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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