which book?

[brian_faini]

which book would you suggest, and why?

 

Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Photographers: A Professional Image Editor's

Guide to the Creative Use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC

by Martin Evening

 

The Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)

by Scott Kelby

[billfoster]

I'm not familiar with the Martin Evening book but I have the Scott Kelby book and I have never been disappointed with his books. WHy?

 

1. I think that, in general, he offers a good mix of beginner and advanced knowledge, along with some useful little tricks.

 

2. He goes through things step by step and explains each procedure from the beginning. So, you can pick up and start anywhere in the book if you want to experiment with something.

 

3. He usually offers quality pictures with everything in color. It makes the books cost a bit more but there is nothing worse than reading a section on color management with B & W pictures!

 

4. He is that rarest of creatures, an actualy skilled and funny technical writer.

[roger_kallet]

Brian,

 

If you can afford them, get both. They compliment each other. I have both.

 

Roger

[jimsimmons]

I had the Evening book for PS7, but now have the Real World Photoshop CS book by Blatner and Fraser, and I prefer it to the Evening approach. Thanks to Ellis for his recommendation that led me to the Real World series.

[pjmeade]

How about the Adobe's own "Photoshop CS2 classroom in a book"?

 

It has a CD with quicktime movies, tutorials and stuff.

 

I bought one on Amazon, it seems pretty good.

 

Hope this helps. P

[brian_faini]

I would like one that has more of color management, auomation, workflow, and aspects such as curves adjustments in different color spaces, and a good section on adjustment layers and filter usage

[jon jacobson]

Bill Foster says it all in this thread about the Kelby book. Well, I do have something to add.

 

The Kelby book is just plain entertaining, making it easy reading. Never boring. But the paradox is that it's a great reference manual also.

 

It's laid out based on what you want to do, not what this tool does. That is, you want to do this to your image? Here's how.

 

Disclaimer: I'm not familiar with the Martin Evening book.

[roger_kallet]

Brian,

 

If you are able, visit a bookstore like Barnes and Noble, Borders, Books-A-Million, et al. You generally will find both on the shelf at the same time; they are very popular. Look them over, then make a decision. Good luck.

 

Roger

[jim_rosario]

I've found Harald Johnson's book Mastering Digital Printing, very helpful when used in conjunction with a PS book. Personally I find Scott Kelby's sense of humor distracting and annoying so would vote for Martin Evening's book.