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Top Features of Photoshop CS2
with
12 teachers
Learn the powerful features offered in Photoshop CS2. Our
trainers will amaze you as they demonstrate the new Adobe
Bridge, Revolutionary Vanishing Point, Spot Healing Brush,
Advanced Noise Reduction, Optical Lens Correction, Smart
Sharpen, Customizable Workspaces and Menus, Smart Objects,
32-bit High Dynamic Range (HDR) Support, One-Click Red-Eye
Correction and Animation for Web Graphics. This DVD-ROM is over
3.5 hours long.
An expression that has been used more than once in our Forums is
"I wish I could look over an expert's shoulder while they work".
Well, here's your chance to not only look over an expert's
shoulder while they work, but that expert is Katrin Eismann. For
anyone not familiar with Katrin, she's the author of the best
book on photo restoration.
The Professional Photoshop Image Restoration & Repair DVD is
based quite squarely on Katrin's book. In fact, the images she
uses are mostly the same ones she uses in her book (they can be
downloaded from her website so you can work along with her). The
book goes deeper into the various techniques, and offers options
that the time contraints of video don't allow.
That said, watching this video is a completely different
experience from reading the book, even for the same examples.
I've already praised Katrin's professional and non-destructive
approach demonstrated in her book. What you can't judge from the
book, and what is so dramatically demonstrated in the video, is
the speed and efficiency of her techniques.
There is a lot of information here. She repairs over a dozen
images in less time than you could work though one repair in her
book. The pace is quite dazzling, and I was thankful for the
rewind button. Plus there's no time wasted on basics. This is
not a DVD for beginners. You're expected to know your way around
Photoshop before you start.
My own acid test for any of my reviews is "did I learn
anything?". You'd think this test would get harder and harder to
pass as I review more and more things, but that's not the case.
There's just too much to learn and remember. This video passed
that test in the first 5 minutes. Besides the new information,
there are a lot of techniques I've read about but never tried or
fully understood. This video had many "ah-HAH!" moments for me
as I finally understood quite a few of these techniques.
I had a lot of fun by pausing the DVD before she started on each
image and thinking about how I'd approach it, then watching
Katrin's take on the problem. I found it refreshing that only in
one case did she use the same technique I'd have used.
Some of the coolest things I learned from this DVD weren't the
subjects of any particular tutorial, but were simply from
watching how someone completely at ease with Photoshop works
with the various pallettes, windows, and menus. Photo editing is
a very solitary activity, with only our own point of view to
reference. Here is finally a fresh, and expert, point of view to
compare with our own habits and techniques.
All featured files included on the DVD - allowing you to work
along and learn at your own pace.
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