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Teach Yourself VISUALLY Photoshop CS2

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This book was great for me. I am a web application developer (database and code not graphics) and all I need to know is basics and I don't want to spend hours, days, years to learn it. This book is quick and concise and gets you going without having to wade through exhaustive text. If you are a graphics artist that does photoshop all day, every day, then get a book that is intended for learning that depth of knowledge. If you are a typical person that just needs to create or edit stuff for occasional professional use or just at home, this is a great book.

Instantly, I was able to use photoshop. Get this book. It will be a quick read. It explains on one or two pages, each task you wish to perform. Once you master the material in this book, you can progress to more elaborate procedures and more technical books. The perfect beginners book.

If you already know how to use another photo-editing program and you're transitioning to PhotoShop, this might just be the book for you. It has a rather clever and innovative way to show exactly where on a cluttered screen the item under discussion is, and it also has some decent "quick tips". The examples are also pretty good. However, I don't see how anyone can claim to write a book that will "teach" you a software program if it doesn't give you exercises to work your way through; Photoshop is way too powerful and complex to learn without also practicing. It also doesn't explain why you might want to use any of its myriad features/effects/filters. But as I said, if you're transitioning from another program and you already know what any photo-editing program should do, this could be an excellent choice.

Another great book from this range. Easy to follow format which allows you to achieve the results you need quickly.
Highly recommended AAA++++++

Photoshop is a very complex program. Over the years, I've bought a shelf full of "how-to" books in an attempt to master it. I'm not a professional photographer...and THIS is the first book that makes it simple to follow and learn the multiple steps needed to get the results I'm trying to achieve without overloading me with so much technical detail that I give up in frustration. I highly recommend it. You should get the specific book for the version of Photoshop YOU are using. As an aside - I recently upgraded my laptop and have Office 2010. I bought the WORD 2010 "Visual" book - it's awesome.

It's a wonderfully clean book, easy to follow. I can't rate it highly enough for beginners.

This is an must have book to work with Adobe Photoshop,illustrated book is easy to follow .It will guide you through your projects.

Easy to read and follow, but skims the surface of the program. There is so much more to learn, so many tools and functions that it never even covers, especially some of the stuff that is new to the CS2 version like placing type on a path.