I'm currently thinking of getting either:

1. Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers: A Professional Image Editor's Guide to the Creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC (Paperback)
by Martin Evening (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/105-8778571-0667617?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Martin%20Evening) (Author)

or

2. Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter) (Paperback)
by Scott Kelby (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/105-8778571-0667617?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Scott%20Kelby) (Author)

So far, the first book looks like a better buy in terms of how the topics are presented.


Appreciate any help on this. Or you may have other suggestions?

Cheers!

if you want pragmatic tips you can use right away, go for scott kelby.

if you want an in-depth explanation of the workflow, thy "whys" as well as the "hows," go for martin evening.

funny, nino c. was discussing this last night after the canon print like a pro. :)

I have the Scott Kelby book and I like it.

if you want pragmatic tips you can use right away, go for scott kelby.

if you want an in-depth explanation of the workflow, thy "whys" as well as the "hows," go for martin evening.

funny, nino c. was discussing this last night after the canon print like a pro. :)

Thanks Jay.

Martin Evening concretely explains the technical background of the tools, sliders and effects of both PSCS3 and Lightroom. I've read his two books and have pretty much learned a whole lot over Scott Kelby's.

Scott Kelby however is a fast-track way of learning Photoshop and Lightroom. It just tells you steps to follow but not much explaination as to why it happens or how it happens. It's basically a step by step tutorial of learning Photoshop.

As I have mentioned to Norman Aquino last night, the Martin Evening books are pretty much solid. You might also want to try Ben Wilmore's Photoshop CS3 books. He's good also.

I notice that it's paperback copy ... where could i get those?

Roy,

i saw the marting evening book at infomax park square, makati.

i really love the late bruce fraser's book....real world adobe photoshop CS2. too bad it probably wont be updated anymore. it's a really thorough text and i like the way bruce writes.

i really love the late bruce fraser's book....real world adobe photoshop CS2. too bad it probably wont be updated anymore. it's a really thorough text and i like the way bruce writes.


i agree with u jay.

Thanks Jay, too bad i'm from Iloilo City. Will look for it in my next visit there :)

thanks for the inputs! i'm leaning on choosing martin evening's book. need to learn the background of the different tools and features. cheers! (rushes to the bookstore to get the book.)