Special Edition Using Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) 6 [Paperback]

Richard Lynch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2000

Special Edition Using Adobe Photoshop 6 provides in-depth answers to your Photoshop questions. Learn how to maximize the synergy of the many Adobe applications and get the most out of Photoshop while spending less time at the computer. Real-world tips and tricks make the book applicable to everyday tasks. ImageReady 3, a Web graphics creation and optimization package new to users who skipped the 5.5 upgrade, is also covered. Special Edition Using Adobe Photoshop 6 offers complete coverage of Photoshop 6. Advanced issues include color management, new tools and features, such as more robust handling of vector artwork (allowing for easier control of lines, text, and paths from other Adobe applications). Learn to use the context-sensitive options bar that gives you faster access to the controls for each tool or object and better control of presets, allowing for more customizability of brushes, styles, and patterns.

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Special Edition Using Adobe Photoshop 6 provides in-depth answers to your Photoshop questions. Learn how to maximize the synergy of the many Adobe applications and get the most out of Photoshop while spending less time at the computer. Real-world tips and tricks make the book applicable to everyday tasks. ImageReady 3, a Web graphics creation and optimization package new to users who skipped the 5.5 upgrade, is also covered. Special Edition Using Adobe Photoshop 6 offers complete coverage of Photoshop 6. Advanced issues include color management, new tools and features, such as more robust handling of vector artwork (allowing for easier control of lines, text, and paths from other Adobe applications). Learn to use the context-sensitive options bar that gives you faster access to the controls for each tool or object and better control of presets, allowing for more customizability of brushes, styles, and patterns.

About the Author

Richard Lynch is author of Adobe Photoshop 5 How-To, and has had a number of articles published on Photoshop. He has five years' experience as a photo-retoucher and designer for a photography book publisher, and continues to freelance as a retoucher and graphic developer for photographers, in advertising and in Website design. Freelance work has included tradeshow murals and digital solution consultation for image output. Currently he is a tester, trainer, and documentation specialist for a software company, where he is involved in Website design and development of training materials.

Product Details

• Paperback: 900 pages
• Publisher: Que; 1st edition (December 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789724251
• ISBN-13: 978-0789724250
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,635,781 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Since the mid-late 90s, Richard has written 7 books on image editing for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, including:

'The Adobe Photoshop Layers Book
'The Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements
'Special Edition Using Photoshop 6
'Adobe Photoshop 5 How-To

These books teach advanced techniques for image editing and provide custom-made tools that simplify the most difficult image editing processes and make them accessible to anyone. Richard has been a columnist for Digital Photography Techniques, has written for many magazines including Popular Photography, PCPhoto, Photography Techniques, Advanced Photoshop, and more. He has taught digital rendering at Daemen College in New York, and teaches courses online at betterphoto.com.

Richard's photography tends toward the abstract and experimental, often using unusual editing processes as well as unusual equipment. His Sigma SD10 often sports common Sigma lenses, but can be fitted with an old bellows, extension tubes and an assortment of M42 screw-mount lenses. In processing and prints, he often attempts to push the limits of digital rendering using his experience with the medium. Digital has opened the creative aspect of photography to anyone with the will to experiment.

Please see more about Richard's books, add-ons for Elements and Photoshop, his blog, betterphoto.com courses online and more at his websites:
http://hiddenelements.com
http://photoshopcs.com

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At last, a book on Photoshop that is completely thorough, March 16, 2001

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Steven Dempsey (Sammamish, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Special Edition Using Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) 6 (Paperback)

I am a long-time Photoshop user and bookstore junky. Over the years, I have been on a mission to find a book on Photoshop that not only describes the functionality in a clear and concise way, but also puts its usefullness into context. All of this in one volume? I didn't think it possible.

For instance, you will be hard-pressed to find any useful information out there about using spot color channnels that even approaches the excellent explanation in this book. Also, there are a multiplicity of interesting and off-the-beaten-track ideas on how to maximize the implemententation of some the more common tools

I only bought it last week and already it is the most thumbed-through book in my reference library. Whenever I'm hit with a challenging project, I look to this book alone for inspiration. Not only that, but the author's Web site is a treasure trove of useful information and resources. Richard, the author, is a genius at cutting through all the psychobabble and getting right down to the meat of matter.

I cannot recommend this book enough.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good, April 13, 2001

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skunktrain (So. California, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Special Edition Using Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) 6 (Paperback)

I admit to being a Photoshop book junkie (well, book junkie in general!) For some reason I resisted buying this book for a while, but one day, on impulse, I did. I am very glad I did. I have not finished it yet, but so far, I am impressed. The writing is in a clear style that is easy to understand, and it covers other important aspects to Photoshop (and digital imaging-related topics) that I haven't seen in my other Photoshop books. It has ample images and screenshots, all in the appropriate places, which makes learning and understanding easier. Also, there is a "troubleshooting" feature scattered throughout the book, where the author answers commonly encountered problems. I discovered many answers to things I had been wondering about, while just thumbing through this book! I am really glad I bought this book on impulse, I think I made a wise choice.

Another thing that impresses me - the special website for users of this book, ps6.com. (Any Photoshop user can access most of the site, though.) It has the sample files you'll want to use when going through some of the book's step-by-step tutorials. (No need for a bundled CD, the sample files are on the site! You will need a password that is found in the book to get to the images, though.) I really was impressed that the author took the trouble to have a special site for this book's readers. The author seems committed to his readers, and in providing a helpful, comprehensive and informative book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this one!!!!!!, May 12, 2002

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"vdawg02" (Troy, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Special Edition Using Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) 6 (Paperback)

WOW! This is an amazing book! I love doing stuff with computers I'm still in highschool and I like buying books that I can go through to learn things. It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or an expert at photoshop this is a great book to buy. It is long but when you look at it its well organized so you can either go through it chapter by chapter as a tutorial or just go to the table of contents and flip to the page that you need. After each chapter it has instructions to do an excercise that requires use of all the topics covered in the chapter!! It is amazing. Lynch even made a website where you can download workbook files and even e-mail the author. If you buy only one photoshop book make it this one.