The Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
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  • An excelent book for both beginers and more advanced photographers
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The Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
Scott Kelby
Manufacturer: New Riders Press
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ASIN: 0321330625

Product Description

Kelby s 480-page book shows you Photoshop tips and tricks for altering your digital photo image, including a special chapter on how to set-up Photoshop s color management. You ll also learn: sharpening techniques, retouching secrets, processing RAW images, color correction, image noise reduction and more.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Pretty Good.......2007-10-03

I am a huge Scott Kelby fan; however, this showed pretty much the same techiques as the first CS book, which I already have. So, if you have the first book ... don't buy the second!

5 out of 5 stars Kudos.......2007-09-27

Kudos! The product was in great shape and delivered in a timely manner, which was awesome since I recieved it the day before I had class! Thx!

5 out of 5 stars An excelent book for both beginers and more advanced photographers .......2007-09-22

.The Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)


I found the book to be very user friendly, clearly written and put in a methodical order. The chapters are easy and fun to follow.

Although vey funny in the begining, I too found Scott Kelby's humour to be a bit much at times and also a little repetitious, but I guess his aim is to prevent the reader from getting bored with the technical stuff. So I was more than willing to put up with it.

The book is aimed at those with at least a basic knowledge of photography, I have been a profesional film photographer and once having made the move to digital I found the book to be fantastic.
It answered my every need.

A must on the shelf of all photoshop users, unless of course you know your stuff as well as Scott does.

5 out of 5 stars Another winner.......2007-09-19

Scott does Photoshop training right - quick, easy tutorials that elevate your abilities to negotiate the steep learning curve of this software. His sense of humor keeps it fun.

1 out of 5 stars Do Not Recommend.......2007-09-15

This is one of the most user-unnfriendly books I have ever used. The writer sometimes mixes up instructions on Mac versus on PC and that throws you off at every point. Also he is constantly assuming certain windows are already open for you or certain functions have already been activated. So he'll go "Press V" and "Press D" but nothing happens although apparently it was suppossed to make your background white (what does that even means!). So I am not recommending this book to anyone at all.
Photoshop Artistry: For Photographers Using Photoshop CS2 and Beyond (Voices That Matter)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • If you were to only buy one book on Photoshop...
  • Excellent manual for perfecting your knowledge of Photoshop
  • The best book ever!
  • Too basic..
  • good book
Photoshop Artistry: For Photographers Using Photoshop CS2 and Beyond (Voices That Matter)
Barry Haynes , Wendy Crumpler , and Seán Duggan
Manufacturer: New Riders Press
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ASIN: 0321346998

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Artistry is the key word here: competent doesn't cut it. When you want to create museum-quality art prints, professional advertising effects, and dazzling digitally manipulated images, Photoshop CS2 Artistry is the place to start. Providing a focused approach to the advanced features of Photoshop CS2, this beautiful full-color guide tackles complex yet essential topics like color calibration and correction. Along the way, you'll learn how Photoshop's newest features-32-bit High Dynamic Range (HDR) color creation and editing (ideal for advanced compositing and professional photography), Vanishing Point, Image Warp, Spot Healing Brush, Smart Sharpen, and more-can aid in your quest for the perfect image. Throughout, the authors emphasize the relationship between Photoshop CS2 tools and traditional photographic techniques to provide essential context for complex tasks. Detailed, step-by-step exercises and a companion CD with before-and-after images, masks and tool settings extend the book's tutorials and enhance the learning process.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars If you were to only buy one book on Photoshop..........2007-09-24

If you were to only buy one book on Photoshop this should be it. This book is clearly written, comprehensive, and well organized.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent manual for perfecting your knowledge of Photoshop.......2007-05-16

I am taking an advanced college course in Photoshop and we are using this as our textbook. The writing is clear and the lessons very helpful in perfecting your knowledge of Photoshop CS2. This book allows you to learn at your own rate without spending mega-bucks on a one day workshop. If your are hesitating about this book, don't - GO FOR IT!

5 out of 5 stars The best book ever!.......2007-05-15

I remember the first book I purchased was Photoshop 4 Artistry. That was back in 1996. I was astonished by the book when I started reading at the time. I was the happiest guy on earth. The book simply tells you everything about the software and concepts of photography that is concerned for professional photographers which is my case. It is still the best book about Photoshop in my opinion, especially if you really want to know how to use the pen to create paths, masks, channels, and all the tools to manipulate your photos. I did not need to buy anymore books about Photoshop since I know what to do in my day by day work, but something in the air told me to check this one, The Photoshop Artistry (CS2). I thought, well ten years has passed by let's see what these guys from New Riders would have implemented beyond the prior mentioned book. The digital section alone is worthwhile buying the book, not to mention the rest. The new format of the book is also very interesting. Top notch! The best ever, you are not going to find a better book about Photoshop and photography all together!

3 out of 5 stars Too basic.........2007-04-25

I just received this book and I'm quite disappointed. Firstly if you are familiar with Photoshop you may find this book way too basic. Even if you are a beginner there are better and more thorough books to help you master Photoshop. This book doesn't examine topics in depth enough to serve as a good teaching aid.
If you are an advanced user looking to learn something new, this book is not the place to find it. While I'm sure that it has some merit, I personally found it too shallow in its coverage; nether suitable for the beginner nor the experienced user.

3 out of 5 stars good book .......2007-02-13

bought brand new -- but it looked used when it got here - front cover was torn and the pages were folded together -- the book itself is useful for photoshop
The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers (O'Reilly Digital Studio)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Organization!
  • An Excellent Overview
  • Indespensable Reference for management & storage of digital photos.....
  • HIghly Recommended
  • Once good, now seriously outdated and needlessly complex
The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers (O'Reilly Digital Studio)
Peter Krogh
Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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ASIN: 0596100183

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Can you find your digital photographs when you need them, or do you spend more time rifling through your hard drive and file cabinets than you'd like? Do you have a system for assigning and tracking content data on your photos? If you make a living as a photographer, do your images bear your copyright and contact information, or do they circulate in the marketplace unprotected?

As professional photographer and author Peter Krogh sees it, "your DAM system is fundamental to the way your images are known, both to you and to everyone else." DAM, or Digital Asset Management, in the world of digital photography refers to every part of the process that follows the taking of the picture, through final output and permanent storage. Anyone who shoots, scans or stores digital photographs, is practicing some form of digital asset management. Unfortunately, most of us don't yet know how to manage our files (and our time) very systematically, or efficiently.

In The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers, Krogh brings clarity to the often overwhelming task of managing digital photographs, with a solid plan and practical advice for fellow photographers on how to file, find, protect and re-use photographs. Following a thorough overview of the DAM system and de-mystifications of metadata and digital archiving, Krogh focuses on best practices for digital photographers using Adobe Photoshop CS2. He explains how to use Adobe Bridge, the new CS2 navigational software that replaces the File Browser introduced in Photoshop 7, with full details on integrating Bridge, Camera Raw and Digital Asset Management software.

Compellingly presented in four-color format, The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers brings Krogh's award-winning creative approach to a subject that could have been technically intimidating. Instead, Krogh's twenty years of experience and instructive visual storytelling make this material not only accessible, but compulsory reading for serious digital photographers.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Organization!.......2007-08-31

This is a good book. It is very helpful in determining how to organize photographs. It also is a give a good review of Bridge. It would be nice for the book to be up dated to cover CS3.

4 out of 5 stars An Excellent Overview.......2007-03-31

I found this book to be an excellent resource to help you to understand how all the pieces fit together.

5 out of 5 stars Indespensable Reference for management & storage of digital photos............2007-03-18

As a novice in the area of digital asset management, I found this book to be extremely helpful.....well written and full of great suggestions on how best to manage your photos. Highly recommended.......a true five-star guide.

5 out of 5 stars HIghly Recommended.......2007-03-08

Helps you learn how to deal with all the digital photography photos that amass on your hard drive. Do you save them as JPEG , RAW, both? What about DNG? How do you tag, and archive these files? Why would I do it this way? It's important to know when your files reach into the thousands!! Do you want to lose your data or save it as an inferior file? I hope this book gets updated yearly.

2 out of 5 stars Once good, now seriously outdated and needlessly complex.......2007-03-02

The DAM Book was probably much needed when it was first published - its publication coincided with a realization by many professional and serious amateur photographers that handling the quickly growing digital photo collections required a sound organizing approach and dedicated software tools. The book aptly points out that dealing with digital image workflow and the resulting file archives is in many significant ways different than dealing with film-based archives. Based on this initial premise, the book offers recommendations on how to organize digital photo studio workflow and filing / archive system.

Alas, the author chose to tie VERY CLOSELY his mostly sensible conceptual framework (i.e., HOW to organize) with very specific software and hardware. Often, more general advice is difficult or impossible to separate from his step-by-step, software-specific recipes. So, unless you use exactly the same software and hardware configuration as the author, much, if not most of this information will be of little use.

Since the book was first published, new, DAM- and photographic workflow-oriented software has become available (Adobe CS3, including the new Bridge is now in public beta nearing its release; and Apple Aperture 1.5 and Adobe PS Ligtroom 1.0 are the new, more workflow-focused tools), and more up-to-date (although dispersed) discussion of problems in question can be found in numerous articles on the web. This makes large portions of the book obsolete, as new tools enable different workflows that may be better suited to many photographers' preferences.

The book has other issues.

First, the author LOVES using technical jargon. While technical vocabulary is appropriate in discussing technical issues, creating new terms and elaborate taxonomies for everything is an overkill. The author's misguided argument for using "controlled vocabularies" (a common term, which he uses in his own, very peculiar way - p. 47) is a good case in point. As Eric Abrahamson (Columbia Business School) aptly points out in his excellent book "A Perfect Mess," organizing is always good in principle, but OVER ORGANIZING by creating systems more complex than it is necessary to get the job done, comes at a very steep price in time and resources needed to maintain the system. Enough said.

Secondly, since this is a workflow book (not a coffee-table book), the full color print is totally unnecessary, and the price point is consequently too high. This should have been one of those $9.95 O'Reilly quick-guide booklets. Most photos reproduced in the book are simply decorative, or used as examples for things that are obvious (e.g. an example of a "group shot" - duh!; or a photo of wine barrels in a cellar as a metaphor for file storage system). Photos are not interesting on their own merit; screen captures and simple diagrams would be just as effective in greyscale.

In summary, you may want to flip through the pages of the book at a local library or bookstore - what's really useful and noteworthy here, can be easily grasped in less than 15 minutes; otherwise, your money may be better spent on a good book focused on the actual software tools YOU are committed to using.
Complete Photoshop CS2 For Digital Photographers (Graphics Series)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • An Okay book for Photoshop novices
  • Good Addition for Photoshop Middle Skill Users
  • Excellent
  • Good Book
  • [...]
Complete Photoshop CS2 For Digital Photographers (Graphics Series)
Colin Smith
Manufacturer: Charles River Media
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ASIN: 1584504625

Book Description

Complete Photoshop CS2 for Digital Photographers is packed with updated coverage and tutorials on the new features of CS2. As with the first edition, this book is designed and written especially for digital photographers. It teaches you how to organize, enhance, correct, and retouch images; how to do creative things with those images; and how to output them. Using Photoshop CS is essentially like having your own digital darkroom on your desktop, and with the help of tutorials in this book, you'll learn how to master this powerful tool. By working through these projects, you'll explore the new and enhanced areas of Photoshop, including more in depth coverage of Camera Raw and working with multiple images. Expanded coverage of Bridge is also provided. When printing your images, paper choices can be critical, so new coverage about color management and working with profiles for getting accurate prints is detailed. In addition, there is coverage of the new sharpening, noise reduction and retouching tools, and methods. We'll also dive into the Lens Warp filter for fixing crooked and warped images. To help you master these tools the book teaches you professional techniques for overcoming the many challenges you'll face and by using these techniques, you'll be able to bring out the best from any photo, while establishing an efficient workflow. If you truly want to understand and master Photoshop CS2 for digital photography, this is the resource you need.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars An Okay book for Photoshop novices.......2007-07-13

This book has a lot of good information in it, but is not well written. You may be halfway through a paragraph before you get to the topic sentence and figure out what the author is talking about. It often takes a second or third trip through a paragraph to figure out what it's about. The author also is not consistent with his word usage. I've found as many as three or four different words used for the same thing. For instance luminosity and brightness are used interchangeably, sometimes on the same page or even the same paragraph. So, using the book can be frustrating, though the author clearly knows Photoshop and I have learned a lot from the book.
The book does not mention or discuss some of the neatest features of Photoshop CS2 including some of the Automate features such as Merge to HDR (high dynamic range). This feature combines an underexposed and an overexposed picture into one high dynamic range image (bright areas are not washed out and dark areas are not black). This is an amazing capability that is not mentioned.
I would buy this book again, but only after searching diligently for one that covers the same scope or more and is better written. Actually, I'd probably get a book that covers CS3 as well, and hopefully indicates where features are unique to CS3. Or maybe just a CS3 book if you are going to upgrade. I understand the upgrade to CS3 is well worth the price even though it is now $200. Ease of use alone makes CS3 valuable to novices from what I've read.

5 out of 5 stars Good Addition for Photoshop Middle Skill Users.......2007-05-21

Mr. Smith's book is well illustrated and supported by the accompanying CD (images to work with that are in the book). His explanations are clear to the Photoshop user and he does explain some terms, as in methods of cropping and re-sizing an image and which method is suited for which type of image), file formats of images, and other areas like the applications under adjustments that I had not used until I began working with the book.
I have found some techniques that are similar to other authors (Scott Kelby, in particular, whose books I have enjoyed quite a lot), and that was part of my interest in purchasing the book-to broaden my reference library with people aside from Kelby, Deke McClelland, and some folks on-line like Earth-Bound Light and Photography, etc). I recommend purchase. Readable, well cross-referenced, and helps deliver results.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent.......2007-05-08

Excellent training material. I would also recomment The Photoshop CS2 Book For Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby. The combination is outstanding.

4 out of 5 stars Good Book.......2007-01-20

I am an amaetuer photographer. This book has helped me fine tune my photos and bring out its full potential. I will gladly recommend this book to anyone who wants to gain more knowledge on photography and perhaps learn a very powerful photo editing tool.

5 out of 5 stars [...].......2007-01-10

This book covers a lot of complex material and some details.
The explanations are generally very clear, but to get the most from it you need to work through the exercises (on CD) and probably re-read the sections that might still be a little difficult to follow.
If somebody looking for step-by-step and good tip and tricks this book probably isn't for you but you'll find a lots great tips.
If you're willing to put in some effort you'll be able to make amazing improvements to your photos. Strongly recommended.
Photoshop CS2 Workflow: The Digital Photographer's Guide
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Photoshop CS2 Workflow by Tim Grey
  • Photoshop CS2 Workflow: The Digital Photographer's Guide
  • Great Book for Beginners
  • Not what I expected, but pretty good
  • The best most helpful guide I own
Photoshop CS2 Workflow: The Digital Photographer's Guide
Tim Grey
Manufacturer: Sybex
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ASIN: 0782143962

Book Description

"The real strength of this book is in how it will help any photographer establish a workflow that is simple and doesn't become a distraction."
--Christopher Robinson, Editor, Digital Photo Pro

If you're like most artists, the concept of planning and structuring your work may sound limiting and inhibiting. You may be surprised to learn that quite the opposite is true--a proper workflow can free you from the monotonous aspects of your work and let you exercise your imagination.

Digital imaging expert Tim Grey is the first to present a process for you to follow as you optimize your images in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. You'll discover a natural flow for adjusting images, learn to perform techniques that make your images as striking as they can be, and reduce time and effort. Covering the full spectrum of adjustments, this book is suitable regardless of your level as a photographer.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Photoshop CS2 Workflow by Tim Grey.......2007-05-09

Tim Grey's "Photoshop CS2 Workflow" is the most comprehensive book I have read that shows how to use Photoshop to consistently get the best out of digital images. It takes the reader step by step through the process of downloading images, RAW conversion, cropping and adjusting tone and color all the way to saving the files and workflow automation. It is written in a style that is easy to comprehend and contains excellent illustrations that make the "how to" information easy to understand. This book belongs in every digital photographers library.

4 out of 5 stars Photoshop CS2 Workflow: The Digital Photographer's Guide.......2007-01-03

Excellent book on digital workflow. Great tips on setting up preferences in Photoshop CS2. Highly recommend.

4 out of 5 stars Great Book for Beginners.......2006-07-30

Photoshop CS2 Workflow: The Digital Photographer's Guide is the best Photoshop primer I've ever read. The author works through image adjustments in a very logical progression. He begins with very simple edits and works his up to more complex fine tuning. The instructions are both step-by-step and very clear. He also does an excellent job of explaining the "big picture" of why you want to make these adjustments and does not just turn you into a mouse clicker following steps by rote.

If the book has a weakness, it is that it doesn't really live up to its title. The book is not about workflow per se, but about all the steps that are part of a workflow. Only the first and the last chapters really focus on the aspect of trying to plan the workflow itself. This is no crime, I don't know if it's even possible to fill an entire book with workflow planning discussions without becoming ridiculously redundant and useless. But Tim Grey and his publishers chose to identify this as a workflow text and on that basis I think they have failed. If they had named the book "Photoshop CS2 for Beginners: The Digital Photographer's Guide" I would give it 5 stars and my highest recommendation. As it is, I'll still give it my highest recommendation for Photoshop novices as long as they realize that this book is really to help them with image editing skills much more than planning the workflow process itself.

4 out of 5 stars Not what I expected, but pretty good.......2006-05-03

This wasn't exactly what I expected: There's no discussion of VersionCue, versioning and naming in general, or color managment.

But that said, it's a pretty good book - I'd recommend it for anyone who hasn't yet thought about what they do as a "workflow".

It offers great tips on most of the common tasks that you'll encounter with Photoshop - as well as talking about working extensively with Layers, which is essential to any intelligent workflow.

I just wish it had addressed the more complex topics I list above. But I'm still glad I bought this book.

5 out of 5 stars The best most helpful guide I own.......2006-03-08

I am teaching a beginning Photoshop class to adults, and bought this book to help me with my lesson plans. I have been mightily impressed. I have used Photoshop daily in my work since Photoshop 5, and am learning MANY new basic techniques that somehow have escaped my attention until now. I will not only save time, but improve my output with what I have learned from this book! His writing is very clear, and is also interesting to read. I have recommended it to my students, and am incredibly glad I found it before my teaching began!
Photoshop CS2 for Digital Photographers Only (For Only)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Does exactly what it says on cover
  • Good workflow guide.
  • Quick reference when you need it.
  • This book is for hobbyists or pros
  • Great Reference
Photoshop CS2 for Digital Photographers Only (For Only)
Ken Milburn , and Doug Sahlin
Manufacturer: Wiley
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ASIN: 0471746894

Book Description

Time is money.


You don't make a living sitting at the computer.

When digital technology costs you time, it costs you money. The secret is a streamlined, logical workflow, and that's what fellow digital photographers Ken Milburn and Doug Sahlin are about to give you. By editing images without destroying the original, storing them for easy access, taking advantage of Camera Raw and the Adobe Bridge, and using the hundreds of other tips in this book, you'll be able to spend less time before the monitor and more behind the lens.
* Configure Camera Raw and Adobe Bridge and use them to expedite the editing process
* Discover efficient ways to download and organize images after a shoot
* Prepare images for client review using layer comps and present them as a PDF slideshow or in a Web gallery
* Use the right tools to create selections for localized editing
* Focus on the retouching techniques that work best for your subjects
* Take advantage of Photoshop's tools for different methods of output
* Create actions and scripts to automate your workflow

Learn how to use adjustment layers to edit your images non-destructively

Learn how to streamline your workflow in Camera Raw

Learn how to optimize your images for print and the Web

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Does exactly what it says on cover.......2007-07-31

If you are a digital photographer and you ask yourself if this book will be good guide for you, then you have 99,9% chance of positive answer. This book is wrote for every photographer as for beginners as for professionals. And in both cases i don't see reason why we shouldn't at least listen to author who have about half century of experience as professional photographer. In this book everybody can find smth for himself, that lays close to your interests.

Even if you already have experience with you using Photoshop, i still would recommend you this book, as it will open for you new perspectives of using this program - photographers perspectives.

As was brilliantly noticed in the beginning of the book: "Where the digital photographer is concerned, Photoshop CS2 is really three applications: Abode Bridge, Camera Raw and Photoshop". That is exactly the point that gives you right direction for studying Photoshop CS2 as photographer.

In the beginning book prepares you for working with all three-in-one programs and the very first thing you need to do to work properly with them is to configure them.After this you will study to orgazine, manage and rate you photo collections for magic transformations.

When everything ready for creative process, you will make acquainted with curves, gradients, filters, masking and retouching tools that will move you step by step to perfect photography, that after all your affords you can proudly place in frame on the wall near your computer.

This book teaches you not only to make "candies" from your photos, but also how to plan your time with maximal efficiency. I would specially recommend pay attention to "Pro Tips" that was organized in pull-quotes to attract you attention to small but important moments.

Everything that waits you in this book you can see from short or detailed content which is presented to your attention in the beginning. In book itself you will find big amount of different pictures-examples for photographers with different areas of interest and i am sure you will find much of them that you would like.

Personally, I fall into the category of people who like to read book in good quality and believe me, people who are the same as me will not be disappointed, because this book have one of the best paper quality i ever saw. Also a lot of pictures that will make you really happy, pullquottes, very stylish cover. At the end of every chapter you can still have some question about subject you just studied - and even here authors took care - you have FAQ (most frequently question and answers for them). Isn't it amazing?

All information you will see is presented in color and, as promised, visually. At the end of book you can find shortcuts information. Maybe people think that this information is useless, but if you will take a bit of time and effort - i, personally, promise that it will save a hell of a time to you. You work will be more effective and quick than ever before.

This book is really for every taste and age -I strongly recommend it to everybody, who is a bit interested in photography. It will help you to make you own portfolio, to help photomodels to make perfect portfolio and just let you feel inside of Photoshop as in your own house. This book really "speaks to reader".

3 out of 5 stars Good workflow guide........2007-03-27

I'd give it more stars if I were only looking for a good guide to establishing a workflow as a digital photographer. This book contains the essential elements to develop your digital workflow.

4 out of 5 stars Quick reference when you need it........2007-01-15

I am taking digital photography classes, and this book was recommended. You can quickly look up what you are trying to accomplish, and have a step by step guide on how to try to achieve your desired outcome. It seems to be a more simplified book compared to the others ones I have looked at. It has been a good tool, so far.

5 out of 5 stars This book is for hobbyists or pros.......2006-12-12

This book is for a hobbyist Photographer wanting to learn more or someone that is looking to go Pro.

Chapter 1
One thing that caught my eye is the first chapter was the attention to the "cooler" features, such as: Camera Raw, Adobe Bridge and Actions which all contribute to your overall workflow enhancement.

Chapter 2 and 3
Explaining organization skills which are required to manage your photos from shoot to shoot. Some of these skills consist of Metadata which is for "tagging" your images. Obviously once you have loaded your RAW files you would want to edit/adjust them and after this chapter you will be able to. In the last part of this chapter you are introduced to the DNG format for archiving your Camera RAW files in an easy to transport format that removes all of the inconsistencies in the various RAW file formats. Of course once you have all of these wonderful photos you probably want to show them off and with all the different delivery methods PDF Slideshow, Email, Web etc it is very easy.

Chapter 4
Going back to editing your images you are walked through the process of Fine-Tuning your images with some tips/tricks that you won't find explained in greater detail anywhere else. You can copy settings and modifications with the Bridge to allow bulk updates with only a few clicks.

Chapter 5 and 6
Non-destructive editing is a new feature to Photoshop and harnesses quite a bit of power and prior to reading this book I never really found a good explanation of the various advancements. I know I could read the help file but I find that to be too technical in some cases and occasionally very hard to find the answer I am looking for. One of those "hard to find" features was the Color Range with an adequate description. You will also see ways to use the Pen Tool for selections, thats right it isn't only for paths. Another benefit to non-destructible editing is adjustment layers where you basically make all color, tone, curves and level modifications on a separate layer leaving the original untouched.

Chapter 7 and 8
The final step in your image editing workflow would be fixing camera/light deficiencies. Some of which would be sharpness, lens problems, and shadow issues just to name a few. Not much description needed for these 2 chapters but they are necessary to your final output.

Chapter 9
Building composite images is a powerful way to create a scene that never existed and after reading this chapter you will be able to create those popular images found in so many ads and websites. You will also see how to warp an image to apply it to an article of clothing and create a believable piece.

Chapter 10
No book would be complete without showing you cool ways to dress up your images or create powerful final results and this book is no exception. You will learn how to Blur, Color and apply filters to your images to create unique pieces. The level of detail in this section will not leave you asking questions.

Chapter 11 and 12
Outputting your images to the web and how to create physical prints to show off to your friends or colleagues. The web is a powerful tool and displaying your images online is one way to guarantee exposure. Although in order to truly use this technology to its full potential you need to understand the downsides and best case optimization methods. Another way to distribute your pieces is to print them out and in this chapter you will learn how to choose the specified output for each media, how to preview your work and finally what the ICC Profiles are and how to use them.

Chapter 13
If you go Pro you will want your images printed in larger format and in larger quantities, but to do this you must understand the offset printing process. Of course just like the previous topics this book clearly explains that process without leaving out a single detail, all the way down to the preferred format that should be sent to your service center.

Chapter 14 and 15
Once you have 3500 images from a single shoot you quickly realize how important automation is. You can use actions which work pretty well but take an action into a Batch processor and you will be sipping margaritas on the beach while Photoshop crunches away at your images. The problem is you won't be able to if you don't read these chapters, so you know what to do. Maybe scripting isn't your thing, no problem, you will get a firsthand look at Dr. Russell Brown's *-A-Matic plugins that offer captioning, merging and placing your files quickly and painlessly.

Final Thoughts
After reading through this book I found myself following a more defined workflow that benefitted me in a few ways. The first and most important being organization and the ability to "recover" that really important shoot from 4 months ago. The other was being able to rapidly turn around clients work. Like I said in the beginning this book really is for a hobbyist or a pro, no matter what everyone will learn something.

5 out of 5 stars Great Reference.......2006-12-05

Being new to photography and using CS2, this has been a great referance guide and learning tool. Easy to follow steps for the novice Photoshop user and photographer. Being a rookie sports shooter, the need of a quick and easy workflow is esential - getting 300-400 photos reviewed, edited and cleaned up to place on website ordering in 24 hours after an event. The steps outline have reduced the time of my workflow in to a quarter of the time before using the steps in the book. Editing tips are fantastic, and have helped me improve the number of "keepers" to have available. It's already paid for itself in editing photos I thought would not be sellable.
Manipula Tus Fotografias Digitales Con Photoshop Cs2/ the Photoshop Cs2 Book for Digital Photographers
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