Photoshop 5.5 Artistry [With CDROM]

If you're already a digicam owner and are beyond the beginning stage of digital image processing, treat yourself to 'Photoshop 5 & 5.5'. Published by New Riders (who do a first class job of printing and binding) 'Artistry' is, in a word, a BEAUTIFUL book. The techniques described are exciting and soon you will be producing work incorporating the described techniques.There are a lot of Photoshop books in print, and most of them are little more than a rehashing of the stock Photoshop manual. 'Artistry' though is truly in a class by itself.If you only buy one Photoshop book get 'Artistry' - I really can't say enough about it. It's a big book, profusely illustrated on very thick glossy paper, has lots of _practical_ info on layers and masks, and the several chapters on color space and color theory are fantastic (although not absolutely necessary to accomplish many of the techniques). The book includes a CD, and most chapters contain exercises that give you the opportunity to try, hands on, what is described in the book - the raw images used in the exercises are all on the CD! You will find a lot of uesful information about web-safe colors and creating limited palates which result in _uncompressed_ 72 ppi images that will weigh in at a tiny fraction of the full-palate image and will load at 28.8 in seconds rather than minutes. Compressed, they will load in a fraction of that! VERRRY Nice! :)))

Photoshop 5 & 5.5 Artistry is an upgrade to Photoshop 5 Artistry to add documentation for the new Photoshop 5.5 and Imageready Web features. Photoshop 5 Artistry includes all of Photoshop 5 Artistry and the Photoshop 5 Artistry CD plus 50 pages. To see reviews of this book, look at the reviews for Photoshop 5 Artistry and know that the 5.5 version is even better since it is the same book plus 50 pages on the new Web features. This is a great book for photographers and all digital image makers. Hope you enjoy it!

This book is your first aid kit for organizing your workspace in Photoshop. It has great timesaving tips - explained in plain english. The book will show you how to use Adobe Photoshop to save time and make more money. Definitely much better the Adobe Photoshop books.Kendall Howell, ACE (Adobe Certified Expert)

If you want to get the most out of Photoshop 5 this book is it. It is a full color tutorial/course in the Program; every page. Some have been critical of the depth and complexity. This is not the fault of the authors. The program itself is complex. If all you want to do is enhance photos to remove "redeye" in your photos you shouldn't be using Photoshop 5 to begin with. The book, unlike other Photoshop 5 books, differs in two important ways. First, the images are all in color. Every one. (except where the instruction involves greyscale). Second, the book is project oriented. It is not merely an instruction on how every tool is used, although it does that. You go through complete practical projects, start to finish. Clearly, the best of its kind for the best. A tour de force for the serious user.

If you are a serious photographer looking to be guided in the use of Photoshop 5 to produce fine art color photographs (e.g., through a Lightjet 5000 digital printer, an Iris printer or an Epson EX), this book is in a class by itself. It is so superb, it defines the genre. The other books out there are warmed over versions of the manual that comes with PS5. This book actually shows photographers how to use PS5 to accomplish the specific things photographers want(or will want) to use PS5 for. It is so well written that even a complete newcomer to Photoshop can follow the instruction and the tutorials.