Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers: Video Training Book [Video Training Book Series] by Chris Orwig

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Synopsis

Benefit from the best of both mediums video--based training and a printed guide! Each lynda.com Video Training Book offers hours of instructor-led video instruction, complete with a step-by-step, printed book to guide readers through each tutorial. The video tutorials let readers learn at their own pace, while the book offers a complete reference, helping readers identify the video tutorials they want to watch (timecodes are printed in the book), the exercise files they need, and highlighting important keyboard shortcuts, tips, notes, and practical advice.

In Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers: Video Training Book, Chris Orwig, a professional photographer and instructor at the world-renowned Brooks Institute of Photography, shares his techniques for getting professional results in Photoshop. The video follows a photographer's digital workflow, starting with essential color management decisions and organizing images with Adobe Bridge. Readers will learn how to process Camera Raw files, enhancing tone and color, and correcting imperfections, and to prepare the images for output and client reviews. Exercise files that accompany the training videos allow readers to follow along and learn at their own speed.

This new series offers creative professionals the tools they need to get up to speed quickly and affordably—a Video Training Book is a great alternative to a weekend crash course! The Video Training Book series features the proven teaching methods of lynda.com and of authors and industry experts, such as Deke McClelland, Chris Orwig, Garrick Chow, and David Blatner, who makelearning an engaging experience, bringing clarity to new or difficult concepts and software programs.

Biography

Chris Orwig is a faculty member of Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. He is a professional freelance photographer, interactive designer, educator, and consultant. Included among his clients are companies such as Disney, Nissan, Activision, and J-Records. Yet, more important to him than his client list is his passion for photography. Chris describes this passion with the words of the great photographer Marc Riboud, “Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.”