On May 8, 2007, at 12:30 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote:
> Yeah. I've heared about books ;-)
>
> I have one about Elements, Elements in a snap. Total crap, written
> by a
> computer geek. A lot details, but nothing giving me a general
> understanding.
> A lot of how's, but no why's.
It's unfair to consider one book that didn't help you as being
indicative of all authors' work.
Bruce Fraser/David Blattner, Scott Kelby and Martin Evening have all
published well-written books on using Photoshop CS2 from a
photographer's perspective (several at least for Scott Kelby). Some
parts are technique oriented ("do this to get that result"), some
parts have a more 'reference'/theory perspective. Which would be best
for your particular learning is hard to say.
I have a couple of Scott's books, one by Martin on Lightroom, and all
of Bruce Fraser's books. In particular, I find Bruce Fraser very
illuminating and interesting. I don't read any of them exhaustively
in a sitting, I tend to skim and look up specific things that I want
more clarity on. I often look up how to do something, read a bit to
get some context, and then experiment with the ideas having the book
open on my desk.
Godfrey
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