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15 Best Books For Learning Adobe Photoshop [ Update: August 2020 ]

Retouching is a form of modern art, and many creative individuals, especially high school and college students, choose it as a hobby and later as a career. At the same time, having access to quality learning material is essential.

Many beginning and professional photographers and designers, wondering where to find the best books for learning Adobe Photoshop. Today, we decided to help you in this pursuit, and we’ve reviewed a lot of great Photoshop books. Here is our list of top 15 books, that we considered the best books for learning Photoshop, you can buy them all at Amazon. So, if you're new to Photoshop, or just wish to take your creativity to another level, these books can guide you through all that you have to know once it comes to professional post-processing in Photoshop.

 

1. Absolute Beginners Guide To Mastering Photoshop And Creating World Class Photos

Photoshop: Absolute Beginners Guide To Mastering Photoshop And Creating World Class Photos also teaches you the basics of Touch Ups, Color Corrections, and Enhancements to make your photos the best they can be. You'll learn how to use drawing tools, such as the pencil, paint bucket, and shape and line tools. This book even helps you use a wide variety of filters for amazing visual effects! Remember - with this book, you'll also get The 20 Top Photoshop Tips and Tricks, 5 Tips for Shooting and Creating Successful HDR Photos, and learn How to Get HDR Style Results in Photoshop by Using Layers!

2. Adobe Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC for Photographers Classroom in a Book

Classroom in a Book, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, helps students learn the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. It offers what no other book or training program does: official training from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts. Online companion files include all the assets readers need to complete each chapter's projects, as well as eBook updates when Adobe releases new features for Creative Cloud customers. New to this release, all buyers of the book get full access to the Web Edition: a Web-based version of the complete eBook enhanced with video and interactive multiple-choice quizzes.

3. Photoshop CC: Visual QuickStart Guide

This best-selling guide from authors Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas has been the go-to tutorial and reference book for photography/design professionals and the textbook of choice in college classrooms for decades. This edition includes their trademark features of clear, concise, step-by-step instructions; hundreds of full-color images; screen captures of program features; and supplemental tips and sidebars in every chapter. Among the new CC features covered in this extensively updated guide are: Smart Sharpen, Adobe Camera Raw as a filter, intelligent upscaling, multi-shape and path selection, and camera shake reduction. New and updated Photoshop CC features are clearly marked with bright red stars in both the table of contents and main text.

4. Photoshop CC Bible

The one reference book every Photoshop user needs! Adobe Photoshop is the industry leading image-editing software, and the newest version boasts exciting new features. This must-have comprehensive resource gets you started with the basics and then highlights the latest updates and revisions to the new Photoshop CC (Creative Cloud). You'll learn every aspect of Photoshop CC, from image editing basics to techniques for working with the histogram palette, Lens Blur, Match Color, and the color replacement tool, as well as keyboard shortcuts. • Explores retouching and color correction, working with Camera Raw images, preparing photos for print or the web, and much more.

5. Adobe Photoshop CS6 Classroom in a Book

Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop CS6 choose Adobe Photoshop CS6 Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press. The 14 project-based lessons in this book show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in Photoshop CS6 and how to manipulate images, edit motion-based content, and create image composites. In addition to learning the key elements of the Photoshop interface, this completely revised CS6 edition covers new features, including precise cropping with multiple overlays, expanded content-aware toolkit with skin tone aware selections and masking...

6. The Photoshop Workbook: Professional Retouching and Compositing Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

The Photoshop Workbook: Professional Retouching and Compositing Tips, Tricks, and Techniques reveals the creative skills that photographer and retoucher Glyn Dewis uses for his global clients. In this guide,you will learn not only his step-by-step Photoshop techniques, but how and when to apply them so that you, too, can take your images to a whole new level. Glyn starts by covering the individual Photoshop skills that are the essential building blocks of his process: Mastering selections and cutouts with the Pen tool and other important tools. Dodging and burning, adding textures...
 

7. Photoshop for Photographers: Complete Photoshop training for Photographers

This is the complete Photoshop retouching workflow for photographers. In this eBook I cover all of the features and techniques a photographer needs in Photoshop. Varying from using Camera Raw, replacing skies, digital blending, shooting into the sun, HDR, Layers, Masks and Blending Modes, Black and Whites, Panoramas, Removing elements, Special Effects and Printing. With this you will get access to all raw files used to follow every lesson.

8. Adobe Photoshop: A Beginners Guide to Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop: A Beginners Guide to Adobe Photoshop. Adobe Photoshop has become one of the best tools available today when it comes to editing photos and designing websites. Although there may be a lot of tools involved in the software, it is also one of those that give the best output when it comes to designing. To help you start learning this powerful program, start with the basics of Adobe Photoshop to learn and master the tools and to avoid any frustrations in your work, Indeed, a little patience in learning the tools...

9. Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers, 2015 Release

Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers by Photoshop hall-of-famer and acclaimed digital imaging professional Martin Evening has been revamped for a thirteenth edition to include detailed instruction for all of the updates to Photoshop CC on Adobe’s Creative Cloud, including significant new features, such as faster Camera Raw processing, Blur Gallery noise matching, and new export options for quick image-saving and layers as separate documents. This guide covers all the tools and techniques photographers and professional image editors need to know when using Photoshop CC, from workflow guidance to core skills to advanced techniques for professional results. Using clear, succinct instruction...

10. Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book (2015 release)

Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop chooseAdobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book (2015 release) from Adobe Press. The 14 project-based lessons in this book show users step-by-step the key techniques for working in Photoshop and how to manipulate images, edit motion-based content, and create image composites. In addition to learning the key elements of the Photoshop interface, this completely revised CC (2015 release) edition covers automatically repairing empty areas of a merged panorama using Content-Aware Fill, making the noise level of a Blur Gallery effect consistent with an image...

11: Photoshop: The Ultimate Crash Course To Start Using Photoshop Today! (Digital Photography, Adobe Photoshop, Graphic Design)

The Ultimate Crash Course To Start Using Photoshop Today! Do you want to learn to be a Photoshop expert? Photoshop is one of the best tools around, and it’s great for anyone wanting to learn about how to edit pictures and create great images. However, the program can be considered complicated in some regards, but there is a way around that. This book will give you everything you need to know about basic Photoshop tools today! From this, you will become a master in this editing software, and by the end of this, you’ll be able to create and edit great images and create effects that really make your pictures stand out and look more amazing than ever before.

12. Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book (2020 release)

Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop choose Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book (2020 release) from Adobe Press. The 15 project-based lessons show key step-by-step techniques for working in Photoshop, including how to correct, enhance, and distort digital images, create image composites, and prepare images for print and the web.   In addition to learning the essential elements of the Photoshop interface, this revised edition for the 2020 release covers features like the new Object Selection tool, saving Cloud Documents for easy access from Photoshop on other devices such as the Apple iPad, removing objects with upgraded Content-Aware Fill, applying styles and objects such as gradients and shapes, instantly using redesigned Presets panels, and much more!   The online companion files include all the necessary assets for readers to complete the projects featured in each chapter. All buyers of the book get full access to the Web Edition: A Web-based version of the complete ebook enhanced with video and multiple-choice quizzes…

13. Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book (2019 Release) 

Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop choose Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book (2019 release) from Adobe Press. The 15 project-based lessons show key step-by-step techniques for working in Photoshop, including how to correct, enhance, and distort digital images, create image composites, and prepare images for print and the web. In addition to learning the essential elements of the Photoshop interface, this revised edition for the 2019 release covers features like the new Frame tool, designing reflected and radial art with Paint Symmetry, correcting mistakes with updated Undo, Navigating the redesigned Home screen, removing objects with upgraded Content-Aware Fill, saving time with simplified editing and transformations, and much more! The online companion files include all the necessary assets for readers to complete the projects featured in each chapter. All buyers of the book get full access to the Web Edition: A Web-based version of the complete ebook enhanced with video and multiple-choice quizzes.

14. Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers 2018 1st Edition

Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers by acclaimed digital imaging professional Martin Evening has been revamped to include detailed instruction for all of the updates to Photoshop CC on Adobe’s Creative Cloud, including significant new features, such as the painting tool and Pen path tool refinements and Range Masking in Camera Raw. This guide covers all the tools and techniques photographers and professional image editors need to know when using Photoshop, from workflow guidance to core skills to advanced techniques for professional results. Using clear, succinct instruction and real world examples, this guide is the essential reference for Photoshop users. The accompanying website has been updated with new sample images, tutorial videos, and bonus chapters.

15. Essential Photoshop: How to use 9 essential tools and techniques to transform your photography

In this clearly explained and well-illustrated book, Landscape Photographer Robin Whalley guides you through the maze that’s Photoshop. With step by step instruction you quickly learn the essential tools and techniques. More importantly, you discover most of Photoshop can be ignored. To edit and enhance photography, you only need a handful of techniques. This impressive little book was developed specifically for photographers. It’s structure and language make it accessible and easily understood, even by the novice user. Despite this, seasoned Photoshop users can also learn a thing or two. It doesn’t matter if you’ve previously tried and failed to learn Photoshop. This book will cut through the confusion of Photoshop options. By focussing on the key tools and techniques, it’s possible to make sense of and quickly master Photoshop. A few powerful tools have been a constant in Photoshop for many years and for good reason. These are the same tools and techniques professional image editors turn to daily.


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