Photoshop CS for Photography: The Art of Pixel Processing [Paperback]

Tom Ang (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2005

In this essential guide, photographer Tom Ang shows how anyone can harness the creative potential of the latest photo-enhancing software to create superb images using nothing more than basic computer equipment and an inkjet printer. Photoshop CS for Photography helps readers avoid the distractions of special-effects filters and weird distortions. Instead, expert guidance and proven solutions help photographers discover the best film for scanning, why it's best to avoid using brightness and contrast controls, what four-color black and white means, how to adjust an image for optimum tones, and more. Dozens of screen shots and crystal-clear explanations make this revised edition of a classic book a must for every photographer.



• Step-by-step instructions for creating and improving pictures with pixel processing, using Photoshop CS or any similar software


• Easy to understand and to use, from basics through more advanced techniques


• Dozens of screenshots and clear examples


• Replaces the classic Photoshop for Photography, ISBN: 0-8174-5373-3

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About the Author

Tom Ang, an artist, photographer, and authority on photography and digital imaging, is the author of many books, including the best-selling The Art of Digital Photography (13,000 sold), Tao of Photography (12,000 sold), Digital Photographer's Handbook, Silver Pixels: An Introduction to the Digital Darkroom (7,000 copies sold), Advanced Digital Photography (7,000 sold), and the previous edition of this book, Photoshop for Photography (8,000 sold). He lives in London.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Amphoto Books (April 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0817453741
• ISBN-13: 978-0817453749
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 9.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,080,593 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I call myself a photographer, writer, and broadcaster. If I'm forced to say what I like to photograph most, I'll say it's travel photography because that includes people, landscapes, buildings, nature and the rest. I've had some 20 books published on photography and video. The popular Digital Photographer's Handbook has been translated into about 20 language. My latest, "Digital Photography Masterclass" has proven popular with readers and reviewers: it won the Library Journal's 'Best How-to Book of 2008 and was chosen by Shutterbug as its 'Créme de la Créme' of Top Digital Imaging Books of 2008.

I won the 1988 Thomas Cook award for Best Illustrated Travel Book for my coverage of the Marco Polo Expedition. Goodness knows how; there were very strong contenders that year. I presented two ground-breaking six-part series 'A Digital Picture of Britain' and 'Britain in Pictures' for BBC. And an eight-part series for Channel News Asia Singapore was broadcast in August/September 2009 and is being distributed in DVD.

I've worked as magazine editor, picture editor and was senior lecturer in photographic practice at the University of Westminster for 12 years. I led a Know How Fund project that reformed the journalism curriculum for a university in Kyrgyzstan, as well as photographing extensively in Central Asia. I was chair of the Arts Council England organization for Chinese Arts in Britain and am a founding member of the World Photography Academy, where I helped initiate and led the Student Focus program for its first two years.

My current interests include documentary film-making, high-definition video, fine-art photography, writing fiction and poetry. I was born in Singapore and now divide my time between UK and New Zealand.
My own website is at www.tomang.com

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Concentrated Introduction, May 30, 2005

By 

John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Photoshop CS for Photography: The Art of Pixel Processing (Paperback)

There are a number of books that discuss taking a digital photographis image and using Photoshop to create wild abstract photographuic art. This book is different. It discusses using computer-based image processing in order to improve a hpotograph without substantially altering its content.

The book uses Photoshop version 8, also called Photoshop CS as the processing package. It also presents techniques that can be used with other software packages.

The book is splendidly illustrated with hundreds of four color photographs showing exactly what is being done to modify the images. It shows the commands and procedures that are used to create just what effects. All in all, it probably uses only some 20% of the commands available in Photoshop. It is not a general introduction to Photoshop, but is concentrated in the area of pixel processing. In that area it completely covers the subject in great detail.