Photoshop 4 Artistry: A Master Class for Photographers, Artists, Production Artists [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Barry Haynes (Author), Wendy Crumpler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1997

A tutorial and reference on how to use Photoshop to make high-quality images. The book begins with reference material on Photoshop tools, file formats, and colour correction. There are hands-on exercises to show readers how to achieve high quality in their images, also shown on the CD-ROM.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

This is an excellent book for intermediate and advanced users of Adobe Photoshop 4.0 for Macintosh and Windows, especially those professional photographers and digital artists who want to create realistic, artistic images through photo-enhancement and color-correction techniques. The first chapters provide an overview of Photoshop 4.0 and digital imaging and thorough discussions of color calibration, scanning, resolution, and output. The subsequent chapters take original photographs and provide step-by-step instructions on specific projects: correcting color on a photo of the Grand Canyon; creating composite images using layers and masks; using calculations, patterns, and effects; and preparing images for the Web and multimedia. This full-color guide has great tips and excellent examples, so take a look if you're serious about image editing. A hybrid CD-ROM includes project images, masks, and tool settings.

From the Publisher

Packed with practical exercises and hard-to-find imaging information, this full-color, step-by-step guide is perfect for both advanced users and novices who want to learn how to create eye-catching, professional-quality images. - Explores color correction, calibration, duotones, selections, layers, masking, and channels-in detail

- Provides real-world situations that photographers, artists, and designers have encountered to teach readers how to effectively use the latest version of Photoshop

- CD-ROM is loaded with step-by-step images for use and experimentation with the exercises in the book

Product Details

• Paperback: 313 pages
• Publisher: New Riders Pub (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562057596
• ISBN-13: 978-1562057596
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,678,709 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for photographers who want to learn Photoshop, June 21, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Photoshop 4 Artistry: A Master Class for Photographers, Artists, Production Artists (Paperback)

This book teaches photographers which of Photoshops many features are most useful for their specific photographic needs. The lessons are clear and concise, and a CD is included which has all the files the authors created and use in the text.

If you know Ansel Adams' Zone System you'll feel comfortable here since they use this as a framework in some of the lessons.

After working through the entire book I feel my knowledge of Photoshop has increased several fold.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must For Photographers, April 27, 1998

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This review is from: Photoshop 4 Artistry: A Master Class for Photographers, Artists, Production Artists (Paperback)

There are a lot of Photoshop books out there, but few are oriented toward the serious photographer who uses this program. P4A is written especially for photographers, and it is a good tutorial book. Highly recommended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars it's for the pros., August 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Photoshop 4 Artistry: A Master Class for Photographers, Artists, Production Artists (Paperback)

the book excellently discusses PS 4 from a pro's perspective. it delves on photography. however, i was disappointed when i saw tht it barely touched on effects. photos and color and all that, yes. hi-tech stuff, no.