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Photoshop 6 Photo-Retouching Secrets (Voices That Matter) 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

by Scott Kelby (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
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Photo Retouching Secrets is not another color correction book, or scanning manual. It covers only one topic: retouching images to make them look better. What type of retouching are we talking about? Thing like:

  • tricks for removing red eye and then recoloring the eye to its natural color
  • tricks for removing the signs of aging
  • how to fix underexposed or overexposed images
  • how to remove spots, rips, and tears

In Photo Retouching Secrets you will also learn:

  • how to seamlessly splice images together
  • repair damaged body parts
  • remove unslightly shadows
  • fix some of the other problems that digital cameras can often introduce to photos

Photo Retouching Secrets shows you feathering tricks, cropping and straightening tricks to save you time and frustration. If you want nothing but the tips, the tricks, and the secret inside shortcuts to make retouching images easy and fun, this book is the right one.

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  4. Publication date
    May 2, 2001
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Attention digital photographers: As part of the new publishing partnership between New Riders and Scott Kelby and the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, we’re eager to present a book long overdue: An elegant-yet-concise guide to retouching photographs using Photoshop. This is the best 250-pages’ worth of full-color instruction created on the subject, by the hottest new author/leader in the community. Scott’s other book, Photoshop Down & Dirty Tricks became an instant bestseller when it first came out last year (for version 5.5); his training videos have won him legions of fans. If you’re new to digital photography and are looking for your first golden tutorial, read this book now. If you already own a book on digital photo retouching, you may want to take a look into the stuff that Scott Kelby teaches. It’s his specialty, and it’s your career.

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Photo Retouching Secrets is not another color correction book, or scanning manual. It covers only one topic: retouching images to make them look better. What type of retouching are we talking about? Thing like:


* tricks for removing red eye and then recoloring the eye to its natural color
* tricks for removing the signs of aging
* how to fix underexposed or overexposed images
* how to remove spots, rips, and tears

In Photo Retouching Secrets you will also learn:


* how to seamlessly splice images together
* repair damaged body parts
* remove unslightly shadows
* fix some of the other problems that digital cameras can often introduce to photos

Photo Retouching Secrets shows you feathering tricks, cropping and straightening tricks to save you time and frustration. If you want nothing but the tips, the tricks, and the secret inside shortcuts to make retouching images easy and fun, this book is the right one.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B006N4S80Q
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Riders; 1st edition (May 2, 2001)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 2, 2001
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 58690 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Up to 5 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 488 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 17 ratings

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Scott Kelby

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Photographer, award-winning author, Editor of Photoshop User magazine, Publisher of Lightroom magazine, founder of the annual 'Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk,' CEO of the KelbyOne Online Educational Community for Photographers, Lightroom and Photoshop users; co-host of the live weekly photography podcast "The Grid," Conference Technical Chair for the annual Photoshop World Conference, and struggling guitar player.

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3.7 out of 5 stars
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David S. Kiley
5.0 out of 5 stars Have kids before starting!
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2019
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They are still secrets to me!
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Pasi Terästi
2.0 out of 5 stars Pages fell off!
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2002
I have only started reading this book, but already the pages 1 to 30 have come apart! And I handle books very carefully, so I am not to blame.
Other reviewers have reviewed the content of this book, so I will not add to that. Except to say that it is dated now, as PS 7 has come out. Instead I recommend that you not buy this book because of the bad binding.
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M. Burk
4.0 out of 5 stars Great easy techniques
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2002
Really liked this book. It has lots of elements that users need: Red Eye reduction (long ways and shortcuts), creating better photographs, lightening, darkening, colorizing.
I thought I was good at Photoshop, but he really showed me more focusing on digital photography. Very helpful indeed. And I will always have this book by my PC and digital camera (Canon A40)
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M. Saunders
3.0 out of 5 stars More for the amateur than the pro. Flawed but useful.
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2001
I think I can simply sum this one up like this:
If you think the Photoshop "wow" books are absolutely your cup of tea and are great, then this book is a clear sure-fire winner for you.
If you think the Photoshop "wow" books are trickery and contain a few things worth picking out of a bunch of stuff you'll never use, and maybe you think you'd like to get deeper into the art of retouching instead of a quick-tip book, then skip this one entirely.
Personally, I got a few good pointers out of here, but I'd take Katrin Eismans book on PS Restoration & Retouching over this one. But again, I prefer that type of approach, some of you might prefer Scott Kelbys, especially is you are more the amateur to advanced amateur and not really interested in the finer points of this subject. It really does depend on what exactly your intent is (whether to just get quick tips or actually learn how to retouch.)
Somewhat recommended, dependent on goals.
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Sharon L. Divis
5.0 out of 5 stars Keep this Book On your Desk
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2002
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I loved the quick tricks in this book and since my memory is horrendous, I kept it by the computer to flip to when I was at my wits end. From fixing wrinkles to fixing nose, the chapter on digital plastic surgery was worth the price and now my relatives are better looking than ever.
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Paul Simone
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Permanent Tool in my Photoshop Toolbox
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2001
This book is a clean, concise and meaty work of art. How's that for an opener? By clean, I mean that the presentation is not cluttered with too many words or unnecessary asides. Graphics are only what's necessary, large and clear. The process flow is exact and each tutorial is full of the type information I look for. Needless to say, I like this book very much.
As a proud owner of Scott Kelby's "Photoshop Down and Dirty & Tricks", I was anticipating another gem coming from Scott's laptop. I was not disappointed. "Photo Retouching Secrets" covers material that can also be used in non-photo related graphics. If you have a damaged photograph this is the place to come for assistance. As the back cover says, "...No boring chapters...just how to repair, enhance, and retouch photos like a pro!" I think if I read enough of Scott's books I'll become a Photoshop pro.
From Cloning Tips to Digital Plastic Surgery, from Getting Your Color on Track to Photo-Collaging Techniques you will find what you need. Add to this dozens of good down and dirty tricks along the way and you'll have a Photoshop adventure. Folks, Photoshop is truly amazing and in the hands of a guru it becomes a magic show. Scott may not like the title of guru, but I thought that "The Grand Potentate of Photoshop" was a bit much.
Scott is so good with Photoshop that I wonder sometimes are those real pictures of him on the book covers. Regardless of whose picture that it is, I recommend you buy his newest book and have some learning fun. Once again, thank you Scott Kelby for your time and efforts in producing another permanent tool in my Photoshop toolbox.
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Feeferlump
4.0 out of 5 stars Some quick, easy and good looking touch up techniques
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2001
I have been doing photo editing for about 8 years. I was skeptical with this book and what tips it would provide. It was really well put together! The techniques are not only easy, but they do have really good results. Not everything in here is going to give you that look you might have been hoping for, but I would say 90% of the tutorials are very effective. There is one in there that I find I now use almost on a daily basis! I would recommend buying it.
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skunktrain
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Photoshop resource!
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2001
I really liked Scott Kelby's "Down and Dirty" Photoshop book, so I thought I'd better get this. It's excellent as well. It's rather a slim book, but packed full of good information.
It does have some very basic stuff in it (like using the clone stamp) but it has more advanced/intermediate information in it as well. I learned some exciting new Photoshop techniques the first time I opened the book! It is an excellent book to thumb through while you are in front of your computer. Lots of good advice, and fun easy tips!
This book would be *excellent* for the beginner/intermediate Photoshop user, who wants some "instant results" to some common problems and challenges. (I cannot speak for the more advanced Photoshop user, since I'm not one!) But certainly, a less experienced user will find MUCH to help them in this book.
I consider it to be a great companion book to one of the larger, more comprehensive "Bible"-type Photoshop books. I don't feel it would in any way replace one of those kind of books, though. But it will give many people some great new ideas, and give them a "jump start" if they feel they are stagnating in their Photoshop knowledge!
Another great thing about this book (as well as the "Dirty Secrets" book) is that it introduces the user to new tools, techniques, keyboard shortcuts, etc., while in the process of going through the tutorials. You may *think* you are just learning one specific "trick" or technique, but you end up taking away some fabulous new Photoshop techniques that you will use in other areas. You will find that this book will expand your understandng of Photoshop in ways you didn't expect!
The instructions are easy to understand, and the illustrations helpful. The writing is written in an easy, friendly manner, which makes it an accessable book for any user.
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RobinZ
2.0 out of 5 stars Zu alt, zu einfach
Reviewed in Germany on January 20, 2012
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Ich gebe es zu, ich habe es nicht bemerkt, dass das Buch vom Jahr 2001 stammt und PS 6 entspricht. In Computer Branche das bedeutet - vorletzte Jahrhundert.
Das Buch hat absolute Basics und für mehr oder weniger erfahrene PS-Benutzer kein Wert hat.
Ich kann das Buch nur diejenigen empfehlen, die überhaupt keine Ahnung über PS haben.
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J.W.McDonald
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