Adobe Photoshop 4 Interactive Course [Paperback]

Sherry London (Author)

Book Description

Series: Interactive course | Publication Date: July 1997

Adobe Photoshop 4 is the image editing program of choice for most corporations and colleges. However receiving certification in Photoshop through a university is expensive. This book eliminates that expense and acts as a paperback professor to Photoshop 4. Once the reader completes the book, they will receive a Certificate of Achievement from Moore College of Art.
-- Written for beginning-level Photoshop users
-- CD-ROM contains all the sample images and exercises in the book

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

If you like a lot of structure, testing, and review when you learn a new software program, you should check out Adobe Photoshop 4 Interactive Course. Designed for beginning and intermediate users of Adobe Photoshop 4.0 for Macintosh and Windows, the book is full of quizzes to test your newfound knowledge, with answers at the back. Chapters are also online at the Waite Group's Web site. The combination of discussion and step-by-step instruction ensures that you grasp all of the nuances in each chapter.

After explaining the package's interface, author Sherry London delves right into selections, layers, and channels--the trickiest features and most important ones for sophisticated editing. Then she explains how to use the package's filters, paint and text tools, file formats, color spectrums and color correction tools. London explains how to digitize photos through scanning, and explains photo-retouching, photo-montage, and spot color. A good portion of the book is on working with other graphics programs, such as vector and 3-D software; customizing Photoshop through Preferences and Actions; and optimizing output by understanding color-calibration, color-management, and prepress issues. A hybrid CD-ROM includes a demo version of Adobe Photoshop as well as project files and third-party utilities and plug-ins.

From Library Journal

This time London leads readers through the Waite Group's "Interactive Course" approach to computer-based learning. While the book has more information than most users want to know, it is a complete class in a book and will be well used in computer labs where there are no Photoshop gurus around to offer guidance. Perhaps the best intermediate-level book.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 900 pages
• Publisher: Waite Group Pr; Bk&CD-Rom edition (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571690360
• ISBN-13: 978-1571690364
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,749,153 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Shorten the learning curve, January 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Adobe Photoshop 4 Interactive Course (Paperback)

When I first got this book, I knew nothing about Photoshop, except that it was a very confusing looking program. After going through just a few chapters step-by-step, I quickly became comfortable using the program, which in my mind, is the purpose of the book. The companion web site wasn't really much use to me at all. Now I use the book as a "How do I..." reference

Overall, I felt it was very well organized, easy to read, and well written. Certainly one of the better $40 book purchases I've made!

4.0 out of 5 stars Above than average, May 28, 1998

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[e-mail] (Bangkok, Thailand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adobe Photoshop 4 Interactive Course (Paperback)

This book is ok for the beginers. I also find this book helpful but it has some difficulties that I find after buying this book.Such as in CD Rom there are some third party's plugin does not work properly. So I think it is better not to give or include with this CD ROM. This book also lacks of colorful picture for illustrating. After all, it is a book about teaching on images.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book to really learn Photoshop, February 19, 1998

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Nan (Mesa, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adobe Photoshop 4 Interactive Course (Paperback)

I've read many books about Photoshop, but still thought I wasn't using it to the full potential. Now that I've found this book, the situation will change. The book is thorough and easy to understand. You can use the Waite Publishing site to expand on your knowledge or use the book standalone.