Recommend a Photoshop book

[Kerik]

I have a good friend who is a very talented Cibachrome printer and is about to begin his venture into digital color work and Photoshop. Can anyone recommend a book that will help get him started and provide the kind of Photoshop info a "traditional" Photographer would want?

Thanks!

[PVia]

I've always felt that the middle chapters of the Photoshop Artistry series by Barry Haynes were very good for those coming from a traditional background. I haven't seen the latest versions of these books but the earlier ones were great. There is a lot of extra stuff that may not be of interest but there are 7 or so chapters that really put it together.

Also, Photoshop Color Correction by Michael Kieran is an extraordinary book on that subject.

[jd callow]

Kerik,
Send a note to Bob Carnie, I think he has gone through the Photoshop experts and has a been able to separate the real from the side show freaks.

[Walt Calahan]

Scott Kelby's "Photoshop for Digital Photographers." He has an edition for all the recent versions of Photoshop.

[Kerik]

Thanks everybody!

[Joe Lipka]

One more for you Kerik - www.lynda.com costs $25 per month and has some very good on line training for all adobe products. The training is very good and very visual which is a very good way to learn about photoshop.

Depending on what your buddy needs, he may not need a full blown photoshop solution, but may be able to use something less expensive such as lightroom.

[livemoa]

One I use along side the afore mentioned Scott Kelby is Martin Evening's Adobe Photoshop for Photographers

[lenny]

Kerik,
Send a note to Bob Carnie, I think he has gone through the Photoshop experts and has a been able to separate the real from the side show freaks.

JD,
He's a big fan of Dan Margulis. Dan, who may be right, is also crazy. I mean that in the nicest way. He does a lot with the LAB color space... and much of what he does is understood by few.

There are questions, such as what penalty is there switching back and forth from RGB to LAB and back. I don't presume to suggest an answer - I have heard convincing arguments from both sides.

I like Amadou Diallo's book. I also think Deke McClelland is pretty great - I'd try deke.com...

Lenny

[jeffreyg]

Check out books by Martin Evening you can't go wrong. "Photoshop CS4 for Photographers" is easy to follow and loaded with information and first class illustrations.
Jeffreyg

[Peter De Smidt]

Dan Margulis's books are great, but not for beginners. Real World Photoshop is a good place to start. kelbytraining.com is also a very good resource, well-worth the subscription cost.