Any Photoshop Book to recommend?

mlwang · 12th December 2004

Hi everyone I am a newbie in Adobe Photoshop. Would like to find a book which focus on the following technique:

a) Making the photo sharper

b) Reducing Noise

c) Make complexion smoother

d) Make people look thinner

Basically is there a Photoshop book which explain how to make a holiday photograph or potrait look nice, with steps by step instruction?

Alternatively is there any good Photoshop book to recommend? How much?

Squid · 12th December 2004

This topic has been discussed in this thread :
http://forum.clubsnap.com/showthread.php?t=83603

In the above thread, three books were mentioned during discussion :
1. The Adobe Photoshop CS Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby
2. Adobe Photoshop CS for Photographers by Martin Evening
3. Photoshop : Restoration & Retouching" by Katrin Eismann

Adam Goi · 12th December 2004

Originally Posted by mlwang

Hi everyone I am a newbie in Adobe Photoshop. Would like to find a book which focus on the following technique:

a) Making the photo sharper

b) Reducing Noise

c) Make complexion smoother

d) Make people look thinner

Basically is there a Photoshop book which explain how to make a holiday photograph or potrait look nice, with steps by step instruction?

Alternatively is there any good Photoshop book to recommend? How much?

For c) and d), get a different model to solve your problem ...

mlwang · 12th December 2004

Dear Squid

Thanks for the useful information, think I will go for 1. The Adobe Photoshop CS Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby.

Dear Adam

c) and d) no choice, unless i dont take photo of myself hahahahaha

dennisc · 13th December 2004

unsharp mask, despeckle function should work. But there're TONS of photoshop books scanned into Acrobat *cough* entire book 200-600++ pages can be found in file sharing softwares if u want to save time.

Adzz · 14th December 2004

i recently bought the Photoshop CS: Classroom in a Book. Good for newbies. to learn the tool. IMO. 25 only.

first hand quality at sec hand price.

zerofour · 15th December 2004

U all can go to BBC 1st floor there is 1-2 book store selling cheap PS books.... anyway PS cannot sharpen photo if your cam is lower the 3.2mp nutting is sharp and the technic on taking photo is important and also your shutter speed hee hee i'm still a newbie hmm... just wonder if you took a pic and edit in PS then consider a photo or digital art?

Prismatic · 15th December 2004

If anyone is tempted to buy Adobe Press books, Photoshop CS: Classroom in a Book is almost strictly a guide on how to access and use the functions in PS CS.

If you are more interested in more intermediate techniques and topics, can try the Photoshop CS: Studio Techniques book by Ben Willmore.
Some of the topics in the books:
- Understanding curves
- Colour management
- Colour correction
- Advanced masking
- Retouching etc etc

In my opinion, it's a pretty good book on digital workflow and process for those who are interested in getting more out of their pictures. ^^

12th December 2004	#1
mlwang Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 156	Any Photoshop Book to recommend? Hi everyone I am a newbie in Adobe Photoshop. Would like to find a book which focus on the following technique: a) Making the photo sharper b) Reducing Noise c) Make complexion smoother d) Make people look thinner Basically is there a Photoshop book which explain how to make a holiday photograph or potrait look nice, with steps by step instruction? Alternatively is there any good Photoshop book to recommend? How much?

15th December 2004	#7
zerofour Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: SG Posts: 201	U all can go to BBC 1st floor there is 1-2 book store selling cheap PS books.... anyway PS cannot sharpen photo if your cam is lower the 3.2mp nutting is sharp and the technic on taking photo is important and also your shutter speed hee hee i'm still a newbie hmm... just wonder if you took a pic and edit in PS then consider a photo or digital art? __________________ Favouritism \| Design + Lifestyle + Art

12th December 2004	#2
Squid Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,026	This topic has been discussed in this thread : http://forum.clubsnap.com/showthread.php?t=83603 In the above thread, three books were mentioned during discussion : 1. The Adobe Photoshop CS Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby 2. Adobe Photoshop CS for Photographers by Martin Evening 3. Photoshop : Restoration & Retouching" by Katrin Eismann

13th December 2004	#5
dennisc Workshop/Shoot Organiser Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Freezing Upp Thomson/Mandai! Posts: 1,441	unsharp mask, despeckle function should work. But there're TONS of photoshop books scanned into Acrobat cough entire book 200-600++ pages can be found in file sharing softwares if u want to save time.

14th December 2004	#6
Adzz Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: West area Posts: 1,004	i recently bought the Photoshop CS: Classroom in a Book. Good for newbies. to learn the tool. IMO. 25 only. first hand quality at sec hand price.

15th December 2004	#8
Prismatic Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: In the void. Posts: 1,215	If anyone is tempted to buy Adobe Press books, Photoshop CS: Classroom in a Book is almost strictly a guide on how to access and use the functions in PS CS. If you are more interested in more intermediate techniques and topics, can try the Photoshop CS: Studio Techniques book by Ben Willmore. Some of the topics in the books: - Understanding curves - Colour management - Colour correction - Advanced masking - Retouching etc etc In my opinion, it's a pretty good book on digital workflow and process for those who are interested in getting more out of their pictures. ^^