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in the history of photography, and for many photographers it has been a real challenge to keep up with all these latest developments. My philosophy is to find out which tools in Photoshop allow you to work as efficiently and as non-destructively as possible, plus take into account any recent changes in the program that require you to use Photoshop differently. Although there are lots of ways to approach using Photoshop, you'll generally find with Photoshop CS5 that the best tools for the job are often the simplest. Hopefully, the key points you will learn from this book are that Camera Raw is the ideal, initial editing environment for all raw images (and sometimes non-raw images too). Then, once an image has been optimized in Camera Raw, you can use Photoshop to carry out the fine-tuned corrections, or more complex retouching. There is much to cover in this book, but you should find that the way the chapters have been ordered, plus the accompanying content on the DVD, will help you understand how to get the most out of Photoshop CS5.

Book and DVD contents

The DVD contents are presented in the form of a Photoshop CS5 Help Guide. Just load the DVD into your computer, or, for improved performance, I suggest you copy the entire contents across to your hard drive. Next, double-click on the welcome.htm file to launch the Photoshop CS5 Help Guide into your web browser. The Help Guide contains movie versions of some of the step-by-step techniques shown in this book and you may also be interested to know that many of the images used in the movies are also provided on the DVD, along with the relevant extracts from the book in a PDF format. The Help Guide is designed to run on Macintosh and PC systems, and only requires you to install Flash and QuickTime on your computer in order to view them correctly. If you should experience any problems running the disc, please always refer to the FAQ section on the disc for guidance on how to configure your computer for optimum viewing. There is also a website that's been set up to promote this book where you will also find a Help page should you encounter problems running the movies from the DVD. Go to: www.photoshopforphotographers.com. I am always happy to respond to readers emails, but if you email me regarding a problem with the DVD or a missing disc, you will recieve a standard reply that directs you to the above website link.

This book can be considered an ‘essentials’ guide to working with Photoshop CS5. If you want to take your Photoshop skills to the next level you might like to take a look at Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers: The Ultimate Workshop, which I am coauthoring with Jeff Schewe. In this book we will mainly be concentrating on various advanced Photoshop tricks and techniques. It will be like attending the ultimate training workshop on Photoshop CS5. You can expect this title to be released a few months after the publication of this book.

Acknowledgments

I must first thank Andrea Bruno of Adobe Europe for initially suggesting to me that I write a book about Photoshop aimed at photographers; plus none of this would have got started without the founding work of Adam Woolfitt and Mike Laye who helped establish the Digital Imaging Group (DIG) forum for UK digital photographers. Thank you to everyone at Focal Press: David Albon, Ben Denne, Kate Iannotti, Lisa Jones and Graham Smith. The production of this book was done with the help of Rod Wynne-Powell, who tech edited the final manuscript and provided me with technical advice, Matt Wreford who helped with the separations, Soo Hamilton for the proofreading and Jason Simmons, who designed the original book layout template. I must give a special mention to fellow Photoshop alpha tester Jeff Schewe for all his guidance and help over the years (and wife Becky), not to mention the other members of the ‘pixel mafia’: Katrin Eismann, Seth Resnick, Andrew Rodney and Bruce Fraser, who sadly passed away in December of 2006.

Thank you also to the following clients, companies and individuals: Adobe Systems Inc., Neil Barstow, Russell