eBook Propaganda...

WayneJ said:

I Recently acquired Mr. iNova's eBook. I bought it thinking "This
will be a waste of time/money". I am a professional photographer
(Not to imply that I'm "All That", simply to denote that I make a
living doing it.) I've been shooting for over 13 years, and
working in PhotoShop Since Ver 4.0 ( 1997). Anyway, all that to
say this. As expected, the mass content of the book was targeted
for a range of beginner -> to -> prosumer and although I didn't
learn anything new, it never hurts to review these tried and true
basics. But, here's where I was surprised. When reading the
contents of the PS actions included (read iNovaFX filters), I
thought to myself, "yeah I can do all that." But the route from
A-> B I would have chosen was very different in some cases. I'm
not afraid to admit I did learn quite a few new PhotoShop "tricks"
to add to my bag. To me, the PS Actions alone are well worth the
$$, and Mr. iNova was nice enough to throw an eBook with my
Actions for free. ;-)

To throw in a quick disclaimer, I do not personally know Mr. iNova.
Nor was I compensated or propositioned for these comments. I
simply wanted to pass on my impressions to the group.

Job well done Peter.
--

-WJ

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Brad L. Bates said:

I'm right with you WayneJ, I hesitated ordering the book for the
same reason. On receiving it, I even delayed getting into it for
that reason. True, as you noted, 99% of the ebook I already knew
and was doing. But guess what? I found one thing, ONE THING that
Mr. iNova pointed out concerning Levels that I was not using.
Adding it to my bag of tricks has saved me much time and made my
results immeasurably more pleasing, especially in mixed lighting
conditions. For that one tidbit alone, I have many times paid for
the book.

Peter, how do you maintain a measure of humility with all this
gushing? Keep up the good work.

Brad.

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Brad L. Bates said:

WayneJ said:

I Recently acquired Mr. iNova's eBook. I bought it thinking "This
will be a waste of time/money". I am a professional photographer
(Not to imply that I'm "All That", simply to denote that I make a
living doing it.) I've been shooting for over 13 years, and
working in PhotoShop Since Ver 4.0 ( 1997). Anyway, all that to
say this. As expected, the mass content of the book was targeted
for a range of beginner -> to -> prosumer and although I didn't
learn anything new, it never hurts to review these tried and true
basics. But, here's where I was surprised. When reading the
contents of the PS actions included (read iNovaFX filters), I
thought to myself, "yeah I can do all that." But the route from
A-> B I would have chosen was very different in some cases. I'm
not afraid to admit I did learn quite a few new PhotoShop "tricks"
to add to my bag. To me, the PS Actions alone are well worth the
$$, and Mr. iNova was nice enough to throw an eBook with my
Actions for free. ;-)

To throw in a quick disclaimer, I do not personally know Mr. iNova.
Nor was I compensated or propositioned for these comments. I
simply wanted to pass on my impressions to the group.

Job well done Peter.
--

-WJ

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Bob said:

The new "Adobe PhotoShop Elements" software is designed to work
with all Photoshop plug-ins that support RGB images.

Does this mean that most (all?) of the plug-ins included with the
ebook will also work with "Elements"?

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Peter iNova said:

Bob said:

The new "Adobe PhotoShop Elements" software is designed to work
with all Photoshop plug-ins that support RGB images.

Does this mean that most (all?) of the plug-ins included with the
ebook will also work with "Elements"?

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Photoshop Elements does not include all the plug-ins and internal
engines that run the full version of Photoshop. Photoshop's
"filters" includes things that are not found in the plug-ins
folder, 77 plug-ins vs. 95 "filters".

PSE doesn't have the marvelously versatile Curves window, for
instance. So it contains a subset of PS6 parts. iNovaFX filters
weren't written originally for PSE, obviously, and that means many
of the iNovaFX filters won't simply drop into PSE and work there.

But PSE is very capable. It doesn't write the Actions but executes
them. PS6 writes them for PSE. When I have both up and running on
my computer at the same time, then the approaches that work
cross-program can be seen.

Where are the real limits? Dunno. But add a "yet" to that.
Will it do everything? No. Will it do a lot? Oh, yeah. Will there
be PSE iNovaFX Filters that perform the unexpectedly coo? Bet on
it. And the upgrades will be low bucks to current owners.

-iNova

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