Photoshop CC Essentials for Photographers: Chelsea & Tony Northrup's Video Book

The book is ok but the real value is having access to all the videos. Tony is fantastic. You will not find an author who works harder on their craft. Look at his videos especially reviews on YT. He doesn't post his "feelings" he does the hard work of actual experimentation. Buy this book and you WILL BE A BETTER PHOTOGRAGHER

The book and the associated videos (hours of them) are clearly presented, to the point, and useful information for photographers using Photoshop. Tony and Chelsea are accomplished professional photographers and post-productionists, and their comfort with the materials of the craft runs through their writing and presentations.

Excellent book by Tony and Chelsea. I love these guys for their you tube channel. They give away a lot of content for free. Their videos are comprehensive for any level. Must have book for Photoshop beginners. I have all of their other books which also I recommend, specially the stunning digital photography. Thanks Chelsea and Tony.

Just follow along and at the end you will know how to use Photoshop. The pace is good for quick or slow learners (me) and the information is accurate. I used it in Kindle, put tutorial on one side of screen (actually a second monitor) and opened Photoshop on the other, easy to pause the videos or scroll the text. All of the Northrup material is very good, Youtube, etc.

I have all of Tony's and Chelsea's books and haven't gone wrong with any of them. Their books are concise, easy to read and have the information outlined in a logical manner. I purchase the Kindle books because of the videos, they do upgrade the subject matter over time and they have done a fantastic job of editing them for the Kindle. The Photoshop book is full of graphics with concise clear explanation of the inner workings of Photoshop. Don't miss this one.

I was thrilled that the book was delivered early. I love Tony Northrop books. My issue is it was left on the sidewalk at my mailbox. We live inside city limits and it could easily have been stolen. There was no picture of delivery. My house has a large porch and I prefer packages left there. Thank you

Love the ability to move back and forth between the text of the book and the many hours of videos. Within just a couple of hours I felt more comfortable with PS, which has a very steep learning curve, and was correctly using some very powerful PS tools.

I'll update the stars up or down as I go through the book. However, I'm on page 5 and already issues/confusion. I love Tony and Chelsea, watch a lot of the videos, and have three of their books. Page 5 goes into editing from LR to PS. I just happened to select a JPEG, which now I know shows a different option than in the book (which must of been a RAW file). But it took me some head pounding google searching to figure out why I was presented with three options (e.g. edit original) vs. what the book showed. Which brings up another good point. I was hoping/expecting more step by step to go hand in hand with the book, the videos, and the samples from the downloads. i.e. like the SDP book, you read, and then you follow a link/bar code to a video. And further, it would be nice if the book/video said to open file xyz in chapter 123. Which brings up another issue. The videos are clumped together and "not" labelled by chapter. And the labeling is not consistent with the book. While some videos, like "adjustment layers," follow the book, other like "healing, cloning and patching," do not. I'm stuck trying to figure out what chapter to read, what video(s) to watch, and what files to open. It's VERY confusing. While not a perfect solution, this is an easy fix "if" the videos online were relabeled to more closely follow the book. i.e. Chapter 1 Quick start, Chapter 1 Tools, Chapter 2 adjustment layers, etc for both the book and the videos. There are videos that don't line up with the book, or they may, but you can't tell by how they are named--one is left guessing in most cases. Update 1: 5 minutes later and onto next issue, on page 9. Book says to use photography workspace--check, I am. Then it says, without saying where, to use the Adjustments panel. Well, it's not there. after pounding my head some more, you have to select "Window" from top of screen, and then select Adjustments. Man, this is tough! Update 2: I figure I'd try a different approach and start next with videos versus the book. I click on tools, which I think/guess is the first video to watch. And while I could use any picture to follow along, I look, but can't find a picture of that bird in the first 4 chapters. Maybe it's in later chapters, but to my point, there's no flow to the book, videos are sample pics. Update 3: Watching the tools video. At one point it goes over red eye tool. I'm looking and looking and it's not there. I check workspace and photography is selected. After some head banging, I figure out to customize the toolbar and add it. However, for a new install, and having selected the photography workspace, I would think I'd have a similar screen/toolbar to that of the video.

So far I've worked through 1/4 of the book and it has upped my Photoshop game to another level. I really like how they have explained little things about tools that are aviable and made comparison (like Brigtness adjustment layer VS Exposure adjustment layer). And tools that have no use (least editing photos, unless you do something really artsie) they still have explained them. Like good good photo is build up from small details not just grand views, seems that book is also made good with lots of small details. I hope book is getting better or I'll have to come back and give 4 stars 😊

I really love this course book and videos. I have some experience with adobe creative suite yet I don't use it enough to have mastered the techniques. In this course, Tony gives us only the tools that we need to work with photographs and he is funny. Most courses are designed for credits, they go though all of the tools and wow, I get so bored and loose interest and then I never finish the program. So if you just want to dive in and start working on your photos, this course is the best!

Questo, come gli altri due libri di Tony e Chelsea Northrup sono pieni di suggerimenti, di dettagli e di esercizi pratici per imparare a usare Lightroom e Photoshop in modo rapido e pratico. Molti video esplicativi e immagini utili per comprendere a fondo i segreti di questi programmi complessi e utilissimi

Les deux auteurs sont des experts en photographie et Photoshop. On apprend beaucoup ! Dommage qu'il n'y ait pas plus de tutos...

Truly informative & practical