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 Excellent Service July 4, 2009
J. Mitchell Carpenter (United States)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Product arrived promptly and in excellent condition. The book is an
excellent source of information and easy to understand procedures.
 Photoshop Elements 7: The Missing Manual June 29, 2009
Steve R (Reno, NV)
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
To be honest I was disappointed with this book for what I needed. I wanted a reference type manual that I could readily refer to when editing my pictures as a photographer to improve them using the many filters or techniques used from its 'big brother' Photoshop CS 4. This book did not deliver that perspective, instead it was aimed more to the person creating a digital scrap book or family albums, which is fine but not what I needed. To give you an example of what I am refering to there was only 35 pages set aside to explain 'Filters, effects, layer styles and gradients' compared to 40 pages for 'E mail & the web and online albums & slideshows'! The book does mention the filters, but only in a very basic format, lacking pictures of before and after shots plus key sliders controlling the various applications.
At the time of purchasing this manual, I also purchased a Rick Sammon's book on photographing people [Nothing to do with his digital dark room series of books]and got far more useful and easily understood instructions from this then I did with the missing manual, even though he was refering to Photoshop CS!
This book is good for those who like to create projects, albums, scrap books and the basics of what elements can do, but it does not cover more of the useful tips and techniques employed by professional photographers such as Renaissance lighting or using the blur tool to selectively soften wrinkles on faces. One could say I may be lazzy in not discovering these things for myself over time, however, the bottom line is that the Photoshop series of digital editing is so vast and complex that I purchase manuals to get me jump started straight into the operation.
Overall it depends what you want to use Photoshop Elements for as to how useful you will find this book. If looking for more of the professional photographers technique manual then I suggest looking for a different book.
 The best i've read April 18, 2009
Derf (Australia)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
II have bought a number of tutorial books on "Photoshop Elements 7", but I find "The Missing Manual" the best and easiest to follow, my age 79.
Fred
 Ok text not great April 11, 2009
Michele Monaco (Wilkes-Barre, PA)
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Ok format, not a good as other reviewers led me to believe. Example: attempt to find how to add frames to pictures not covered found on quick perusal in other test.
A very well written book... April 9, 2009
C. Crafton (Port Charlotte, Florida)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
The book is very well written and covers all of the features in the software version 7. A user is able to start most anywhere in the book to find useful information, but reading the early chapters will be a benefit to beginners as it describs how the software actually works.
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