The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)

EAN:9780321501912 Label:New Riders Press Author:Scott Kelby Binding:Paperback

I enjoy all of Scott Kelby's books Kelby's Photoshop CS3 is the best. . The Photoshop CS3 was a great addition to my library2009-03-20 Rating 5. He can explain how to do things so easily. I appreciate his work and advice so much!. I have used Scott Kelby's books on the different versions of Elements and have found them extremely user-friendly Kelby Never Disappointments!!. When I bought Photoshop CS3, I bought a book from a different author to teach me the ropes2009-03-03 Rating 5. It was based on learning from tutorials. I found I needed the ability to just isolate and read up on a particular skill. I purchased this book, and voila!! I could get my questions answered speedily and in the entertaining Kelby fashion. Great addition to my library!!. I really appreciate and enjoy Scott Kelby's style: specific, relevant, prescriptive and useful with a nice amout of humor Expected More. I looked forward to this book (after having used and benefited from his PS CS book) to show me how to take advantage of my upgrade to CS32009-02-23 Rating 4. My first task was reduce some high-ISO noise. I looked in the index and saw the only entry (page 107). I was a little disappointed because it's in the Camera RAW section. I don't use camera raw since I use Apple Aperture for my RAW conversion: no help. Then I read on and to have him tell me CS3 noise reduction "ain't great" and then tells me he uses and recommends a third party plug in. Great. I should have spent the money on that. I'm not sure if I'm more disappointed in Mr. Kelby for not showing me how to reduce noise or Adobe for not having a quality noise reduction filter. Putting writing style aside, the one thing that I look for is the means by which topics are covered Missing topics. I buy books to obtain information of greater depth than provided by Adobe's Help or to obtain methods that transcend specific features2009-02-21 Rating 1. When I buy a book on a product/release, I minimally expect all capabilities to be covered. I don't like crap shoots. Kelby states in opening comments that not everything is covered (like layers) that are well covered in "every other Photoshop book out there. " "In short-it's the funk and not the junk. " I don't like books that are published in haste and miss topics in total. Such is the case with the topic of High Dynamic Range images. This book (to my knowledge) is void of this huge topic. Christian Bloch's "The HDRI Handbook" (343 pages) does provide coverage, but not the idiosyncrasies of Photoshop CS3 which I hoped would be addressed by this book. . Once again I'm reviewing another Scott Kelby book because his books, like those of Bryan Peterson, are consistently very good and full of useful information ronmart.blogspot.com says this is a "must own" book. I'm please to say that The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers is once again another great Kelby book2009-02-17 Rating 5. If you've read Scott Kelby's 7 Point System for Photoshop CS3 you will quickly see that many of the things he uses in the steps for enhancing photos for that book are included with more details in this book. However, this book is more of a recipe book to help you solve a particular task with little information on bringing it all together to solve a series of typical problems, which is why he wrote the 7 Point System book. [[I've got a few Kelby books, do I really need this one? OR Who is this book really for?]] When I started reading this book it was heavy on information about Bridge and Adobe Camera Raw so I started to question my decision to buy it without reading it from the library first. However, as I went deeper into the book I found a lot of nuggets (even in the Bridge section) that were super useful to me in the things I do in Lightroom. As a result, I can easily say that this is a book worth reading from cover to cover for anyone who is wanting to understand more behind the voodoo of Adobe Camera Raw, sharpening, Color Management, Printing and lots of hidden gems in Photoshop. This is a really good reference book, but it is one that should be read cover to cover to allow your brain to index what it offers so you can come back to it when you really need it. [[Come on Ron, I can't afford all of these books. If I only had to pick one or two Kelby books, what would they be?]] This is a fair question, and after reading this and the 7 Point System, I'd have to say that if you only bought one then the 7 Point System is the better book to have. That isn't to say that this book isn't useful and that you shouldn't own both if you can afford it, but if you only had to pick one then you'll get more out of the 7 Point System because it will show you a bunch of photos that look like the ones we are used to seeing come out of our camera and show you how to make them look awesome. Doing this both increases your confidence and gives you series of basic tools that allow you to directly apply these techniques to your photos for great results. Where this book comes in handy is when you have a specific question like "how do I whiten teeth?", and you can go that topic and get quick step by step instructions that show you exactly how to do that. > [[Conclusion]] I had over 20 pages flagged in this book as being important for future reference, and since I've worked on a few batches of photos after reading this book I found myself going back to this book to recall how to deal with certain problems. It's a good book, and an excellent resource for sure. However, it is more of a recipe book that you'll use as a reference, but I don't think it is the right book for the average Joe to learn how to see the "big picture" on how to make your photos look their best. Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced Value: Good (Expensive, but lots of good stuff here) Recommendation: Recommended, but if you can't afford this and Scott Kelby's 7 Point System for Photoshop CS3 then I'd say your best best for learning is to go for 7 Point System. If you are a very advanced Photoshop user, then you'll probably find some good nuggets in this book that make it more worthwhile than the 7 Point System. Scott Kelby was honored with Professional Photographer magazine’s highly coveted 2008 Hot One Award for The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers Here’s what Jeff Kent, the Hot One Editor at Professional Photographer, has to say about the book: “In a how-to published by Peachpit Press, Scott Kelby, best-selling author on Adobe Photoshop, delves into CS3 to uncover the most important and useful techniques for digital photographers. Our judges liked Kelby’s direct approach with step-by-step instructions