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Before reading the Kelby book I'd been using the same brightness/contrast, sharpness, and (maybe) color balance hacks that I'd been relying on since I got my hands on my first pirated copy of photoshop 15 years ago. The biggest eye opener for me was concept of the layer mask.
[.].Caveat - If you're looking for a detailed description of how the filters themselves actually work, this probably isn't for you. Once I got that down (through an abundance of real-life tutorials) I was experimenting and making retouching "points" of my own.
I'm a Real Estate Agent and bought this book for a very simple reason - make my property pictures look better and give myself a competitive edge. Now I have a reputation for my marketing, I get leads from it and can literally say that no other self-ed book has done as much for my business.
if you want results, there's no better bang for your buck, or time.-Armand Little did I know it would turn me into a photography nut.
If you ARE like I WAS, this book will do WONDERS for you.
I have a few other Scott Kelby books, I don't think you can go wrong with his guidance. Ever wonder what some of those little sliders are for.Buy the book, use the book. Great educational tool for work flow sprinkled with juicy little "how-to" tips. Also, as you follow along in this book, Scott explains what you are doing and why.
A must have in your Photoshop library. OK, I thought I'd save some money by borrowing this book from the public library. There was so much value in the first few exercises, that I returned the book and bought my own copy.
I believe one of the keys was the fact that the Raw photos used in many of the examples are available for download. Some how I stumbled on to a review regarding learning to use Photoshop CS3. I managed to clean up a few photos that I had taken last summer by using tips that I picked up from the first chapter in the book. I figured that I had already invested serious $$ to purchase the program and a few more $$ would not be a big deal.
I have had Adobe Photoshop CS3 for quite a while and could not seem to get my head around how to use the features the program offers. This gives you the ability to walk through each example in the book. I would recommend the book to someone who is relatively new to Photoshop CS3 based on my experience. I spent hours looking at tutorials and purchased two or three books that just did not do a good job in terms of giving me a comfortable feeling with Photoshop CS3.
After reading the first chapter, my attitude about Photoshop changed. I would rate it 4 plus stars. I was somewhat determined to find a way to learn to use Adobe Photoshop CS3. In the review someone mentioned Scott Kelby's books.
I haven't had the book that long so I have no idea how truly useful it might be. I attempted to purchase CS3 for my Mac to no avail. Kelby wants users to buy another book rather than doing updates on his web site for those who have recently purchased the previous book. I had intended to purchase CS3 but ran into some problems.
I really dislike how updated versions of these books contain the same old material (corny jokes included) for the most part with usually small updated sections for the new version. Two suppliers listed CS3 for sale but when I ordered it they shipped me CS4 instead. Attempting to use the book with CS4 is frustrating so I will wind up getting rid of the book. The updates could be posted online for users rather than constantly needing to buy yet another book which contains just a few elements needed to use it with the latest software. When the CS4 version of this book comes out I will NOT be purchasing it. One thing that irks me about these books is that when a new version of Photoshop comes out Mr.
I returned those and attempted to find CS3 but wound up in the end with CS4 due to lack of availability of CS3. I suppose if the book was completely rewritten it wouldn't be so objectionable. I used CS3 which was provided during a class I was taking and toward the end of the class purchased a copy of 7-Point System at a local store. Shortly after I purchased the book CS4 came out.
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