The Photoshop Elements 8 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
by Scott Kelby, Matt Kloskowski
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Author: Matt Kloskowski, Scott KelbyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-11-08
ISBN: 0321660331
Number of pages: 496
Publisher: Peachpit Press
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- ISBN13: 9780321660336
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Book Reviews of The Photoshop Elements 8 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
Book Review: Great Tutorial Book for Photographers
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought this was a great book. I have previous experience editing photos on a Windows PC with Paint Shop Pro and recently switched to a MAC - so I needed a new photo application. I chose PSE8 and got this book to speed up the learning curve. What a great book. Almost all the photos in the book are available at Kelby's on-line site for download so you can follow along in the book with the same pictures he uses in each tutorial. The lessons are short and to the point. I just sat at the computer with the book and did each lesson step by step. Lots of great ideas in here and all are geared toward photographers who need to touch up their photos. This book will have you zooming around PSE8 in no time editing like a pro. I was amazed at all functionality included in PSE8 - it is an amazing application. I had no idea it was so good. And this book really shows off all the great features included in the application.
If you really have no prior photo editing experience and have no clue what the tools are or how to use them, you probably need to start with something more basic. This book does assume some experience on the part of the reader. But if you are thinking about upgrading to PSE8 or switching from some other application - this book will really speed things up for you. Plus - his writing style is just plain fun. It was very enjoyable to read and do the exercises along with the book. I keep it on my desk for reference now - in case I forget something cool he covered in the book.
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Summary of The Photoshop Elements 8 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
This book (for Windows and Mac) breaks new ground by doing something for digital photographers that?s never been done before?it cuts through the bull and shows you exactly ?how to do it.? It?s not a bunch of theory; it doesn?t challenge you to come up with your own settings or figure things out on your own. Instead, it does something that virtually no other Elements book has ever done?it tells you flat-out which settings to use, when to use them, and why. If you?re looking for one of those ?tell-me-everything-about-the-Unsharp-Maskfilter? books, this isn?t it. You can grab any other Elements book on the shelf, because they all do that. Instead, this book gives you the inside tips and tricks of the trade for organizing, correcting, editing, sharpening, retouching, and presenting your photos like a pro. You?ll be absolutely amazed at how easy and effective these techniques are?once you know the secrets.You?ll learn:
- The real secrets of how the pros retouch portraits
- How to color correct any photo without breaking a sweat (you?ll be amazed at how they do it!)
- How to use Camera Raw for processing not only RAW photos, but JPEGs and TIFFs, too! (And you?ll learn why so many pros like it best? because it?s faster and easier)
- The sharpening techniques the pros really use (there?s an entire chapter just on this!)
- How to deal with common digital camera image problems, including removing noise and avoiding halos
- The most requested photographic special effects, and much more!
Although Elements 8 offers some digital photography features that Photoshop CS4 doesn?t offer, there are plenty of features that Photoshop CS4 has that Elements 8 still doesn?t have (things like paths, Channel Mixer, etc.). But in this book, you?ll learn some slick workarounds, cheats, and some fairly ingenious ways to replicate many of those Photoshop features from right within Elements. Plus, since this book is designed for photographers, it doesn?t waste your time talking about how to frame a shot, setting your exposure, etc., and there?s no talk about which camera or printer to buy. It?s all Elements, step-by-step, cover-to-cover, in the only book of its kind!
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