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52 of 53 people found the following review helpful. Worthy Companion to Evenings CS5 for PhotographersBy TraderGaryMany consider Martin Evenings Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers to be the single best and most comprehensive book available for CS5. This book is a welcome companion that further expands on that book with more detailed examples of professional workflow; retouching and advanced techniques.The 26 movie tutorials with over 3 hours of content are worth the price of the book many times over.Interestingly; the first chapter; entitled "Before You Shoot" is a wealth of advice from a seasoned professional on how to prepare before shooting to give yourself a better setup for using Photoshop.The 2nd chapter is a very detailed and well explained camera raw workflow. Camera raw is a very important part of my processing and this chapter illustrates Raw workflow with beautiful progressive step-by-step images with full explanatory text. The movie tutorial covers these same pages so you have the advantage of seeing his workflow in both the text and in the video. Very well done.The 3rd chapter you almost never find in a Photoshop book and goes over all the things a good photographer does to guarantee the maximum image IQ before Photoshop is ever opened. There are many jewels here that many photographers may never consider and have a great deal to do with that elusive snap you are looking for in your final image.The book continues with example after example of fully explained and illustrated step-by-step "how-tos". Ive found a wealth of information and technique combining the text with the movie tutorials. These are very well done.All the example files are on the DVD so you can work alongside the text.I dont see a list of chapters in the book description; so here they are:1. Before you shoot2. Camera Raw workflow3. Raising your IQ4. Mending and blending5. Now you see it; now you dont6. Retouching people7. Masking and compositing8. Photoshop after dark9. Photomerges10. Cooking with Photoshop11. Robo Photoshop12. Photoshop output13. Minding your own businessIf you already own Evenings Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers; dont hesitate to buy this book.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A great 2nd book but Get Both!By T. SpringerWhile this book is a SPLENDID accompaniment to the initial title Adobe Photoshopreg; CS5 for Photographers; the previous reviews I read did not make it clear that this is a workshop book for the original title. You can learn a lot from the material here; but if you are looking for an in-depth play-by-play...this isnt it. The author does a wonderful job at speaking about how to do things differently. Unfortunately; photo retouching is only briefly discussed because he indicates it is in depth in his previous book. After buying this; I had to get the original title so I could utilize both. If you know a little about Photoshop; you will probably want to get both too.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Excellent; but not for the UninitiatedBy TiresiasThis is a companion volume to co-author Evenings series of books on basic techniques to manage the various versions of Photoshop taking into account the new resources incorporated in each one. (There was one for CS2; for example; then; 3; 4; 5mdash;on which this volume is basedmdash;and now one on CS6 and the latest; CC; or Creative Cloud; as well as books on the different recent versions of Lightroom.) This one is different: the authors present a set of complex problems; and describe how they solved each one. While it uses CS5 for its demonstrations; it is intended to serve as a stimulus for advanced users with slightly older; as well as more recent versions of the program. There is an emphasis on photography; but there is also a great deal of material for the graphic designer; one feature of all these books is attention to the different problems users will have to deal with in preparing their images for different end uses: book or magazine publication; advertising; web design; etc.As with all of this series of books; there is a DVD included which demonstrates various general points; and then goes through the creation of some images step-by-step; as well as including various other reference items; all of which can be downloaded onto your computer; and used for practice as well. Knowledge of basic Photoshop techniques is assumed; and users not familiar with the recent versions of the program will probably get lost trying to follow the examples. For those interested in acquiring this sort of sophisticated technique with digital imaging; I would recommend beginning with the basic volume written for whichever version of Photoshop you are using; and only then going on to an advanced text such as this.
