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Hidden Power of Adobe Photoshop, The

Hidden Power of Adobe Photoshop, The

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The definitive Photoshop guide for professional and advanced-intermediate photographers who crave deeper knowledge and understanding
  • Updated and reorganized with roughly 50% new procedures, insights, and graphics — all directly focused on photography
  • Contains dozens of hands-on, full-color examples that give you an edge in technical, personal, and commercial projects
  • Complements recipes and step-by-step instructions with expert guidance for experimentation to expand your knowledge and achieve deeper mastery
  • By world-renowned Photoshop author and instructor Scott Valentine — and featuring power tips from experts including Katrin Eismann, Matt Kloskowski, and RC Concepcion
The Hidden Power of Adobe Photoshop for Photographers is about mastering your tools as a path towards mastering your art. Renowned Photoshop teacher Scott Valentine combines expert recipes and instructions with insightful technical and philosophical discussions that help students experiment and expand their knowledge, so they’re no longer dependent on specific settings or cookbook-style presentations.
Now revamped to focus specifically on digital photography, this edition contains dozens of hands-on examples and projects designed to give students an edge in technical, personal, and commercial projects — as well as indispensable advanced techniques for image enhancement and correction.

Scott Valentine has thoroughly revamped this guide to focus entirely on photography and deepen its coverage of Photoshop’s core tools. This edition contains 50% new content: new procedures, projects, examples, and insights. Now part of the Adobe Master Class series, it is intended for professionals and learners with at least intermediate-level skills, not “beginner/intermediate” as previous editions were designated.

  • Updated and reorganized with roughly 50% new procedures, insights, and graphics – all directly focused on photography
  • Contains dozens of hands-on, full-color examples that give students an edge in technical, personal, and commercial projects
  • Complements recipes and step-by-step instructions with expert guidance for experimentation to expand students’ knowledge and achieve deeper mastery
  • By world-renowned Photoshop author and instructor Scott Valentine – and featuring power tips from experts including Katrin Eismann, Matt Kloskowski, and RC Concepcion
  • Part 1: The Core Tools – Blending Modes and Adjustment Layers
  • 1. Introduction to How Photoshop ‘Sees’ Your Image
  • 2. Adjustment Layers
  • 3. Blending Modes
  • Part 2: Recipes
  • Section 1: General Corrections
  • Section 2: Targeted Corrections and Enhancements
  • Section 3: Effects and Finishing
  • Section 4: Project Examples
  • Part 3: Reference
Adobe Photoshop holds an incredible amount of power, which is sometimes locked behind a dizzying array of features and tools. Scott Valentine not only shows you the keys to unlocking that power, he also demonstrates how the keys work. You will get hands-on experience with experiments and examples as you explore new techniques for editing your images.

 

Written for both professionals and hobbyists, this book presents essential techniques and discusses when and how to try innovative solutions. By focusing on two core capabilities blending modes and adjustment layers—you will discover how Photoshop gives you deep control over your images to address some of photography’s most challenging problems. Photoshop users of all levels will find clear explanations and step-by-step procedures for expert techniques. Advanced users will enjoy exploring new ideas that can inform their own workflow. Through richly illustrated examples with clear explanations, The Hidden Power of Adobe Photoshop teaches you:

  • Multiple approaches to problem solving and creative exploration
  • How to see your images as data that you can control
  • Underlying principles that drive industrial-strength techniques
  • Instructions for building your own Photoshop experiment files

Scott Valentine is an experimentalist by nature, drawing on his background in physics, music, and theater to bring a unique perspective to sharing knowledge with other photographers and Photoshop users. For more than 20 years, Scott has supported the greater imaging community through hosting user groups, teaching at conferences, and writing. He has been an invited speaker at the Art Directors Invitational Master Class (ADIM), Adobe MAX, and Photoshop World. Scott also writes “Photoshop Proving Ground,” a monthly column featured in KelbyOne’s Photoshop User magazine. He is always up for helping fellow creative professionals and hobbyists. Scott’s previous two books have become must-have resources for colleges and instructional programs, valued for their combination of technical and creative elements, an approachable style, and straightforward language. Aside from pushing pixels, Scott enjoys playing guitar, ice hockey, backpacking, and spending time with his family.

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