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By: Scott Kelby’s Digital Photography Volume 2 - My Take « mikelao photography

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:50:36 +0000

[...] So, if you want to take your photography to the next level and learn about lighting, get this book. It’s around $15 from amazon.com. Also, make sure to check out Scott Kelby’s Blog! Other new books he has out are found here. [...]

By: Ed O'Keeffe

Ed O'Keeffe — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:04:22 +0000

Scott,

I ordered Your 7 point system and you digital photography book volume 2 on the 4th of Jan. This evening I picked up the two books from the PO Box but when I got home I found that I have recieved volume 1 and not volume 2. Not your problem I know, but hear me out.

Im here in the UK and I believe Amazon.co.uk has your two books digital photography books mixed up. Version 1 (which I now have two copies of) is on sale for Â£13.99 ($27.98) where as version 2 is selling for just Â£6.99 ($13.98) – both books have the same 26 customer reviews and I checked my order and it was definitely placed for version 2.

This could just be a one of error but I would certainly get your publishers to check this, something is up on the UK’s Amazon site.

Your loving fan and new 7 point system user, Ed O’Keeffe

By: Scott C

Scott C — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:03:41 +0000

Scott,

I just wanted to let you know that I saw your new book, The Digital Photography Book Volume 2, on the shelves at my local B. Dalton Bookseller here in Washington D.C. last night! I also got an email from Amazon saying that my pre-ordered copy was shipped last night. So… it is out there.

Thanks for producing such awesome books!

By: Gordon

Gordon — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:39:34 +0000

I’ve read a couple of chapters of â€œThe Digital Photography Book, Volume 2.” right through and flicked through the rest. This has to be one of the ‘How to’ books out there. A great reference manual; thanks Scott.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:05:32 +0000

Scott, I have just received your new â€œThe Digital Photography Book, Volume 2.” here in Scotland. Great to see that The Strobist gets a mention and that he helped you with the off camera flash chapter. Strobist info in a paperback format, grrreat!

Regards

Gordon
Chilly Scotland

By: nick

nick — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:35:47 +0000

I’ve purchased so many books (literally many) on digital photography and adobe photoshop but NONE has come close to the books of scott!

His books are easy to understand, very clearly illustrated and yes, humorous. Although i only have CS2 on my mac i got Photoshop CS3 for photographers and have been using it for a month already. IT really rocks!

Thanks Scott!

Nick
Philippines

By: nick

nick — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:04:56 +0000

is the digital photography 2 available in the philippines already?

By: Glyn Dewis

Glyn Dewis — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:02:04 +0000

Scott,

Hope you don’t mind but if I may give a suggestion to Toni Scott (above) re the Smart Object question …

Toni, there’s is currently no way to export an image directly from Lightroom as a Smart Object, however there are a couple of quick workarounds, one of which could be:

1. Create a Virtual Copy of your image in Lightroom.

2. Adjust one of these images (we’ll call it image ‘a’) to how you want the sky to be exposed for example and then send it to Photoshop by pressing CMD / CTRL + E

3. Laving this image open, return to Lightroom and adjust the Virtual Copy (image ‘b’) to how you want, for example, the foreground to be exposed.

4. Send this image to Photoshop using the same CMD/CTRL + E method.

5. You now have both images open in Photoshop. All you need to do now is to drag one, image ‘a’ ontop of image ‘b’ and then add a layer mask to the top layer … job done!

Now, when you paint on the mask to reveal / hide areas, and have the image looking how you want it to, when you Save and Close it, it will send it back into Lightroom all complete. Just remember, when dragging one image ontop of another, hold down the SHIFT key as you do so … that way they will be perfectly aligned ontop of each other.

Hope this helps,
Regards, Glyn

By: Jonathan Robson

Jonathan Robson — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:07:16 +0000

I appreciate your comments Mr Revell, I made the comment because the volume of self promotion is un-needed, I’d hazard a guess that most people reading this blog have most of Scott’s recent books (I have every one; apart from the ipod/iphone manuals, and they’re great books), thus its a bit like preaching to the choir, and probably detrimental to Scott’s cause, people will stop reading the blog if there is not any useful content, the occasional self promotion blog entry is fine, but keep it in check. The blog only seems to have taken this route in the last 3 or 4 months. As you mentioned, Scott does not moderate the comments, so I expect he appreciates feedback; both negative and positive, without getting bent out of shape as you seem to have done.

By: Toni Scott

Toni Scott — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:01:45 +0000

your 7 point book is brilliant and totally addictive! i have a HUGE question though regarding chapter two. how do i get my image from lightroom into cs3 as a smart object? looking all over for an answer and no luck. hopefully you’ll read this soon.

By: Ken Campbell

Ken Campbell — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:36:02 +0000

Scott:
I would like to see more photoshop tips on Photoshop CS3 advanced for Video (in a book or tutorial or on photoshop tv) I use photoshop in after effects and premiere pro video projects but would like a better understanding of how to use the new CS3 Advanced version of Photoshop for video.

By: Beancounter

Beancounter — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:22:58 +0000

I’d love to buy several of your books but I won’t pay the 10, 20, or 30% surcharge applied by your publisher to us Canadians. My dollar is worth more than yours today. Your publisher doesn’t return emails and I cut them off my Christmas Amazon list this year.