Macworld Photoshop 6 Bible (With CD-ROM) [Paperback]

Deke McClelland (Author), Mark Hamburg (Foreword)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764534904 | ISBN-13: 978-0764534904 | Publication Date: December 15, 2000

The totally revised update to the classic bestseller (over 40K of the current edition in print), providing everything a user needs to know to learn and become expert with the latest release of Adobe Photoshop, scheduled for Q3, 2000. Author and premier Photoshop guru Deke McClelland once again delivers the most comprehensive, informative, and entertaining coverage of Photoshop you'll find anywhere - complete with all the insider secrets and tips you need for state-of-the-art graphic design. Includes a CD-ROM packed with utilities, plug-ins, sample images, an artist gallery, video interviews, and more.

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From the Back Cover

"If Deke McClelland is writing a book about Photoshop, I don't even have to see it to know that I want it." --Russell Preston Brown, Senior Creative Director, Adobe Systems, Inc.

"To those of us who create Photoshop, Deke McClelland is considered an expert. His fresh and approachable style makes even the most head-scratching concepts go down smooth. So find your comfiest chair, curl up by the glow of your monitor, and learn from the master." --Marc Pawliger, Senior Computer Scientist, Photoshop Engineering Manager
* Retouch, manipulate, and combine images using Photoshop 6
* Harness the new type, vector graphics, and Web tools
* Master advanced techniques for cutting-edge special effects
BONUS CD-ROM
* Bible-exclusive plug-ins, including fully functional demo and trial versions from Ulead Systems, Alien Skin Software and more!
* A gallery of artwork
* And much more

About the Author

Deke McClelland is a world-renowned Photoshop expert -- an author whose computer-graphics books have won numerous awards and sold more than two million copies. Now, in the meticulously revised and updated edition of this international bestseller, McClelland shows you step-by-step how to master every aspect of Photoshop 6 -- from image-editing basics to advanced layering tricks -- whether you're new to the program or an old hand.

Product Details

• Paperback: 937 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (December 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764534904
• ISBN-13: 978-0764534904
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,173,652 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Deke McClelland is a popular lecturer on Adobe Photoshop and the larger realm of computer graphics and design. He has hosted the interactive "Video Workshop" CD that shipped with Photoshop Versions 7, CS, and CS2, as well as hundreds of hours of tutorial-style video training for industry leaders lynda.com and Total Training. In addition to his video work, Deke has written 84 books translated into 24 languages, with more than 4 million copies in print. One of the most award-winning writers in the technology market, Deke received the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Computer Book in 1989. Since then, he has garnered more than 20 honors, including seven independent citations from the Computer Press Association. In 2002, he was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars My Advice is Simple...., July 31, 2001

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This review is from: Macworld Photoshop 6 Bible (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

If you're new to Photoshop and don't have access to an earlier version, get this book. It covers a lot of ground, is easy to follow and the author knows his stuff for the most part. To know the basics of this book is to know the basics of Photoshop and to be able to use the program well.

If, on the other hand, you have access to an earlier version of this book (or a used copy) I cannot stress enough that about 85% of it is a complete re-hash of earlier editions. It's really kind of shameless the way the publisher markets this book as "new work" with each successive release of Photoshop. All they're really doing is adding perhaps a dozen or so new pages to cover new tools and features, and updating the errata from previous editions.

An example: all the illustrations and sample images used in the book are the SAME ONES used in versions 3, 4, 5, and 5.5 of the book. This is really pitiful in my view. At least grace us with some fresh image content each time!!

Deke, do your readers a favor and either: update the sample images and demonstrations every time with new content (and keep on charging the same price), or simply publish a much smaller "Revision Edition" as each new edition of Photoshop comes out, and charge HALF as much.

To buy this book over and over every year is a total waste of money....

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars very good, February 1, 2001

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Martijn (Amsterdam) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Macworld Photoshop 6 Bible (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

Although I am an experienced user, I have learned a lot from this book. It is very thorough and detailed yet easy and even fun to read. Thanks to McClelland's co-operation with Adobe, it contains inside information that I never spotted anywhere else (this is the 5th Photoshop book I've read), but also constructive criticism towards the Photoshop team.

My only complaint is that some of his examples are (although very extensive) not very practical: I learned the effects of the Exclusion blending mode, but no useful purposes.

But still - along with the very specialised 'Photoshop Channel Chops' - this is the best Photoshop book I know of.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not great, reference work, January 17, 2001

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Pamela Smith (Palo Alto, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Macworld Photoshop 6 Bible (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

I've owned previous editions of this book, and really my greatest disappointment was that much of this book was the same. It is still a great reference guide (much like the Illustrator Bible for version 9), but it suffers from a bit of author protelization regarding various likes and dislikes. Still, this is probably the best "official reference guide" out there on Photoshop 6.0.