Photoshop CS Bible [Hardcover]

Deke McClelland (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 076454179X | ISBN-13: 978-0764541797 | Publication Date: April 23, 2004 | Edition: Professional Edition

* Photoshop expert Deke McClelland's easy and approachable writing style demystifies even the most complex Photoshop tasks and shows experienced users how to master the latest version of Adobe's image-editing software
* This Professional Edition includes brand-new or expanded coverage of high-end topics, such as creating and optimizing Web graphics, using filters, working with convolution kernels and displacement maps, harnessing actions and batch processing, adjusting color, and much more
* The comprehensive coverage and exciting full-color images throughout give readers the knowledge to edit digital images like the experts
* With exclusive focus on high-end topics, this peerless professional resource from a bestselling Photoshop guru is a must for every Photoshop pro

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

"The Photoshop cs Bible, Professional Edition belongs on EVERY designer’s bookshelf – it’s that indispensable."
–Scott Kelby, President, National Association of Photoshop Professionals

Learn how to get the most out of layer comps and other powerful new features

Find out how complex features really work — highly detailed information graphics make it easy

Inside, you’ll find advanced coverage of Photoshop cs

• Create and optimize Web graphics and make the most of ImageReady
• Explore new ways to adjust and enhance colors
• Master Lighting Effects and other complex filters–even learn how to design your own
• Correct seemingly impossible-to-fix images using powerful retouching and color adjustment techniques
• Manage your work more efficiently with actions, batch processing, and the File Browser

Here is the gold standard in Photoshop books – the ultimate reference for the serious Photoshop professional. In this comprehensive, lavishly illustrated guide, the nation’s leading Photoshop expert takes you farther into Photoshop than you ever thought possible, helping you advance your skills to the next level with in-depth coverage of Photoshop cs’s most powerful and challenging features. If you already know the basics of this remarkable program, here’s the one book you can’t afford to be without.

About the Author

Born near Verona in 1511, Deke McClelland was once the most popular portrait painter in all of Florence. His career came to a grinding halt a few centuries later with the advent of photography. Broken, penniless, and deeply resentful, Deke dedicated his energies to the development of a pathogen so insidious that it would one day contaminate each and every photograph on the planet. Code named the Pernicious Instrument of eXtreme EviL (or “pixel” for short), Deke smuggled his terrible creation into The New World and set it free. When his invention turned out to help rather than hurt photography, he went quite mad. He now inflicts his revenge by writing educational books and hosting training videos.
His most sinister books are the award-winning Photoshop CS Bible and Photoshop CS Bible, Professional Edition (www.amazon.com/deke), now in their eleventh year with more copies in print than any other guides on computer graphics. Other subversive titles include Photoshop CS For Dummies, Photoshop Elements For Dummies (both Wiley Publishing, Inc.), and Real World Illustrator (Peachpit Press).
Deke further shocks and appalls as host of the interactive “Video Workshop” that ships with Photoshop as well as the fiendishly exhaustive Total Training for Adobe Photoshop CS (www.totaltraining.com), the predecessor of which was named Training Product of the Year by MacNet 2.0. His other DVD- and CD-based video series include Digital Photography with Photoshop Elements and Total Training for Adobe Illustrator CS (both Total Training). In 1989, Deke won the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Computer Book. Since then, he has received similarly diabolical honors from the Society for Technical Communication (once in 1994 and twice in 1999), Photo>Electronic Imaging (1999), the American Society of Business Press Editors (1995 and 2000), the Western Publications Association (1999), and the Computer Press Association (1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, and twice in 2000). In 1999, Book Bytes named Deke its Author of the Year. In 2002, the National Association of Photoshop Professionals voted Deke into the Photoshop Hall of Fame.
During his fall from grace, Deke has also managed to become an Adobe Certified Expert, a member of the PhotoshopWorld Instructor Dream Team, a featured speaker on the 2003 Photoshop Fling cruise of the Eastern Caribbean, and a contributing editor for Macworld and Photoshop User magazines. Few now believe there is any hope for him.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 671 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; Professional Edition edition (April 23, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076454179X
• ISBN-13: 978-0764541797
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #152,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Deke McClelland is a popular lecturer on Adobe Photoshop and the larger realm of computer graphics and design. He has hosted the interactive "Video Workshop" CD that shipped with Photoshop Versions 7, CS, and CS2, as well as hundreds of hours of tutorial-style video training for industry leaders lynda.com and Total Training. In addition to his video work, Deke has written 84 books translated into 24 languages, with more than 4 million copies in print. One of the most award-winning writers in the technology market, Deke received the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Computer Book in 1989. Since then, he has garnered more than 20 honors, including seven independent citations from the Computer Press Association. In 2002, he was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great coverage of Camera Raw and other advanced features, September 13, 2004

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Ken (Sarasota, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Photoshop CS Bible (Hardcover)

Not for newbies, but if you're serious about your Photoshop or use it in your career, this is the book to get. The thorough coverage of Camera Raw alone makes it worth the purchase price. You'll find high-end coverage here you can't find anywhere else.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, insightful and informative, January 11, 2005

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B. Halliday - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Photoshop CS Bible (Hardcover)

This is a great Photoshop CS book. As the other reviewer states, its not for the first time Photoshop user, but if you can handle the basics and you want to learn more, this is the book to get. I've had Photoshop for about a year, playing with it and trying to figure things out for myself, but after reading just 15 pages of this book, I learnt so many more tips and tricks - even for the basic tools! The full colour is really nice to read, and the author guides you through Photoshop in a friendly and helpful, and thankfully not arogant way.

I really recommend this book for the Photoshop user keen to learn more.

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have for PhotoShop users., July 9, 2008

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Rene F. De Groof "rdegro" (Southern Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Photoshop CS Bible (Hardcover)

This book covers every item available in PhotoShop. I use it as a reference frequently and I am proficient at PhotoShop. Well worth the money spent.