- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Focal Press; Pap/Cdr edition (13 Sep 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0240515692
- ISBN-13: 978-0240515694
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 19 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,033,025 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'I will buy anything by Max Ferguson... This is a book I want to read and I would imagine that the majority of those involved in darkroom or digital printing would too.' Adam Woolfitt - professional digital imaging photographer; founding member of the Digital Imaging Group, London. 'When [Max Ferguson] gets going on computer usage there's no flannel, just hard-won experience laid out for everyone's benefit ... I am loathe to praise Max too much, but this is the best digital imaging book I've seen. Not just for transferring skills from darkroom to computer but for presenting photographers with a methodology for how to do their digital darkroom work.' Joel Lacey, Best of Books 2000, Amateur Photographer, December 2000 'Thanks to his unique combination of experiences, Ferguson is one of almost certainly only a few people who could have written a book like this with such authority... Were it not for the fact that the digital world changes so rapidly, this ought to become classic in the best tradition of digital darkroom masterclass books. As it is, every digital image worker should go out and buy a copy right now.' Jon Tarrant, British Journal of Photography, December 2000 'Max Ferguson has put together an easy to read book giving professional ways to achieve on the computer what you would once have done in the darkroom... A must have for any photographer who wants to get the best out of his images.' A reader from Amazon.co.uk '...well thought out with 'clean' imagery, well-planned screen grabs and a blow-by-blow commentary on the creation of some impressive illustrations. I loved this book for its clarity, simplicity and plain good sense. Suits all levels of experience - from novice to the well-accomplished pro photographer.' Better Digital
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Max Ferguson is a leading monochrome printer. Well established in his field, he has worked for many top photographic laboratories, including Joe's Basement and Visualeyes. He has also run his own successful business. Max is now based in Australia, working for Photo Technica. To find out 'what happens between click and ink area,' everyone involved in image production, from art directors to weekend amateurs, will find this an invaluable guide. These unique masterclasses, in the modern technique-led approach to photographic post-production, show how darkroom and digital techniques go hand in hand in finishing off an image. Max provides, among many others, a thorough explanation of: split grade printing, printing through stockings, monochrome toning emulation. So you too can achieve professional-looking results, a number of images are shown with a breakdown of the methods used in their production. Featured work includes inspirational images from these leading international professional photographers: Spencer Rowell, Phil Jude, Bob Carlos Clarke, Tobi Corney, Graham Goldwater, Jon Bader and Mark Anthony. The accompanying CD-ROM contains: a series of tutorials for monitor viewing; some of the author's images in layered form for readers to edit and manipulate; extra information on colour management as PDFs; and relevant downloads from Adobe. Tryout versions [with limited functionality] of Adobe Photoshop[registered] 5.5; Adobe Premiere[registered] 5.0 and Adobe After Effects[registered] 4.0, as well as Adobe GoLive TM and Adobe Acrobat Reader[registered] for PC and Mac platforms, and Adobe InDesign TM and Adobe LiveMotion TM for MAC. Learn from a professional how to get your creative photofinishing techniques up to scratch! Inspirational color images from leading professional photographers show you can achieve and aspire. There is free tutorial CD-ROM with images for you to practice your techniques.
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This introductory chapter is a visit to the darkroom to explain some of the thought processes and methods I've tried to incorporate into my own use of Photoshop. Read the first page
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Max Ferguson has put together an easy to read book giving professional ways to achieve on the computer what you would once have done in the darkroom. Max, who is well known for his lectures for Ilford on black and white printing and is well respected in the industry for his skills, is equally talented at producing the same and better results on both the pc and mac.The book assumes a basic understanding of Photoshop but is not so much a Photoshop manual as a tutorial on darkroom techniques. Here he shares his secrets with easy to understand tutorials.The book contains beautiful images, some by well know photographers such as Bob Carlos Clarke and a cd of the files used to enable the reader to try out the techniques themselves. A must have for any photographer who wants to get the best out of his images.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
I am the author
15 Dec 2001
Format:Paperback
(...)First. The CD contains a whole lot of Adobe liscenced demo software for Mac and PC.It would take you hours to download. I know I downloaded it. That's good value.
Second. I'm Mac based so the Director files are Mac based. Sorry about this but there is only so much room on a CD. I have PC emulation on my Mac. So no problem. My Mac can read PC stuff. Sorry it doesn't work the other way. Moan to Bill Gates.
Third.I can't include all the images from the book. They aren't my copyright. Most importantly if you are going to make images with this fabulous software, how about taking your own pictures. I thought that was the idea.
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Second. I'm Mac based so the Director files are Mac based. Sorry about this but there is only so much room on a CD. I have PC emulation on my Mac. So no problem. My Mac can read PC stuff. Sorry it doesn't work the other way. Moan to Bill Gates.
Third.I can't include all the images from the book. They aren't my copyright. Most importantly if you are going to make images with this fabulous software, how about taking your own pictures. I thought that was the idea.
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(...)The unsolicited (from me anyway) reviews from the British Journal of Photography, Hotshoe, Amateur Photgrapher in the UK, Professional Photographer in the UK, New Digital in Australia have described this book as a 'Classic' in the tradition of books about photographic techniques. The only reservation from John Tarrant was that software changes rapidly and the ramifications of that.
In all honesty I've tried to write a book that summed up nearly 30 years of darkroom practice that I've found a way of reproducing with Photoshop. It took 6 months of my life to work out how to make it readable and instuctive. I've tried to create a 'source' for image making that is not software generation specific. All the techniques work in any generation of Photoshop post Photoshop 5. This book is about pictures not computers. The photographers that allowed me to use their work only asked for a copy of the book in return for their images, as did the wonderful Jerry Hall.
The CD might not be of great use to some people, but it is after all a bonus. The content is the written bit. If you wish to complain first pay for the book, read it, try some of the ideas for yourself and if you are not happy I'll take on board what you say.
I believe I've written a useful book, with some great pictures taken by tallented photographers.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Well done and informative book
17 Jan 2002
Format:Paperback
I really have been enjoying Max Ferguson's Digital Darkroom book. For me, the book has been a well-written exploration of both the capabilities of Photoshop and digital tools, and more importantly, getting an image to photo. You know, composition, artistry, all the good stuff that great photographers are thinking about when they set up their shots.
Photography is changing these days, don't you think? I still love the film world, but have fully embraced the digital world. If you're going that route too, then this book is well worth your time to spend some time with. It's a quality book, spend some quality time with it.
In many ways, the ability to digitally manipulate your images potentially causes a fundamental shift in the way that you set your shots up, because you know that the ability of your downstream digital processing is much more powerful. Not so many books approach this thinking process as well as this book.
The CD is nice, it will get you started if you're a beginnner. It's a good reference beyond that. I believe somebody in an earlier review got worked up about having technical problems with the CD...I think you should just take the CD as more of a reference. The real information presented is in the book, not the CD.
I've been getting, and no doubt will continue to get, a lot of good information from this book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Essential guide for photographers and printers
13 April 2001
Format:Paperback
Max's book de-mystifies the computer for photographers and printers used to working their magic in the darkroom. Max gives clear and simple instructions in a way that will be familar to any who have attended his workshops and lectures. An essential guide that will enable the photographer to achieve the same or better results than they could produce in the darkroom. This is the book I have been waiting for!
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