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| The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter) | 
 enlarge | Author: Scott Kelby
Publisher: New Riders Press
Category: Book
List Price: $49.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  124 reviews
Sales Rank: 794
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 496
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 0321501918
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.686
EAN: 9780321501912
ASIN: 0321501918
Publication Date: August 15, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Scott's best effort yet! August 9, 2007
22 out of 24 found this review helpful
I've bought Scott's Digital Photography books since version 7. This one tops them all and I've only had one evening to peruse the pages. I've been keeping up with video/written tutorials of CS3 but Scott, you've out done yourself my friend, you've thrown in lots of tidbits I haven't seen.
Since I'm self taught using your books, NAPP website and tutorials I depend on you. Don't forget to read the Intro/Q&A section to get the "extras". Thanks again for all you do with Photoshop Scott, we your fans appreciate you!
Dr. David Jones
Muskogee, OK
 I Wanted To Learn To Fish November 30, 2007
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
This book reminds me of the old proverb, 'Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.' This book just throws some fish at you.
With that being said and the popularity of the book I guess a lot of people like being thrown fish. I wanted to learn to 'fish' but the book taught me little about 'fishing'.
I can say I did learn some stuff from the book and I was certainly glad I'd used Elements for a couple of years prior. The book is certainly not for newbies as it covers nothing about the many tools/options you have available in the toolbar other than in some contexts of creating a visual effect. I didn't see much in the book for a seasoned Photoshop user as only basic 'retouching' ideas are 'thrown' you.
I was particularly appalled when told to just use Adobe RGB as the color profile with no explanation other than sRGB is for the web. While I am no expert I do know there is a lot of talk/arguing in the industry about which you should/might use and the heart ache that Adobe RGB might cause you. There should have been some discussion on this topic, I don't need advice like this.
So, in my opinion, if you have played with Photoshop a little and are 'a learn by example' type of person then this book might be for you. If you want to learn about why you might grown/feather a selection, understand the various tool settings/options or learn anything remotely advanced I would look for another.
 Photographer or Comic August 18, 2007
14 out of 75 found this review helpful
I have yet to read the photography portion of the book. It seem that the first 17 pages are set aside for Kelby the Comic. Frankly I do not appreciate Mr. Kelby's approach.
take out the humor August 18, 2007
14 out of 19 found this review helpful
The idea of using humor to relax a novice comes form the series
"******* For Dummies". This may work for some, especially on a first reading. But later on when you want to use the book as a reference the humor becomes very distracting, You just want to refresh your knowledge of Photoshop and you don't want to rehash stale jokes. This is a good book but to make it useful you need a black hi-lighter -- Doug
 Yikes- it doesn't include the basics! December 19, 2007
14 out of 18 found this review helpful
I bought this book based on the reviews I saw here.... It seemed that it was a good choice for beginners and experienced users alike. When I received the book and read the introduction- it clearly states that the book does NOT include information that you can find in every other Photoshop book out there- things like painting tools, filters and layers. Unfortunately- many of the instructions I am looking to apply start with layers! :-(
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