Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book

by Andrew Faulkner, Conrad Chavez

Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop choose Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book (2017 release) from Adobe Press. The 15 project-based lessons in this book show users step-by-step the key techniques for working in Photoshop and how to correct, enhance, and distort digital images, create image composites, and prepare images for print and the web. In addition to learning the key elements of the Photoshop interface, this completely revised CC (2017 release) edition covers features like new and improved search capabilities, Content-Aware Crop, Select and Mask, Face-Aware Liquify, designing with multiple artboards, and much more! The online companion files include all the necessary assets for readers to complete the projects featured in each chapter as well as ebook updates when Adobe releases new features for Creative Cloud customers. All buyers of the book get full access to the Web a Web-based version of the complete ebook enhanced with video and interactive multiple-choice quizzes. As always with the Classroom in a Book, Instructor Notes are available for teachers to download.

Genres: Reference, Photography, Nonfiction, Design, Textbooks, Software, Art

400 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2014

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Reviews

[Hannah Linder · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful with clear instructions!

[Saxacat · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a hobby, I spend my time attempting to photograph wildlife, I have a monthly subscription to Adobe Photoshop so always have the current edition. I shoot in RAW.
This wasn’t an easy book to source in the UK, but The Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book 2017 Release, was purchased from a store, as a Father’s Day gift for me.
Once you have the hard copy, you can go online and download a softcopy, and also a package of 15 Lessons.

Although some areas of Photoshop hold little interest for me (3D work for instance) I thoroughly enjoyed going through all the lessons and working my way through the book. For the most part, I found the lessons easy to follow, but on occasions went to the videos in the softcopy for clarification.
By necessity, this book does not go into every aspect of Photoshop in huge depth, it would be quite a few volumes if it did. However, it does touch on most of the capabilities of this very powerful program. I found the book informative and enjoyable, and although the lessons contain a lot I will forget, the book will be there for me to refer back to. The lessons tend to use Adobe Bridge; but to be honest, its superfluous and you can get by without it.
There were a couple of negative aspects; One had to do with the fonts in a couple of the lessons; the fonts used were not in my version of Photoshop; but it was easy enough to work around. Another was to do with creating a website for use on a phone, it assumes everyone has an iPhone! There are other phone systems out there Adobe! Finally, although this is not a problem with the book, the videos in the softcopy would not run on my iPad, I guess it’s a Flash issue!
One other thing, the Units used in the book are always either inches or pixels; even though I followed the instructions and reset defaults at the start of every lesson, my system always defaulted to centimetres, not a big problem, but thought I’d mention it. None of these minor niggles impacted on my enjoyment, I mention them for info only
Overall, I got a great deal from this book, really enjoyed learning more about Photoshop, got more comfortable with using it and have wetted my appetite for more; I highly recommend it.

[Oleh Lvivskyi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Хороша книга для того щоб познайомитися з роботою в Фотошопі. Охоплює базиси, роботу з зображеннями, виділеннями областей, ретуш, корекцію, модифікації, налаштування властивостей зображень, а також деякі більш складніші теми. Має гарні приклади, а тому знання одразу можна закріпити на практиці крок за кроком. Безумовно, хорошою альтернативою є курс на Удемі, але вирішив почати з книги з додатками.

[Candice · Rating 4 out of 5]

I faciliated the digital textbook selection for The Art Institutes for years, and the Adobe Press Classroom in a Book texts were always the preffered text of all faculty across all campuses. Although I do not think textbis the best way to learn adobe.

As far as books go I do feel that they are the best texts on the market. The downside is that the editions update so frequently, so you have to re-read each year. I wish they would just include updates only. Lynda.com tutorials were also a great supplement.

[Blue Caeruleus · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had a tremendous amount of fun going through this text book and learning how to use Photoshop to the fullest extent possible! The instructions were very clear with photos of what to do and how to do it for further clarity when needed. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is trying to teach themselves how to use Photoshop!

[Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to follow. Inspired me to try the skills learned in each new lesson on my own projects.

[Ken · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed all the exercises well thought out and practical.

[Teri Temme · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved going through the exercises on www.peachpit.com. It was fun and I learned a lot.

[Amrendra Sinha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hi,

this book is a awesome presentation of the author.

[Lindsay Coppens · Rating 4 out of 5]

I went from a Photoshop know nothing to knows quite a bit with this easy-to-follow book. It contains many mini-lessons/activities with accompanying files which teach a multitude of skills and techniques. My two criticisms are that a few of the instructions are already out of date because of CC updates and I wish there was a detailed exercise on grayscaling and preparing files for print or web publication.

[Derrick Trimble · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been using Photoshop for several years, but have fumbled my way through. This book was just what an old school kind of learner needed for understanding scores of finer details of the application. Having gone through each activity, I can see myself referring to this over and over. So much to learn and apply.

[Laura Ann Tull · Rating 4 out of 5]

I finished most of it. It was for a class. Good training though my teacher taught me some tricks not in the book. I like the exercises.

[False · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good tutorial book on using Photoshop, with exercises.

[Gretchen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was just what I needed. I worked through two chapters each day, doing all the exercises. It was well worth it.

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[Shaban · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is amazing book and recommend it in my class.

[Samra]

Please be sure to read and take notes.