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Adobe Photoshop CS3 Best Books Roundup
The Adobe Photoshop CS3 books have started to appear at Amazon.com. Below are short blurbs and links to Amazon where they can be ordered.
Photoshop CS3 Book - Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom In A Book
Adobe's Classroom In A Book series has always been popular, and now the CS3 edition has hit the shelves, Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book is available from Amazon.com ($34.64 - 34% off). Here's some press material we found:
"This thorough, self-paced guide to Adobe Photoshop CS3 — written by the experts at Adobe Systems — is ideal for beginning users who want to learn key Photoshop concepts and techniques, while readers who already have some experience with Photoshop can use this book to learn Photoshop CS3's more advanced features and newest tools.
"Using clear, step-by-step, project-based lessons, each chapter walks readers through the creation of a specific project, with each chapter building on the reader's growing knowledge of the program, while review questions at the end of each chapter reinforce the skills learned in each lesson.
"Photoshop CS3, long the industry standard for digital imaging software, offers plenty of new features and enhancements for creative professionals and digital photographers alike. Users can enjoy unrivaled editing with non-destructive Smart Filters, improved curves, and adjustable cloning and healing with Preview Overlay. Increase productivity with Photoshop CS3's streamlined interface and new Photoshop Lightroom integration.
"Anyone who wants to create a composite will benefit from the revamped Photomerge tool, which lets you apply automatic layer alignment and blending to your images, while the new Quick Selection tool lets you select pixels not just by color, but by texture and shape as well. And digital photographers will be pleased to know that they can now process multiple Camera Raw images in a fraction of the time it used to take."
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book (Amazon.com - $34.64 - save 34%)
Photoshop CS3 Book - CS3 Essential Skills - By Mark Galer And Philip Andrews
Brimming with beautiful pictures, Photoshop CS3 Essential Skills 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. A DVD is included free.
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.
Read 2 free sample chapters:
Adjusting Exposure in Adobe Camera Raw CS3
Photoshop CS3 Tutorial High Dynamic Range
Special book offer - save 24%
Photoshop CS3: Essential Skills (Amazon.com - $28.08 - save 24%)
Photoshop CS3 Upgrade Options And Bundles From The Adobe Store
Photoshop CS3 Extended is ideal for film, video, and multimedia pros and for graphic and web designers using 3D and motion. Get the full version for US $999, or upgrade for US $349. The standard version of Photoshop CS3 is available for US $649, or as an upgrade for US $199.
Photoshop Extended is also available as part of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium ($1,799/$440), which combines all-new CS3 versions of Photoshop, Flash Pro, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat 8 Pro. International options are available at Adobe's UK Store, Europe Store, and Australia Store.
Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers: A Professional Image Editor's Guide to the Creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC
Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers: A Professional Image Editor's Guide to the Creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC
by Martin Evening
Adobe Photoshop CS3 comes with powerful new features with huge payoffs. But it can be overwhelming to learn, even for professional photographers, graphic designers, keen amateurs, and others who already have an initial grasp of Photoshop. Acclaimed photographer Martin Evening makes it easy with this new, thoroughly updated edition.
- More than 750 professional, color illustrations
- Step-by-step tutorials
- Keyboard shortcut reference guide
Includes FREE DVD with:
- QuickTime movie tutorials for MAC and PC
- Searchable tips on tools, palettes layer styles, and shortcuts
- Includes images selected for you to experiment with to get you up to speed with everything in the book, including the new Photoshop CS3 features, fast
New tutorials focus on the key features introduced in CS3, including:
- Adobes Camera Raw 4 plug-in that can now also process TIFFs and JPEGs
- New Align controls for combining HDR images; Photomerge; new Clone Stamp; Curves dialog that now incorporates Levels functionality; and improved controls for Brightness/Contrast to match raw image processing controls
- The latest on Black and White adjustment for optimum monochrome conversions
- Tips on Bridge 2.0 and Lightroom — when you should use each
Real-life examples, diagrams, illustrations, and step-by-step explanations ensure that you're up to speed in no time. With a foreword by Adobe Systems key Director of Engineering, Digital Imaging, Marc Pawliger
Available at Amazon.com
Photoshop CS3 Channels And Masks Bible - Free Sample Chapter And Free Tool Palettes Chart
We've got a great free chapter for you (Chapter One - Building Images PDF - 2.1 MB) from a new Photoshop CS3 book written by Stephen Romaniello called Photoshop CS3 Channels And Masks Bible.
The book is easy to follow and easy to understand, and the first chapter is exactly what I would recommend a beginner should study to become familiar with the program. It is a general introduction to Photoshop which walks you through all of the tools and concepts needed to get your head around this program and start creating with it.
Below you'll also find a link to a graphic from Chapter 2 from the book. This is the Photoshop CS3 Default Tool Palette (with all the flyouts showing). Photoshop CS3's tool palette displays the icons for 22 different tools in a tall, vertical palette. Some of the tool icons expand to access tools that are not visible, bringing the entire number of tools to 58 plus paint swatches, Quick Mask icons, and the view modes. Click the small black arrow on the lower right of the tool icon to display the additional related tools in a flyout menu.
Here's some promo material on the book: If you're using Photoshop without working with channels and masks, you're missing out on some of the most powerful and creative features Photoshop CS3 has to offer. Create dazzling composites, speed your workflow, get awesome color — it's all here and more with step-by-step instructions, techniques, and examples. If you want to tap the full potential of Photoshop channels and masks, this striking full-color Bible is the book you need to succeed.
- Harness channels and masks for faster workflow
- Unravel the secrets of creating, mixing, and converting digital color
- Add lighting effects, 3D, and other channel pyrotechnics
- Composite layer content with advanced blending
- Reveal, conceal, and refine your images with layer masks
- Combine selections from single and multiple documents
- Learn to posterize, create textures, correct faded images, and more
- Use type masks to add an artist's sparkle to the text
- Brilliant full color throughout, including 100s of screen shots and examples.
- Learn how to work with soft-edged selections
- Learn how to select and composite transparent shadows
- Learn how to blend layers
Thanks to our friends at Wiley for the free chapter and the free tool palette chart. Download Chapter One - Building Images (PDF - 2.1 MB). There are 22 chapters and almost 500 pages in this book, so to get a scope of what's covered download the Table of Contents (PDF - 1 MB). And here is a direct link to the graphic for the Photoshop CS3 Default Tool Palettes Chart, so you can print it out. Buy Photoshop CS3 Channels And Masks Bible at Amazon.com (33% off).
Photoshop CS3 On Demand - New Photoshop CS3 Book Prepares You For ACE Exams - Free Sample Chapter
I'm a big fan of the Photoshop On Demand books, and the latest version, Photoshop CS3 On Demand is a real gem. Filled with everything you'll ever need to know to work in Photoshop, the book's best feature is the way the information is presented.
Photoshop CS3 On Demand uses a series of examples that will give you a context in which you can perform a task, and includes workshops so you can put together individual tasks into different projects. And all of the Photoshop example files from the book are available on the web.
The book also includes ACE courseware that meets the objectives for the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Program. Upon completion of this courseware you may be prepared to take an exam for ACE qualification.
Our friends at Pearson Publishing have set us up with a free sample chapter for your downloading pleasure. This chapter will walk you through setting up Photoshop for the first time, and is a great way to see if the book's info and style connects with you. Download Chapter Three - Customizing The Way You Work In Photoshop CS3. (PDF 1.1 MB).
In this chapter you'll learn how to customize Photoshop CS3 to enable you to work faster and more comfortably. You'll start by learning how to set preferences to give you optimal control and go on to learn how to select scratch disks, allocate memory, customize the workspace, define shortcut keys, and more. Here are the contents of the chapter:
• Optimizing Photoshop
• Setting General Preferences
• Modifying File Handling Preferences
• Working with Interface Preferences
• Working with Cursors Preferences
• Controlling Transparency & Gamut Preferences Working with Units & Rulers
• Working with Guides, Grid, Slices & Count Selecting Plug-Ins
• Selecting Scratch Disks
• Allocating Memory & Image Cache
• Working with Type
• Managing Libraries with the Preset Manager Customizing the Workspace
• Defining Shortcut Keys
• Creating a Customized User Interface
• Using Drawing Tablets
Download Chapter Three - Customizing The Way You Work In Photoshop CS3. Buy Photoshop CS3 On Demand at Amazon.com ($26.39 - 34% off)
Complete Photoshop CS3 for Digital Photographers
Complete Photoshop CS3 for Digital Photographers
by Colin Smith, Tim Cooper
Complete Photoshop CS3 for Digital Photographers is a completely updated edition of this insightful and practical guide to using Photoshop as your photographic editing tool. All of the new featurees of CS3 related to photography are thoroughly covered and a wide variety of new photos and tutorials are used to teach you how to organize, enhance, correct, and retouch images; how to do creative things with those images; and how to output them.
As with the previous editions, the book is designed and written especially for digital photographers: it teaches them how to use the tools and features of Photoshop, while explaining why and how Photoshop functions the way it does. Using Photoshop CS3 is essentially like having your own desktop digital darkroom, and with the help of tutorials in this book, you'll learn how to master this powerful tool.
By working through the various projects, you'll explore the new and enhanced areas of Photoshop, including more in depth coverage of each of these features and how they are improved from the previous version. And to help you master these tools, the book teaches professional techniques for overcoming the many challenges you'll face. After working through the book, you'll be able to bring out the best from any photo, while establishing an efficient workflow. If you truly want to understand and master Photoshop CS3 for digital photography, this is the resource you need.About the Author
Available for Pre-order
Creative Photoshop: Digital Illustration and Art Techniques, covering Photoshop CS3
Creative Photoshop: Digital Illustration and Art Techniques, covering Photoshop CS3
by Derek Lea
Welcome to the world of art and imagination. Derek Lea, one of the worlds top 100 digital artists, shows how to use Photoshop in extraordinary ways to transform the mundane into incredible images. His work is a unique combination of original photography, traditional illustration, and digital art.
If you are a digital artist, illustrator, cartoonist, graphic artist or designer who is familiar with Photoshop, but want to push the program to the limit, this book is for you. Lea combines the inspirational with the practical, showcasing a wide range of artistic styles from graffiti and pop art, to Bosch and Art Nouveau.
Discover how to get professional results from the paint features within Photoshop and try features such as sculpting and layering. Explore texture, with spray paint effects and scanned elements or age faces and objects. Use stencil tags and comic book coloring techniques. Bring 3D art to life by using Photoshop and Poser together. Also maximize your creativity AND efficiency with invaluable information on working between Photoshop and Illustrator.
This book/CD package provides clear, step-by-step tutorials that break away from the standard instruction book mould and make it easy to emulate Lea's techniques in your own work. With all the images from the book to play with, you can start creating stunning artwork immediately.
There are tons of new features in 
Fluid Mask is based on breakthrough segmentation technology inspired by the way the eye, optic nerve and brain perform visual processing. When an image is loaded, Fluid Mask's segmentation engine analyses the distribution of colors, finding the natural groups within the image. Together with information calculated about edges, gradients and textures, a model is constructed which divides the images into objects.
