Book Description
More and more people are foregoing and aggravations of hiring a general contractor and opting to oversee their own homebuilding projects.
Customer Reviews:
Good book........2007-05-13
Bought the book, but found a dream home before we had the chance to start building. I would recommend it highly if you are thinking about being your own contractor.
An unfortunately titled, but still valuable book.......2003-06-16
This book should probably have been called "How to Prepare Yourself Legally and Financially to Build Your Own Home." The title it does have is not representative of the book's true focus, and I believe does a disservice to those who want a construction book *and* those who would benefit from the legal and financial information it so richly covers. One group is disappointed, while the other skips over it because they think it doesn't apply to their needs.
To be blunt, the actual construction process is not very well covered. For instance, owner-builders probably do not know what types of materials are high quality vs. just high price tag vs. "standard" and possibly inadequate. That is a huge hole in the book -- materials overall are skimmed over. The one time they got specific, they almost sounded like a commercial for Andersen windows. I'm sure Andersen windows are just fine, but I seriously doubt that you simply "must" buy them to have resell value in your house.
The other huge hole is how to manage the actual building phase -- what to expect, pitfalls and such. Yes, it has a chart, but it's hard to read (it's sideways!), there is no explanation if the numbers signify days or weeks, and in general it is not adequate. There was a very short chapter at the very end on common mistakes, but once again it seemed to skim over that information. Also, I realize that every house is built differently, but it would have been nice to have one example project used throughout the book so that the reader could see a cohesive picture of how that particular house was built. Nothing like a concrete example!
In spite of its shortcomings and the rather dated ideas about what makes a home have resell value (this book was written in the early 90s, just as "starter castles" with cavernous ceilings and huge greatrooms were becoming popular), this book offers a ton of good -- and most importantly, timeless -- information.
In a nutshell:
If you need or want to know about the financial and legal process of building your own house, right down to the surveying, appraising and loans, including sample contracts and forms, then buy this book.
If you are interested in a guide on how to actually *build* a quality, custom home that has updated materials lists, a detailed example schedule and realistic work/time/money expectations, worksheets and samples of change orders, contracts for craftsmen and other construction sundries, then do not buy this book.
Not enough on the building process.......2000-01-12
This book really went into detail on how to finance, how to choose a site, and a lot of other preparation processes for building a home. What it is severly lacking in is a detailed idea of how to schedule the home building process. It has a flow diagram, but does not have any detail behind each task. The most important piece of building a home in an established time is to know the order of when to schedule work; when to pick household items, colors, flooring, etc; when to install the septic system or run electricity; when to decide on the type of cabinets (stain or paint grade); etc. All of these items are critical to obtaining a quality home, at the lowest cost, in the quickest time possible. Many home builders are 1)delayed by the simple fact that they do not know about the steps until they are delaying the process and 2)surprised by the cost of the home because they established a price based on unknown selection criteria. Change orders mean increased cost and time to any project. I would like to find a book that really addresses these issues for a home builder.
Highly recommended even if you don't want to be your own GC.......1999-06-01
This book covers both house buying and working with contractors. Do not be put off by its title; I would recommend it even if you are buying a standard house or building an addition to your existing house.
Although it seems to be very specific to building a new custom house, in fact it gives excellent advice on all phases of buying a house or lot (including evaluating it, bargaining, financing, etc.) as well as finding contractors, negotiating with them, etc. It assumes you are going to be your own general contractor, but even if you are not, its advice is pertinent and useful.
Some of the discussions of contracts and payment schedules may seem a bit nit-picky, but you ought to read "The Home Remodeler's Combat Manual" to show why it can be necessary.
I find it much better than Bob Vila's book on house buying, and also better than House Buying Step-by-Step (which was the best among the other books I found at the bookstore).
It's unfortunate that its title makes its scope seem so narrow.
(I wrote the above in 1995, and don't know if anything even better has come along since then.)
Customer Reviews:
Wow!.......2007-09-27
I have changed my entire approach to watercolors because I read this book. Yes, I enjoyed painting, yes, I love watercolors, but this book helped me free my vision and use of colors in self expression. I honestly felt that painting started to become a chore because of some unspoken expectation (in myself). I paint more freely and expressively with the help of Jeanne and I actually enjoy it even more. New vision and inspiration...
Contains 30+ pages of interesting combinations of wash techniques..........2007-06-14
...and a handful of very nicely executed paintings. The "tao" part of the book, however, has little to do with watercolor per se, and some of prose is a little fuzzy: "Whichever paper you choose, get to know it well. Allow your paper to speak to you. It will tell you when it's ready to fulfill your desire."
The emphasis is on wet-in-wet techniques, and applied to forested landscapes - in Ms. Cabonetti's talented hands - they often produce stunning results. This approach doesn't work quite as well with most of her other illustrative examples, though. The general wash terms and techniques are better described in other watercolor books, so I would recommend this one mainly for its very innovative and easy to learn approach to forested landscapes.
A Must for Watercolorists!.......2007-03-29
Jeanne Carbonetti has a beautiful refreshing style. She gives us wonderful instructions that are inspiring to all watercolor painters. A truly wonderful book.
Beautiful!.......2007-02-05
A friend of mine who is an artist showed me this book, and I instantly fell in love with the beautiful illustrations in it. I plan to try most of the water color techniques in the book--They look like great fun as well as creating wonderful results. The book arrived in excellent condition.
Fauvist Watercolor Wash.......2006-05-07
If you have read the other reviews, then you realize that this book is about painting watercolor washes. It's a welcome book for those of us who cannot draw well, as the author's technique almost completely eschews drawing. Rarely is even an outline drawing done prior to the painting. Basically, the paper is first covered with a very wet wash of two or three colors suggesting only the most general shape, if any. When that first wash has dried, it is covered with a second wash that vaguely suggests some kind of form... perhaps of flowers in a vase. In order to refine that form into something recognizable, some of the color of the second wash is tinted with additional water, or supplemented by dropping in concentrated pigment, all while the second wash is still damp. There is also the possibility of adding color glazes atop the painting or some portion of the painting after the washes have dried. The author also recommends a separate wash... or even several separate washes... for the purpose of adding both diffuse spatter and opaque, harder-edge spatter. There doesn't seem to be anything uncommon about this wash technique, and I have read it explained more articulately in a book titled "Acrylic Watercolor Painting" by Wendon Blake. So I conclude that The Tao of Watercolor's subtitle "A Revolutionary Approach to the Practice of Painting" is not appropriate. But while Mr. Blake's book is very instructive, the heartbreaker is that only 16 of its 115 images are in color. Ms. Carbonetti's book also presents many images, all of them in intense color, and many of them filling the entire page. There are about a dozen startlingly lovely paintings among them, but it is also clear that Ms. Carbonetti's technique is pretty much restricted to abstract landscapes and the occasional still life with flowers. It is unfortunately evident that portraiture is not particularly well suited to this technique. I don't recommend this book to someone new to watercolor painting, as there is some terminology (such as the phrase "pull out the edges") whose meaning is not self-evident. Although I have yet to read them, there is at least one book on watercolor wash per se, and at least one book on watercolor glazing per se. You might want to look through those before investing your money in this book. That is especially recommended in the event that you are not particularly interested in Eastern philosophy, as the author tries mightily to relate her painting technique to ancient Chinese proverbs. That works for some readers, and not for others.
Book Description
This update is so important, because if there was ever a version of Photoshop that was aimed at digital photographers, Photoshop CS is it, and "The Photoshop CS Book for Digital Photographers" by Scott Kelby (Editor of Photoshop User magazine) once again breaks new ground by doing something for digital photographers that's never been done before--it cuts through the bull and shows you exactly "how to do it." It's not a bunch of theory; it doesn't challenge you to come up with your own settings or figure it out on your own. Instead, it shows you step by step the exact techniques used by today's cutting-edge digital photographers and retouchers, and it does something that virtually no other Photoshop book has ever done -- it tells you, flat-out, which settings to use, when to use them, and why.
If you're looking for one of those "tell-me-everything-about-the-Unsharp-Mask-filter" books, this isn't it. You can grab any other Photoshop book on the shelf, because they all do that. Instead, this book gives you the inside tips and tricks of the trade that today's leading pros use to correct, edit, sharpen, retouch, and present their photos to some of the most demanding clients on the planet. You'll be absolutely amazed at how easy and effective they are--once you know the secrets.
LEARN HOW THE PROS DO IT Each year Scott trains thousands of professional photographers how to use Photoshop, and almost without exception they have the same questions and the same problems -- that's exactly what Scott covers in this book. You'll learn:
- The secrets of how the pros retouch portraits
- How to color correct any photo without breaking a sweat (you'll be amazed at how they do it!)
- How to unlock the power of Photoshop CS' new features for digital photo pros
- Amazing digital body-sculpting techniques
- How the pros use CS' File Browser (it's much more powerful than you think)
- Tricks that can send your productivity through the roof
- The sharpening techniques the pros really use (there's an entire chapter just on this!)
- How to deal with common digital camera image problems
- Removing noise, avoiding halos, and protecting your images
- How to use Match Color, The Color Replacement Tool, and other amazing CS tools.
- Masking techniques for photographers
- The most-requested photographic special effects
- and much more!
Photoshop CS is THE tool for digital photographers, and this book show you exactly how to put it's power to work for you today.
Customer Reviews:
Great book.......2007-08-31
These book have helped me to do things I could have never done without reading. Love these Photoshop books.
Good resource for quick phot otouch up .......2007-08-13
Good easy to understand instructions. Full color pictures help.
Topics covered are for intermediate users.
Some advanced topics such as HDR not covered.
Good Book.......2007-05-17
I got this b/c I am still pretty new to photoshop and it's a tough program to get a handle on b/c of the terminology. This booked helped me get thru the basics and even had a few advanced tips. It's easy to read and very well written (Kelby is pretty funny!) I would reccomend this to anyone just starting out in photoshop.
A must have.......2007-03-15
This book illustrates everything I wanted to do with photo editing and more. You can start from the beginning or pick a topic to try as in depicting a different back ground.
Great Book.......2007-02-19
This was a great book to learn how to enhance photos using Photoshop CS.
Book Description
If you've jumped into the digital realm, it's time to learn how to enhance, correct, and manipulate your photos. Photoshop CS for Digital Photographers teaches you how to take your images into Photoshop and turn them into masterpieces. Photoshop CS is jam-packed with new features designed especially for digital photographers. Using Photoshop CS is essentially like having your own digital darkroom right on your desktop, which includes all the tools you need to achieve professional quality results. To help you master these tools, Photoshop CS for Digital Photographers teaches you professional techniques to overcome the many challenges presented by digital photography. By using these techniques, you'll be able to produce professional-quality results, and you'll establish an efficient workflow. Everything from the basics of organizing pictures and removing blemishes, to adding special effects is taught through practical tutorials and projects. Some of the topics include creative cropping, color and brightness correction, color shifting variations, removing wrinkles and red eye, nose reduction and eye enlargement, and framing techniques. In addition, special effects that teach how to turn your photos into paintings or change the time from day to night are also provided. With the techniques and skills taught throughout the book, you'll learn how to manipulate your digital photos into truly customized and personalized images, and you'll master many of the powerful features of Photoshop CS. This no-nonsense, easy-to-read, full color guide is the one resource digital photographers need!
Customer Reviews:
Great for Digital Photographers.......2004-11-04
I must say this book has caught my interest since the day it hit the shelves. I've been in Graphic Designs for nearly 9 years and photography nearly 2, reading this book opens up a a different point of view toward Digital Photography for not only you the graphic designer, but you the photographer as well!
Colin Smith points out numerous issues involving Digital Photography starting from your camera raw files, correcting the colors, organizing, creating simple web galleries and also explaining different ways to viewing your subjects before taking your shot.
Colin basicly gets Down & Dirty in explaining the values and benifits in Photoshop, understanding your histograms, curves and the ever so popular levels is a key factor when it comes to designing and print.
Photoshop CS for Digital Photographers - Must Read!!.......2004-08-31
Colin Smith distinguishes himself from the many talented Photoshop experts with this book. Color images on virtually every page;clear easy to comprehend step by step instructions; and a fresh non-technical presentation and explanation of the many bells and whistles Adobe Photoshop CS offers its users - these are just a few of the reasons Photoshop CS for Digital Photographers is a must for every Photoshop user. Put this one on your wish list!
Book Description
If you’re like most artists, the idea of structuring your work may seem at odds with true creativity, but you’ll be surprised to learn from digital imaging expert Tim Grey that just the opposite is true. This latest edition of his bestselling guide shows you how proper workflow can free you from the repetitive parts of a project and let you focus on your vision. Discover techniques that streamline processes, reduce your time and effort, and produce striking results.
Customer Reviews:
Near-Perfect Guide for Beginners.......2007-08-21
Photoshop CS3 Workflow: The Digital Photographer's Guide is the best Photoshop primer I've read yet. The author works through image adjustments in a very logical progression. He begins with very simple edits and works his way up to more complex fine-tuning. The instructions are both step-by-step and very clear. He also does an excellent job of explaining the "big picture" of why you want to make these adjustments and does not just turn you into a mouse clicker following steps by rote.
While no one book is going to tell you everything you could ever want to know about Photoshop, this is a fairly comprehensive tome. The entire workflow process is covered beginning with downloading files and sorting them in Bridge, all the way through printing. I would suggest using the "Look Inside" function to check the Table of Contents if you're interested in a complete list of the specific steps covered. The good news is that all the most common bases are covered, and covered well. If I could add one thing to this book, it would be a chapter or two on the basics of making adjustments in the LAB color space. For certain images, LAB will yield truly superior results, yet it receives no coverage in most Photoshop books. If you're interested in learning more, I highly recommend Photoshop LAB Color: The Canyon Conundrum and Other Adventures in the Most Powerful Colorspace.
For those who own the CS2 edition of this book, you should be aware that this is largely unchanged. Most of the text is unchanged, the example photo are carried forward, etc. There is just enough new material to cover the new features in CS3. It's debatable whether the purchase is worth the money for roughly 30 pages of new material.
If this book has a weakness, it is that it doesn't really live up to its title. The book is not about workflow per se, but about all the steps that are part of a workflow. Only the first and the last chapters really focus on the aspect of trying to plan the workflow itself. This is no crime, I don't know if it's even possible to fill an entire book with workflow planning discussions without becoming ridiculously redundant and useless. But Tim Grey and his publishers chose to identify this as a workflow text and on that basis I think they have failed. If they had named the book "Photoshop CS3 for Beginners: The Digital Photographer's Guide" I would give it 5 stars and my highest recommendation. As it is, I'll still give it my highest recommendation for Photoshop novices as long as they realize that this book is really to help them with image editing skills much more than planning the workflow process itself.
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Manipula tus fotografias digitales con photoshop CS/ The Photoshop Cs for Digital Photographers (Ocio Digital / Leisure Digital)
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Photoshop is the undisputed leader in photo-editing programs. Widely used by photographers, graphic artists, printers, designers, and other creative professionals, it has something for everyone. It's the program's breadth that lies at the heart of its complexity—there are tools for everyone and everything. Our goal in this book is to present an introduction to Photoshop CS that lets you master those aspects of the program most useful to digital photographers. From this single perspective, CS is easier to master because you follow a single main road through the program. Detours along the many back roads of the program are for another time and another book. We recognize that digital images can be edited in a wide variety of ways. In some cases you're a photographer trying to improve an image by eliminating or reducing its flaws. In other cases you are a graphic artist taking an image to a new place, making it something it never was, or incorporating it as one element in a larger project. In this book we focus on the photographic aspects, but along the way you'll master the tools you need to do graphic arts. Included are chapters on Getting Started, Working with Image Files, Fixing Your Images, Working with Selections, Working with Layers, Painting & Drawing, Creating and Using Masks, Automating Tasks and Color Management. The book features an expensive spiral binding so it lies flat next to the computer, and when folded back on itself takes up have the desk space of books with cheaper bindings. Although written from a Windows point of view, the book is usable by Mac users experienced enough to cope with the few differences between the versions of the program.
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ShootSmarter University; Tutorial DVD, running time 88 minutes; play in any DVD player.
Photoshop can be a powerful tool for digital imaging, but only when we use it efficiently can it be profitable too!
This DVD will open your eyes to the simple yet productive ways you can maximize your time spent in Photoshop no matter if you are a serious amateur or a seasoned pro alike.
We've even included few of the crowd-pleasing creative techniques from Suzette's popular 4 day classes.
CHAPTER 1: Introduction & Overview
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CHAPTER 4: Vital Flexibility
CHAPTER 5: Vital Tools
CHAPTER 6: Vital Organization
CHAPTER 7: Vital Advice
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Book Description
Groo has but one friend in the world -- the loyal, royal pooch known as Rufferto. So what happens when Groo (stupidly, even for him) thinks he's eaten his one friend in the world? This two-part tale from Groo's past, plus two more equally silly tales by Eisner winners Sergio Aragones and Mark Evanier, comprise the Groo Jamboree!
Customer Reviews:
Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-03
Groo is very sad. Groo has eaten his faithful dog Rufferto. Except for the fact that Groo is too stupid to know he is breathing, or pretty close to, so Rufferto is of course ok. Same can't be said for those that come across the grieving barbarian.
There are other people he causes trouble here for, as well, who can't be too bright, either, not knowing that he is big, big trouble.
Assorted Grooish mayhem.......2002-11-03
Groo Jamborie
Having no central theme, these are various Grooish stories showing Groo going about his daily life in search of gainful employment and food. And causing mayhem everywhere he goes. Ruferto is lost briefly but is recovered. And then Groo sets upon a quest to impress a would be employer by recovering a copy of the glass vase he smashed. Of course most of these people don't know he's Groo - otherwise they'd never get involved with one of the dumbest and most dangerous creatures on earth.
Note: the printing quality is generally okay to very good for the series, but this is generally a collection for Groo fans and comic book fans. The binding on some of my copies is broken (these are soft backs) and the print is now and then not the greatest. As a fan, I bought every collection I could, and enjoy them despite this! Not though for long-term pristine collectors though.
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