If you are looking for a comprehensive manual for Adobe Photoshop, Sybille Mühlke should not go unmentioned. The standard work published by Rheinwerk-Verlag introduces not only beginners to the software for photo and graphic processing. Rather, it provides a compendium on 1.200 pages, thanks to which a wide variety of settings can be made, improvements achieved and new works of art created. In the following I have summarized a few details about the book for you. You can take a look inside and buy the Photoshop manual on this Amazon product page.
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Adobe Photoshop: The Complete Guide
The current edition of “Adobe Photoshop: The Comprehensive Guide” was published on May 25, 2020. In 13 parts, each with several chapters, the use of the Adobe app for professional photo editing is taught. In addition to a quick introduction and an explanation of the most important tools, Sybille Mühlke also goes into details. It also shows the possibility of using Photoshop with regard to video and 3D. Because not only photos from the camera or smartphone can be edited and improved with the program from the Adobe Creative Suite. What is possible is shown in these parts:
- Part I - quick start
- Part II - The tools of the trade
- Part III - Levels
- Part IV - Selecting, Cropping, and Masking
- Part V - Correcting and Optimizing
- Part VI - Tools for Digital Photographers
- Part VII - Repairing and Retouching
- Part VIII - Using brushes and paint
- Part IX - Filters: creative & effective
- Part X - Text and Effects
- Part XI - Paths and Shapes
- Part XII - Video and 3D
- Part XIII - Outputting Images
Adobe manual: 40 chapters, help appendix and workshop exercises
The book offers a total of 40 chapters as well as an appendix dealing with troubleshooting, practical aids (such as keyboard shortcuts and translations of English tool names) and additional material. Because you can download the sample files for the book from the Rheinwerk-Verlag website and work through the workshops shown with them. So you not only learn to use Adobe Photoshop in theory, but also get a few very practical lessons. So whether you are just starting to use Photoshop, or whether you want to turn your photo editing hobby into something professional: this book can help with both concerns;)
- Mühlke, Sibylle (Author)
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