The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers

Finally, a Photoshop book that is written expressly for professional photographers and hi-end serious amateurs that doesnt talk about F-stops, exposures, and how to frame a shot (you know all that stuff already--if you dont¿I hate to say it, but this isnt for you). This new book, from Photoshop User magazine editor and bestselling author Scott Kelby, starts at the moment your digital camera photos come into Photoshop, and he shows you the Photoshop pros techniques for managing, correcting, retouching and outputting your photos to knock your clients socks off, and turn you into a Photoshop production wizard. This book is absolutely ideal for traditional photographers who are making the jump to digital photography, and Scotts casual, step-by-step, plain-English style makes even the most complex Photoshop techniques seem so easy and accessible. Its the type of book that makes you smile and think «Ahhhh, so thats how they do it» and then immediately you realize «Hey, I can do this!» The entire book is graphically rich, in full color cover-to-cover, and best of all its packed with real-world project-based tutorials that will take you through the process of sizing your images with the proper resolution (and the secret to doing so without losing image quality), how to deal with High ISO noise, blue channel noise, and other common plagues introduced by digital cameras youll learn how the pros color correct their photos for output on everything from inkjet printers to printing presses, and the secrets to getting perfect fleshtones no matter where it¿s output. Youll learn the sharpening techniques todays top digital photographers use, and how the leading retouchers perform «digital plastic surgery» in Photoshop, plus professional facial retouching techniques using Photoshop 7.0s amazing new tools. Plus, youll also learn how to manage your photos, «digital dodging and burning» tricks, dealing with common problems, making client presentations within Photoshop and on the Web, and the inside tips on how to work faster and more efficiently than you ever thought possible. If youre serious about digital photography and Photoshop, this is book youve been waiting for.