The Photoshop Elements 9 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
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The Photoshop Elements 9 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter) Details
This book 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-Mask-filter” 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 printing your photos like a pro. You’ll be absolutely amazed at how easy and effective these techniques are—once you know the secrets. LEARN HOW THE PROS DO IT Each year we train thousands of digital photographers and, almost without exception, they have the same questions and face the same problem—that’s exactly what we cover in this book. You’ll learn: The real secrets of how the pros retouch portraits How to color correct any photo with out 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! THE BOOK’S SECRET WEAPON Although Elements 9 offers some digital photography features that Photoshop CS5 doesn’t offer, there are plenty of features that Photoshop CS5 has that Elements 9 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, set 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!
Reviews
My instructor for a class in Photoshop Elements recommended this book but I hate the book. It is every expensive (even on Amazon) and so poorly written that a third of the pages could be eliminated. Here is the evaluation I gave my instructor at the end of the class:"I stated on my in-class evaluation that I don't like the textbook. I HATE this textbook. In the first place, the authors often use terms without defining them or listing them in the index. Secondly, they admittedly leave out important information, like an explanation of layers (which they say they left out because it's covered in other books). There is no list of shortcut keys. Mostly, though, I hate the writing style. Grammatical errors aside, they decided to write the book in a 'chatty' style which means much of the text on every page is irrelevant. I now mark through those sentences and paragraphs so I don't have to waste my time re-reading them. For example, from p 272: "Open the photo that you want to retouch. By the way, did you notice how gentle I was in the opening phrase, and how I made no mention whatsoever of a somewhat minor facial retouch that might be considered in this instance? (Wait for it...wait for it...no! I'm not going to do it. Not this time. Not here. Not now.) Let's continue shall we?" One or two statements like this in the entire book is acceptable, but this kind of nonsense appears on almost every page. Who wants to waste time reading that malarkey when they are trying to solve a Photoshop problem?If that's not annoying enough, read chapter one, page one. "Question one: when was the last time you used the word 'poopy' in a sentence when not directly addressing a toddler?...Oh by the way: pee pee. (Hee hee!)." This kind of pre-adolescent humor has no place in a text-book...."Books by Scott Kelby are generally well reviewed. In this case, though, Matt Kloskowski must have written the text, not realizing there is a difference between hearing instructions and reading them.