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Ready to take digital imaging to the professional level? This advanced strategy book offers expert advice to help you become more competent in your work routine, but it is not your ordinary workflow book. Through step-by-step procedures based on hard-nosed experience, professional photographer Ken Milburn covers much more than image management. His updated edition describes a complete workflow sequence that begins with essential photographic equipment and digital darkroom setup, and ends once finished images are in albums, exhibits, web sites, or publications. Milburn's goal is to make your work routine as efficient as possible, whether you're a working professional or a passionate amateur.

Digital Photography: Expert Techniques takes you through several high-efficiency production techniques, from non-destructive editing (adjustments to RAW photo files that don't change or destroy any of the pixels in the original image) to destructive techniques with Photoshop CS 2, such as changing the number, location, brightness and color of the individual pixels. All the while, Milburn emphasizes minimizing destructive edits and always maintaining the ability to back to early stages. This new edition offers:

* The first book to fully address non-destructive, start-to-finish, layered workflow; including learning to take advantage of Camera Raw's non-destructive image adjustments and adjustment layers.
* Each chapter begins with a summary on how the chapter fits the workflow and why.
* Every exercise begins with side-by-side before-and-after photos. Get a visual idea of what you will accomplish before taking the time to read.
* Learn to eliminate useless images and maximize image preservation, organization, and distribution.

Milburn's book features a preview of Adobe Lightroom, the beta application that helps you view, sort, and rank images quickly. You'll also learn advanced techniques with Photoshop CS 2 and Photoshop Elements, though this isn' t a typical Photoshop how-to book. Milburn's workflow strategy includes everything you must do before, during, and after the editing process to ensure that high-production jobs are done professionally with a minimum of frustration. With Digital Photography: Expert Techniques, you'll become a better (and more profitable) photographer.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: Lots of good advice, 21 April 2004 By A Customer This review is from: Digital Photography: Expert Techniques: Professional Tips for Using Photoshop & Related Tools to Enhance Your Digital Photographs (O'Reilly Digital Studio) (Paperback) I'm an amateur photographer and long-time Photoshop user who just picked up my first digital SLR and I found Milburn’s book very useful. The author assumes familiarity with photography in general and dives right into what makes digital photography special. Milburn goes to great length to offer advice on practical issues regarding preparation, shooting, manipulating, and storing digital shots. It is evident that the advice comes from Milburn’s own experience as a photographer and I found myself going “aha!” on several occasions. I have other books on photo editing, but most of them offers more insight on Photoshop and less advice on how to get the shots right in the first place. Milburn is primarily a photographer and secondly a Photoshop user and that shines through his examples. This is a book for people who like to work with their own pictures. Milburn does a good job at getting someone with my background on the right track for producing good pictures. Getting the shot right or close to perfect will significantly reduce the post production effort in Photoshop and offer a much better chance of success. The book also offers lots of advice for programs beyond Photoshop CS. While I appreciate the additional insight it's of limited use since only the most dedicated photographers will have access to that kind of tools. I would have preferred more advice on working with different output devices. The book is nicely illustrated with many colour photos to support the discussion of the various techniques. All in all I recommend this book to anyone who wants to improve their skills as a photographer and Photoshop user.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: Expert Techniques dissapointing, 7 Jun 2004 By A Customer This review is from: Digital Photography: Expert Techniques: Professional Tips for Using Photoshop & Related Tools to Enhance Your Digital Photographs (O'Reilly Digital Studio) (Paperback) I am an intermediate user of Photoshop and have used Paintshop Pro in the past. I purchased this book because a thumb-through led me to believe that it would help hone my Photoshop skills. I found that, for several jobs which I knew how to do well, the recommendations in this book were not the best way to do things (in my opinion). Several times the reader was referred to third party software (which need to be purchased) to do a task which is easily doable in Photoshop. I simply found that tips which were useful to me were very few and far between. This is not a book I would recommend to others; there are better out there.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: comprehensive workflow, 29 Dec 2006 By  D. Graham "dave graham" (Wakefield, UK) - See all my reviews    As a photoshop novice, I was interested to see what I could get out of the software. Ken Milburn's book is a fantastic starting point - it covers, in generous detail, every aspect of the photographic workflow, from setting up your camera through to setting up and using Adobe Photoshop to process your images. The writing is clear and concise, as you'd expect from an O'Reilly book. Ken clearly knows a lot about his subject and litters his pages with tons of useful advice and practical examples not only of what to do, but also *why* you should be doing it this way. Several co-workers have pestered for a look at the book, at which point they promptly went off and bought their own copies! I'd say that you need to know a little about your digital camera, and have a passing knowledge of Photoshop in order to get the best out of this book, but I'd certainly recommend it to anyone wanting to get more from their photography.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 3 customer reviews...		Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews