Manual for CS5

bigalguitarpicker

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27 Nov 2010 - 8:18 PM

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As a mature student (very mature!) I’ve been able to buy Photoshop CS5 at Student/Teacher rate and I now want to buy a manual. I know there’s lots of online tutorials, I’ve got 30 days free access to Lynda.com, but I’m old fashioned and I like hard copy to refer to. I’ve had some of Philip Andrews guides in the past, and I found them to be first class. I also have the Essential Skills guide to CS3 by Philip Andrews and Mark Galer which is of course, excellent. I’m wondering though, whether to buy a manual by Martin Evening this time, or maybe the Classroom in a Book by the Adobe team. Has anyone any recommendations? I've posted this request in a couple of other places as well (just in case anyone thinks they've had a Deja Vu experience!)

NeilS (e2 Member)

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27 Nov 2010 - 8:48 PM

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Try Ebay, usually loads on there

Big Bri

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27 Nov 2010 - 9:00 PM

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I have CS3 for Dummies and it's awful, although haven't looked at the CS5 one. Scot Kelby does some good ones (if you can put up with his sense of "humour").

bigalguitarpicker

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27 Nov 2010 - 10:46 PM

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@ Cheers Alan. Local library? Not a hope! Besides, I want my own copy. Thanks anyway!

@Mike Otley. Dummies are good. Bought Digital Photography for Dummies years back.

Nick_w (e2 Member)

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28 Nov 2010 - 6:06 AM

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Another vote for Scott Kelby. I have Martin Evenings books for CS2 and Lightroom, both good reference. But Scott Kelbys on CS5 is easier to follow with real examples and some great tips. So much so I'm going to get one of his other books.

As an aside I think the content aware fill is the biggest let down after all the hype I read.

LeftForum

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28 Nov 2010 - 3:52 PM

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Quote: I have Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers by Martin Evening, a remarkable reference tool. Martin is an Alpha and Beta tester for photoshop and certainly knows his stuff. Not light reading - 750 pages makes this a heavy tome but on the plus side he is a london based photographer and uses the english language as I understand it. The accompanying DVD includes the images used in the book, as well as QuickTime movie tutorials that show you how to get results. Also available on Amazon at about £18. Highly recommended.

HTH

Regards, Stuart

I'll second that emotion!

I like Martin Evening's books for both Photoshop and Lightroom. He has the added advantage of being British. His books look expensive but you'll get at least £10 off with free delivery on Amazon.

boff

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29 Nov 2010 - 6:13 PM

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Another vote for Martin Evening , although I have only just started it .