Painter is not a Photoshop replacement and Painter IX for Photographers is not a book about photo editing. Rather, this book is an excellent tutorial on how to use photographs as a basis for a journey into the world of artistic expression.
Category: Book Review
Painter IX for Photographers
Three Aperture Books Reviewed
Any of the three books under review will effectively get you into and through Aperture. The first hurdle to understanding this massive program is understanding it’s structure and management tools. Aperture is about photo management for heavy digital photography shooters. Here are three books that may help you get the most from the application.
Digital Photography – Expert Techniques
Review
With a plethora of digital cameras appearing in the marketplace, purchases of these cameras has exceeded even the most ambitious sales predictions. If you have one, perhaps this is the book you need to get the most from your digital photography.
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Photoshop Artistry for Photographers using CS2 and Beyond – Book Review
For photo enthusiasts who are looking to immerse yourselves in the personal and commercial application of Adobe Photoshop CS2, Photoshop Artistry puts this college level course right in your lap. What Photoshop Artistry for Photographers using CS2 and Beyond offers is an in depth immersion into the world of commercial Photoshop CS2 usage.
Read MoreFound Behind the Bookshelf
Book Review
We get books. Lots of books. Some aren’t worth reviewing. The list of books to review seems to get ever-longer. Unfortunately, some titles, well, are just forgotten. Here’s a quick snapshot of two worthwhile books that got lost behind the bookshelf.
Read MoreStephen Johnson On Digital Photography
Book Review
If there was ever required reading for students of digital photography, Stephen Johnson’s On Digital Photography would be it. I have read other wonderful books on the subject, but none has the breadth and scope of Johnson’s work.
Read MoreThe Digital Photography Book
Book Review
Author, Photoshop guru, and photographer, Scott Kelby is widely known for his popular tips books about such creative software as Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Elements, Apple’s OS X, and even tip books for the iPod. So how is his latest book?
Read MoreBeyond Snapshots
Book Review
Though I’m not an historian of digital photography, I would say that second wave of the digital photography revolution was the advent of photo blogs. I’m not alone. The plethora of books published on the subject seems like a monthly occurrence, and the demand for them seems equally great. Here are two reviews of some of the latest.
Better Workflow in Photoshop
Book Review
Author, digital photographer, and lecturer Eddie Tapp, who this month was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame at the Photoshop World Expo in Las Vegas, and who also serves as the Chairman of the Committee on Digital Advanced Imaging for Professional Photographers of America, has written the first in a series of books on effectively using Photoshop in the areas of professional color management, creative enhancement techniques, and professional production techniques.
Read MoreThe Macintosh iLife ’06
Book Review
Each previous review has been a rave. How does The Macintosh iLife ’06 compare with its predecessors?
Read MoreA bevy of Adobe InDesign books reviewed
Book Reviews
Having worked in lesser graphic applications like Apple’s Pages, I simply wasn’t prepared for the breath and scope of InDesign. I still keep shaking my head at the possibilities, and I’ve only learned about a third of the program.
Photoshop Elements 4: The Missing Manual
Book Review
Remember the days when you’d rush to the special software store to buy the latest release of your favorite software application? And the long walk to wherever lugging that heavy User’s Manual? Those days seem to be gone. Fear not, Photoshop Elements 4: The Missing Manual is here to fill the gap.
Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac
Book Review
Joe Kissell’s new ebook, Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac is the best book so far for the average Mac user who wants to jump into the world of running PC applications. He covers the pros and cons of Apple’s Boot Camp, Parallels Desktop, and the Q emulator.
Cooking with Photoshop
Book Review
Flip through any creative, cutting edge magazine or website and you’ll discover what professional and crafty users of Photoshop are doing with photography. Up until flipping through John Beardsworth’s Photoshop Blending Modes Cookbook for Digital Photographers, I had little appreciation and knowledge for what could be done if you would only stretch the use of Photoshop beyond the quick fixes and enhancements.
Read MoreA Quick Start Guide to Gmail
Book Review
Like Peachpit’s other Visual QuickStart Guides, this book is a well illustrated guide that offers how-to information on setting up a Gmail account, using the interface, adding, editing, and importing contacts, using new mail notification features, composing, sending, filtering and managing mail, and enabling message forwarding if you would like to have your Gmail mail sent to your ISP account
Read MoreHack Your Way Into Flickr
Book Review
If you’re new to Flickr or want to get more out of it, Flickr Hacks covers just about everything there is know about storing, sorting, and sharing your photos as a Flickr member. What has taken me months to learn and collect in my Flickr bookmark folder, you can learn in about a weekend.
MyMac Design for Non-Designers Series
MacDesign out of the box
Book Review
As designer and writer for the last 25 years, Shalat integrates the how-to parts of his book with his philosophy about how to approach to good design.
Read MoreStealing the Network
3 Books from Syngress Reviewed
I’m not a hard reviewer in that if a book can give me information, then it is usually worth the price. These books had a lot of information in them. But as a reviewer, I’m supposed to pick nits, and find things I didn’t like. The easy nit on the series is that they’re written in a very casual tone, but on very technical subjects — without a lot of details on the background jargon.
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