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Photoshop Lab Color: The Canyon Conundrum and Other Adventures in the Most Powerful Colorspace (Paperback)

by Dan Margulis (Author)

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Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Peachpit Press; Pap/Cdr edition (25 Aug 2005)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0321356780
ISBN-13: 978-0321356789
Product Dimensions: 25.2 x 20.2 x 2.4 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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With a mantra like “There are no bad originals, only bad Photoshop operators,” you know best-selling author Dan Margulis is serious about exposing people to the magic of Photoshop. Nowhere is that magic more apparent than in its LAB color processing capabilities, which can make even the subtle canyon colors of rock, sand, and dirt come to vivid life. However, you may be wary of taming the complex beast. Here’s your guide! In these pages, Dan shows that you can derive enormous benefits from just a few simple tools and techniques. He also demonstrates that you can take these techniques as far as you wish, employing the power-user features he describes in later chapters. Starting with canyons and progressing to faces, you will see just how quickly you can begin improving your images by following the “recipes” included here. Each chapter includes a sidebar with review questions and exercises as well as a “Closer Look” section that examines some of the principles behind the techniques. A CD includes exercise files.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brings a new meaning to LAB, 9 April 2006

By	Allan Newton (Hartlepool, England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

When I started this book I found it quite heavy going, due in the main to the constant references to illustrations and curves being either on the previous pages or next page. After a while I found this very frustrating. However, all the frustration has been well worth it as the content is simply awesome!
My previous excursions into LAB were simply to use the Lightness Channel for sharpening. Not any more!! I am now half way through the book again on my seventh read, and suspect it will not be my last, because as I said earlier, it is not an easy read, but it not only brings a new meaning to LAB it puts a new perspective on Photoshop. (of all the books I have on Photoshop, not one goes into any detail on LAB )
As Dan points out several times in the book it is not the answer to all colour problems, but where it is, it really is!! The impressive thing for me is that once you have understood and mastered his techniques it only takes seconds to transform drab, flat uninspiring images into vibrant works of art. Fantastic!!
If you have images which are flat, need colour correcting, need a colour shift, noise removal, better sharpening, blending......... I could go on and on, then this is the book for you. It is packed from cover to cover with examples of various techniques plus of course a CD of images to work along with.
You may find it heavy going to begin with, but stick with it as the rewards are more than you could ever imagine

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5.0 out of 5 stars Limited scope but great great depth., 3 Oct 2005

By	R. H. Starling (Isleworth, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

I've never been moved to write a review here before but this book forces me to make the effort.

This book teaches you how to correct photographs using techniques that are available through LAB mode in photoshop. There are simple recipies to follow which work and full detailed explanations that lead you a great understanding of colour and how to analyse and manipulate it. The examples are clear and beautifully illustrated and the writing is fluent and entertaining. The only photoshop book I've read cover to cover - and I'm now going through it again to make sure I've absorbed it all.

If you don't want leading through the menus but do want some real knowledge, get this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, 24 Sep 2006

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This might look suspect with only glowing reviews, but really this is a great book. I use photoshop for years and have avoided using lab colors. This book will teach you so much stuff. I just can't put it down. Reading this book will teach you techniques which polish up photos with a completely different approach. LAB seperates contrast from color so you can adjust contrast without messing with the color... and vice versa. If you like photoshop this book will take you to a whole new dimension.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Some nice tips, tricks and techniques...
After seeing some of Dan Margulis's previous work and being reasonably impressed, and after a tutorial on boosting colour with LAB, I finally decided to buy this book... Read more

Published 5 months ago by A. J. Pye

5.0 out of 5 stars not easy to read, but very powerful book
if you go n check on amazon.com you will find more reviews about this book there. and mostly, they are unhappy. i tend to agree with them on certain points. Read more

Published 13 months ago by john

5.0 out of 5 stars Magic
This,somewhat indigestible book, is not for casual reading but for Reference & Practice. If your aim is to attain perfection in colour management - buy it. Read more

Published 15 months ago by Sam-Theo

4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting journey
I came at this book as a enthusiastic amateur with some fair knowledge of Photoshop based on a lot of reading of the many other books out there. Read more

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