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These books presume a basic knowledge
of Photoshop. However, real understanding and proficiency
can only come with patient reading and time following the
examples. The difference between Eismann and Margulis may
be this: Eismann shows you how to use and master the important
tools of Photoshop, whereas Margulis show you how to let
Photoshop do what it does best. |
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Adobe Photoshop
Restoration & Retouching (3rd ed.): Even if you
use Photoshop to just to "tweak" your photographs,
you are in the world restoration and retouching. Unlike
many books that show you how to do XYZ—quick and easy—real
world images aren't chosen to make easy. Eismann's approach
is steadfast and complete. You won't lean how to fix only
the sample image, you'll learn how to fix any image. |
Photoshop Masking
& Compositing: Eismann's premise is simple, almost
everything you do in Photoshop involves masking, even if
you never make a mask! Adjustment layers come with layer
masks; a selection is a mask; working with layers is a kind
of masking. |
Photoshop LAB Color:
Dan Margulis will introduce you to a real world Wonderland—LAB.
A color space that is both utterly logical and surprisingly
fantastical. You may not use LAB as often as proposed, but
if you follow the examples, you'll keep it handy. |
Professional
Photoshop: Although Dan Margulis's approach seems opposite
to Eismann's, I find them thoroughly compatible. What distinguishes
Margulis from almost everyone else writing about Photoshop
is that he want you to understand the world of color and
how Photoshop controls or is controlled by it. |
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Professional
Photoshop 6: A precursor to Professional Photoshop,
listed above. Perhaps not as up-to-date, but if you master
this, you've mastered a lot. While Photoshop has evolved since
Photoshop 6, the primary concern is still color. And, you
can't beat the price! |
Photoshop
Restoration & Retouching (2nd ed.): Although the
3rd edition, listed above, is more up-to-date, and a lot of
the examples are different, the 2nd edition is invaluable,
and you can get it for a lower price. |
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