Recommend me a Photoshop book

helios

So, I've finally decided that my New Year's project will be to become a bit more proficient at the ol' Photoshop. Can anyone recommend a good one (or two)?

I know Scott Kelby's books are meant to be quite good, does anyone have some personal experience?


Thanks.

Edit: Note to mods. Maybe we can make a 'Library' sticky with recommendations and links to popular/useful books(?).

Borderfox

I got Adobe Photoshop CS3 for digital photographers by Scott Selby and found it pretty handy. Although I also found Guy Gowan's retouching workflow dvd more benificial

bovril

helios wrote: »

So, I've finally decided that my New Year's project will be to become a bit more proficient at the ol' Photoshop.

What has happened you, are you sick or something??


I have a CS2 book by Scott Kelby and I also have his lightroom book. They're quite good but it's best for dipping in and out of. I have heard a few of the lads here mention the Martin Evening book. I don't know what that's like. You could possibly read some reviews on amazon.

There are some great tutorials on youtube too which are an alternative from the books.

helios

bovril wrote: »

What has happened you, are you sick or something??

I was waiting for that :P What are your thoughts on the books you have? They're the ones I was looking at already...

bovril

On the lightroom book, I wouldn't really recommend it. I got it as a birthday present so I can't complain. It's one of the first lightroom books and it covers about 5% of the things you can do in the develop module. It has quite a bit about organising your files and using lightroom to help develop websites etc. I have not been bored enough to go through that part of the book yet so I can't comment on whether that is any good.

The Adobe Photoshop CS Book for Digital Photographers is ok.

As I only have the version for CS, there's not much point in going into too much detail about what he does as the CS3 version of the book might be different. It's a good read but to be honest I would only use a few things I have read in this book. Straightening photos, Correcting keystoning spring to mind.

I am opening myself up for a slagging now on my cr*p PS skills but I have learned more from the lads here and from the guy gowan session (mainly to do with masks) than from any book. I have recently been looking at you tube tutorials thanks to a links from boards members.

RoryW

I have the Scott Kelby book "The Adobe photoshop CS3 book"

I know nothing about PS CS3 so for me it is fine to help me learn the basics. For someone who has experience of CS3, they may fnd it too basic.

Fenster

Reference guides are handy, but you really can't beat the internet at the end of the day.

mikeanywhere

Fenster wrote: »

Reference guides are handy, but you really can't beat the internet at the end of the day.

Only good if you have the ether to hand.............

I have the use of a Martin England book on Lightroom to see how it compares to the Scott Kelby version. I still prefer Scott's book but to be fair I havent really given the other one a fair hearing - ask me again in a week!!

ThOnda

Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers: A Professional Image Editor's Guide to the Creative Use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC by Martin Evening.

440Hz

+1 for Scott Kelby

nilhg

www.kelbytraining.com/?page=product&id=93

I got this book just before Christmas, haven't got to work right through it yet, but it seems to me to cover all the bases for someone who is computer literate, but needs to learn the basics skills and a little more of PS.

run_Forrest_run

I bought Adobe Photoshop CS2 OneonOne for CS2. I haven't had a lot of time to actually use it but the bits I have used I found it to be good. It comes with a DVD for the PC which contains video tutorials from the author. It's well written and you can take as much or as little from it as you wish.

thebaz

i was reccomended and bought PS essential skills by Galer and Andrews , havn't used it that much , but told it is pretty good , i'm a terrible reader :mad: