Whether you use Adobe’s Camera Raw for your Raw conversion or not, this book covers how to get the most from Adobe’s Bridge-CS3/4’s file browser. Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS3 Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS4 Bruce Fraser & Jeff Schewe Photographers need to know about Photoshop. It’s lighter in tone (and less in-depth) than Martin Evening’s Adobe Photoshop CS3/4 for Photographers, but it covers much of the basics of what most I’m not a fan of most of Scott Kelby’s books-they’re too recipe/cookbook oriented, and don’t provide enough background info for real learning, but this is an exception.
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Professional Photoshop: The Classic Guide to Color Correction Dan Margulis Recommended as a first Photoshop book for retouchers, as well as intermediate-to-advanced users. This one is an excellent guide to basic color correction, retouching, photo repair/restoration, and more. Katrin is one of the leading Photoshop writer/experts today, and her books are all highly approachable. Photoshop Restoration and Retouching Katrin Eismann & Wayne Palmer Combined with Katrin’s Photoshop Restoration and Retouching book (below), it’s a very solid foundation to digital photography. H ig hly r ecommen d e d as a first Photoshop book for non-retouchers. It spends very little time on retouching and compositing, but that exclusion works to the benefit of what IS covered. The emphasis is on tone and contrast control and optimization, with large sections dealing raw conversion, dodging and burning, black and white This book is aimed primarily at the photographer who wants to learn how to set up a solid workflow to generate quality images with a smooth and effective process. Katrin Eismann Sean Duggan, & Stephen Johnson Recommended as a first Photoshop book for a photographer, as well as intermediate-to-advanced users. Additional issues for those going to press or offset printing, as well as infrared, cross-processing, and the like round out this guide. Written by a full-time UK-based commercial and fashion photographer and CS3 alpha tester, this book covers issues most digital photographers face, from workflow issues, color management, color correction, and retouching. A Professional Image Editor's Guide to the Creative Use of Photoshop Martin Eveningįocal Press ISBN: 0240520289 (CS3), 0240521250 (CS4)