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Adobe ImageStyler In Depth: The Latest Design Tool for Creating Sophisticated Web Graphics

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Dan did a great job with PageMill in Depth, but ImageStyler in Depth shows this man knows not just his HTML, but his graphics, too. And where would the web be without graphics? Anyone who uses the program...beginners and advanced users alike...can buy this book and benefit from it. In fact, it's a "must have" for your web library. Adobe hit a home run when it released the program, but if Dan didn't get a grand slam with ImageStyler in Depth, I don't know what would. I teach web design and web graphics on a daily basis, and Dan's book shortend my learning curve considerably. I think so much of this book, I'm buying copies for my students and distributing them in class. Get it. You won't be disappointed. Maybe the best features of the book are in the back. Dan shows you how to integrate other popular graphic programs with ImageStyler, and reserves an entire chapter for ImageReady, another great Adobe product.

As a graphics professional who is just beginning to explore the techniques of web site design, I found this book a great help: first, it is a good supplementary guide to the manual Adobe provides, and second, it helps explain some technical design principles which are unique to the web. If you have just purchased Imagestyler, I recommend it highly.

I bought this book long time ago hoping to learn Image Styler by myself, but It didn't help me. There is nothing in this book that was valuable whichI couldn't figure it out by myself, or by the free tutorials available on the web.

One important thing I figured out ( and I am speaking for myself) is that Image Styler is not the kind of software that need proper training before being able to use it, every thing is ready made and so clear, except maybe for the Javascript rollovers.

Don't waist your money on this book, or any book about Image Styler for that matter. Put your money on more powerful tools such as Photoshop or Flash

Mr. Gray does a nice lite job on breezing through Image Styler. JS is why I went there but found some rather cool insights into the cutting edge of graphics, the web and Adobe.

so, unless you already own this software, you won't want to buy this book. Adobe's customer representative said that Imagestyler's features have been incorporated into the new versions of Illustrator, Photoshop and Go Live. Hopefully, the author will rework his excellent advice into another helpful book.

I found some of the content useful, but not all that much, and due to the lack of colour (except a centre-section), we often play 'spot the difference' with black and white images - sometimes, I couldn't see any at all. Its CD ROM adds some useful demos, styles and shapes, but the b/w appendices of thumbnails is not all that useful. Some important Imagestyler techniques are missed altogether (esp. Aliasing), and the book starts with the classic 'Here are the program's menus and icons...' this is what they stand for', which overwhelms the reader with the software's commands, instructions and menus from the beginning before moving on. There is slightly too much digression as well in my view, and it is padded out with some pointless illustrations. Reasonably useful at Amazon's discount price (only), but not the authoritative work on Imagestyler I'd hoped for.

Some books are so hard to put down once you start reading...this ISN'T one of them. Don't get me wrong-there's a lot of useful information but it's painfully dull at times. I'm the type of person who can pick up any book and read til I've finished it, but I had a really difficult time staying focused during this one...dull is the best word I can think of-it does contain some good info though.

I bought this book long time ago hoping to learn Image Styler by myself, but It didn't help me. There is nothing in this book that was valuable which I couldn't figure it out by myself, or by the free tutorials available on the web.

One important thing I figured out ( and I am speaking for myself) is that Image Styler is not the kind of software that needs proper training before being able to use it, every thing is ready made and so clear, except maybe for the Javascript rollovers.

Don't waist your money on this book, or any book about Image Styler for that matter. Put your money on more powerful tools such as Photoshop or Flash

After waiting six weeks for this book to arrive I was sorely disappointed.At least 150 pages of trivia to say that this is an In Depth book is a joke. save your money. Overall I believe that Adobe should vet these types of books