@marcus:
Thank you very much! I'll search for these books.
As far as the books I read about Photoshop :
*Adobe Photoshop CS Classroom in a Book (It's very complete for understanding the interface, my first one )
*The Photoshop Channels Book
*Adobe Photoshop Restoration & Retouching (3rd Edition) by Katrin Eismann
*Photoshop Fine Art Effects Cookbook: 62 Easy-to-Follow Recipes for Creating the Classic Styles of Great Artists and Photographers (O'Reilly Digital Studio) by John Beardsworth
I did photomanipulations for 2 years and nothing can replace practice, as theory is never enough.
I ordered in December these books from Amazon:
*Photoshop Masking & Compositing By Katrin Eismann
*Skin: The Complete Guide to Digitally Lighting, Photographing, and Retouching Faces and Bodies by Lee Varis
They still didn't show up
I wonder what are they doing at the post office
After I'll read them, I can make a personal review ( I mean after I'll finally get them ^^)