Adobe Photoshop CS2 One-On-One

Adobe Photoshop CS2 One-On-One
by Deke McClelland

Adobe Photoshop CS2 One-On-One
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Author: Deke McClelland
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-08-01
ISBN: 0596100965
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: O'Reilly Media

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Book Review: The perfect jumpstart for Photoshop newbies
Summary: 5 Stars

This was the jumpstart I needed to learning photoshop. This is not so much a tutorial as it is a get-up and start-using photoshop one-on-one session, exactly as the title suggests. So instead of learning the interface in text-book procedural fashion, it's kind of like apprenticing for the author Deke (who also wrote the photoshop bible book). BTW, the author is notably an Master at photoshop, as is apparent when he tells you "nobody uses this command, you can do that function with this new command here". There's a lot to be distracted in photoshop, hundreds and hundreds of different functions, and it turns out that many of these functions are obsolete and only left-in to satisfy old users, so having Deke point these things out is fantastic. Eg, unsharpen mask, obsolete. smart sharpen, da-shizzle.

I found a lot of the steps to be wordy, and it took me a week to go through the book/lessons, but it was well worth it. I'm guessing I retained about 60% of what Deke teaches in the book, but the goal was to familiarize myself with how to USE photoshop and even get into the habit of using the shortcut keys, a specialized (and arguably more intuitive) set of shortcuts is provided by the author on the CD-ROM. This book also goes through steps that will optimize Photoshop, such as reducing and distributing cache files in the settings. Generally speaking, Deke explains what each command does as you're doing it, but it's obvious that you need experience to know that you should apply certain settings to get the pictures to look right. So experience begone, it's good to follow the training and see what a professional *would* do to create the compositions.

People are right about the CD-ROM being a lesson in itself. It's over 2 hours of very high quality video and easy-to-follow instruction. The CD-ROM's show little introductory movies to each chapter, which show the author completing a mini-project that usese the techniques about to be explained. Personally I don't think the videos are totally necessary and I doubt I will go back to them, but they ARE helpful and put things into perspective, and I guess are sort of psychological support so that when you start on a chapter at least you have a very good idea of what you're going to learn...the videos put the book's chapters into perspective. And yeah, better to watch the videos than to not watch them, I have :-)

My goal in all this was to learn photoshop well enough to put the program into perspective, so that I would better understand web tutorials and the more encyclopediadic how-to books on the program (such as deke's photoshop bible or martin evening's nice photoshop reference). I've met that goal in this book, I'd say I'm borderline intermediate now save for a bit more experience with the program.

Also a note to those who judge a book by it's pictures...personally, and this is just me, I thought a lot of the pictures/projects in the book looked tacky, and I almost passed on the book because it looked, well, weird. But the projects have you mess around with layers and filters and in the end, it won't matter that there's a disturbing cartoonish picture of his son with a smushed face in pastel colors, or a football made to look like a mr. potato-head with a fruit bowl as a hat. gees. Actually, I wish the author would also write a one-on-one book like this for Adobe Illustrator.

Summary of Adobe Photoshop CS2 One-On-One

If you work with Adobe Photoshop, you've already tasted how powerful a graphics tool it can be. Universally recognized as the standard for image editing and production, Photoshop is used by close to 20 million people worldwide. But how many can say they've fully tapped its vast functionality?

Whether you're a first-timer looking to learn Photoshop, or a seasoned Photoshopper interested in the cool new features of CS2, Deke McClelland's Adobe Photoshop CS2 One on One will have you completing rewarding projects in no time at all. A Photoshop expert, sought-after computer graphics and design lecturer and author of over 70 books, Deke brings his passion and easy, conversational style to the new edition of his bestselling Photoshop tutorial, updated for CS2.

A straightforward, step-by-step guide to the features and functions of Photoshop-with plenty of real-world projects and insider tips applied along the way-Adobe Photoshop CS2 One on One also covers the new features of CS2 in depth, including Adobe Bridge, the new file browser that makes it possible to process multiple images at once. Learn how to use new workflow and file handling features, how to batch process digital camera raw files, search metadata, quickly review images in Slideshow mode, and much more.

If that sounds like Greek to you, don't worry. Deke uses highly effective One-on-One teaching methods and creates a classroom environment that combines written instruction with more than two hours of video training (provided on DVD). As host of the "Best of Photoshop" disk that ships with every Photoshop order, he's uniquely qualified to present the material in this dynamic, interactive format. Whatever your skill level, Adobe Photoshop CS2 One on One will soon have you speaking fluent Photoshop CS2.

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