Real World Photoshop 5: Industrial Strength Production Techniques (Real World Series) [Paperback]

David Blatner (Author), Bruce Fraser (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 020135375X | ISBN-13: 978-0201353754 | Publication Date: December 1998 | Edition: 3

For many desktop publishers, photographers, illustrators, designers, prepress houses, and service bureaus, Adobe Photoshop is the tool of choice when preparing images for print or the Web. Version 5.0 promises more power, a multiple undo feature, enhanced color management, new workflow tools, increased precision and control abilities, and more.Real World Photoshop 5 is the only book that explicitly covers the production issues Photoshop users deal with every day. Richly illustrated and in full-color throughout, the book is entirely updated to cover the new features of Photoshop 5.0, on both Windows and Macintosh platforms. It explains in simple language the essential concepts and techniques for producing high-quality, professional images quickly and efficiently, covering in depth the key Photoshop tools - not only how to use them, but also why and when.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

If you use Photoshop as a regular part of your work but frequently find problems as you work with image capture, color and grayscale manipulation, and output, you'll need to get a copy of Real World Photoshop 5: Industrial-Strength Production Techniques. The authors focus on teaching professionals how to accomplish typical real-life production tasks quickly and effectively.

They use great detail to explain how Photoshop addresses color, explaining color-related issues such as the differences between RGB, CMYK, and other color models. In doing so, they help you work with Photoshop's color management systems, including its newly "device-independent" RGB editing space, along with other tonal and color-correction tools.

Other sections of the book explain subjects like bitmaps, resolution, resampling, Image Mode, and layer manipulation. You'll also find help on storing images in the various available formats, on printing your images, and on preparing your images for multimedia and the Web. With its handsome, colorful design and its clear explanations of technologies and features, this book is a good guide for production professionals who need help increasing their knowledge of Photoshop, working through its quirks and limitations, and taking advantage of its shortcuts and lesser known features. --Kathleen Caster

From Library Journal

Photoshop used to be a relatively simple program to use. Now, it is not unusual to find more of your window devoted to palettes than to the artwork. Photoshop has become so complex that power users need books such as this one with information on everything from managing the system, either Mac or Wintel, to tonal corrections and using a digital darkroom, to output methods for print, CD, or the web. Not for beginners, this is an excellent title for advanced users.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 703 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Pr; 3 edition (December 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 020135375X
• ISBN-13: 978-0201353754
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,038,634 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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36 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good, but could be better, September 14, 1999

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This review is from: Real World Photoshop 5: Industrial Strength Production Techniques (Real World Series) (Paperback)

while this book does have a lot of useful info, there are a few things i don't like about it. for starters, there is NO cd. most books come with a cd full of imges and other goodies. that may seem like a minor detail, but it would be nice to be able to have the same images from the book in order to practice on. the other thing i dislike about this book and this is my biggest complaint is the very bad rosette pattern of the halftone dots. it is so bad, that in some cases it's hard to see the "before and after" effect in the images. i also don't like the fact that all of the curves in the book are backwards!!!!! i have been drawing curves before DTP ever exsisted, and find it very hard to do things backwards and i have yet to see anyone use curves in that manner in the working world. the authors also seem to place too much emphasis on histograms...in my 7 years of working in photoshop, i've never seen anyone call up a histogram and use it for any sort of work yet the authors make it seem like it's an everyday thing for people to judge images with a histogram...these are minor rants, but i'd recommend the photoshop bible to people before this book.....real world photoshop is definitely a book to own, but not as a first photoshop book....

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "must have" for your Photoshop arsenal, April 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Real World Photoshop 5: Industrial Strength Production Techniques (Real World Series) (Paperback)

I have many books on Photoshop, but only two or three I recommend to fellow users or my students. Real World is one of them. Blatner and Fraser don't waste a lot of time with the 90 odd filters in Photoshop. Instead they focus on the tools and techniques the user needs to create the best prints or the best on-line graphics. In a world of also-rans, this book is top notch from start to finish. It's essential for beginners, professionals, and upgraders alike.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Technical information made clear, easy and functional., August 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Real World Photoshop 5: Industrial Strength Production Techniques (Real World Series) (Paperback)

I am a graphic design student taking am advanced PhotoShop course. I highly recommend this book and any book written by David Blatner and Bruce Fraser. They are very talented at taking complex technical information and making it understandable, clear, and functional. Being that they are pros in the field of graphic design, they present the information is a way that is useful for "us". And being artists by nature, they write in a way that is not heavily technical, but direct and too the point. I recommend this book to all my fellow students.