Customer Reviews

Adobe Photoshop CS2, Revealed, Deluxe Education Edition (Revealed (Thomson))

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I was using Chris Botehlo's Adobe Indesign CS2 Revealed, which is an excellent, clearly written book, so I naturally bought this book when I needed to learn Photoshop. Unfortunately, Ms. Reding's ability to convey complex instructions is lacking. The instructions are very disjointed and confusing. With no particular offense meant toward Ms. Reding, I strongly suggest that she partner with Chris Botehlo when writing the next edition of this book.

I'm half way through this book. Although I've used Photoshop extensively for some time, I have learned a lot in every chapter. The explainations, exercises and tips are all good. Unfortunately, the editing was poor (mostly little mistakes, but they waste the student's time). Also, the index failed me the few times I tried to use it.

This isn't a bad beginners book, but that's ALL it is, a book for complete novices to Photoshop. The author doesn't go into any detail about the features and tools of Adobe's Photoshop CS. There's a lot of tutorials that show you how to do various tasks, but there's very little about why you're doing what you're doing. I suggest the Adobe Photoshop CS2 Bible.

I've spent the past 2 years teaching myself Photoshop and never really getting it. This book has well thought out lessons that allow the novice to learn as well as the average user to skip some of the details but still understand and learn new techniques. If you know a lot about Photoshop, you might want to shy away, but for the novice or casual user, this book is great.

If you want to learn how to use the powerful tool that is Photoshop or simply need a refresher, this is the book to get. Small and handy, this book gives quick and easy, step by step exercises that are designed to help you overcome the overwhelming burden of muscling through Photoshop's daunting abilities. As an amateur designer, I recommend this book and the others in the Adobe CS2/CS3 Revealed line of textbooks.

The book does what it says and it will teach you Photoshop but the text can get a little confusing. For instance during the final projects and the end of the books some of the techniques they ask you to do are not to be found in this book nor could I find them in the index. Some of the steps it asks you to do are repetitive and have nothing to do with the task at hand.

On the other hand I have learned a lot about Photoshop from this book and I am now confident in using the program. I do suggest reading the text in between the steps seeing how that clarifies a few things for you. For what its worth this book is worth the price and is great for anyone wanting to learn Photoshop.

This is a textbook I needed for a class, but I'm enjoying it anyway! There are a few items in here that seem to be done with less skill than the professor's method, but all in all, it seems like a good, user friendly book.

This is a great book that shows the hows and gives you the whys behind it. I recommend for any beginner Photoshop users.

An excellent book for those beginning in Photoshop CS2. A CD is included containing the graphical images used in the lessons. Clear concise instructions. Easy to follow directions with examples to guide the learner.