Thinking Digitally, the first chapter, is a great introduction to digital photography and is highly recommended for beginners as well as photographers switching from film to digital. The book is organized logically with some basic chapters up front. Alternately, in a two-monitor set-up one could watch the video on the secondary display while performing the tasks on the primary screen. ![]() I found it best to have the videos running on one computer while CS4 was up on another computer so I could immediately try what I saw on the screen without having to change back and forth between the videos and Photoshop. Unlike many videos, which attempt to drill as much information as possible into one’s brain in a minimum amount of time, these videos each focus on one or two major building block capabilities and describe how to use them clearly. She has a very calm and methodical approach that makes it easy to learn. I found the videos, which are narrated by Ellen, very instructive in this regard. The book and associated videos are excellent at walking one through the changes and showing how to best utilize the interface. CS4 adds a few new capabilities but significantly revises some of the interface. I had installed CS4 only a few days before receiving the book so the timing was perfect. The book is still written by Ellen but now with her son, Josh Anon, rather than Tim Grey. The latest incarnation of this book is now available, Photoshop CS4 for Nature Photographers: A Workshop in a Book. Again I thumbed through it and found enough new stuff to compel me to buy the updated version. A couple of years later, I had just upgraded to Photoshop CS3 and again ran across Photoshop for Nature Photographers – this time the CS3 version by Ellen and Tim. ![]() The concept of adjustment layers, which I had been resisting to some degree, became a regular part of my workflow as a result. I learned many higher efficiency ways of completing tasks that I had been doing for a long time, thereby saving me time. Any book that can keep my attention for an hour in a bookstore is worthy of purchase, so I bought it and over the next several days went through it with a fine-tooth comb. I started thumbing through the pages and before I knew it, an hour had gone by, my coffee had long been emptied and I was late to my next activity. I grabbed a copy, headed to the coffee shop in the book store, ordered a Soy Latte and sat down with this book. ![]() Several years ago, while browsing at Barnes and Noble, I saw the CS2 version of Photoshop for Nature Photographers by Ellen Anon and Tim Grey. Even though I have considered myself fairly capable in Adobe Photoshop for a long time, I jumped at the chance to comment on the new book, Photoshop CS4 for Nature Photoraphers: A Workshop in a Book, by Ellen Anon and Josh Anon.
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