Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3
by Stephen Laskevitch
Rocky Nook
Price: $39.95
The phrase “formal education” is used in some circles with a faintly superior air, whereas at the other end of the span of possible meanings it is sometimes used in a mildly disparaging manner. It is often useful to look at antonyms when checking meanings, and many of us will have experienced “informal education” in circumstances where little gets done and not much is achieved. Equally, many of us will have experienced those educators who have lost whatever excitement they ever had for their subject — educators whose presentations are at their best when mercifully they end.
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You want to be an innovator? Knowing something about innovation might be a good place to start. Scott Berkun has studied innovation and the people who innovate. He is eager to share his insights, which is to say he is promoting the latest edition of one of his books. Having got that out of the way, let me say that Berkun is going to give you a lot for free while trying indirectly to persuade you that you should buy his book. Indeed, he gives so much you might even begin to wonder if you need to buy the book.
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It seems as though Don McAllister is determined to provide detailed tutorials on every available application for the Mac. The site map for his ScreenCastsOnline.com (SCO) website is daunting in its scope. Many of the “shows,” as Don calls them, are free, so you can give the format a trial to see if it suits your needs. The shows start with an opening sequence, then the main body of the show is broken down into several scenes, with a wrap up at the end.
Color guides: Plus Series CMYK set, Plus Series Color Bridge set, and GoeGuide coated
Software: Color Manager for Mac v.1b3, myPantone v1.5
Company: Pantone
Prices: CMYK $125; Color Bridge $209; GoeGuide $79; software inc. ($49.95 separately)
The “African Chips” illustration (below) is from Tones by PANTONE 1.01 newsletter
In 1961 Johnny Cash wrote Forty Shades of Green, a sentimental song that is still played wherever Celtic cowpersons gather to slake their thirsts. Today, almost half a century after the song was written, your Mac can display millions of colors and forty no longer seems a big number. If you take color seriously, either professionally or vocationally, at some point you will have to address the question, “Which forty greens?” — perhaps not exactly that question, but something similar. To give a meaningful answer you will need to speak a color language, and that means you will need to choose a color system.
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Book review: Photoshop CS5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide
By Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Price: $34.99 with free shipping
This book is not a dictionary, although it works as a kind of operations lexicon for users of Photoshop CS5, and it offers readers a more exciting experience than a dictionary. The bright typography and compelling layout, coupled with the large number of images, illustrations, and screen shots, make for a book that invites browsing.
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