The Adobe Photoshop CS5 Book for Digital Photographers

Photo Recipes Live #2

by Scott Kelby

Are you ready for an amazing new version of The Photoshop Book that breaks all the rules? Scott Kelby, Editor and Publisher of Photoshop User magazine—and the best-selling Photoshop author in the world today—once again takes this book to a whole new level as he uncovers more of the latest, most important, and most useful new Adobe Photoshop CS5 techniques for digital photographers.

This major update to his award-winning, record-breaking book does something for digital photographers that’s never been done before—it cuts through the bull and shows you exactly “how to do it.” It’s not a bunch of theory; it doesn’t challenge you to come up with your own settings or figure it out on your own. Instead, Scott shows you step by step the exact techniques used by today’s cutting-edge digital photographers, and best of all, he shows you flat-out exactly which settings to use, when to use them, and why. That’s why the previous editions of this book are widely used as the official study guide in photography courses at colleges and universities around the world.

Each year, Scott trains thousands of professional photographers how to use Photoshop, and almost without exception they have the same questions, the same problems, and the same challenges—and that’s exactly what he covers in this book. You’ll
Plus, Scott includes a special bonus chapter with his own CS5 workflow, from start to finish, and each chapter ends with a Photoshop Killer Tips section, packed with time-saving, job-saving tips that make all the difference. If you’re a digital photographer, and if you’re ready to learn all the “tricks of the trade”—the same ones that today’s leading pros use to correct, edit, sharpen, retouch, and present their work—then you’re holding the book that will do just that.

Genres: Photography, Nonfiction, Reference, Art, Education, Science, Design

480 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Scott Kelby is an American author and publisher of periodicals dealing in Macintosh and Personal Computer software, specifically for design professionals, photographers, and artists.

Kelby is editor and publisher of Photoshop User and Layers magazines, president and co-founder of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) and is president of Kelby Media Group, an Oldsmar, Florida-based software training, education, and publishing firm.
Kelby is a photographer, designer, and the award-winning author of more than 40 books.

Reviews

[Seb · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ottimo libro per chi vuole utilizzare Photoshop per la fotografia digitale. Il libro è corredato da numerossimi esempi e i tutorial sono chiarissimi e guidano l'utente passo passo in modo semplice ed immediato, anche per le funzioni più difficili.

[Natalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

For a solid beginner, this is a good book, but any prospective reader should be aware that the first half of the book is, essentially, spent describing the tools in Camera Raw. I don't fault Kelby for this - most serious digital photographers prefer to work with their images in the raw format before, finally, opening it in PS for final touch ups, but I found myself continually asking, "well, yes, but when are we getting to the photoshop part?". That said, he did cover the most interesting new feature of CS5, the content-aware filter, which I was curious as to what he would say about it, and he also talked a bit about HDR photography, and actually included some things that I,, unfamiliar with HDR techniques, didn't know.

The information is kind of thick, for a hands on learner like me, this book is definitely going to act more as a reference rather than a die-hard bag of tricks I keep memorized at every moment. Lots of interesting tricks and ideas, but, in the end, it simply didn't feel like a book about Photoshop. I haven't perused the PS bibles out there, but if you are looking for detailed information about all things Photoshop, you might be better served there. As is, I basically read this as a reason to stick with my Lightroom workflow.

[Greta · Rating 5 out of 5]

I jumped from Photoshop CS to CS5 - and before I even installed the new software, I went out and purchased this book by Scott Kelby. I have two of his other Photoshop books and like those, this book is an excellent resource for Photoshop users of any level.

The author sets down concise, step-by-step instructions for various processes - from using Minibridge to converting photos to black & white images to creating panorama shots from multiple individual photos, and everything in between. Screenshots accompany the clear, easy-to-follow text, and the before and after images are crisp and illustrate the different techniques under discussion. A must-have book for anyone who is thinking of upgrading to CS5.

[Elyse · Rating 3 out of 5]

Need to start to read all my Photoshop books so I can work on my photos! simple as that. Kelby writes with humor and not sure if I want to go through this one or go straight to Adobe's Classroom in a Book, which is straight classroom learning. Kelby is fun in his digital photography books, but I need to learn this quickly, so we'll see.

[Ron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Plain and simply put, this is a CS5 recipe book for photographers. And perhaps much more. Time will tell. For me, the proof of the pudding will be in an extended application of the techniques and procedures Kelby chose to include in it.

[Stan · Rating 4 out of 5]

in spite of the bad jokes and over inflated ego of Mr. Kelby, this is a good book to get the important points of a very complicated bit of software.

[Kymm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great reference

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very useful step by step book, covering the broad spectrum of editing as well as correcting errors.

[Serge Pierro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kelby once again delivers a useful book for beginner photographers using Photoshop CS5. Covers all the main features pertinent to photographers, including Camera Raw.

[Ramadhan, · Rating 4 out of 5]

Biar tambah pro ;)

[Ihsaan · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved it! a great reference and taught me some really cool ways to process my PICS.

[Steven Myers]

I'm looking for some solid tips on technique and workflow.