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Digital Photo Processing

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This book does exactly as it says. It is meant for Photographers, both new and old, who are new to fixing and enhancing their own images. The book seems to be more about Adobe Photoshop Elements than it does Adobe Photoshop. There is only one exercise in the book that deals directly with Adobe Photoshop. While all the techniques can still be used in Adobe Photoshop, they are meant to get by the limitations of Photoshop Elements. Elements has none of the master controls that Photoshop does. This is a good introductory book for learning how to enhance your digital images and not a book for serious retouching. Color casts, Contrast, Sharpness, Over and Under exposure, some montaging, Black and White, Sepia Tones. They are all covered in an easy to read format. Once you have read this book, it will have gotten you prepared to take the jump from Elements to Photoshop a lot easier.

The book is good at looking at a lot of the tools in photoshop, but does not cover all aspects. Many of the examples of the before and afters of the modified images are too subtle. It is difficult to see the change in the image and thus the benefit of using the tool. If the orginal photos were of poorer pictures which needed more work to improve them, the tools would be better showcased.

Otherwise, the book is well written, but the page layout can be confusing on some pages. It is not always clear which photo is associated with which step, and since some of the changes are subtle like mentioned about, it can be confusing.

After getting "Digital Photo Processing" by Chris Tarantino and flipping through the pages, I was somwhat dissapointed. This is definately for an entry level digital photo enhancer. Most of the techniques are pretty obvious, and a few demonstrate an unprofessional technique and result. I was considering other titles in this series, but now, I think I'll invest in a different line of books.