Photoshop Black White: Illustratd Guide Rep (2nd Edition) [Paperback]

Jim Rich (Author), Snady Bozek (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1566091896 | ISBN-13: 978-1566091893 | Publication Date: March 1995 | Edition: 2 Sub

This book, updated to cover versions 2.5 and 3.0, explains how to adjust black-and-white images of any type for reproduction purposes. Topics include image characteristics; adjusting highlights, shadows, and midtones; sharpening images; and converting images from color to greyscale. Appendices cover scanning, resampling, and calibration.Adobe Photoshop has become the software application of choice for retouching and manipulating images. While there are a number of books on Photoshop, this is the only one that focuses on using this leading application for black and white images. Small and concise, this book packs in all the useful, relevant information readers need to save time, money, and, ultimately, great photos. Aimed at intermediate to advanced users running the program on the Macintosh or with Windows, Photoshop in Black and White distills critical concepts, methods, and techniques into an easy-to-understand, heavily illustrated format. The approach is task-oriented, so readers can easily find answers to their how-do-you questions. Some of the topics covered in the book include: the key Photoshop tools; step-by-step strategies for adjusting images for reproduction; how and when to adjust highlights, midtones, and shadows; scanning techniques; and calibration methods.

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Adobe Photoshop has become the software application of choice for retouching and manipulating images. While there are a number of books on Photoshop, this is the only one that focuses on using this leading application for black and white images. Small and concise, this book packs in all the useful, relevant information readers need to save time, money, and, ultimately, great photos.

Aimed at intermediate to advanced users running the program on the Macintosh or with Windows, Photoshop in Black and White distills critical concepts, methods, and techniques into an easy-to-understand, heavily illustrated format. The approach is task-oriented, so readers can easily find answers to their how-do-you questions. Some of the topics covered in the book include: the key Photoshop tools; step-by-step strategies for adjusting images for reproduction; how and when to adjust highlights, midtones, and shadows; scanning techniques; and calibration methods.

Product Details

• Paperback: 44 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press; 2 Sub edition (March 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566091896
• ISBN-13: 978-1566091893
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,754,237 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Essential Resource, June 18, 2000

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This review is from: Photoshop Black White: Illustratd Guide Rep (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

Photoshop is often thought of as a tool for editing color images. Black and white gets overlooked. This excellent step-by-step, show-and-tell text is brief, concise, and to the point about what it takes to produce excellent B&W images.

It is regrettable that the authors have not updated the book ... . The book was published in 1995 and covers Photoshop versions 2.5 and 3. While the fundamentals remain correct, Photoshop has evolved into 5.5 and a lot has changed in terms of the tools. An update is way overdue. That having been said, this is still the definitive short course on coping in B&W.