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Adobe Photoshop 5.0: Certification Guide

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This is the only book I used to prepare for the Photoshop ACE which I passed with no problems...but then I have been using Photoshop for a zillion years already :) Yes it does have quite a few errors but you should be able to spot them if you really go through the exercises (and know your Photoshop..and, uhm, if you are going to call yourself an Expert, shouldn't you know the program?) All in all it's quite useful but could have been edited a bit more carefully. Incidentally! If you use Photoshop on the Mac be prepared to confront a very Windows-centric view of Photoshop in the actual exam.

A very good book. Perhaps I can help to fix some errors. Here two: on page 516 the correct answer to the question 10 is c (not d as indicated); on page 526 the correct answer to question 3 is d (not c as indicated).

The chapters are very informative and there is an attention to detail. The sample tests on the accompanying CD ROM are a tremendous help. Also, there is a discount certificate that comes with the book that reduces the price of the exam (it is as if the book is free).

The book so far is very good but I need to point out that on page 34 on the right side of the page is an inaccuracy in the labeling of the pen tools. The fourth pen, which is Add anchor point, is marked Convert-anchor point. The last pen which is in reality is Convert, is marked Add so watch for others that may also be in the wrong order.

While the book was easy to understand, and contained lots of useful information, I found it lacking in the exam preperation function. The book convered only about 65% of the test. Luckily, I was already familiar with the portions of the test that was not covered in the book.

This would be a great study guide for the Photoshop 5.0 ACE Exam if not for the multitude of typographical errors. Anyone that is not all ready an expert Photoshop user will most likely be confused by incorrect diagrams, wrong answers in the sample questions and mismatched Windows/Macintosh shortcuts. I appreciate Adobe Press for finally producing a study guide for the ACE Exams but whatever happened to proof-reading.

Most of the errors from the initial printing (Jan 99) have been fixed in the second printing (Oct 99), which is the edition offered by amazon.com as I write this.

I just passed the test using this book for preperation. While it gives an excellent, in-depth overview of Photoshop, it falls a little short in actually preparing you for the test. I would highly recommend this book as a review before your test, but don't count on it giving you all the answers. Experience is the best study guide.

To help those still using the first edition like myself there is another error on page 513. They have b as the answer and it should be a.

Most of the errors from the initial printing (Jan 99) have been fixed in the second printing (Oct 99), which is the edition offered by amazon.com as I write this.