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Adobe Photoshop CS6 for Photographers: A professional image editor's guide to the creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC Paperback – Illustrated, May 11 2012

by Martin Evening (Author)
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Renowned Photographer and Photoshop hall-of-famer, Martin Evening returns with his comprehensive guide to Photoshop. This acclaimed work covers everything from the core aspects of working in Photoshop to advanced techniques for refined workflows and professional results. Using concise advice, clear instruction and real world examples, this essential guide will give you the skills, regardless of your experience, to create professional quality results. A robust accompanying website features sample images, tutorial videos, bonus chapters and a plethora of extra resources. Quite simply, this is the essential reference for photographers of all levels using Photoshop.

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    024052604X
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0240526041
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    Routledge
  5. Publication date
    May 11 2012
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    15.24 x 4.45 x 22.86 cm
  8. Print length
    768 pages
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"A true masterpiece." ―John Nemerovski, Pixiq.com

"To me Adobe Photoshop CS6 For Photographers is still just about the most important reference book I have. It covers every aspect of Photoshop in detail and presents them with an eye toward the photographer. It is written by a professional photographer for professional photographers. It covers both the Mac and Windows in a clear and concise manner. For intermediate and advanced Photoshop users, it is the definitive word on Photoshop. For the beginner, along with other sources for additional foundation, it will make you that advanced user. For anyone who is serious about photography and Photoshop,Adobe Photoshop CS6 For Photographers is a must have." ―T. Michael Testi, BlogCritics.org

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Professional photographer, UK.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 1st edition (May 11 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 768 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 024052604X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0240526041
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 1.68 kg
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 4.45 x 22.86 cm
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michael sawicz
5.0 out of 5 stars A very good book.
Reviewed in Canada on May 26, 2014
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Clear, well written, lots of information for you. This book has helped me tremendously learning Photoshop. I recommend this book as 1 to buy to learn and become comfortable using Photoshop. A great reference and learning tool.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great go-to manual
Reviewed in Canada on April 18, 2019
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Very large and in depth book on "how-to".
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dziaBdzio
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on January 29, 2018
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great book eductional book
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Ian Donald McGillis
4.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive as always, one quibble
Reviewed in Canada on March 24, 2013
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I think Martin Evening is the best 'technical' writer on LR and PS if maybe a little wordy at times.

(Ironic that Amazon forced me to add one more word to this review! It was "maybe".)
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Dr Art N Lance
5.0 out of 5 stars More or less the gospel for Photoshop users.
Reviewed in Canada on May 17, 2014
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Hard to fault this book, scarcely a topic missing, but best used as an encyclopedia rather than a read-through text.
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Len Jerrard
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in Canada on October 28, 2016
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Is complicated but good!
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Larry
5.0 out of 5 stars Great info well preasented
Reviewed in Canada on August 5, 2013
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Great book made me order his lightroom book. Hard to get through because of the size but well worth it.
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Reviewed in Canada on May 8, 2015
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S.HARI NARAYANAN
5.0 out of 5 stars Photoshop book CS6
Reviewed in India on October 19, 2019
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Good book
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Nibor
5.0 out of 5 stars not only for CS6
Reviewed in Japan on July 3, 2021
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My copy of 'Adobe Photoshop CS6 for Photographers' arrived well packaged and in good condition with occasional annotations, mostly lightly written in pencil. The cover was clean and there were no dog ears or creased pages but the edges and corners of the closed book showed signs of wear that were more suggestive of storage after being very carefully handled by one or more readers rather than heavy usage. I am very satisfied.
CS6 was the last version of Photoshop available as a freestanding DVD. Authored by a scion of the profession, Martin Evening, the book runs to 744 pages and weighs circa 800 grammes. It is no pocketbook but it would be almost impossible for most amateur photographers to appreciate the wealth of possibilities of Photoshop CS6 without such a book. Like many paperbacks, the pages cannot be laid flat, making reading the book slightly difficult and the photocopying of even one page for personal reference impossible.
The author has made a brave and largely successful attempt to assist the interested amateur photographer wishing to explore the intricacies of the avowedly professional CS6 programme. (I am unqualified to comment on the value of the book to professional photographers.) Much of the content of the book, which is highly readable, is equally relevant to both older and newer versions of Photoshop.
Little of the material in the book extends into theory that belongs elsewhere, yet there is suffficient explanation to avoid providing only a bald list of instructions to be followed blindly. That is a commendable approach to meeting the practical needs of the amateur photographer. There are plenty of coloured photographs, boxes and cross-references to clarify the text, which, in conveniently short sections, is interspersed with helpful icons; and the small text in screenshots is always sharp, although a loupe may sometimes necessary.
The author makes the indisputable point that images in camera Raw format should be used whenever feasible. Indeed, 20% of the book is devoted to Raw image processing. However, the amateur photographer is often dealing with what is available, for example, .jpg files that need to be retouched or restored for family members or friends, or is constrained by the format of images transmitted by E-mail: I would have welcomed more explicit information regarding what could or could not be done with the .jpg format.
I found the chapters devoted to setting up CS6 and printing an edited product on a home printer especially well explained by comparison with other books.
The index is long but cannot be and is not comprehensive; nor is the book. Although "LZW compression" is covered, I could not find any reference to "Hoffman compression", a term that appears on a CS6 panel. (An internet search gave me the details I needed.)
There is no CD /DVD but the book's web-site is replete with supporting details and tutorial material.
Overall, this is a book for enjoyable reading and reference that I have no hesitation in recommending strongly to serious amateur photographers.
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I Say Old Chap!
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent in depth book on Photoshop
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 13, 2015
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An excellent in depth book on Photoshop. However, if you are thinking to buy the Kindle version don't bother. You'll most likely end up buying the actual book.
Navigating this on a Kindle is nigh on impossible. Or at least it is on the Kindle for Mac App. I don't own a Kindle (and after this experience I won't be buying one either), so I'm guessing the method of navigation is the same.
I decided to buy the Kindle for Mac version for two reasons, the first being one of economy ; Amazon has brutal rip off postage prices to the Irish Republic for anything under £25, and the second being that I thought it would be a better method of using the book alongside Photoshop on screen.
Now I'm unfamiliar with Kindle but it seems to lack a properly thought out page locator.
If for instance the author states something along the lines of " I describe this process in far greater depth on page 57" then it would be useful would it not (Duh! as the Americans say) to be able to navigate quickly to page 57 to read said detailed process, but no, the Kindle app offers only to tell me that I am at 'location 3326 of 15116' and offers only a search facility to find any one of the other 15116 locations without offering any clue as to which location page 57 is located at. The author refers to page numbers and the Kindle app refers to locations. This is of course entirely useless in a manual.
So the book gets 5 stars and the Kindle for Mac Version gets 0 stars.
If there is a away to navigate by page numbers then I shall happily stand corrected but so far my only foray into electronic books has been very disappointing.
I've just bought the actual book and since Amazon insist on ludicrous postage charges I've bought it secondhand from a third party book dealer.
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Alberto
5.0 out of 5 stars Completísimo
Reviewed in Spain on September 11, 2014
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Enorme manual que abunda en detalles y ejemplos sobre el manejo de photoshop. Incluye un amplio apartado sobre Camera Raw, lo que permite hacer un tratamiento de la foto desde el primer momento.
Si os apañáis con el inglés, vale la pena comprarlo en versión original, ya que la versión española es el doble de cara.
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Igo Hummaan
5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive Reference, Easy to Use
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2012
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In my opinion, if you need only one paper-based Photoshop reference (for photography purposes), it's not the Kelby books you should be buying or the Bibles or other books. It's this book. With color-coded pages, a very detailed TOC and Index, and a ton of good information from one of the best and most experienced Photoshop authors, you'd be hard-pressed to find something better.

That's not to say you shouldn't buy other books. Only that this one is the single best reference book that I have found over the years, and it keeps getting better. The sections on ACR / raw editing is great, as are the sections detailing the new interface options, preferences and other important settings. Lots of important details and hidden tips. Often overlooked by other authors or glossed over, Evening handles these types of topics the right way, making you more efficient / good at what you do.

The one downside is that if you like to carry your reference books around with you this thing is (by necessity because it only gets longer with each version, as new features are added) is pretty huge. Weighs in around 750 pages so it's bulky and heavy but hey, it's worth it.
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