Photoshop CS3 Photographer´s Handbook

Adobe Photoshop is central to most digital photography workflows, and the introduction of CS3 is a major milestone in the maturation of this imaging suite.
Photographers often feel overwhelmed when starting with Photoshop - the sheer number of tools and options make it difficult for the novice. This mammoth program has no shortageof instructional books, yet very few books direct the user to the most significant aspects of the program. Brad an Steve have leveraged their experience as teachers and practitioners to create a step-by-step guide that provides a simple and effective workflow for editing photographs in Photoshop. Focusing on the critical elements of the workflow rather than covering every feature, the Handbook is designed to get you working quickly in Photoshop. It provides the essential information for image editing along with step-by-step projects for more advanced Photoshop techniques.

Use the Photoshop CS3 Photographer's Handbook to:

- Gain a solid foundation towards understanding the tools and processes used to edit photographs using Photoshop CS3.
- Learn a practical workflow for editing images – including organizing images, clean-up, basic image editing, editing with selections and applying effects.
- Learn individual techniques for image editing by following simple step-by-step instructions for each techniques
- Learn photocraphic techniques for image editing – like removing blues from shadows, blending images together, or correcting skin-tones.

Zielgruppe:

• Photographers
• Designers
• Instructors
• Students

Autoren:

Brad Hinkel is an experimental photographer, software designer, and teacher. he was instrumental in developing the digital photography programs at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography and the Photographic Center Northwest. Brad continues to teach a wide range of digital photography courses. He has recently compledet three books on digital photography: "The Focal Easy Guide to Photoshop CS2", "Digital Negatives", and "Color management in Digital Photography".

Steve Laskevitch, founder of Luminous Works and a teacher for two decades, has designed digital workflows for hundreds of photographers and companies. An Adobe Certified Instructor, he trains creative individuals and firms, and has regularly helped Adobe Systems prepare Photoshop Certified Experts exams. Steve has always enjoyed creatingphotographs - in the field, studio, or lab; on film or digitally - as well as working with computer graphics. Students of all levels have appreciated Steve's friendly and approachable style in Luminous Works' classroom ant the colleges, universities, and conferences where he has taught.