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THURSDAY - FEBRUARY 16 2006

Scott Kelby's "The Photoshop Channels Book" Released

We haven't received our review copy yet, but wanted to mention that Scott Kelby's latest Photoshop book, "The Photoshop Channels Book" is now available for ordering. Here's some blurbs I found:

"One big advantage Photoshop professionals have always had was the understanding of channels. It was their secret weapon, and it enabled them to do things, and work in an entirely different way than their competitors, and maybe that's why the secret power of Photoshop's channels has been such a closely guarded secret. Until now.

"You'll learn how today's top photographers and graphic designers employ channels to make impossible selections, to speed their production workflow, to color correct images, to mask images, to create stunning color to black and white conversions, and to do dozens of inside tricks that set them apart from the field. You'll be amazed at not only what you're able with channels, but you'll love the competitive advantage that using channels will give you. Also covered are all of Photoshop's newest channel-related features, including an improved Histogram palette that displays channels in color with a dynamic view of how filters, curves, and other settings will affect tonal range and bit depth."

The book lists at $39 but is available at Amazon.com for $26.39 (34% off).

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Scott Kelby Is 2005 Top-Selling Computer Book Author

I received an interesting press release today about Scott Kelby. It starts with this: "For the second consecutive year, Peachpit and the Pearson Technology Group are recognizing Scott Kelby as the number one, top-selling computer book author in the U.S., according to research based on Nielsen BookScan data for the 2005 calendar year. Kelby's books continue to lead the pack with the number one iPod book, The iPod Book: Doing Cool Stuff with the iPod and the iTunes Music Store; the number one Photoshop book, The Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers; and the number one Photoshop Elements book, The Photoshop Elements 3 Book for Digital Photographers."

It then goes on to say that "Kelby published a total of 11 titles in 2005. President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), Kelby is widely recognized as the world's best-selling Photoshop how-to book author, and as a digital imaging guru. He is conference technical chair of Photoshop World Conference & Expo, and Kelby also hosts the wildly popular video podcast, 'Photoshop TV,' one of iTunes' top 10 downloaded podcasts."

Interesting, but, Scott "Mr. Photoshop" Kelby is even more prolific than they credit him for. Not only does he write all these books and run the NAPP and have a successful Podcast, he also teaches photography, is editor-in-chief of Photoshop User Magazine and Nikon Software User Magazine, is editor and publisher of Layers Magazine, is the author of a series of Photoshop training DVDs, is a high concept humorist (see the iPod Flea video), and somehow still finds time to post to his personal blog. Oh, and he also just had a baby. Scott should write a book about how he handles time management. I mean it. If anyone has the credentials to do it, he does.

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