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Real World Photoshop 6: Industrial Strength Production Techniques
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Author: David Blatner, Bruce Fraser
List Price: $49.99
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ISBN: 0201721996
Publisher: Peachpit Press (15 January, 2001)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 12,163
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 3 out of 5
Warning: very limited in scope
I was expecting a complete overview of photoshop techniques. When I did read it, it seemed this book was focused on adjusting color for photos. It is a comprehensive study of the topic, and I learned a great deal about adjusting the color of photos, but a comprehensive walkthrough of photoshop features, it is not.
Rating: 5 out of 5
A "Must Have" if you use Photoshop to make a living
I remember an earlier edition of "Real World Photoshop" that was rather boastful. On the back cover, it stated catagorically that certain effects and filters were NOT included. Not that many of the filters in Photoshop don't have a place; they just don't have a place in the day-to-day production work professionals use Photoshop for.
RWP 6 is no exception. It doesn't include sections on how to use the Dry Brush filter, for instance. But if you want the absolute best advice about color profiling and color management; how to use (and not to use) the Unsharp Mask; how to get great scans, and generally how to more effectively use this graphics wunderkind, Mssrs. Blatner and Fraiser have the best advice in the business.
The first edition of this book I owned covered Photoshop 3, and I've owned each successive edition as Photoshop matured into its current version. Blanter and Fraiser do an excellent job of making sure references to older items or techniques are updated or deleted to reflect new or different capabilities. If you own Photoshop with the intention of earning money with it, invest in some RAM, and Real World Photoshop. Both will make your Photoshop experience faster, more efficient, and more profitable.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Read in the library, don't buy
This book leads to more questions than answers. The manner in which this book is written is frustrating.
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