What book to learn photoshop cs4?

You can find some really good tutorials for cs4 on Youtube and some are far easier to follow then reading from a book.
 
Yeah, ive seen some of the tutorials on youtube but some are not that clear for me. Does anyone recommend any good books or other alternatives?
 
A book I have is called "Adobe Photoshop CS For Photographers" by Martin Evening. He has a few others out too.
 
Kemble3 said:
A book I have is called "Adobe Photoshop CS For Photographers" by Martin Evening. He has a few others out too.
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Is it anygood? I found it on amazon :) Is it well layed out and does it talk you through things step by step?
 
I did find this Marin Evenings book very helpful. Lots of CS tutorials, well laid out and easy to follow the with step by step instructions.
 
Kemble3 said:
I did find this Marin Evenings book very helpful. Lots of CS tutorials, well laid out and easy to follow the with step by step instructions.
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Cheers mate, ill look into it then :)
 
Andyvalver said:
Hey guys, im after some advice, just wondering what book to buy to learn about photoshop and how to use it. I dont know how to use it at all at the moment really.

Ive found this one that seems ok..

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Photoshop-Digital-Photographers-Voices-Matter/dp/0321580095/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257947615&sr=8-3

Cheers
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Off topic sorry, just tried your sig link to flickr Andyvalver and it didnt work :( there looks like an extra "/" at the begining!

EDIT: I'm also going to look into that book, appears good! cheers
 
I've used Martin Evening's Lightroom books and found them useful, I get on with his writing style.

CS4 is a massive piece of software to try to learn if you haven't got the basics from something else though.
 
Cheers guys, ill look into it. I was hoping there was a stand out book like when i asked about photography books everyone said... "understanding exposure" lol
 
Personally found that Scott Kelby's books are very helpful and easy to follow.
 
Not a book - but have you considered Lynda.com? You get 30 days free when you get CS4 new - possibly costs about the same as a decent book for a month ($30 per month), but you get a lot of pretty decent video lessons done in a month and they are delivered in a structured way rather than pick and mixing from a book. You only need buy 1 month if thats all you want to get you going.

Chris
 
Cheers mate, but i dont want to pay to view vidoes if thats cool. id rather have a book i can keep forever or sell on when im done, cheers though :P
 
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