Mastering Adobe's new Photoshop CS3 - Two New Books from Sybex

 

Photoshop CS3 Workflow - The Digital Photographers Guide - by Tim Grey

 

Photoshop CS3 for Nature Photographers - A Workshop within a Book by Ellen Anon and Tim Grey

 


The new book from Sybex, "Photoshop CS3 Workflow - The Digital Photographers Guide" is designed to show you how to organize your photographic process, business and/or hobby. What is the best way to get your digital images out of your brain, captured by your camera, then into your computer for editing, correction and transformation into a final product ready to share to with the world?

If you're like most artists, the idea of structuring your work may seem at odds with true creativity, but you'll be surprised to learn from digital imaging expert Tim Grey that just the opposite is true. This latest edition of his bestselling guide to Photoshop shows you how proper workflow can free you from the repetitive parts of a project and let you focus on your vision. Discover techniques that streamline processes, reduce your time and effort, and produce striking results.

If you are new to Photoshop, this book is even more valuable. It walks you through the various adjustments and corrections you can make to your digital images; providing you with a recommended order of corrections and effects. Should you start by rotating and cropping or should you take care of image clean-up first? Tom Grey provides his excellent guidance and explanation of what should be done and in what order.

The book covers how to:

  • Properly utilize and leverage the new Photoshop CS3 interface and updates

  • Download, sort, and organize digital images for top efficiency

  • Process RAW captures to retain maximum detail

  • Crop, rotate, repair, and adjust tone and color in your images

  • Harness new Clone, Curves, and blend mode features

  • Get creative with colorization, filters, and more

  • Automate tasks and optimize your output

Adjust images with the revamped and easier-to-use Curves tool

Produce more dramatic black-and-white images with a new adjustment layer

Apply creative effects to your images

 

Photoshop CS3 for Nature Photographers: A Workshop in a Book is the only Photoshop manual written by a full-time professional nature photographer. It features a real-world approach that simulates the rich workshop experience, teaching nature photographers practical Photoshop skills that will solve their most common problems.

Written cover-to-cover to fit the unique needs of nature photographers, this practical book addresses the tools, techniques, and workflow ideally suited for natural subjects. You'll figure out how to plan for overlapping landscape exposures, sharpen animal eyes, edit sky and land separately, and repair image elements as delicate as butterfly wings. You'll discover effective shooting tips. And above all, you'll learn what it takes to become a master in the digital darkroom using Photoshop.

Master photographer Ellen Anon and digital imaging expert Tim Grey show you how to "flex" your workflow to fit your individual photographic goals and preferences. Photoshop veterans will see how to adopt such new functions as the Black and White adjustment layer and the Refine Edge tool into their existing workflows. And every Photoshop user will gain new insight into Curves.

The book includes valuable tips from some of the most esteemed nature photographers working today, including John Shaw, Michael Reichmann, Arthur Morris, Darrel Gulin, Charles Glatzer, and Joe McDonald. And the instruction throughout the book is lavishly illustrated with the work of these and many more exceptional photographers. The companion CD includes more than 60 minutes of video training, focusing on new features in CS3 and drawn from Ellen Anon's years of seminar teaching experience.

From the Back Cover
Capture the beauty—and beautify your captures

In the new edition of this practical guide, master photographer Ellen Anon and digital-imaging expert Tim Grey show you how to capture the beauty of nature by shooting the best possible photos from the start—and then getting the most out of your images at your desktop. You'll fing eye-opening techniques, workflow ideas, and terrific Photoshop tools, plis a host of valuable tips and stunning examples from some of the most esteemed professional nature photographers working today, including Michael Reichmann, John Shaw, Darrel Gulin, and Joe McDonald.

  • Capture clouds, mooms, and other elements to composite later

  • Wield new Photoshop CS3 tools such as Smart Filters, Quick Selection, and Refine Edges

  • Master the revamped Adobe Bridge and Adobe Camera Raw

  • Adjust color and exposure to fine-tune detail and capture mood

  • Build montages, multiple exposures, and composites

  • Prepare and sharpen your images for print on the Web

About the Series

Sybex's Tim Grey Guides series lead digital photographers to new levels of excellence with professional, full-color books on the topics they need to know most. Covering topics from color management to workflow to nature photography, Tim Grey Guides are your path to better images.

Valuable CD-ROM with Video Training
The CD includes more than 60 minutes of video training that focuses on new features in CS3 and also draws from Ellen Anon's years of seminar teaching experience. You'll also find simple images so you can practice the techniques in the book.

  • Speed your work with Adobe Bridge's powerful new interface

  • Sharpen images the right way, at the right time

  • Creatively customize the new Black & White adjustment layer