If you're ready to go from Photoshop competent to Photoshop enlightened, this is the place to turn. In these pages, revered Photoshop instructor Ben Willmore explains the whys behind the how's so that you can unleash Photoshop CS' full creative potential. In a friendly, easy-going style that's long on information and short on techno-babble, Ben explains the concepts, features, and techniques that promise to make a real difference in the way you use Photoshop CS. Complex concepts like curves and channels are made crystal clear, and features new to Photoshop CS--like the very cool PhotoMerge function for creating panoramic composite images, support for nested layers, and more--are covered in the depth they deserve. After a quick grounding in the tools, palettes, layers, and masks at the program's core, Ben gets into the real-world production techniques that make up the heart of this volume: sharpening scans, correcting and optimizing images, and more.

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 17 Ratings

Photoshop Book - 2006-03-13
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Good Book. Does not provide the same luxury as classroom teaching but a good book to have while playing with some advanced features of Photoshop.

Bought this book for a class I took - 2007-08-30
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Easy step by step examples. A lot of information. Comes with a disc to help practice with.

An excellent Photoshop manual - 2006-07-27
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I'm really fond of this book. I'm an advanced amateur photographer, and I use Photoshop as my "digital darkroom". This book has really opened the world of possibilities for me. If you know just a little about Photoshop, you can still do quite a lot, but it will all be trial-and-error, and you'll waste a lot of time. This book will actually save you time and show you how to do things fast.

Best Photoshop Book other than Chanel Chops - 2008-07-11
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Great Book! This book goes into detail explaining techniques used to generate photo realistic results. The best Photoshop book I have read other than Chanel Chops. The book has very high quality color photos and the text is easy to read. I attribute this book in part to my personal expertise with Photoshop. It has helped me make some serious money doing graphic arts projects. I highly recommend this book.

Great for all levels - 2007-07-08
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This book is great for beginners and for people that have been using photoshop for years. It's very informative and easy to follow.

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