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 A solid entry level book to new CS features and special effects June 28, 2009
P. Tang
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
What I like about this book are...
(1) Step by step, picture-guided method of teaching. Very easy to follow.
(2) The book covers a variety types of usage of Photoshop tricks, like effects of type, photo, vector art, lots of commercial material, posters, web material... etc.
What I do not like about this book...
The paper!!! Yes, you heard me, it's the paper. I am by no means an expert of paper, but this type of paper is so much harder to flip the pages. They don't really stick to your finger (so you can't easily "clamp" the pages up with 2 fingers), instead the pages stick to each other (so it's not easy to flip pages using the edge of the paper. You might think I'm crazy complaining about the paper, but I found it very annoying, and it just made reading the book that much more unpleasant.
What I wish about this book...
I wish that it came with a CD of the materials (say texture, photos... etc.), so readers can actually follow it step by step; which in my opinion is always a better way of learning.
Other thoughts:
- The material used in the book has very very strong commercial sense
- After reading it, I think this book teaches you design more than anything.
- The book is really about Photoshop tricks here and there, a lot of them you don't really need the latest CS to achieve. The title of the book is really not so helpful, in the sense of what the book is about.
- Scott is a decent graphic designer. I think he went to school for it...
Conclusion...
I think it is worth the money for me.
I learned graphic design, a little bit web, and many tricks for my photography.
 Totally useless for me June 20, 2009
S. Modak (Franklin, MA US)
3 out of 16 found this review helpful
I have a bunch of Kelby books and really liked most of them. However recently I have started to use other authors' books and started to like them even better. The books of Martin Evening and Ben Willmore are really great...much better than anything I ever read from Scott. This books has nothing for photographers like me. This book may not be off topic but I found these special effects so useless (well except for the desaturated portrait), that I am not sure that I would buy a Kelby book ever again. It may be use useful for other readers but a total waste of money for me.
 Photoshop CS4 Down & Dirty Tricks June 13, 2009
Jeramie Carrell (Hurricane, Utah)
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
Very useful book way awesome a must get book! It will open your mind more of designing!!
Great Book June 12, 2009
Doug Robinson (Vancouver BC)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Scott has done a great job on this update. Remember it is about Photoshop, not photography. With that in mind, some really great Tips and Tricks.
Another great book from the Master of The Photoshop Universe June 12, 2009
Jon Schroeder (Southern California)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Easy to follow step by step tutorials that will make you think you are a pro at creating special effects
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