latest, most requested Photoshop special effects
    How to reduce noise, deal with lens problems, avoid halos, and more
  • How to show your work like a pro!
  • Plus a host of shortcuts, workarounds, and slick "insider" tricks tosend your productivity through the roof!

If you're a digital photographer and you're ready to learn the "tricksof the trade"--the same ones that today's leading pros use to correct, edit, sharpen, retouch, and present their work; then this is the bookfor you.

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Customer Reviews:   Read 183 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars Great, easy to follow book   September 30, 2008
I'm a just learning Photoshop, so this review is from a beginners point of view. Overall I think this is a great book. ; I like it the best compared to the other books I've briefly used.

The author walks you through easy-to-follow steps for each of his sections.

However, I'm still looking for a book that goes into the fine points of Photoshop CS2 functions, and describes each. Just one example would be to have an explanation of all the different "Modes" with-in the "Brush tool" I.e. normal, dissolve, darken, multiply, etc. What does each do, and when is the appropriate time to use each? Is there such a book?

Overall this is a great book if you want to learn great lessons for using PSCS2.



3 out of 5 stars Covers a lot of ground...but not a good choice for beginners   August 31, 2008
This books covers a lot of ground and is probably very useful to intermediate to advanced photoshop users and intermediate to advanced digital photographers.

But I am a beginning Photoshop user as well as a beginning digital photographer, and I feel that there is a lot of presumed Photoshop and photography knowledge that I don't have.

Hint: The introduction to the book provides a URL where you can download the photos used as examples in the book, so that you can practice the techniques on the same photos as the author.

I rated this book 3 stars as an average. For beginners this book would be 2 stars and for intermediate to advanced users this book would be 4 stars. It's probably a book beginners can grow into.





5 out of 5 stars The Easiest Way to Learn Photoshop CS2   July 4, 2008
Like many of Scott Kelby's other books, this is written in plain english and teaches with such ease, I wonder why it's not included with your copy of CS2?

Scott Kelby has a way of teaching you to use this very complicated program that you'll be amazed at how fast you're editing your images like the pro's do.

My edition looks like a tattered mess due to it's use and how many times I've thumbed through it to find a solution to one of my problems.

If you own CS2, than do yourself a favor and buy this book



5 out of 5 stars Herer I learned how to correct and inprove all my photos   June 22, 2008
  0 out of 1 found this review helpful

Yes, that's true!
3 years ago I was a beginner with Photoshop.
I read all the book and learned how to correct all my photos.
People use to say that I take good photos.
You can see some of my photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oscarburd/sets/1524858/ .
Hope you enjoy the book and the photos.



5 out of 5 stars Great Buy   May 19, 2008
This is the best Photoshop book I've ever purchased. It was recommended to me by a fellow photographer. Scott Kelby is very straght forward, he shows you step by step how to do everything. He makes photoshop easy, I was overwhelmed until I read this book, I use it almost daily, I am no longer intimidated by Photoshop!

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