plz experts...which photoshop book is better ???

#1

im about to buy a photoshop book…i searched and found these tow books so what do u think…which one is better
1.Photoshop CS4 Channels & Masks One-on-On

2.The Adobe Photoshop CS4 Layers Book

i want to learn more about layers,masks,channels and understand more about the photoshop color system

#2

sorry, i have no idea if these books are any good…

…i can’t learn anything from books. the only thing i can learn from is video and there are some very good courses covering all the essentials…and probably cheaper too

#3

ummm the idea is i don’t like to learn from random videos…but if u know a series of videos can learn me that i’ll be verry grateful :slight_smile:

#4

Check out the Photoshop Basics series from dvGarage, they’re fantastic.

#5

thank you fig…i’ll check this website…and thank’s to Creeto too ^^

#6

this should be a nice intro: Photoshop Essentials

and here’s som more:

Layer In Depth

Layer Masks in Depth

#7

What do you hope to get out of the books? General PS knowledge, or do you have something specific in mind? Understanding layers is pretty fundamental, and will be a required foundation for truly getting the idea of masks and channels. That being said, if you dive into masking and ChOps, you’ll probably get the hang of layers pretty quickly.

Is there any chance you can look at both in a store before buying?

As for the color space, PS uses Lab natively, and ‘translates’ to all others. After you’ve gotten through the other two books, I highly recommend Dan Margulis’ ‘Photoshop LAB Color’. There’s a lot of technical work in it, but if you truly want to understand using color in PS, I mean at a level where it becomes intuitive, get that title.

So, my recommendation, without more detail about your needs or experience, would be to get Deke’s book (Masking), then Photoshop LAB Color. If you are truly a beginner, start with Richard’s Layers book.

#8

thank you very much lokki i had already bought “Photoshop CS4 Channels & Masks One-on-On” but i’, it has a 3 hours tutorial’s from lynda.com but i’ll consider what you told me and i’ll try to get these books…thank you again lokki you are really helpfull ^^

#9

I recommend the Lynda video tutorials/DVD’s. Very in depth, accurate and easy to understand with many lessons available for different subjects and skill levels.

http://www.lynda.com/

#10

thank you man i bought “Photoshop CS4 Channels & Masks One-on-On” which is have dvd 3 hours of lynda toturials :slight_smile:

#11

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