Photoshop CS

[evan_litvin2]

Hello, I have Photoshop CS on my apple. Anyone have any suggestions as to how to learn

how to use it?? I have never used photoshop before. Any book/web site/etc. suggestions

are very much appreciated. THanks-Evan

[RaymondC]

See articles, a tutorial 'instant photoshop' is what you looking for then a more comprehensive one 'photoshop workflow". Also see his other files... pays to print if you like.

http://luminous-landscape.com/

 

Also, http://www.computer-darkroom.com/

Re: monitor calibration and how to print a pix. Also some PS techniques like color mgmt color correction, converting to b/w, etc.....

 

Various books, Bruce Fraser has one "Real World Camera RAW". I dont have this but it is about using the RAW conversion software/utility with PS.

 

Deke McClelland, Adobe Photoshop CS one on one. Don't have but pple rave it.

 

Scott Kelby has books like a recipe book good for newbies. Don't need to read cover to cover to understand. Just full of techniques like a cooking book. "Photoshop for Digital Photographers", think whats its called. I have 2 of his books.

[sc21]

Take it from someone who tried to learn through magazine and web articles - you need a book that will start you at the beginning and take you step by step through it. Finding out a year later that there's keyboard shortcuts for what you've always done manually is not fun.

 

The top books I've seen recommended (the first two of which I have):

 

Photoshop Restoration and Retouching, by Katrin Eissmann

- a great intro to all things Photoshop, and there's a new chapter on CS that you can get at her website

 

http://www.digitalretouch.org/

 

Real World Photoshop CS by Blatner and Fraser - the big bible of PS. Has everything you need to know, and possibly too much. I cut mine in thirds just to ease my wrists when reading.

 

Photoshop CS One on One, by Deke McClelland (the guy who does the tutorial CD that came with CS)

 

Photoshop CS Artistry by Barry Haynes - for landscapes and the like.

 

Both of these last two books come with CDs.

 

 

Check out:

 

http://www.atncentral.com/Books.htm

 

http://www.bythom.com/Bookrecs.htm

 

You can also find articles from some of these books posted here:

 

http://www.peachpit.com/articles/index.asp?st=42184

[coconutdaydream]

if you really want to touch on the very basics, try Adobe Photoshop Classroom In A Book. extremely simplistic, but it'll get you started. i just screwed with it for four years, and here i am.

[brian ball]

I'll second Katrin Eisman's retouching book, which is excellent for its subject. I'll also third Deke McClelland's "One-on-One" (I have come to expect the highest standards from books published by O'Reilly).

 

Photoshop CS for Photographers by Martin Evening is also excellent.

 

Just fooling around with images in Photoshop can also be a great way to get familiar with it.

[beno_t_marchal]

<p>Or for something different, I'd suggest <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/

obidos/ASIN/0764541749/ref=nosim/pineapplesoftonl/">50 fast techniques with

Photoshop CS</a> (there are editions for Elements, etc.).

<p>The book is light on theory and it does not pretend to teach you everything about

Photoshop. As the title indicates, it details 50 small projects in increasing order of

complexity.

<p>Most of the books recommended in this thread are more complete and detailled and I

recommend you get one of those... but you will find that they assume a fair junk of a priori

knowledge about color, digital manipulation, etc. Plus all the theory is... boring when

you're impatient to get started. So you might want to get started with the "50" book and

move to other material afterwards.

<p>Before learning Photoshop, I had no prior exposure to digital image. I lost myself in a

few "pro" books and was becoming disgusted when I found the "50" book. The hand-on

approach made the difference. It's the only book I have found for the real beginner: it does

not only explain the tools but also put them in context (e.g. when to use which tool and

what are the alternatives).

<p>After mastering the material, I could return to the more advanced books and suddenly

they made sense!

<p>--ben

[paul -]

If you want to learn in a "show me how" way on DVD, check out <a href="http://www.totaltraining.com/prod/adobe/photoshopcs.asp?mscsid=">"Total Training For

Adobe Photoshop CS",

Hosted by Deke McClelland</a>.<p>Total Training is an Adobe Solutions Network Certified Training Provider. The set sells for $299 retail, but you can find it on eBay for $150-200.

[cfimages]

<a href="http://www.pixelgenius.com/tipsandtechniques.html">Pixel Genius</a> have a few tutorials in Quicktime format (by Martin Evening), and as PDFs (by Evening, Bruce Fraser, Seth Resnick, Jeff Schewe and Andrew Rodney). Andrew is also a regular contributor here on pnet.

 

<p>You could also check out <a href="http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html">Russell Brown's site</a> for a lot of Quicktime tutorials.

[yodleboy]

When CS is installed, a screen pops up when you launch it that has some good tutorials. Lots of good basic info. If you unchecked the "don't show me this again" screen you can get it back from the help menu.