Scott Kelby's 7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop CS3 (Voices) | 
 enlarge | Author: Scott Kelby
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  76 reviews
Sales Rank: 2014
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 288
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9 x 8 x 0.7
ISBN: 0321501926
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.686
EAN: 9780321501929
Publication Date: October 26, 2007
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Product Description
Scott Kelby, the world's #1 bestselling Photoshop author, and the man who changed the Photoshop and digital photography world with his ground-breaking, award-winning "Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers" unveils a exciting, brand new way of thinking, and working in Adobe Photoshop that will not only change the industry again, but it will change the way we all work in Photoshop forever, so we can finally spend less time fixing our images, and more time finishing them.
You're about to become a Photoshop Shark!
Scott has focused in and really narrowed things down to just exactly which Photoshop tools and techniques we absolutely, positively have to know, and he found that there are just seven major tools, seven major features that we have to master to enhance our images like a pro. But then he took it a step further. Out of those seven major tools, he looked at which parts or sections of those tools do we really need to master, and which parts can we pretty much ignore (in other words, he whittled it down so you're not learning parts of the tools that you're probably never going to need). Then, and perhaps most importantly, he determined exactly when and in which order to apply these seven techniques that make up Scott's amazing "Photoshop Seven Point System."
But the magic of this book, is not just listing the seven tools and showing how they work. It's how they're used together, and how Scott teaches them (and makes it stick), that makes this book so unique. You're not going to just learn one technique for fixing shadows, and another technique for adjusting color (every Photoshop book pretty much does that, right?). Instead, you're going start off at square one, from scratch, as each chapter is just one photo?one project?one challenging lifeless image (you'll follow along using his the same images), and you're going to unleash these seven tools, in a very specific way, and you're going to do it again, and again, and again, in order on different photos, in different situations, until they are absolutely second nature. You're finally going to do the FULL fix?from beginning to end?with nothing left out, and once you learn these seven very specific techniques, and apply them in order, there won't be a an image that appears on your screen that you won't be able to enhance, fix, edit, and finish yourself!
Plus, Scott's techniques work across a wide range of photos, and that's exactly what you'll be working on in the book, from landscapes to portraits, to architectural, to nature, from event photography to everything in between?there isn't a photo you won't be able to beat!
This is the book you've been waiting for, the industry's been waiting for, and Scott's "Adobe Photoshop Seven Point System" is so revolutionary that he's officially applied for a patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and this new system is only found in this amazing, ground breaking new book. Once you learn these techniques, and start applying them yourself, you'll be the next one to say?"You can't beat 'The System!'
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 Best Photoshop Book Ever--The One You'll Actually Use October 25, 2007
Janine Smith (Los Angeles, CA United States)
101 out of 126 found this review helpful
I have a bunch of Photoshop books on my shelf (including Scott Kelby's excellent Photoshop CS3 book). I've never had the time to read them all. Now I don't need to. The 7-point System is revolutionary. Not the techniques themselves, but the way they're put together and taught in this book. You practice the system, over and over, on the same photos that are in the book. By the end, you thoroughly understand the techniques, and the system is second nature.
But here's my favorite part. The last lesson is a refresher course, for those of us who don't use Photoshop every day. If it's been a few weeks or months, the refresher lesson will get you up to speed again in minutes.
This is not a huge book covering every little bit of Photoshop (I've got those sitting on my shelf). It's a book for most of us, who want to learn how to use Photoshop to make our photos look better. As always with Scott's books, it's well-written, easy to follow and fun.
A great book for photographers, one of the best November 12, 2007
Bart M. Carrig (New York)
31 out of 32 found this review helpful
I just finished Scott Kelby's "7-Point System" on photoshop techniques. I have been using Photoshop since version 4, now on CS3. I've been to Photoshop World, and have purchased many books on photoshop. I am a landscape photographer, and have a well-established work-flow, but I'm always willing to learn new techniques. I frequently post on Fred Miranda's website. I think Scott Kelby's book is the best and most useful overall Photoshop Book I have read. The workflow is a very good one, well explained, and it implements Photoshop tricks and techniques that I have found hard to master. It is well written and easy to follow. I am very happy to see it incorporates LAB processing as well (I think critical to landscape work; and there's something you wouldn't want to tackle on your own -- be sure to remember the LAB tip in Chapter 21; make the highlight/shadow adjustment in the Lightness channel.) I've already adjusted my workflow; I now use new techniques with confidence thanks to this great book. I give it ALL the stars.
Excellent book from Scott Kelby June 28, 2008
Jerry Saperstein (Evanston, IL USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Scott Kelby is a prolific author, but his output is often little more than collections of recycled hints and tips. And all too often it is delivered in a style that Kelby obviously considers as humorous - and I find grating and annoying.
In the 7-Point System, however, Kelby is a reformed man. (Reshaped as well, it seems, since he mentions that he lost 100 pounds in a year and trekked 3 miles in 112 degree heat to capture what becomes a spectacular photograph.)
The 7-Points actually refers to seven very broad capabilities of Photoshop CS3 that permit an infinite range of adjustment, manipulation and alteration. In 21 lessons, using downloadable images, Kelby walks the user through many of the adjustments. Kelby provides only moderate explanation of the "why" of what reader is doing, but focuses on the "how" and "what". It is a quite acceptable approach: the reader gains insight and familiarity with the 7 broad capabilities.
It is, in the final analysis, a "learn by doing" approach and a good one.
All in all, this is an excellent book for the Photoshop beginning through mid-level user.
Jerry
THIS Is The Photoshop Book You Need October 26, 2007
Al Morrison (Akron, PA USA)
38 out of 42 found this review helpful
I've invested a small fortune over the years in Photoshop books, some good...some not so good. Photoshop guru and prolific author Scott Kelby's latest-the 7-Point System-is in a category by itself...absolutely essential. The concept he uses is to guide you in each lesson from original photo to finished using the same adjustments, tools, and techniques...seven points that are easy to learn for a beginner, and already well-known for more experienced Photoshop users. The beauty of the book lies in seeing not just a curves adjustment or a layer mask in use, but actually working on the same photos (downloaded)Scott used and step-by-step bringing it from bland to beautiful.
I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about Photoshop techniques, but this book has done more to improve my workflow and overall approach to what to look for in a photo that I'm editing than anything before it. And using only 7-points to boot! Lesson 1 alone is an eye-opener as you take a barely viewable photo and using those 7 points, end up with a photo anyone would be proud of. There is a huge Wow factor at work in each lesson.
Written in Scott's familiar breezy style, this should be on every Photoshop user's holiday wish list...if you can wait that long. Two thumbs up and a pat on the back to Mr. Kelby for delivering the goods with this one.
Scott Kelby's 7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop CS3 November 21, 2007
P. Hulsey (Norman, Oklahoma USA)
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
Although most of the steps might be familiar to a regular photoshop user, the 7 point system is a concise method for applying the various tools found in photoshop. I found the lessons very well written. I downloaded the photos used in the lessons so I was able to follow along very well. I have used these tips on several of my own photos with fantastic results. Well worth the money.
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