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Paint Shop Pro 7 Fast & Easy (Fast & Easy (Premier Press))

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This is a super book for absolute beginners, people who have never used a "major" graphics program before. All the basics are explained, clearly, with examples.

Those who have regularly used many, many other graphics programs may find the book a bit simplistic, and be slightly perturbed by the items that are missing. As others have pointed out Jasc's Paintshop Pro is quite different and exciting in that it combines the best of Adobe "Photoshop", with the best of Fractal Design's "Painter", and the best of "Ulead" -- so, if you are already familiar with these programs, you really want a book that's a bit more advanced than this one.

This book is for you only if you plan to use Paint Sho Pro to draw or design. It is shockingly thin in help for working with photographs. As far as photo editing goes, it covers the red eye fix and cheesy special effects features, not much more. I bought the book because I found the Jasc-supplied manual for Paint Shop hard to use, but I've gone back to it.

I am an occasional user. I could muddle my way through PSP6 but have been frustrated by the changes in PSP7. This book has step by step screens to put on your PC and get you started quickly if you're a beginner.

The occasional user with some experience can just read and apply the examples. The examples are easy to follow and cleared up the problems I was having, that I could not find in PSP7 help. PSPF&E also contains a 10 page Tabel of contents and a 13 page index making topics easy to find. Highly recommended.

Diane states in the beginning that she, like me, is not an artist. She is however an excellent teacher. Thanks Diane.

(Note: for a more complete guide with color plates see "The Complete Idiots guide to PSP7" which is good for intermediate users, but I have found diffcult to use.)