Photoshop 7: Photographers Guide

by David D. Busch

"Photoshop 7: Photographer's Guide" is aimed squarely at those who want to creatively use photography to produce compelling images and who want to master all the tools available to them. You don't... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929685688
• ISBN13: 9781929685684
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Works for Me!

Every buyer has different needs. Mine are simple. I'm a serious photographer,and mechanical stuff is not my best talent or skill area. For me, to work with Photoshop is fun and exciting because I can take my photography results to a new level. At the same time, it's totally terrifying. Busch's book is great for me because he includes the CD for me to work with, so I don't have to learn with my own photos. And he's committed to photography as the ultimate motivation, not just a love of computer gadgetry. The book's example photos are in color and on almost every page. They look like the type of photos I take, not something unachievable. And show what I can do with them. Busch's style is very motivating for non-techies, and building confidence is his best skill as an author. It's refreshing to see a computer or photography author admit that they don't always take perfect photos or do everything right with a computer program. In all his books, Busch is honest about his own experiences and that alone is a motivator for me. I learned a lot here and will use more of it as time goes by while I get more familiar with my Photoshop 7 software.

In-Depth Look at Photoshop 7 for Photographers

There are several things that set this book apart from other Photoshop 7 books that are aimed at photographers. First, it's all in color, which is far superior to books that try to illustrate color techniques in black and white. Second, the CD of the actual images used in the book make it possible to work right along with the lessons. Finally, the author encourages readers to contact him at the e-mail address listed in the book, and to visit his Web page. He has been most helpful when I've had questions or ran into a problem.Anyone who has actually read this book would realize that it's an all-new first edition written specifically for Photoshop 7 and NOT updated from a previous book. I'm told that virtually all the images in this book, other than some faded or old photos used to illustrate restoration techniques, were taken between 2000 and 2002. I liked the illustrations and techniques covered here. They're not something you'll see in any other book.Someone who has never used Photoshop before will find this book fairly challenging, as it assumes you already can use most of the tools, and covers some things in a bit of depth. For example, I'd never before seen such a thorough explanation of why converting a color photo to black and white yields such poor results in many cases. The author provides examples of photos that differ widely in color saturation or hue, but still look the same in grayscale. Then, he shows some tricks for producing an accurate black-and-white conversion. I really learned from this chapter.The photography angle is first-rate, too. Anyone who has a love of photography and wants to learn Photoshop from a photographer's perspective will love this book!

More! More! More! Great book!

I received this book ... and the only thing wrong with it is I can't get enough of these great ideas. I admit there are enough cool techniques in this book than you'd find in books that are twice as long. It's all meat, and full of stunning effects. I've managed to skim through it and try out five or six of the projects, and I just know that when I'm finished I'm going to be looking for more books like this one.I'm not much of a photographer, but I still found the "photographer's viewpoint" angle fascinating. The author's description of both conventional photographic techniques and ways to get the same look with Photoshop made me want to go fire up my point-and-shoot camera, or maybe seriously consider that digital camera I've been looking at. After reading this book, I know I can do better.The parts dealing with Photoshop are really good, too. I've always found Photoshop fairly confusing, but I guess I know enough to handle the step by step instructions in this book. At least, the photos I edited looked a lot better than when I started.It will take me a few weeks (or months) to exhaust all the tricks I found in this book. By then, I'm hoping the author will have PHOTOSHOP 7 Photographers Guide PART TWO ready for me. Thanks!

This is my favorite Photoshop book!

I must have purchased 20 different Photoshop books through the years, starting with Photoshop 5.5, but this one is my absolute favorite! I originally was attracted to it because it claimed to appeal to photographers. I was skeptical, but it sure enough was full of the kind of details that serious photographers look for when editing images. However, it turned out to be a darned good Photoshop book, too. I can recommend it highly.It helps if you know something about photography and Photoshop before you begin, as this is not aimed at the absolute neophyte. But if you know how to use Photoshop's basic tools (or even just know where they are) and can find the shutter release button on your camera, this book will help you improve your skills in both image editing and photography.The CD-ROM was a welcome addition for a change. This one included all the pictures in the book, plus the files the author used to produce his amazing effects. I worked through all the examples, but the techniques I learned gave me the push I needed to go out and shoot some photos of my own so I could play with them, too.

Just what I needed! Photoshop and photography!

I love this book! The two great loves of my life are Photoshop and photography (not necessarily in that order), and now I'm adding this book to my list. It's the first book on Photoshop that I've seen that doesn't insult the intelligence of photographers. The author really seems to know and understand our needs and viewpoints. The book showed me how to duplicate many of my favorite photographic effects in Photoshop.I really liked the sections on retouching and compositing. I wished they were longer. Lots of my photos have...er...problems and I spend a lot of time in Photoshop trying to fix them. I found some interesting techniques for repairing pictures that were less than perfect, and a few really good ideas for combining several so-so photos into one really great picture.The color is great. I'm getting tired of picking up Photoshop books and finding only an 8 or 16 page "gallery" section with a few color pictures. I want color on every page! It's a *color* image editor, isn't it? Thank you for this great book!