Recommended CS2 post-processing books

[pyepye]

I'll be getting the two Bryan Peterson books; Understanding Exposure and Learning to See Creatively... Just wondering if there are any good and recommended books that will give me a good start with post-processing my shots using Photoshop CS2?

The Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321330625/ ) seems to have decent reviews... But any book out there that's tried, tested, and true?

Thanks.

 

[denny2020]

I would go with the Scott Kelby book. That book gets straight to the point and tells you what the professsionals use as their settings for each of the features. No theory, no guessing what parameters to set. Quick and dirty but gives you results fast. I find the book is organized very well. Organized but what you want to do and not by CS2 features. i.e. Sharpening portraits for women, removing blemishes, etc. I think you'll not be disappointed with this book. I hope that helps.

I'll be getting the two Bryan Peterson books; Understanding
Exposure and Learning to See Creatively... Just wondering if there
are any good and recommended books that will give me a good start
with post-processing my shots using Photoshop CS2?

The Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby
( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321330625/ ) seems to have decent
reviews... But any book out there that's tried, tested, and true?

Thanks.

 

[poind]

You might want to search in the Retouching board where all the Photoshop questions get asked -- it's where I myself have found lots of good book ideas.

Martin Evening's "Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Photographers: A Professional Image Editor's Guide to the Creative Use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC" is very thorough and an excellent reference, and generally considered the Photoshop "Bible". It's not exactly a cookbook like some things, but it's fairly darn good.

The other book that's repeatedly recommended and a standard is Bruce Fraser's "Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS2". Far more useful and necessary than one might expect.

(Also don't forget Photoshop's built-in help files are a great resource.)

The Scott Kelby books are widespread, but unlike the above, some at times can be very critical of them being worthwhile. I stuck with the ones that received nothing but positives myself, and simply haven't seen the Kelby ones firsthand....

Most of these books are in bookstores, too, if you want to go browse them....

 

[m1ks]

Photoshop CS / CS2 for photographers by Martin Evening, the best PS book i've read and now the only one I own.

 

[pyepye]

Thanks for the replies; I think I'll eventually get all 3 since I've been reading reviews and they seem to be great... Because some say that Evening's book is a little more geared toward the advanced user, while Kelby directs his readers as total n00bs, I think I'll take the plunge with Kelby first to see firsthand how bad his book is written... When I'm done with it, I may be able to see the additional benefit that Fraser and Evening's books will provide.

Thanks for the input.