Point 3 is covers the use of "Shadows and Highlights" to eliminate clipping, or tonal problems within the photo. Point 4 covers "Painting with Light". By learning how to control the light in your images will give you incredible control to fix exposure problems and bring out detail.
Point 5, "Channels Adjustments", uses Lab color channels to show you three different versions of your photo that can be used to bring out the vibrancy and color contrast in your image. Point 6 "Layer Blend Modes & Layer Masks" enhances the skills that you learned with Point 4. Point 7, “Sharpening Techniques” shows you how to bring out the clarity in your photos.
Scott Kelby's 7-Point System is one of those books that that you really have to work through to get out of it all of the lessons it contains. It may even require that you work through some of the lessons several times to get good at it. But if you do, by the end, you will find that you have become very good with Photoshop and image correction.
Scott Kelby's 7-Point System is very well written, as are all of Kelby’s books. The lessons are all very much step by step and easy to follow along for users of any level. If I had one minor complaint about the book it is that, while all steps are explained in detail, not all of the explanations for why they were done a particular way are explained; for example, you may be told to flatten an image, but not why, or what the implications of flattening it are. But handily all of the photos from the lesson are available online for download.
All in all, Scott Kelby's 7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop CS3 is a great book. It will have you looking at your photos in a new way. You will see ones that may not have made the “cut,” having new life. It will also give you the fundamental basis for an image correction work flow. If you want to learn how to correct images in a professional way, then this book is a must-have.
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