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Summary: Kelby's 7 points
Comment: It works as a quick guide, and you may use Mr Kelby's other book (The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers)to get more detailed help in Photoshop.
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Summary: Good for beginners
Comment: If you've never read any photoshop books on manipulating photographs, this is a great book for you to learn.
If you have read any other books, like, say Dan Marguilis Photoshop LAB Color: The Canyon Conundrum and Other Adventures in the Most Powerful Colorspace or Professional Photoshop: The Classic Guide to Color Correction (5th Edition) you'll probably be very disappointed, as he just rehashes everything that you've already learned.
And the 7 steps? There are not seven steps, more like dozens. I think it would be better titled as "Seven general techniques you might want to try to improve your photos" He doesn't even tell you when to use the different ideas, you just have to figure that out for yourself.
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Summary: Disappointed
Comment: I have always loved Scott Kelby's books but not this one. I don't understand why he uses Photoshop with layers when after ever step he has you flatten the work before going on to the next step. I want to see all the layers and be able to go back and tweak the layers when necessary. I can't believe he saves each picture before flattening it. I was very frustrated by this approach.
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Summary: It Really Is a Great Book!
Comment: I've read the entire book cover to cover, and while it's not the final word on post production, it is so good that anyone who truly follows these points, will have photographs that are "The Best" that they could possibly make.
This is not a beginners book, but if a beginner is very motivated, they could follow the instructions well and be successful.
If you like Scott's approach to technology subjects, this is just one more great book of his that won't disappoint you!!
Enjoy!
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Summary: I really wanted to like it but....
Comment: The book doesn't really explain why Scott makes the adjustments he makes to the photos. That is the biggest flaw with this book.
The adjustments work great on the photos but that doesnt really help when it comes to adjusting your own photos.
I'm sure there are better books than this one
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