Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers: a professional image editor's guide to the creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC |  | Author: Martin Evening
Publisher: Focal Press
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Edition: Pap/DVD
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Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 7.4 x 2.2
ISBN: 0240522001
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.686
EAN: 9780240522005
ASIN: 0240522001
Publication Date: May 27, 2010
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Product Description
With the new edition of this proven bestseller, Photoshop users can master the power of Photoshop CS5 with internationally renowned photographer and Photoshop hall-of-famer Martin Evening by their side.
In this acclaimed reference work, Martin covers everything from the core aspects of working in Photoshop to advanced techniques for professional results. subjects covered include organizing a digital workflow, improving creativity, output, automating Photoshop, and using Camera RAW. The style of the book is extremely clear, with real examples, diagrams, illustrations, and step-by-step explanations supporting the text throughout. This is, quite simply, the essential reference for photographers of all levels using Photoshop.
* Learn Photoshop the Martin Evening way! Everything you need to know for superb photographic results using Photoshop CS5
* Accompanying DVD includes the images used in the book, as well as QuickTime movie tutorials that show you how to get results fast
* Packed with diagrams, step-by-steps, and over 750 color images
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A Photographer's guide to Photoshop CS5 June 8, 2010
BostonAaron (Boston, MA)
30 out of 30 found this review helpful
This is arguably better than the missing manual to Photoshop CS5. The author has a clear writing style and the illustrations are first rate so that you can actually see the modifications he is discussing. This book also includes a DVD with movies showing some of the new features of CS5 including content aware fill and puppet warp. There is a significant discussion of using raw to preprocess pictures even if they were not captured in RAW format. He even covers color management in considerable detail, well beyond the usual display profiling and calibration.
Of course every book can be improved and even though I gave this book the maximum number of stars I believe that there are short comings that some other authors can and will address. For example, the index seemed a little hard for me to use, at least at first, and I wished that the entire book, rather than selected chapters was on the DVD so I could search for what I wanted. Nevertheless the DVD does include a help guide that complements the book and provides some desktop assistance. Also, even though the book contains numerous specific examples of photographic modifications and repairs and the DVD contains the original photographs when possible for your practice, I think that there are other Photoshop books that provide more fully illustrated examples with the steps more clearly outlined. I also have the Scott Kelby Photoshop CS4 book for digital photographers as well as the CS3 book and these guides teach by example, with the books organized as a series of photographic fixes. As I am writing this review, however, the CS5 book is not yet available and I've been temporarily saved from having to read through Mr Kelby's humor to get to the good parts.
So to sum up. Martin Evening has created a tour deforce explaining the features you need to run Photoshop CS5 that is better illustrated than the Adobe Photoshop CS5 user's guide available on the Adobe web site! (see it's not really missing and you can Google photoshop CS5 user guide to find it like I did) He has also included a DVD and movies illustrating his skills, a nice touch. And he has left room for other authors to provide illustrative examples in guides organized differently.
Very informative, well written June 18, 2010
Megan M (Florida)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I recently upgraded from PSE7 to CS5 and was a bit overwhelmed with all the new tools and options now available to me. Martin Evening's CS5 book is fabulous! It does assume some prior PS knowledge, so I wouldn't recommend this book to someone completely new to PS, but it is very informative and full of practical tips for someone relatively familiar with Photoshop. I had a question about one of the techniques in the Image Retouching chapter and emailed the author. I received a prompt reply in less than 24 hours from Mr. Evening clarifying his description in the book and pointing me to some other resources. I have many pages earmarked already and will continue to use this as a reference whenever using CS5. Highly recommended!
By a photographer, for photographers June 7, 2010
FredM (New York)
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
Martin Evening set the standard for Photoshop books aimed at photographers several releases ago, and continues to produce the most comprehensive guides for those who spend a lot of time behind the camera. It may seem odd that photographers need a special version that relates to their needs, but too many Photoshop books are written by graphic artists who also take pictures, or by amateur photographers who develop skills in Photoshop and fancy themselves "real" photographers. Martin Evening is one of the rare breed that has both amazing photographic skills and is adept at applying Photoshop to optimizing his images. Unlike books that simply show you how to repair ill-captured images in Photoshop, this one will help you take great shots and make them even better.
Another Outstanding Photoshop Guide by Martin Evening May 31, 2010
Charles W. Stevenson (Cortez, FL USA)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Once again Martin Evening has produced an outstanding new guide to Photoshop. As in his previous Photoshop books,
Mr. Evening has built a very detailed, comprehensive step-by-step manual for editing digital images. This time
the guide is based upon Photoshop Version CS5, a major update of the program.
The book is similar in style and scope to his previous Photoshop books. As in the past, this version is profusely
illustrated and clearly annotated. The excellent included DVD emphasizes and demonstrates the powerful new features
of CS5.
If you are serious about getting the most out of your upgrade to CS5, this is the book for you! Read through it
once, and then keep it beside your computer for frequent reference. My copy is already profusely highlighted and
heavily bookmarked with "Post-Its".
This book is the most comprehensive book on the subject of Photoshop. May 31, 2010
John Jones
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
"Adobe Photoshop for Photographers" series of books on the subject of Photoshop is by far the best there is. I highly recommend this book to all those who are serious about learning Photoshop. I also recommend this book to all teachers who want their students to learn Photoshop with solid foundation.
Martin Evening in his "Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers" is successfully maintaining this trend. Moreover, not only he is introducing new techniques, but he also explains all the new tools of Photoshop in great detail and uses very vivid and practical examples which can be used over and over.
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