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Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers: Video Training Book
by Chris Orwig
Benefit from the best of both mediums video -- based training and a printed guide! Each lynda.com Video Training Book offers hours of instructor-led video instruction, complete with a step-by-step, printed book to guide readers through each tutorial. The video tutorials let readers learn at their own pace, while the book offers a complete reference, helping readers identify the video tutorials they want to watch (timecodes are printed in the book), the exercise files they need, and highlighting important keyboard shortcuts, tips, notes, and practical advice. The Video Training Book series features the proven teaching methods of lynda.com and of authors and industry experts, such as Deke McClelland, Chris Orwig, Garrick Chow, and David Blatner, who make learning an engaging experience, bringing clarity to new or difficult concepts and software programs.
Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers: Video Training Book
Author: Chris Orwig
Regular price: $49.99 - our discounted price: $21.00
Published by: Peachpit Press; Paperback; 168 pages; web rating: 2.5; us
Department: Adobe Photoshop, Web Graphics, Digital Photography
Rick Sammon's Canon EOS Digital Rebel Personal Training Photo Workshop
Go to any Rick Sammon workshop or seminar and it will be standing room only. The popular speaker and Canon Explorer of Light travels the country on behalf of Canon teaching amateur photographers how to shoot better pictures. He has hosted shows on the DIY network as well as on ESPN and the Outdoor Life Network.
In this 1 1//2 hour video, Rick will show viewers all of the basic steps to taking great images. From camera basics to exposure, lenses, sport shooting, photographing in low light, close up photography, people and portraits, animals and pets, Rick breaks down complex topics into fun and interesting lessons.
Rick Sammon's Canon EOS Digital Rebel Personal Training Photo Workshop
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Regular price: $19.99 - our discounted price: $10.56
Published by: Wiley; DVD; pages; web rating: 4.5; us
Department: Genres, DVD
The Designer's Apprentice: Automating Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign in Adobe Creative Suite 3
by Rick Ralston
Adobe Creative Suite 3 has fantastic tools for minimizing the drudgery of graphics production work: The key is to make your computer and Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign do rote tasks for you. And although the concept of automation may sound intimidating, it doesn't have to be. Learn what/ automation is, why it's as natural as breathing, and how it can take over routine work, freeing you up to be creative.
The Designer's Apprentice:
Automating Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign in Adobe Creative Suite 3
Author: Rick Ralston
Regular price: $39.99 - our discounted price: $23.74
Published by: Adobe Press; Paperback; 256 pages; web rating: ; us
Department: Adobe Photoshop, Web Graphics, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign
Digital Photography: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks (Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks)
by Rob Sheppard
You already know digital photography basics. Now you'd like to go beyond with shortcuts, tricks, and tips that let you work smarter and faster. And because you learn more easily when someone shows you how, this is the book for you. Inside, you'll find clear, illustrated instructions for 100 tasks that reveal cool secrets, teach timesaving tricks, and explain great tips guaranteed to make you a more productive digital photographer.
1. Minimal text and maximum illustrations.
2. Task-oriented, step-by-step approach
3. Navigational aids connect instructions to illustrations.
Digital Photography:
Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks (Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks)
Author: Rob Sheppard
Regular price: $19.99 - our discounted price: $9.51
Published by: Visual; Paperback; 221 pages; web rating: 4.5; us
Department: Reference, Digital Photography, Equipment
Portrait and Candid Photography: Photo Workshop
by Erin Manning
Erin Manning, DIY Network host of The Whole Picture, tells aspiring photographers how to take outstanding photos of people in this full-color book filled with great images
* Helps readers gain the skills and confidence to successfully use the digital camera as a tool to create and capture life's moments
* Every chapter ends with an assignment that readers are encouraged to complete and then upload their best image to Photoworkshop.com to share with others and receive critiques
* Introduces the technology and the basics for developing an artistic eye, arming readers with real-life techniques that will help them connect with and photograph people
Portrait and Candid Photography: Photo Workshop
Author: Erin Manning
Regular price: $29.99 - our discounted price: $16.03
Published by: Wiley; Paperback; 250 pages; web rating: 4.5; us
Department: Portraits, Digital Photography, Equipment
Photos That Inspire: Photo Workshop
by Lynne Eodice
This book is geared toward amateur photographers who want ideas that will inspire them to take more unique and special photographs rather than the traditionally posed picture or predictable composition. Photoworkshop.com has 40,000+ visitors per day who come for advice on photographic techniques, sharing photos, and contests, but mostly ideas. This book will be comprised of the many entries and winners from each month's contests as well as from spectacular portfolios from Photoworkshop.com. These photos not only exhibit great photography skills but creativity, as well. Photos will be accompanied by the recipes to recreate similar photographs. Sometimes its not just skills that readers are looking to gain by reading our books, but ideas and different perspectives. Good photographers find a way to look at the world through their lenses that beginning photographers are looking to develop.
Photos That Inspire: Photo Workshop
Author: Lynne Eodice
Regular price: $29.99 - our discounted price: $16.03
Published by: Wiley; Paperback; 258 pages; web rating: 5; us
Department: Reference, Web Graphics, Digital Photography
Nighttime Digital Photography with Adobe Photoshop CS3
by John Carucci
Nighttime photography often transforms otherwise mundane subject matter into spectacular images such as a warmly-lit subject positioned against a rich blue sky, or the red, yellow, and green swirls of an amusement park ride. Capturing these images can be challenging though.
Nighttime Digital Photography with Adobe Photoshop CS3 explains why night photos turn out the way that they do, and shows how to avoid, correct, and take advantage of each low-light situation. The operation of cameras, computers, printers, and software is covered step-by-step with creative enhancement and other advanced techniques in Adobe Photoshop CS3.
Nighttime Digital Photography with Adobe Photoshop CS3
Author: John Carucci
Regular price: $49.99 - our discounted price: $13.48
Published by: Peachpit Press; Paperback; 240 pages; web rating: 3; us
Department: Digital Photography, Equipment, Adobe Photoshop, Web Graphics
Digital Photographer's Notebook:
A Pro's Guide to Adobe Photoshop CS3, Lightroom, and Bridge
by Kevin Ames
In the world of digital photography, inspiration can come at any time. Great images are created behind the camera and then refined at the computer.
"Photographers live in the moment when shooting, and I believe we do the same when in front of the monitor," writes Kevin Ames, veteran photographer and Photoshop master.
Building on his popular column in Photoshop User magazine, Kevin expands the scope of the original articles to include in-depth information about all aspects of digital photography.
With this book, you'll gain a focused yet thorough understanding of Adobe's suite of digital photography applications -- Photoshop CS3 (including the Camera Raw plug-in), Lightroom, and Bridge.
Digital Photographer's Notebook: A Pro's Guide to Adobe Photoshop CS3, Lightroom, and Bridge, The
Author: Kevin Ames
Regular price: $39.99 - our discounted price: $16.38
Published by: Peachpit Press; Paperback; 352 pages; web rating: 5; us
Department: Digital Photography, Adobe Photoshop, Web Graphics
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