Paint Shop Pro 7 Solutions

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Summary: Not Many Solutions
Review: Based on the descriptions in the publisher's Web site, it seemed that someone had written a book that would not devour precious pages on bad puns and instead focus on using PSP to do real world applications. I bought the book and after finishing half of it, I must say there are precious few photo solutions in it with much of the book devoted to drawing vector objects (when was the last time I needed to draw a pear?) or rehashing basic material that was already well covered in the user's manual. I was disappointed but if you want to learn how to draw shapes and such using the vector tools, then this book just might be your cup of tea.

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Summary: AT LAST! A USEFUL HOW-TO MANUAL
Review: I recently purchased the "Paint Shop Pro 7 Solutions" manual and am delighted with it. I have several manuals on PSP. The "Solutions" is far and away the easiest to use and understand. It also makes understanding PSP's Help file easier. I am not a graphics guru. This book was written for people like me! Forget all the technical jargon and convoluted sentences used to explain the technical stuff you are trying to understand. This book is straight-forward and written in terms that even I can understand.

Rating:
Summary: Not Many Solutions
Review: I recently purchased the "Paint Shop Pro 7 Solutions" manual and am delighted with it. I have several manuals on PSP. The "Solutions" is far and away the easiest to use and understand. It also makes understanding PSP's Help file easier. I am not a graphics guru. This book was written for people like me! Forget all the technical jargon and convoluted sentences used to explain the technical stuff you are trying to understand. This book is straight-forward and written in terms that even I can understand.

Rating:
Summary: AT LAST! A USEFUL HOW-TO MANUAL
Review: I recently purchased the "Paint Shop Pro 7 Solutions" manual and am delighted with it. I have several manuals on PSP. The "Solutions" is far and away the easiest to use and understand. It also makes understanding PSP's Help file easier. I am not a graphics guru. This book was written for people like me! Forget all the technical jargon and convoluted sentences used to explain the technical stuff you are trying to understand. This book is straight-forward and written in terms that even I can understand.

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Summary: Not what I expected
Review: I thought with the title 'PSP 7 Solutions' and from the despcription by the Amazon Editor, this book would finally teach me how to use PSP 7. I could not have been more wrong. I have PSP 5 and PSP 6 and wanted to learn 7 because of all the new wonderful things I could do with graphics. Didn't happen!

I make free web graphics for people to use on the interent and I wanted to learn to do some of the new 'fancy' things. I did not learn anything from this book and feel I wasted my money buying this book.

If all you are looking for is a book that describes each and every tool and panel in great detail ... buy this book ... but if you are looking for 'how to' do things ... forget it!

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Summary: Can't recommend it
Review: I've just browsed the book at a store (off-line) and decided not to buy it. The book covers almost everything, but it is too brief and shallow. It might be suitable for those who just starting to work with a photo editor and know nothing or little on the subject, but it is definitely not for a serious user, who needs a good book on PSP 7. This user still has to wait.