The Creative Digital Darkroom

Eismann is world known for her talent as a Photoshop expert and photographer, but above all she's considered one of the best teachers her field has ever seen. In this book she uses the tutorial approach that made her two previous Photoshop books bestsellers to take photographers beyond quick tips and gimmicky effects.

... darken, blur, or replace—with the first three being more straightforward than a
complete background replacement, which is addressed thoroughly in Katrin's
Photoshop Masking & Compositing book. Of course, many of these attributes can
be ...