Photoshop Elements Drop Dead Fantasy Techniques (A Lark Photography Book) [Paperback]

Derek Lea (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Lark Books (April 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579907997
• ISBN-13: 978-1579907990
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #982,861 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Want to follow along? Too bad!, December 18, 2006

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B. Hanks (Texas, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Photoshop Elements Drop Dead Fantasy Techniques (A Lark Photography Book) (Paperback)

A good photoshop technique book will let one work alongside the author as each technique is built up. Unfortunately, this is not such a book, because the pictures the author uses are not included with the book.

If you're really, really observant, you'll locate the website address on the book flap (printed in 4 or 6pt type) where you can find _some_ of the picture files the author used in the book (hint: it is not the publisher's website, which is pretty much useless itself). Want to follow along on the techniques for which there are no pictures? Too bad, bubba.

If _all_ the files were in a CD attached to the book, then I'd give it 4 stars--good, but not great. As it is, he gets only 2. If you're new to Photoshop Elements, then avoid this book because it is too hard to follow without the files. If you're an advanced PSE user, you most likely already know everything this book might teach you. If you're in-between, you'll probably want to look elsewhere anyway.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book - Files Are Available, May 2, 2007

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S. Steele (CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Photoshop Elements Drop Dead Fantasy Techniques (A Lark Photography Book) (Paperback)

I purchased the book and was really looking forward to using it. Like others reported, there were no files available to use alongside the examples. So I contacted the publisher by email and got a reponse within 24 hours which stated the files were available. They included a phone number; so I called them. I had a great conversation with the representative and she directed me to the link found in the book. It's difficult to find, it's at the bottom of the page with all of the Library of Congress information and says, "For more information" and then the web link.

After I found the link, everything is great. My original 5 star rating dropped to 1 star and then back up to 5 after my experience with Lark Publications.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Rated 3 - not all example files available, October 31, 2007

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J. Dunn (Dallas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Photoshop Elements Drop Dead Fantasy Techniques (A Lark Photography Book) (Paperback)

This could be a good book, but there are problems. The first 3 exercises have missing steps or wrong instructions. The link to the files is missing several sets of images. The step by step instructions are in very small type and worse, are set on colored backgrounds making it hard to read for lack of contrast. The ideas, however, are still very good and, if you are very conversant with Photoshop, you can fill in the omissions and correct the errors.