Brimming with beautiful pictures, this successful book guides you through a project-based, progressive curriculum so that you can build all the essential skills to enhance photographs creatively and professionally with Photoshop CS3. If you are an aspiring professional, enthusiastic amateur photographer, or a student learning photography, digital imaging, art and design, or design graphics, you'll be amazed at the stunning results you can achieve!

 

"The perfect companion guide for Photoshop users of multiple levels."
Photoshop Creative Magazine

"This book provides excellent coverage of Photoshop as a digital
darkroom tool, as well as covering a truly amazing amount of background
information. It is very readable and is truly a gem."
Mark Lewis, Director, Mount Saint Mary College, USA The Essential Skills
Photography Series from Focal Press uniquely offers a structured
learning experience for photographers of all ages, with both the
underlying theory and loads of invaluable 'how to' and real-life
practice projects - all from the most talented photography
practitioners/educators in the world. Each subject includes:

* learning objectives for each section for class use or self-study
* color images of student and teacher/author work
* activities to check learning outcomes
* assignments to put theories into creative practice
* full glossary of terms Other titles in the series:
Studio Photography: Essential Skills by John Child, Photographic
Lighting: Essential Skills by John Child and Mark Galer and Digital
Photography in Available Light by Mark Galer.

*An affordable resource that distills the complexity of Photoshop CS3 to
the essentials
* Retouch photographs, create makeovers, produce sophisticated montages,
and create special effects with clear, step-by-step projects
* Practice with activities that show the 'why', along with the 'how-to'
* Follow a structured learning approach to gain fundamental skills...and
more

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