Adobe Photoshop 5.0 for Photographers [Hardcover]

Firstly, Martin Evening is a Photoshop wizard. Unfortunately he has difficulty conveying his knowledge. Reading this book is a bit like listening to an expert mumbling away to himself about his field of expertise. You have to strain to glean the information, but it is there nevertheless. Furthermore, he has assumed an odd starting position of the reader. He assumes you have years of experience with commercial printing, and that you are familiar with older versions of Photoshop. He wastes too much space explaining how things used to work in previous versions. This book will not teach you Photoshop. Learn Photoshop (read the Adobe manual), become a power user, and then read this book (a few times to make sense of it).

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"Someone has just re-written the bible, the Photoshop bible...Whether you are an expert or a beginner, this is a book that talks your language."Digital PhotoFX ... "You are a photographer and new to digital imaging and Photoshop - this is just the book for you. A teaching CD-ROM of short walkthrough movies enhances the value of the book as a really sound instruction manual - likely to be revisited many times as experience grows"The Photographic Journal ... "A mine of useful information, aimed at not only helping photographers to produce the very best quality images, but also gives techniques for image manipulation. For anyone involved with image processing this is a must have book!"Photo Technique ... "Whether you're a newcomer to Photoshop or a more experienced user seeking some guidance, Evening's easy to follow book is the only guide aimed specifically at photographers".Amateur Photographer ... "Every instructor of photoshop should have Photoshop for Photographers in their library and use it as a resource"A photoshop student ... "A great choice for the photographer who has finally been dragged into the brave new world of digital imaging"Online photoshop book review ..."If you're one of those people who hates manuals - this book comes as a breath of fresh air."British Journal of Photography ... "Covers all the most useful features in understandable terms. This book will save you hundreds of hours of heartache."Total Imaging ... "This publication is a must for all photographers, independent of your level of experience with the package, as it's written by a practising professional photographer with you, the photographer in mind"The Association of Photographers ..."Adobe Photoshop 5.0 for Photographers is a great choice for anyphotographer who has finally been dragged, perhaps a little reluctantly (or perhaps kicking and screaming), into the brave new world of digital imaging."David Herman ...

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