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Summary: Scott Kelby's 7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop CS3
Comment: Although most of the steps might be familiar to a regular photoshop user, the 7 point system is a concise method for applying the various tools found in photoshop. I found the lessons very well written. I downloaded the photos used in the lessons so I was able to follow along very well. I have used these tips on several of my own photos with fantastic results. Well worth the money.
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Summary: Amazing Book!
Comment: Hello,
I've just completed the first few chapters to this booka nd am already amazed by what I'm seeing. This is the best photo-retouching book ever! Mr Kelby you have done a fantastic job!
I've never written a review before but had to after starting this book!
If you want to snaz up your photos', or fix some problematic shots, this is the book for you. The step by step apporach is easy to follow along, and after only just the first few chapters I'm already seeing the potential for my own work (still gonna complete the book, tho!).
I was specifically wanting something on photo retouching and this book was what I wanted and more! Gives you follow along examples and will make you a retouching NINJA!
Extra highly recomended!
Man, I used a lot of exclamation points in this review.
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Summary: Best Book Ever for ANY Expertise Level of Photographer!
Comment: Once I received the book, it was hard to stop with the lessons until I was finished. I never thought my so-so images could become so breathtaking. I really believe that anyone using Scott's system would better their photography results more than ten fold instantly. Mr. Kelby teaches real-world ideas with easy-to-understand language.
IF YOU WANT TO IMPROVE THE RESULTS OF YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY, BUY THIS BOOK AS SOON AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN!!
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Summary: Highly Recommend!
Comment: Mr. Kelby, you have done it again. You have taken my inner most thoughts and written a book about them... well, the photography ones anyway.
I wasn't going to buy this book. I have a Kelby shrine at home and some books are outdated due to Photoshop versions changing. But, I had a $5 off Amazon purchase.
So, I opened the book and as always, was very impressed with the layout and clear table of contents. Plus I'm always impressed that Scott gives credit, including the always touching wife mention. Then I started reading the FAQs, which, by the way, I like about his books. I also like the quirky humor. Then I started looking at the pictures.
I consider myself to have a good eye and to take a great shot. But it never seems to live up to other photographers. And this book had my common problems and answers on how to fix them. And the end results looked like the end result that I was (hopefully) going for. And, there was everything that I needed to do to make my pictures look better. Right there in clear, easy to understand, steps. Now instead of bugging people - how did you get the shot to look like that? - I have it all right here.
Some other posts about the book remark that people should spend more time on their pre-processing photography and I fully agree. And other posts mention that this is just a recipe book with tons of extra steps, not just 7. But this book does an amazing thing - it gives all aspects (beginners mistakes to enhancing expert shots) of a picture and gives the reader the tools to fix and tweak and enhance their photo to their tastes.
I highly recommend this book and congratulate Scott on another fabulous book!
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Summary: A great book for photographers, one of the best
Comment: I just finished Scott Kelby's "7-Point System" on photoshop techniques. I have been using Photoshop since version 4, now on CS3. I've been to Photoshop World, and have purchased many books on photoshop. I am a landscape photographer, and have a well-established work-flow, but I'm always willing to learn new techniques. I frequently post on Fred Miranda's website. I think Scott Kelby's book is the best and most useful overall Photoshop Book I have read. The workflow is a very good one, well explained, and it implements Photoshop tricks and techniques that I have found hard to master. It is well written and easy to follow. I am very happy to see it incorporates LAB processing as well (I think critical to landscape work; and there's something you wouldn't want to tackle on your own -- be sure to remember the LAB tip in Chapter 21; make the highlight/shadow adjustment in the Lightness channel.) I've already adjusted my workflow; I now use new techniques with confidence thanks to this great book. I give it ALL the stars.
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