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Summary: Assumes too much
Review: A beginner, like myself would have been better served by less babble and more detail. Some illustrations (and detail) appeared to be either for earlier versions of photoshop or Mac versions without any comparable PC example. I found myself having to write in my own details. Something I seldom have to do to this degree. Maybe not dummied down enough for this retired computer technician?Compared to a half dozen or so other "dummies" that I have "used" this one is at the bottom of the list. Sorry.
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Summary: Huh?
Review: According to the authors the RAW file format is mainly for use in transferring graphics between Apple and PC computers and loses a great deal of detail. In other words they wrote a book about Photoshop CS but they know little if anything about the subject.
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Summary: Photoshop 6 for Dummies
Review: Although this book can be quite useful for basics, it is too laden down with useless titbits. Also, a lot of important stuff is hidden between these, so it can be very easy to become frustrated. The book is presented well, slightly too much light humour but it does at least presume that you (like I did) have no experience. Practice will make you a much better photoshop user than reading this book, but combining this with thousands of F1 searches will set you well on your way.
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Summary: Mystery Solved
Review: Having invested years in learning Adobe Photo Deluxe, I was overwhelmed and frustrated when I initially tried to find my way around Photoshop. So I ordered a training video and started through it. However, the video approach required considerable time and patience and did not enable me to practice as I was taught. So I was quite discouraged when the idea of 'Dummies' occurred to me. The Dummies book is well organized and clearly labeled, packed with succinct guidance, and funny too. I invested a few focused hours in reading through it, and although I've only scratched the surface of Photoshop's great power, I have been able to complete some long-standing projects with little difficulty and with great satisfaction.
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Summary: You need this
Review: I bought this book for my parents who are learning photoshop and they no longer need me for questions. They just flip though the book and it answers all their questions. It's been one of the best books I ever got them!
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Summary: Author Stars In Another Medium; not this one
Review: I do not care for this Dummies' approach to Photoshop at all. It is very non-visual and it is laced heavily throughout with attempts at humor, all of which should have been editied out of the book. However, I've discovered that this author's, McClelland's, strength is not here but in the videotape series he does for Adobe, some of which can be seen online at Adobe's main site. I've taken some of his tutorials there and they are excellent and extremely visual. My guess is that he got locked into this Dummies' book format, which may have worked for another topic, but does not work for learning the most visual graphics program in the computer world. Bypass this product and investigate this author in other, visual media he uses for teaching you Photoshop instead.
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Summary: One more happy dummy learning photoshop !!
Review: I found this book very helpful for me. First of all, I gladly recognized myself as a dummy in photoshop and a far-from-expert PC user. I find in this book a lot of helpful tips and explanations in a very light, simple, direct style. Remember that the " ... for dummies" series are written in a funny and easy to read way. If you're the kind of guy who loves deep technical academical explanations and don't like to be teached in a funny style, then maybe you need another kind of book for "begginers". Thanks to this book I now can jump to more complex themes on photoshop! Mission acomplished.
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Summary: Photoshop 6 for Dummies Disappoints
Review: I found this Dummies book disappointing. It just rehashes the older Dummies book for Photoshop 5 with additional writing by Barbara Obermeier and now includes only Windoze screen shots. I used to use this book in the PS 5 incarnation for my PS classes. I really liked its sense of humor and how it was targeted in a no nonsense way for beginners. I will be switching to Peachpit Press's Classroom in A Book, not as much fun but certainly not a retread such as this book. Deke, where are you?
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Summary: It should be subtitled (for computer experts only)
Review: I have been a pen & brush graphics artist all of my life. Now that I have retired, I decided to try computer image manipulation. I bought this book in the hopes of learning to recolor, flip, distort, or whatever via my computer (I just got my first one in 2000)and have found it maddening to use. The authors gloss over information vital to a basic understanding of Photoshop and then blithely show highly advanced image techniques that cannot be duplicated without the underlying knowledge. It pretends to being step-by-step, but ignores crucial steps. For example, a complex collage is created using a number of disparate images: how did they select only that portion of the original? How did they make the surrounding parts of the image transparent so the background shows through? This are the most basic maneuvers, but a couple of months with the book left me unenlightened. I have since found another book that delivers on the premise of this one, Photoshop 6 In An Instant by Toot & Woolridge, and am now happily photoshopping away -- this despite the fact that Photoshop 6 for Dummies was more ... and has many pages of color illustration, in contrast to Photoshop 6 In An Instant's reliance on B&W even to show color manipulation!
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Summary: Paint Shop Pro 7 for Dummies Author David Kay
Review: I just started this book but have learned sooo much already. It's easy to read and fun to get paint shop to work for once.
I've tried other books with no luck until now .
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