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Summary: Great how-to book
Review: It is refreshing to find a book about digital photography that doesn't expect you to be a long-time expert in Photoshop or computers. The author seems to really care about helping photographers learn to make great prints with an inkjet printer. He does give tips that make it easier to use Photoshop to get a print you really like. He includes stuff that I have never seen in any other book, such as dealing with digital grain, how to selectively sharpen a photo for better prints, how to make your own test image for a test print and much more. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Well worth the investment
Review: It's hard to see how anyone would think this was NOT an Epson marketing book, with every chapter followed by a biography of some professional printer who gives a glowing testimonial about the place of Epson in his life! Yet, the book was very useful to me in an area of digital photography in which it seems difficult to find readable information. This book took me from being completely frustrated with printing, ready to give it up completely, to feeling comfortable, in control, and excited about making prints. For me, at least, it was the right book at the right time.
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Summary: A Fun Primer on Inkjet Printing
Review: Rob Sheppard has written an enjoyable and really interesting primer on inkjet printing and it's a book you should consider buying the minute you order your first color printer. I've been reading Rob Sheppard's articles in both Outdoor Photographer and PCPhoto magazines for years and I'm happy to see he's put his writing and photographic talents to work on such a worthwhile topic. Unlike so many books that "kill the thrill" of digital imaging with too much techno talk, this book is actually fun to read and will inspire you to want to make better and more creative prints. Sheppard does a nice job of breaking down the process of creating top-notch prints into manageable and easy-to-understand steps. Choosing the right paper, setting resolution, making "test-strip" prints, adjusting color and tonal range and even finding creative ways to display prints are all nicely covered. A nice section on creating panoramic prints, too. Also, while the book provides a lot of useful tips and data specific to Epson printers, the book is not overly solicitous and you absolutely won't feel like you're reading an Epson marketing book. Personally, I'm addicted to inkjet printing and I'd rather be printing than reading--but I'm learning a lot from reading this book.
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Summary: A Fun Primer on Inkjet Printing
Review: Rob Sheppard has written an enjoyable and really interesting primer on inkjet printing and it's a book you should consider buying the minute you order your first color printer. I've been reading Rob Sheppard's articles in both Outdoor Photographer and PCPhoto magazines for years and I'm happy to see he's put his writing and photographic talents to work on such a worthwhile topic. Unlike so many books that "kill the thrill" of digital imaging with too much techno talk, this book is actually fun to read and will inspire you to want to make better and more creative prints. Sheppard does a nice job of breaking down the process of creating top-notch prints into manageable and easy-to-understand steps. Choosing the right paper, setting resolution, making "test-strip" prints, adjusting color and tonal range and even finding creative ways to display prints are all nicely covered. A nice section on creating panoramic prints, too. Also, while the book provides a lot of useful tips and data specific to Epson printers, the book is not overly solicitous and you absolutely won't feel like you're reading an Epson marketing book. Personally, I'm addicted to inkjet printing and I'd rather be printing than reading--but I'm learning a lot from reading this book.
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Summary: "Updated Edition" is a joke; beware of bogus revision
Review: This is a pretty good, if a bit basic, book on printing. I enjoyed the first edition. However, I picked up this so-called "updated edition" recently and was astonished to find virtually no new content. Here's a comprehensive list of the changes in the second edition:
* New image on cover along with Updated Edition banner
* Copyright page shows 2nd edition and 2004 (vs. original 2003) copyright
* TOC shows Simplified Color Management title on page 103 instead of Simplified Work Flow (original heading)
* On page 103, the heading has been changed from -- you guessed it -- Simplified Work Flow to Simplified Color Management
That is it! They used the same printing plates to reprint the book and only changed the plates for the pages listed above.
Essentially they changed two words in a heading on one page and some overhead (copyright page & toc) and are calling it a "Revised Edition."
Lark Books generally has attractive digital photography books with good content at competitive prices, but they've lost a lot of credibility with me on this one.
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Summary: The Book I've Been Waiting For
Review: This is definitely the book on printing I have been waiting for. It is a book by a photographer for photographers and not the techno-geek stuff that so much digital photo stuff is. I would strongly recommend it to anyone who cares about photography and getting the best prints possible for them. It covers more than any other book on printing and covers it in a way that anyone can understand. The author obviously knows the material and how to communicate it to photographers like me.
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Summary: Great guide
Review: This is the best book I've found for photographers who want to make great digital prints. It isn't one of those typical technogeek books that seem more geared to computer people than photographers. If you're a photographer and want to make better prints with your inkjet printer, this is the book to get.
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