Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers: a professional image editor's guide to the creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC Review

This is arguably better than the missing manual to Photoshop CS5.The author has a clear writing style and the illustrations are first rate so that you can actually see the modifications he is discussing.This book also includes a DVD with movies showing some of the new features of CS5 including content aware fill and puppet warp.There is a significant discussion of using raw to preprocess pictures even if they were not captured in RAW format.He even covers color management in considerable detail, well beyond the usual display profiling and calibration.

Of course every book can be improved and even though I gave this book the maximum number of stars I believe that there are short comings that some other authors can and will address.For example, the index seemed a little hard for me to use, at least at first, and I wished that the entire book, rather than selected chapters was on the DVD so I could search for what I wanted.Nevertheless the DVD does include a help guide that complements the book and provides some desktop assistance.Also, even though the book contains numerous specific examples of photographic modifications and repairs and the DVD contains the original photographs when possible for your practice, I think that there are other Photoshop books that provide more fully illustrated examples with the steps more clearly outlined.I also have the Scott Kelby Photoshop CS4 book for digital photographers as well as the CS3 book and these guides teach by example, with the books organized as a series of photographic fixes.As I am writing this review, however, the CS5 book is not yet available and I've been temporarily saved from having to read through Mr Kelby's humor to get to the good parts.

So to sum up.Martin Evening has created a tour deforce explaining the features you need to run Photoshop CS5 that is better illustrated than the Adobe Photoshop CS5 user's guide available on the Adobe web site! (see it's not really missing and you can Google photoshop CS5 user guide to find it like I did) He has also included a DVD and movies illustrating his skills, a nice touch.And he has left room for other authors to provide illustrative examples in guides organized differently.

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With the new edition of thisproven bestseller, Photoshop users can master the power of Photoshop CS5 with internationally renowned photographer and Photoshop hall-of-famer Martin Evening by their side.

In this acclaimed reference work, Martin covers everything from the core aspects of working in Photoshop to advanced techniques for professional results. subjects covered include organizing a digital workflow, improving creativity, output, automating Photoshop, and using Camera RAW. The style of the book is extremely clear, with realexamples, diagrams, illustrations, and step-by-step explanations supporting the textthroughout. This is, quite simply, the essential reference for photographers of all levels using Photoshop.

* Learn Photoshop the Martin Evening way! Everything you need to knowfor superb photographic resultsusing Photoshop CS5* Accompanying DVD includes the images used in the book,as well asQuickTime movie tutorials that show you how to get results fast* Packed with diagrams, step-by-steps, and over 750 color images

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