Digital BW, The Print

I got Gregory George's new book, "50 Fast Photoshop 7 Techniques" on
Friday and have begun to wade through it..

On first review it's a definite pleasure and I would certainly recommend
it...

Enough basic techniques for beginning/intermediate photogs, as well as
techniques that will be "new" to many old hands (given how many
potential workflows there are in PShop, this kind of
"cross-pollinization" is a great thing)

The illustrations are in full-color, of quite high quality and the style
and subject matter is varied from differing photogs, helping illustrate
clearly, in a way that one photog's imagery never could, appropriate
techniques..  Of course the variety and input from other practitioners
is a HUGE plus, if just in keeping the interest level high.

I also particularly like his focus on some not so well known, but
heartily useful,  plug-ins.. Heck, there were several (in particular
Grain Surgery, Quantum Mechanic, and the two Applied Science Fiction
offerings I had never tried before). I was also heartened to see Fred
Miranda's cost conscious, high quality offerings highlighted as well.

The book is definitely worthy of a full review and I will post one soon
on-list (both mine and elsewhere) within a week or so.

At a cursory review level, it looks like it it will be getting a spot
next to my PhotoShop Bible...

Keith



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