which books-again?

Hello to the group. I want to thank all of you for your thoughtful responses to my initial post regarding the books I was going to choose

for purchase. I have garnered some good info on the books I listed and a couple of new book choices. It occured to me that perhaps I hadn’t said enough about what level of photographer I am and what I shoot so this

make it tougher for you to know what to recommend. That is why I’m

this new query which is on the same topic but with the following info on

I find I am not particularly intuitive about some of the PS concepts; the ones that are simple tools where you apply them and see what they do with the preview button I understand, such as applying the warming filters, gaussian blur, unsharp mask, dodge and burn, etc. However, although I understand the basic concept of layers I don’t work with them because I am not sure about how to work with them, although I have learned adjustment layers, but again that’s simpler to me than the overall layer use. So I’m looking for books that will be very clear and also detailed (i.e. not too much presuming) about the steps to take to use the more sophisticated

and layer use. I probably don’t want to sit down and read a book straight through, but rather would like one with a good index so when I want to do

particular thing I can go right to it and focus on the matter at hand.
I’m strictly an amateur; don’t hope to exhibit anything but know and want good quality output. I come from decades of using 35mm Olympus

and lenses; have had a wet b/w darkroom for decades; shoot scenics,

(when I can find "em), birds, people (especially grandkids); don’t do any studio work; work only in RGB space; not into graphics, just photos; have cheap, 8.5 x 11, 4 color epson printer with separate Durabrite pigment ink tanks; looking to move to the epson 2200 or the new canon 9900 (I think that’s the number); have a canon G3 4MP point and shoot digital camera; looking to buy the canon 20D, 8 MP DSLR; recently bought the Minolta 5400 dpi dedicated 35mm film scanner.

OK-that’s enough about me. All of the foregoing should have been in my original post. I’m hoping that some of you will see this new post and

in again.

A refresher from my original post: I have the PS CS Bible, paperback version. I’m going to order PS CS Book for Digital Photographers-that’s definite. I want to buy 1 or 2 others, and my list contained the

Adobe PS CS Artistry
Real World Adobe PS CS by Fraser etc
PS Restoration and Retouching by Eismann
PS Color Correction by Kieran
PS CS Bible, hard cover ed.

OK-so what say you now?

Jim

OK-so what say you now?

Jim

Adobe PS CS Artistry

Real World Adobe PS CS by Fraser etc

PS Restoration and Retouching by Eismann

PS Color Correction by Kieran

PS CS Bible, hard cover ed.

Hello to the group. I want to thank all of you for your thoughtful responses to my initial post regarding the books I was going to choose among for purchase. I have garnered some good info on the books I listed and a couple of new book choices. It occured to me that perhaps I hadn’t said enough about what level of photographer I am and what I shoot so this would make it tougher for you to know what to recommend. That is why I’m posting this new query which is on the same topic but with the following info on me.
I find I am not particularly intuitive about some of the PS concepts; the ones that are simple tools where you apply them and see what they do with the preview button I understand, such as applying the warming filters, gaussian blur, unsharp mask, dodge and burn, etc. However, although I understand the basic concept of layers I don’t work with them because I am not sure about how to work with them, although I have learned adjustment layers, but again that’s simpler to me than the overall layer use. So I’m looking for books that will be very clear and also detailed (i.e. not too much presuming) about the steps to take to use the more sophisticated tools and layer use. I probably don’t want to sit down and read a book straight through, but rather would like one with a good index so when I want to do a particular thing I can go right to it and focus on the matter at hand.
I’m strictly an amateur; don’t hope to exhibit anything but know and want good quality output. I come from decades of using 35mm Olympus gear-bodies and lenses; have had a wet b/w darkroom for decades; shoot scenics, animals (when I can find "em), birds, people (especially grandkids); don’t do any studio work; work only in RGB space; not into graphics, just photos; have cheap, 8.5 x 11, 4 color epson printer with separate Durabrite pigment ink tanks; looking to move to the epson 2200 or the new canon 9900 (I think that’s the number); have a canon G3 4MP point and shoot digital camera; looking to buy the canon 20D, 8 MP DSLR; recently bought the Minolta 5400 dpi dedicated 35mm film scanner.

OK-that’s enough about me. All of the foregoing should have been in my original post. I’m hoping that some of you will see this new post and weigh in again.

A refresher from my original post: I have the PS CS Bible, paperback version. I’m going to order PS CS Book for Digital Photographers-that’s definite. I want to buy 1 or 2 others, and my list contained the following:
Adobe PS CS Artistry
Real World Adobe PS CS by Fraser etc
PS Restoration and Retouching by Eismann
PS Color Correction by Kieran
PS CS Bible, hard cover ed.

OK-so what say you now?

Jim

outtasight wrote:

Hello to the group. I want to thank all of you for your thoughtful responses to my initial post regarding the books I was going to choose

for purchase. I have garnered some good info on the books I listed and

couple of new book choices. It occured to me that perhaps I hadn’t said enough about what level of photographer I am and what I shoot so this

make it tougher for you to know what to recommend. That is why I’m

this new query which is on the same topic but with the following info on

I find I am not particularly intuitive about some of the PS concepts;

ones that are simple tools where you apply them and see what they do

the preview button I understand, such as applying the warming filters, gaussian blur, unsharp mask, dodge and burn, etc. However, although I understand the basic concept of layers I don’t work with them because I

not sure about how to work with them, although I have learned adjustment layers, but again that’s simpler to me than the overall layer use. So

looking for books that will be very clear and also detailed (i.e. not

much presuming) about the steps to take to use the more sophisticated

and layer use. I probably don’t want to sit down and read a book

through, but rather would like one with a good index so when I want to

particular thing I can go right to it and focus on the matter at hand.
I’m strictly an amateur; don’t hope to exhibit anything but know and

good quality output. I come from decades of using 35mm Olympus

and lenses; have had a wet b/w darkroom for decades; shoot scenics,

(when I can find "em), birds, people (especially grandkids); don’t do

studio work; work only in RGB space; not into graphics, just photos;

cheap, 8.5 x 11, 4 color epson printer with separate Durabrite pigment

tanks; looking to move to the epson 2200 or the new canon 9900 (I think that’s the number); have a canon G3 4MP point and shoot digital camera; looking to buy the canon 20D, 8 MP DSLR; recently bought the Minolta

dpi dedicated 35mm film scanner.

OK-that’s enough about me. All of the foregoing should have been in my original post. I’m hoping that some of you will see this new post and

in again.

A refresher from my original post: I have the PS CS Bible, paperback version. I’m going to order PS CS Book for Digital Photographers-that’s definite. I want to buy 1 or 2 others, and my list contained the

Adobe PS CS Artistry
Real World Adobe PS CS by Fraser etc
PS Restoration and Retouching by Eismann
PS Color Correction by Kieran
PS CS Bible, hard cover ed.

OK-so what say you now?

Jim

You may also wish to consider "The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographer" by Scott Kelby (Published by New Riders) @ $39.99 but I bought on Amazon for about half of that price!

It is particularly useful insofar as the chapter headings describe what it is you may wish to do i.e. "Instant red-eye removal", "Extracting people from their background", "Whitening teeth" etc., etc.
Whichever you buy, good luck!

Peter May

Hello to the group. I want to thank all of you for your thoughtful responses to my initial post regarding the books I was going to choose

for purchase. I have garnered some good info on the books I listed and a couple of new book choices. It occured to me that perhaps I hadn’t said enough about what level of photographer I am and what I shoot so this

make it tougher for you to know what to recommend. That is why I’m

this new query which is on the same topic but with the following info on

I find I am not particularly intuitive about some of the PS concepts; the ones that are simple tools where you apply them and see what they do with the preview button I understand, such as applying the warming filters, gaussian blur, unsharp mask, dodge and burn, etc. However, although I understand the basic concept of layers I don’t work with them because I am not sure about how to work with them, although I have learned adjustment layers, but again that’s simpler to me than the overall layer use. So I’m looking for books that will be very clear and also detailed (i.e. not too much presuming) about the steps to take to use the more sophisticated

and layer use. I probably don’t want to sit down and read a book straight through, but rather would like one with a good index so when I want to do

particular thing I can go right to it and focus on the matter at hand.
I’m strictly an amateur; don’t hope to exhibit anything but know and want good quality output. I come from decades of using 35mm Olympus

and lenses; have had a wet b/w darkroom for decades; shoot scenics,

(when I can find "em), birds, people (especially grandkids); don’t do any studio work; work only in RGB space; not into graphics, just photos; have cheap, 8.5 x 11, 4 color epson printer with separate Durabrite pigment ink tanks; looking to move to the epson 2200 or the new canon 9900 (I think that’s the number); have a canon G3 4MP point and shoot digital camera; looking to buy the canon 20D, 8 MP DSLR; recently bought the Minolta 5400 dpi dedicated 35mm film scanner.

OK-that’s enough about me. All of the foregoing should have been in my original post. I’m hoping that some of you will see this new post and

in again.

A refresher from my original post: I have the PS CS Bible, paperback version. I’m going to order PS CS Book for Digital Photographers-that’s definite. I want to buy 1 or 2 others, and my list contained the

Adobe PS CS Artistry
Real World Adobe PS CS by Fraser etc
PS Restoration and Retouching by Eismann
PS Color Correction by Kieran
PS CS Bible, hard cover ed.

OK-so what say you now?

Jim

You may also wish to consider "The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographer" by Scott Kelby (Published by New Riders) @ $39.99 but I bought on Amazon for about half of that price!

It is particularly useful insofar as the chapter headings describe what it is you may wish to do i.e. "Instant red-eye removal", "Extracting people from their background", "Whitening teeth" etc., etc.
Whichever you buy, good luck!