The Photoshop User's Encyclopedia: Every Photoshop Term You're Ever Likely to Need, See or Use [Spiral-bound]

Peter Cope (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 2001

It is the sheer size of Photoshop--that all-encompassing system universally used by designers, illustrators, and photographers-that makes it the leading application. Even professionals know only a small selection of the program's terms--so new users will almost certainly get lost in its complexities. Here's the fix! With more than 3000 examples of lingo and over 650 color photos, this encyclopedia will guide you through the language maze. Don't have a clue about the precise phrase you're trying to find? The book's ingenious easy-to-use structure will help you track it down, anyway. After the word finder, go through terms for computing, interface, file and color management, document structure, image manipulation, imageready, web, photography, printing, and more. Plus: entries outside Photoshop's program that Photoshop users need!

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 256 pages
• Publisher: Friedman (October 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1586634607
• ISBN-13: 978-1586634605
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,889,230 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Concise and precise guide to Photoshop, December 9, 2002

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This review is from: The Photoshop User's Encyclopedia: Every Photoshop Term You're Ever Likely to Need, See or Use (Spiral-bound)

Photoshop books abound, with 'how to's' through tutorials but this is different. It actually explains all those terms that even the most erudite writer sometimes assumes that we all know. That is not to say that this is a book for absolute beginners though. The ingenous listing style means that like and similar terms are grouped so a reader can expand their knowledge easily. It is also a book to read (and how many encyclopediae can say that) as it is intriuging to discover new terms, new techniques and more by reading sequentially. One reviewer has pointed out errors in classification but, as someone involved in indexing in the past I'm surprised that a first edition is so accurate. Enjoy this and the companion by the same author, Digital Photographer's Pocket Encyclopedia.