Photoshop Books

babycakes

Any suggestions on good photoshop books or know of a thread already on this subject? I am relatively new to Photoshop. I am really interested in portrait post-processing.

jfriend

What kind of Photoshop book?

babycakes wrote:

Any suggestions on good photoshop books or know of a thread already on this subject? I am relatively new to Photoshop. I am really interested in portrait post-processing.

I own a bunch of books on Photoshop that cover a wide variety of topics. Most of the books emphasize a particular area. Which of the following are you most interested in learning about?

• Learning how to use individual Photoshop features (like cloning or shadow/highlight or healing brush) - e.g. a Photoshop reference book
• Learning how to use Adobe Camera RAW
• Learning how to use Photoshop specifically for photo retouching
• Learning advanced retouching techniques
• Learning about Photoshop color management

Nikolai

If I were to name just one

babycakes wrote:

Any suggestions on good photoshop books or know of a thread already on this subject? I am relatively new to Photoshop. I am really interested in portrait post-processing.

... it would be Kevin Ames' "Art of photographying women". There is also a newer version (for CS2) due soon, but it is not out yet..

HTH

Stustaff

The one book I really reccomend is "the photoshop CS2 book for photographers" by scott Kelby.

Great Great book!

Contains a chapter on portrait processing but also covers everything from cropping, presenting etc etc, cant reccomend it enough.

Jeanne Marie

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I've linked the one's that I've found most useful:

Adobe Photoshop Restoration & Retouching

Photoshop Masking & Compositing

Photoshop LAB Color: The Canyon Conundrum and Other Adventures in the Most Powerful Colorspace

Professional Photoshop: The Classic Guide to Color Correction

There are already a lot of detailed reviews all over the web on these volumes so no need to get into that here. I could be partial to Eismann’s books because I first learned the most from her first volumes. (More than I actually learned in college classes, but that could be because I was in college at the time :P )

Tech books are tricky though, everyone has different ways in which they learn best. I’d just read as many reviews on Amazon and other sites on as many books as time allows and see if any are geared more towards your preferences in learning and reading.

Good Luck and Let us know what you decide on.

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wxwax

Stustaff wrote:

The one book I really reccomend is "the photoshop CS2 book for photographers" by scott Kelby.

Great Great book!

Contains a chapter on portrait processing but also covers everything from cropping, presenting etc etc, cant reccomend it enough.

Perfect for a beginner.

Stustaff

wxwax wrote:

Perfect for a beginner.

what are you trying to imply

wxwax

Stustaff wrote:

what are you trying to imply

Is reading that hard? :whip

babycakes wrote:

Any suggestions on good photoshop books or know of a thread already on this subject? I am relatively new to Photoshop. .

:cool

claudermilk

My two favorites are Real World Photoshop by Bruce Fraser and Adobe Photoshop for Photographers by Martin Evening.

XHawkeye

Stustaff wrote:

The one book I really reccomend is "the photoshop CS2 book for photographers" by scott Kelby.

Great Great book!

Contains a chapter on portrait processing but also covers everything from cropping, presenting etc etc, cant reccomend it enough.

Only thing wrong with this book is that the index sucks. Will have lots of I know read it in here somewhere but now I can't find it moments. The table of contents much more useful when looking up a subject.

babycakes

Thanks for all your opinions. I have access to a safari account on the O'Reilly website which allows me to view most of these books online. I apologize for the late response. Thanks so much again for your help!

Ashley