Thu Feb 10 23:58:33 CST 2011
mike wilson wrote:
> On 10/02/2011 15:06, Igor Roshchin wrote:
>
> > That's great!
> >
> > That's basically what they say in the books about
> > scientific/engineering
> > writing. The very first thing a writer has to recognize are these
> > three factors: audience,
On 10/02/2011 15:06, Igor Roshchin wrote:
That's great!
That's basically what they say in the books about scientific/engineering
writing. The very first thing a writer has to recognize are these
three factors: audience, purpose, and occasion.
The first, audience, defines "what do they know?", "
Wed Feb 9 12:23:34 CST 2011
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Doug Franklin
> wrote:
> >> ... I want to know why or under what circumstances I might wish to use a
> >> particular tool or technique. ...
> >
> > Yep. It's a really common problem with technical documentati
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Doug Franklin wrote:
>> ... I want to know why or under what circumstances I might wish to use a
>> particular tool or technique. ...
>
> Yep. It's a really common problem with technical documentation. They
> (usually) tell you 'what' and 'how'. Rarely to they gi
On 2011-02-09 9:18, Tom C wrote:
I also I detest the $75 books that are 2" thick that purport to teach
one how to do something, yet are little more than screen shots of what
the author did. Totally useless.
I want to know why or under what circumstances I might wish to use a
particular tool or t
I also detest the $75 books that are 2" thick that purport to teach
one how to do something, yet are little more than screen shots of what
the author did. Totally useless.
I want to know why or under what circumstances I might wish to use a
particular tool or technique. Many of them are totally su
I also I detest the $75 books that are 2" thick that purport to teach
one how to do something, yet are little more than screen shots of what
the author did. Totally useless.
I want to know why or under what circumstances I might wish to use a
particular tool or technique. Many of them are totally
On Feb 8, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
>>
>> On Feb 8, 2011, at 12:01 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
>>
>>> What have you found that's un-shitty? I could use one for each of PS CS5
>>> and LR.
>>
>> I just post my question to PDML a
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
>
> On Feb 8, 2011, at 12:01 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
>
>> What have you found that's un-shitty? I could use one for each of PS CS5
>> and LR.
>
> I just post my question to PDML and Godfrey, the font of all adobe knowledge,
> usually answers it
From: "Bob W"
they do something similar, though not quite as bad, with Lightroom. It's to
force you into buying a set of shitty books until you find one that's
useful.
B
I've got the books, but they didn't answer the *simple* question ...
"I created a signature brush in Photoshop CS3. I have
On Feb 8, 2011, at 12:01 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
> What have you found that's un-shitty? I could use one for each of PS CS5 and
> LR.
I just post my question to PDML and Godfrey, the font of all adobe knowledge,
usually answers it fairly promptly.
--
Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i
I don't use Photoshop, but when I did I used Evening's book, and another one
I can't remember which was about colour management based on numbers, and
therefore useful to a colour-blind person like me.
For Lightroom I have this:
http://www.amazon.com/Photoshop-Lightroom-Workbook-Workflow-Workslow/
What have you found that's un-shitty? I could use one for each of PS
CS5 and LR.
I have yet to find an actual "reference" myself. But for photo
task-oriented stuff I'm pretty happy with two:
Adobe PS CS4 for Photographers, Martin Evening
The Creative Digital Darkroom, Katrin Eismann & Sean D
they do something similar, though not quite as bad, with Lightroom. It's to
force you into buying a set of shitty books until you find one that's
useful.
B
> "Help" in CS5 *SUCKS*. There is no help file. You have to download a
> new updated version of Adobe Air every time you need to consult hel
"Help" in CS5 *SUCKS*. There is no help file. You have to download a
new updated version of Adobe Air every time you need to consult help.
And then it doesn't even have a help file, it's just a new proprietary
web browser specific to some Adobe product.
And what it turns up are goddamn VIDEO
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