Comments on: Photoshop CS Books for OSX

Question: Photoshop CS Books for OSX

matteo — Tue, 27 Apr 2004 11:38:10 -0800

Photoshop CS (OSX) books for almost-beginners: I'm hearing good things on "Photoshop CS Bible" by Deke McClelland.
Photoshop CS (OSX, too) for professional photographers: I'm hearing good things on "Adobe Photoshop CS for Photographers: Professional Image Editor's Guide to the Creative Use of Photoshop" by Martin Evening.
Any other suggestions? thanks

By: bcwinters

bcwinters — Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:04:51 -0800

I like Real World Adobe Photoshop -- it wastes no time on "How to make your text look like it was carved out of solid gold!" and cuts right to the real, no bullshit tasks of cleaning, cropping & improving photos.

I believe I read it back when I got Photoshop 3... it was the first computer book I ever read where I felt like I was actually learning something about color & skill rather than following a meaningless tutorial or rehashing the Help file.

Dunno how newer versions have held up, but I think it's worth a look.

By: btwillig

btwillig — Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:35:12 -0800

A great book for understanding the fundamentals of Photoshop is Ben Willmore's Studio Techniques.

By: Gyan

Gyan — Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:02:43 -0800

I can vouch for Studio Techniques.

By: jalexei

jalexei — Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:56:18 -0800

I can vouch for anything by Deke McClelland - he's a serious power user who manages to write in an engaging, pleasant and easy-to-follow manner.

I can also vouch for the "Real World xxxxx" series. They help with the "how" because they show you the "why," without making the "why" intrusive or confusing.

By: joeclark

joeclark — Wed, 28 Apr 2004 12:51:02 -0800

Photoshop for Digital Photographers.

By: matteo

matteo — Wed, 28 Apr 2004 12:55:36 -0800

thanks everybody