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Noodling around with Photoshop to create interesting composite artwork is all well and good. But if you rely on Photoshop to meet tough production challenges in a fast-paced professional environment, noodling won't cut it! You need results, and you need them now: This book delivers! In this copiously illustrated volume, best-selling authors David Blatner and Bruce Fraser offer scads of hands-on production techniques--as well as clear explanations of the concepts that drive them--so that you can get the best results possible on your own Photoshop CS projects. You'll learn about managing color, getting great scans, correcting tones and colors, and more. You also find complete coverage of all of Photoshop CS' newest features: an improved File Browser; nonsquare pixel support; cool, new Photomerge technology (which allows you to create seamless panoramas out of multiple images); and more. Throughout, the emphasis is on efficiency: the time-saving tips and professional shortcuts that will allow you to work faster, smarter, and more creatively with Photoshop CS.

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Noodling around with Photoshop to create interesting composite artwork is all well and good. But if you rely on Photoshop to meet tough production challenges in a fast-paced professional environment, noodling won't cut it! You need results, and you need them now: This book delivers! In this copiously illustrated volume, best-selling authors David Blatner and Bruce Fraser offer scads of hands-on production techniques--as well as clear explanations of the concepts that drive them--so that you can get the best results possible on your own Photoshop CS projects. You'll learn about managing color, getting great scans, correcting tones and colors, and more. You also find complete coverage of all of Photoshop CS' newest features: an improved File Browser; nonsquare pixel support; cool, new Photomerge technology (which allows you to create seamless panoramas out of multiple images); and more. Throughout, the emphasis is on efficiency: the time-saving tips and professional shortcuts that will allow you to work faster, smarter, and more creatively with Photoshop CS.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great investment for serious Photoshop users, July 16 2004

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James E. Bennett "photoretouching" (Oregon City, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Real World Adobe Photoshop CS (Paperback)

I received my copy this week and I couldn't be happier with my purchase.

I especially like the fact that it isn't written for beginners as there are more than enough books to thrill and inspire those folks - like the Adobe Classroom In a Book series.

The information provided here is solid, in-depth and well-explained.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book!, Jun 24 2004

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"bradskyb" (Berkeley, CA) - See all my reviews

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This is an advanced level book, but don't shy away from it if you are intermediate. Curves, levels, histograms, etc. are all very well covered here. It seems much more concerned with image quality and color correction than special effects. Walk through the RAW format, color spaces, high-level sharpening. The content of this book is displayed with a nice balance of images to text. I'm really just starting it, but I've skimmed through enough to give you this review. Hell, I already know more than a dozen new keyboard shortcuts, because it just seemed to stick in my memory the way it was presented.

BTW, I paid 50 bucks at the local bookstore because I wanted it right away.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book!, Jun 24 2004

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"bradskyb" (Berkeley, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Real World Adobe Photoshop CS (Paperback)

This is an advanced level book, but don't shy away from it if you are intermediate. Curves, levels, histograms, etc. are all very well covered here. It seems much more concerned with image quality than special effects. Walk through the RAW format, color spaces, high-level sharpening. The content of this book is displayed with a nice balance of images to text. I'm really just starting it, but I've skimmed through enough to give you this review. Hell, I already know more than a dozen new keyboard shortcuts, because it just seemed to stick in my memory the way it was presented.

BTW, I paid 50 bucks at the local bookstore because I wanted it right away.

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