Adobe Photoshop CS3 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques [Paperback]

Chris Orwig (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 5, 2008

Adobe Photoshop CS3 is more than just the world's most popular image-editing tool: as part of Adobe's Creative Suite, it's a key component of an overall design workflow that lets users work seamlessly among all of their graphics applications to create graphically rich content for print, Web, motion graphics, and mobile devices. This info-packed guide lets users get right down to work by focusing on the Photoshop CS3 features they're most likely to use and showcasing each in a stand-alone tip--complete with a relevant hint or two and a graphic example. In this fashion, readers learn just what they need to know, exploring the program in a way that makes sense to them. Before they know it, users will be using the Bridge to manage their files, exploring the revamped Photomerge tool to effortlessly combine multiple images, tweaking color with Photoshop's enhanced color-correction features, and will enjoy taking advantage of Photoshop's built-in integration with Photoshop Lightroom to import, select, develop, and share their digital photos.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Adobe Press; 1 edition (January 5, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321509048
• ISBN-13: 978-0321509048
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #394,939 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Chris Orwig is a visual artist who brings passion to all that he does. He is a pro photographer, interactive designer, author, speaker and on the faculty of the world-renowned Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. Apart from his professional endeavors, Chris enjoys getting out in the great outdoors any way he can - from mountain biking, cycling, camping, surfing, kayaking, snow camping, backpacking, running, etc. He currently lives in SB with his three favorite girls - his wife and (very cute) daughters!

For more inspiration visit:
- http://www.chrisorwig.com - portfolio
- http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside - blog
- http://www.visual-poet.com - book companion site
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsUXSRuV61o - TEDx presentation

Customer Reviews

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25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good book by an excellent teacher, January 14, 2008

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This review is from: Adobe Photoshop CS3 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques (Paperback)

I was first introduced to Chris Orwig through his online training modules on Lynda-dot-com. He is full of energy, creativity, and does a very good job explaining things. His students at Brooks must enjoy his classes.

This new book by Chris is very good and uses many of the same examples he uses online. The screen captures in the book are all black and white but that doesn't seem to distract from the message and learning. The B&W format helps keep the book selling price down which we appreciate. This book is part of a How To...techniques series. All 100 subjects he covers are helpful to know but not all are really "techniques". Some are explanations, settings, and preferences, but are time-saving.

Overall, this is a great book to review the highlights of CS3 and is very suitable for the photographer using CS3. His teaching style is to get right to the point of what he is teaching. I like that.

The book covers CS3, RAW and Bridge. Chris also has a Lightroom book coming out soon.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 100 Essential Tips--A Good "Go-To" Book, June 19, 2008

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James R. Lowell (Jacksonville, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe Photoshop CS3 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques (Paperback)

Let's cut straight to heart of this review: Do I recommend Chris Orwig's Book: Adobe Photoshop CS3 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques (How-Tos)? Yes I do, but please read the rest of this review for a better idea of why, and to whom I recommend it.
100 Essential Techniques offers just that, 100 ideas on how to use Photoshop CS3 to accomplish a wide variety of tasks: things like, setting up your preferences and workspace(s) to meet your unique needs; color tweaking; Photoshop's integration with Bridge and innumerable other tips on the tools and techniques most users are likely to use. The emphasis here, however, is on the word "tips." Chris covers a wide and diverse range of ways to do things in Photoshop CS3 (and there's always more than one way to do anything in Photoshop). This is both the pro and con of his book.
The pro is that, using 100 Essential Techniques as a reference book, readers can find a pointer to pretty much anything they want to do: blend layers, create masks, sharpen (or blur) images, apply filters, etc. The con--and it is an intentional one--is that once Chris introduces a topic and gives the necessary basics, he leaves it up to the reader to decide whether or not to pursue more in-depth information on that subject (either within his book or elsewhere).
So, who do I recommend 100 Essential Techniques for? Two groups of readers: 1) newbies who want a getting started overview of what Photoshop CS3 can do and 2) more experienced users who want an excellent "keep it by my computer quick reference (or reminder)" of the tools and techniques available in this complex program. I've been a Photoshop user since version 5, and I still find Chris' book a great time saver when I need that memory jog for an infrequently used technique.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Beginners Only, April 16, 2008

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George S. Stone "graphicjam" (MN, United States) - See all my reviews
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This is a good book IF you're brand new to Photoshop. It covers the bare basics only. If you've been using Photoshop for any time at all you probably won't benefit much from this one.