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Summary: Excellent book
Comment: Echo many of the other comments. This will be a true reference guide for a long time.
My only comments are that I wish there were more suggested 'guidelines' for the clarity and vibrance controls. Additionally, the last chapter on automation was excellent. I just wish that that sort of step-by-step explanation was done for more examples.
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Summary: A bit pricey - but worth the money.
Comment: For anyone who has got themselves to the stage where they are ready to embrace RAW and move further inside the digital system which is revolutionising photography there are certain steps which must be taken.
Naturally, you will require a digital single lens reflex camera (DSLR) and start taking those pictures - saving them using the RAW option. Allied to this, you will require a suitable computer with Adobe Photoshop CS3 installed. This book is not going to teach you how to install and the basics of CS3 - so those skills will have to be mastered before you take the next step.
That next step is this book and the only way to appreciate the content is to sit down at you PC (or laptop) and start at the first page. It's a slow process but all journeys commence with the first step.
Laid out in a manner which allows the reader (user) to build on each lesson as they progress, this book is may be turgid in places but, at least you can go back and go over any point again and again until mastered.
Quite frankly, if this was the only book on the subject you ever consulted, there would be very little missing from your overall skills once the content has been digested "and" fully understood.
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Summary: Real World ACR CS3 a usefull help to grow your skills
Comment: I really got a big step forward in my RAW convertion skills and my photos too :-)
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Summary: Real World Camera Raw Book is real gem
Comment: This is an outstanding book. That is not surprising because the authors are legendary. Jeff Schewe has continued the high standards established by the late Bruce Fraser and expanded on it.
The first half of the book offers you the basics of the technical issues and explanations of how Camera Raw works. The second half takes you through the actual process of using these controls.
Since studying this book recently, I am now using Camera Raw to perform most of the major changes I make to my files and very little subsequent work is needed in Photoshop.
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Summary: Camera Raw
Comment: Fine book .... very informative and written in a clear style.
Great for a beginner as well.
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