The Adobe Photoshop CS4 Layers Book: Harnessing Photoshop's most powerful tool |  | Author: Richard Lynch
Publisher: Focal Press
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Media: Paperback
Edition: Pap/Cdr
Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 7.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 0240521552
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.686
EAN: 9780240521558
ASIN: 0240521552
Publication Date: April 13, 2009
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Product Description
MasterPhotoshop CS4 with this visual, hands-on guide to using layers, under the expert guidance of digital imaging specialist Richard Lynch. Layers, Photoshop's most powerful feature, is the core of a nondestructive image-editing workflow.
Step-by-step instructions and practical examples illustrate how to.
* Polish: correct and enhance color, fix composition problems, and repair damage or flaws
* Manipulate: isolate image areas for changes, adjustments and experimental concepts
* Understand: use all forms of layer blending, including transparency, clipping masks, opacity/fill, layer masks, layer modes, channel targeting, Blend If, and Effects/Styles
The accompanying DVD comes complete with a generous library of practical actions based on techniques from the book that add functional power to Photoshop, along with practice images for all the exercises in the book.
This focused, highly accurate, comprehensive, and practical guide offers invaluable advice for all users of Adobe Photoshop CS4.
* Unleash the full power of Layers in Photoshop for limitless non-destructive creative image editing
* Step-by-step real-life projects take you through every aspect of the layers tool, including masking, blending, and modes, all in the context of a practical photoshop workflow
* Ancillary CD contains all the practice images used in the book
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 A Must Have Book! March 30, 2009
D. Monroe (Boston, Ma)
29 out of 30 found this review helpful
As an avid but not advanced user of Photoshop I was intriguied by an entire book on the layers tool but I wasn't sure if it was necessary. I knew that it was used in a many different ways, but I didn't know how it would improve my experience with photoshop. This is the BEST book I've ever used on making me a better photoshoper. It's awesome. The book is beautiful and really clear. The author does a good job of explaining each concept and technique in direct language and I found the book really easy to follow. And it has given me a lot of great ideas of things I'm now trying. I feel this one book has elevated my photography to a whole new realm.
[...] I highly recomend picking this up.
A detailed and useful book May 15, 2009
Linoy Alex (Cambridge, MA,USA)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
The Adobe Photoshop CS4 Layers Book: Harnessing Photoshop's most powerful tool
I am somewhat familiar with Photoshop and its capabilities, but this book really opened my eyes to what can be done with layers and has really changed my work flow when editing images. There is more information here about layers than I thought was possible, and some of the techniques described are pretty advanced, but for now this has become my goto book on Photoshop.
A visual, hands-on guide to using layers August 17, 2009
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Deserving of ongoing mention and recommendation is one of the most powerful, effective Photoshop 'how to' books on the market: a guide to the notoriously tricky Layers part of the program. A visual, hands- on guide comes from a digital imaging specialist who provides step-by-step directions and practical applications for image manipulation using the layers feature. Screenshots and color sidebars of information make this simply invaluable.
The Adobe Photoshop CS4 Layers Book Does the Job March 4, 2010
kagee (Columbus OH)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Adobe Photoshop CS4 Layers Book by Richard Lynch does the job. It thoroughly covers each trick and nuance of learning layers. It peels back each layer of Photoshop allowing the reader to learn how to edit images in a nondestructive manner. Explanations are thorough and examples are in color and numerous. The hands-on practice files are icing on the cake. I liked it so well that I bought two copies of the book--one for my office at work and one for home. It's a great reference for the professional digital artist as well as the occasional dabbler. I can't wait to buy Richard Lynch's next book.
Photoshop Layers May 11, 2009
Shirley
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
This book is packed full of good information, but I don't find it a quick and easy reference. It is probably a better book for experienced Photoshop users, I am a beginner so it is a little more difficult to follow.
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