While Adobe has made Photoshop increasingly easier for the beginner to create and customize professional-looking designs, users still require a guide to fully utulize Photoshop’s many features. This book walks the reader through the sometimes intimidating and overwhelming feature set of Photoshop by presenting tasks in concise steps complemented by clear illustrations. Readers will learn key tasks includiing creating new images, editing images from other sources such as scanner or digital camera, adding effects, prepping images for Web use, and much more. This book presents informatino in a format that’s appealing for beginning users who want clear steps for Photoshop operations and for more intermediate users who want a fast introduction to the new version of the software.

Features

• Visual, easy-to-understand format with concise steps and clear illustrations

• Covers features new to this version of Photoshop, and the new version of the software is compatible with Windows XP and Mac OS X

• Digital imaging has exploded in the consumer and professional markets, and Photshop is the world-standard image-editing solution

• It is cross--platform, covering Windows and Mac

Amazon.com® Reader Reviews (Ranked by Helpfulness)

Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 3 Ratings

Excellent and easy to understand - 2004-02-27
Reviewer Rating:
Dont listen to the other two reveiwers.... it does not get any easier to under stand than as presented in this book. Photoshop IS a complicated program, but it is not rocket science.. you have to spend time working with it and this book will definitely show you the way!

Not good for the beginner - 2004-01-11
Reviewer Rating:
I agree with the other reviewer about all of the photos being in black and white makes it very hard to tell the difference between the before and after photos. The book seems to go over many ways in which you can use photoshop which might be of interest to someone who has some experience with the program. However it doesn't seem to be good for a beginner. I tried using it and became frustrated soon after that.

There has to be an easier way for newbies to learn - 2003-10-27
Reviewer Rating:
I am sorry to respond with 1 star but the biggest failure of this book is that all pictures are in black and white!!! I can't even tell between the "before" and "after" pictures.

Also, either I am not used to the tutorial style of this book or it was put together with not much thought on the purpose of the layout.

I hope that there are other books out there that the titles don't decieve the consumer. Sorry Lisa.

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