Adobe Photoshop CS4 Studio Techniques
by Ben Willmore, Dan Ablan
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Author: Ben Willmore, Dan AblanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-03-20
ISBN: 0321613104
Number of pages: 480
Publisher: Adobe Press
Book Reviews of Adobe Photoshop CS4 Studio Techniques
Book Review: Great New Edition
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a longtime fan of Ben Willmore and like to attend his workshops when the cruise through town. His books have always been enlightening in their approach and this new version is no different. I don't like the missing CD but I emailed Dan Ablan, the co-author who handled the revision for this title and to my surprise, he emailed me back almost instantly. He was pleasant and friendly and frankly I was quite amazed. It's great to know that an author can be contacted for questions and that's not something you find often.
About the book. I found it to be a very good transition from the CS3 version to CS4. I thought it might cover more of the CS4 features and skip some of the photoshop guts that the studio techniques book is known for, but it didn't. Yes the book is slightly slimmer and there's no CD. But that doesn't take away from the content, explanation of curves, blending modes, levels, sharpening and lots more. I found this book to be extremely valuable to get me up to speed. The layout and quality of this book is great, and the image examples are on par with what I'd expect from Peachpit publishing. Dan has done a great job coming in on the heels of Ben's work and retooling it for this new version. This was no small task and it's apparent throughout the book.
If you want to understand what you're clicking in Photoshop, rather than just pressing buttons and hoping that you end up with the right look - stimulate the economy and buy yourself this book.
Summary of Adobe Photoshop CS4 Studio Techniques
Adobe Photoshop CS4 Studio Techniques has been completely updated to cover the new features in CS4. In a friendly, easy-going style that's long on information and short on techno-babble, Photoshop Hall-of-Famer Ben Willmore and photographer Dan Ablan guide you through the concepts and features that will truly make a difference in how you use Photoshop every day. They'll take you from blindly following step-by-step instructions to an in-depth understanding of how Photoshop works, cutting through the fat to focus on what they consider to be Photoshop's essential features. This full-color book delivers the content in three easily digestible sections: Working Foundations, Production Essentials, and Creative Explorations. Streamlined for this new edition, the book will distill Photoshop's vast capabilities down to what you need to know for a full understanding of the program, while simultaneously focusing more directly on best practices for the photographer. Beginning with a quick "refresher course" on the working foundations of Photoshop, you'll move on to real-world production techniques. Finally, you'll get to fully explore Photoshop's creative potential by blending and enhancing images, creating collages, retouching photographs, colorizing, and working with filters and layer masks. By the time you finish this book, your creativity and efficiency levels will soar and you'll feel like you finally "get" Photoshop.Graphic Design Books
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