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Summary: Katrin did it again
Comment: I love Katrin books on Photoshop and this last one is a must have, specially if you teach Photoshop, it will help you a lot to organize your classes. Beautifull edition with plenty of concise explanations. It may lack profound information on some aspects but it's still a must in your digital photography library
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Summary: The Creative Digital Darkroom
Comment: This is an excellent resource, and one that I will use over and over. It may be sexist, but I find that women bring an invaluable dimension to photography. It is very difficult to describe, but, for me, quite real nonetheless.
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Summary: For Experienced Photographers Transitioning to Photoshop/Lightroom
Comment: Katrin Eismann is amazing. She's an amazing teacher and an amazing writer. I absolutely LOVE her other books, especially Photoshop Masking & Compositing (VOICES), Adobe Photoshop Restoration & Retouching (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter), and Real World Digital Photography (2nd Edition) (Real World). I don't know much about Sean Duggan, but Katrin's books have always amazed me.
Katrin teaches concepts very thoroughly; describing not only what to do, but how and why the method works. I've never been left wondering, "What about ...?" because she covers it ALL. With that said, here's what I thought regarding this specific book:
Photographers transitioning to a Digital workflow will benefit from this book the most. It will teach you how to make your images look their very BEST.
This is NOT the best book for well seasoned Photoshop users, although it has it's jewels of insight. Why? Because this book will hold your hand and walk you through every single tiny little step to teach you the method you're trying to master. If you already know Raw processing, retouching, layer masking, curves, layer adjustments and layer modes, then you're probably going to know most of this book already. With that said, there are still lots of "Advanced" Photoshop users that don't know these things and would benefit greatly from this book.
I've been using Photoshop for 10 years now and so reading this book was painfully slow going for me because the steps were written so thoroughly. I kept hoping the next chapter would be about creative enhancements, but most of the book covered the essentials of prepping your files to produce the highest quality final product (which is important but can be boring).
I gave this book a 3 of 5 not because it wasn't a well written book, but because it didn't live up to my expectations as an intermediate to advanced user book. Had it been described as a book for Digital Imaging beginners then it would get a 5. I've always learned TONS from every page of Katrin's other books, but this one left me feeling like a professor attending an entry-level course... possibly because Katrin has already taught me most of the information through her other books.
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Summary: An in-depth photoshop book for sophisticated photographers
Comment: This book is not for beginners. Neither beginning photoshoppers or photographers. Although it is a book that you can grow with. It does not presume that the reader knows a lot already, and thus covers the basics as well as going over the basics of proper PS and monitor settings.
I thought, from what i've read so far, that it a very good book, aimed at the intermediate PS'er and experienced photographer. It is just what i was looking for.
The tone is professional, without glibness or condescension. It is not geared to the "Dummy" market. If you know how to take decent pictures and are looking for ways to make them better using PS than this book is for you. I think this book will provide a whole course of study to the persistent reader. I recommend this book to those photographers who have a handle on the digital end of things, but want to know more. It is not light reading, but it will be rewarding reading.
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Summary: Katrin is outstanding
Comment: The "Creative Darkroom" is, in my judgment, the best book ever written on understanding and applying the power of Photoshop in the digital darkroom. It joins a long shelf of other Photoshop books in my "darkroom". Soon however, many of the others will be available on Amazon's used book market.
This book is so clearly written and profusely illustrated that it will make even the most obtuse tools of PS come alive and become valuable in the hands of newly enlightened readers.
It is clear enough to meet the needs of newbies to PS, while thorough enough to be of great value to long time advanced users.
Furthermore, the writing style and organization of the book make it a pleasure to read and, encourage the reader to read on and learn more even after their initial question has been answered.
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