3 Comments for How to Cheat in Photoshop CS4: The art of creating photorealistic montages

• 1. Anonymous  |  November 11th, 2009 at 10:38 pm

  “How to Cheat in Photoshop: CS4″ is the bible for realistic photo montages, no other book even comes close. This is the forth edition of this book. While most of the material from previous editions is carried forward, each new edition has had new material worth the price of a new edition. The layout is usually two pages per topic with well chosen examples, based on real world problems. These are largely self contained so you can skip around as needed. This is not a book for novices. It assumes a reasonable familiarity with Photoshop but not an in depth knowledge. Some of the sections may require some serious work. You might want to have a copy of Photoshop Masking & Compositing by Katrin Eismann for in depth information on some of the topics. Interspersed in the technical Photoshop material is a gold mine of advise ranging from handling deadlines to ethics. The approach is not just how to do it but includes much information on efficient work to minimize the time and effort in a task. This is one of the better Photoshop books out of the huge number available and I can give it my strongest recommendation. One of the reviewers of the previous edition stated “As I said, I consider Steve Caplin to be, along with Katrin Eismann , one of the best authors on Photoshop.”. I can second this opinion for this edition as well. If anything, Caplin has further improved his standing as a top flight Photoshop teacher.

• 2. Rip  |  November 12th, 2009 at 12:11 am

  This book lives up to its promise to teach you all sorts of wonderful Photoshop techniques and tricks which are a must for creative projects, even for those who are already pretty well versed with Photoshop in general. The book is very well organized, easy to understand (you must, of course, follow along on your computer!), and very clear. I purchased the book after I had read and tested several excerpts that you find on the publishers web site. It is refreshing to be able to read chapter excerpts, so you can decide whether or not it is worth buying the book. I have no patience with dumb, poorly written books that simply regurgitate standard Photoshop basics and I’ve been very disappointed with too many books that I’ve purchased. This one is no disappointment and gets my whole hearted recommendation. Great Job, Mr. Caplin!

• 3. Sabiti  |  November 12th, 2009 at 12:41 am

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  If you’ve never had a version of Steve Caplin’s “How to Cheat in Photoshop…” series, it’s a must have book for all Photoshop libraries. The easy to follow tutorials will teach you how to save huge amounts of time creating images in Photoshop. The exercises are for real life applications, and I cannot imagine not having this book!
  If you own a previous version to “How to Cheat in Photoshop…,” however, save your money and buy some other book. This version, written for CS4, has nearly NO new examples, and is basically a rehash of previous versions. Oh sure, the language and commands have been updated for CS4, but otherwise it’s the same book as the last one with a new cover, and a couple of videos tossed in. It’s all-around a disappointment to an incredibly phenomenal and essential book series. If you decide to shop for another book, I’d recommend you check out Deke McClelland’s Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One Deke’s One-On-One series are the consumate Photoshop reference books, and if you only had two books in your Photoshop library, you would have an excellent library with only the “One-On-One” book, and ONE of Caplin’s “How to Cheat in Photoshop” books!

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