A List of 15 Excellent Photoshop eBook For Learning on Your Own

Photoshop is a name known by many: young people want to learn how to use it for fun, photographers, web and graphic designers want to learn it for their work and a Photoshop eBook is something that could really help out many people.

The endless possibilities of Photoshop might seem overwhelming. But always remember, that you do not need to know each and every corner of it in order to do a great job. Either way, you have to invest quite some time if you want to learn it.

The most interactive and efficient way to learn it is taking classes or courses, but if you are on a budget or simply don’t have that much time, there is this list that I made by myself of 15 excellent Photoshop eBook for learning on your own. And to learn even more about Photoshop, go ahead and check out this article about 28 Adobe Photoshop Tutorials on Digital Photo Editing on our website.

Adobe Photoshop CS6 Classroom in a Book

The book contains everything that you need to know about Photoshop as a beginner and as an advanced user: starting from getting to know the work area to producing and printing consistent color.

Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book

For those who choose to live and enjoy fascinating updates rather than use the Creative Suite. By reading this eBook, you will learn essential things about the work area, basic photo corrections, working with selections, layers, quick fixes, vector drawing, and so much more.

Adobe Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC for Photographers Classroom in a Book

This eBook about Photoshop focuses on both Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC – so it is the best known combined book if you want to learn them both at once.  The eBook is written for photographers.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 2018 Classroom in a Book

If you always wanted to learn Adobe Photoshop Elements, but it always seemed too tricky – then this is the perfect book for you. Here you’ll find many topics that are related to image sorting and importing, tagging, grouping, working with colors, fixing the lightning and exposure etc.

An Introduction to Adobe Photoshop eBook

This free eBook includes basic and short information about Photoshop for beginners. The whole eBook is 75 pages and can be downloaded straight from the internet. In this book you will learn basic operations, navigating, layers, global adjustments and similar.

Adobe Photoshop 6.0 User Guide

A very useful and free source – yet very often forgotten. The official manual contains a lot of useful information: it includes getting started with registration and web resources, the basics like making pixel selections and drawing shapes, and the more advanced part.

Adobe Photoshop CS6 Bible

The word “Bible” in the books’ title says a lot about it. It explains working with camera raw images, working with selections, layers, enhancing, correcting, creating artistic effects and much more. Working with animation is also included in the eBook.

Photoshop CC Essentials for Photographers

The eBook helps its’ readers learn how to work with layers, masking, compositing, removing noise and other handy functions. Available as a Kindle version that can be viewed on any device via Kindle app.

Photoshop CS5 for Dummies

If you seek to learn the basics of the basics – this is the book for you. This series of books is known for giving a really easy and understandable glance at interesting but difficult things that you face for the first time.

Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual

Friedly and easy to read – that’s the best way to describe this book. Basics, layers, color correction, slimming, trimming and any other features that you need to know in order to become a Photoshop genius.

Photoshop CS6 Unlocked, 2nd Edition

The book, as it states on the cover – contains 101 tips, tricks, and techniques. It is written as a question-answer type of book, that makes it super easy to read and use for learning. After reading it, you shall learn some interface tricks, basic skills, image manipulation, etc.

Adobe® Photoshop® CS6 on Demand

The book contains all the necessary information for learning and mastering Photoshop: navigation, measurements, mastering the art of selection, working with layers and history panel, filters, tools, creating masks and way much more.

The Photoshop Workbook

This eBook about learning Photoshop is for those who want to focus on retouching and master the selections and cutouts. It also explains how to apply lighting effects to images, and creating special effects.

The Hidden Power of Adjustment Layers in Adobe Photoshop

The main things you can learn from reading this eBook are general techniques like layers, photography adjustments – color correction curves, luminosity selection etc., effects and composing, illustration, design, and some advanced techniques.

Photoshop for Photographers

Photoshop for Photographers is another eBook that teaches photographers to use Photoshop specifically for their work niche. Here you’ll find topics like camera RAW workflow, straightening images, digital blending, special effects and so much more.