Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop 5.5 in 24 Hours (Teach Yourself -- Hours) [Paperback]

Carla Rose (Author)

Book Description

Series: Teach Yourself in 24 Hours | Publication Date: October 21, 1999

Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop 5.5 in 24 Hours uses a friendly, conversational approach to teach you the basics of Photoshop 5.5. Photoshop can be a somewhat intimidating program for the beginning user, but Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop 5.5 in 24 Hours, with its careful, step-by-step approach, makes it easy even for the beginning user to learn the basic techniques involved in using Photoshop to create and manipulate images. The book covers only those features of Photoshop that a beginning user would need, and it is organized in a logical order that reflects the natural progression a new user is likely to follow in developing a familiarity with the product.

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About the Author

Carla Rose, a photographer, artist, and award-winning writer, is the author of more than 20 computer books, including Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop in 24 Hours and Sams Teach Yourself Digital Photography and Photoshop Elements All in One.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Macmillan Computer Pub; 1st edition (October 21, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672317230
• ISBN-13: 978-0672317231
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,267,311 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good, I guess....., January 7, 2000

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Karen Fletcher (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop 5.5 in 24 Hours (Teach Yourself -- Hours) (Paperback)

If you are new to Photoshop, this book is a pretty good place to start. Carla Rose takes care to explain all of Photoshop's tools in detail. But I thought the tutorials were written very badly. After downloading the images from her website with the understanding that they would be used for the tutorials, I found that the images that she did use for her tutorials weren't the ones that she told us to download so I ended up not being able to follow along with her examples. If you don't care about using tutorials and just want to learn the basics, then this book will be good for you.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good start for beginners, July 3, 2000

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M. Colon "mf_colon" (New York City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop 5.5 in 24 Hours (Teach Yourself -- Hours) (Paperback)

I have started with this book and I thought it was pretty good. The book breaks down Photoshop 5.5 into easy to read chapters that any one can follow easily. That is why this book is great for beginners. I did not bother to do the tutorials from the web since I am not much of an internet person, but it works well even with your own pictures. This book is a good start, and can be used for a tutorial. Much easier to understand than Photoshop 5.5 Classroom in a Book, which I thought was a trickier read. This book will make a good referance when you move to more advanced books.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Weak and fluffy, December 9, 2000

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Dave ODell (Houston TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop 5.5 in 24 Hours (Teach Yourself -- Hours) (Paperback)

If you want a book that gets to the point of using Photoshop or want a reference book for Photoshop, stay away. The Adobe classroom in a book series is far superior.