Customer Reviews

Photoshop 5 for Windows and Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

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The first mistake the book makes, is having Windows and Mac in the same book. I have never been so confused in my life. The authors should make one book for Windows and one book for Mac. Everybody would be better off in the long run!

PhotoShop 5.0 is no longer the latest version. This book is still relevant except for the Web design features which have been added to the PhotoShop 5.5 upgrade.

I've been reading many popular Photoshop 5 books available out there and this is one of the worse. I was so confused by it. It was very mechanical and gave no helpful advice. The authors had the most dry and boring writing styles. I wish the money I put into buying this book went into buying Photoshop 5 Bible instead.

Photoshop is one of the most popular and widespread softwares specifically designed to operate on either a Windows or Macintosh platform. In Photoshop For Windows & Macintosh, Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas have effectively collaborated to create an ideal, easy to master, visual approach for the novice user that provides an informed and informative tour through what this software can do -- and how to do it. Comprehensive, concise, direct, "reader friendly" and illustrated commentary documents Photoshop For Windows & Macintosh as a truly effective primer and an enduringly useful reference for Photoshop users.

This book is an excellent value. The discussions are clear and concise. An excellent value and a great additional source to the User Guide. Highly recommend it.

I found a quick start guide way to basic a guide for me. I've been using Photoshop since version 4.0 and found that this didn't help much I recomend the Photoshop5 Bible (IDG Books)for more help and a guide to those things that you haven't found out how to use in PS 5.0. The book was a requirement for a class I took if it wasn't for that I'd say no way... I'm still waiting for the Wow! 5 book if its as good as Wow!4 it also be a winner to look into.

My .02

This is a great reference tool to be used in conjunction with other Photoshop References.

Don't waste your money on this book if you're new to Photoshop. The authors provide no frame of reference as they immediately delve into the various palettes and toolbox and to other areas that will have you throwing the book down in disgust. There are better books out there for beginners but this is certainly not one of them.

This book was terrible. It is not for beginners. It would be very difficult to teach yourself Photoshop when this book as a reference.

I cant believe either that this book was recommended for my class. It offers no insight om how to blend everthing you learn to make a quality layout. You can teach yourself the same things in the book just by tril and error. Those masterpieces in the middle dont help the beggimer out either.