Adobe Photoshop CS2 One-Click Wow! (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

~ Jack Davis (Author)

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Product Description

If you're interested in taking advantage of the powerful new layer capabilities in Photoshop CS--including support for nested layers (up to five levels deep!), a Layer Comp feature that lets you store multiple designs within a single document, and the ability to work with layers in 16-bit images--you've come to the right place! This powerful book/CD combo is chock-full of one-click makeovers guaranteed to transform images instantly and easily, helping you employ layers effectively and creatively in the process. Better than filters--not to mention cheaper, more efficient, and easier to use--the CD's myriad Layer Styles transform photos into paintings, and type and graphics into metal, gems, glass, and just about anything you can conceive. In the book itself, veteran author Jack Davis shows you how to work with Photoshop's powerful Layer Styles (including an easy, five-page step-by-step tutorial) and provides a gallery of full-color examples of the included Wow! Layer Styles and effects.

About the Author

Jack Davis is an award-winning designer, illustrator, and photographer as well as the author of numerous books on digital imagery, design, and online communication.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press; 2 edition (November 21, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321246446
• ISBN-13: 978-0321246448
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #620,380 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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36 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Almost nothing new, very disappointing, December 20, 2005

By	William E. Harris (Covina, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I expected more from Jack Davis - his other books I truly enjoyed. But after waiting several months for this release, I am disappointed. I was hoping for a whole new batch of tricks fro my bag. A while back, I bought th One Click Wow for Photoshop v7. Now two iterations of Photoshop later, the CS2 version of One Click is almost idential, verbatim, to the old one. Pictures, effects, text and all! I wish there were some warning from the author or Amazon that this was the same book with a few pages and an updated title. It's not that the content isn't great - if this is your only book in the One Click series. If you want great effects that are quick and spectacular, this is the book. If you already own a One Click book for Photoshop, spend your money on a Kelby book.

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Nothing New, December 28, 2005

By	P. Smith (Northeast) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    (VINE VOICE)

I too have the Photoshop 7 edition of this book and I could not be more disappointed. Same actions, same text, same pictures, same everything. This is close to criminal.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Add This One-Click-WOW! Book to Your Digital Art Library, May 17, 2006

By	Diane Cipollo (Editor at BellaOnline.com) - See all my reviews

If you haven't added one of Jack Davis' WOW! books to your digital art library, you should consider the latest One-Click-WOW! for Photoshop CS2. It's packed with preset styles and effects for every task you might have. What is a preset? Basically, it is a special effect or group of effects (style), such as a drop shadow, that already has the options set for you. After you install the presets from the CD, they will appear with the other presets in the Styles Palette. All you need to do is apply these ready-made presets to your image. In his WOW-Styles Tutorial which is included in the book, Davis gives you all the information you need to apply and customize the 900+ presets in Adobe Photoshop and ImageReady. He explains the mystery of using layers and clipping masks, changing the resolution, brush size and scale of the presets as well as how to customize the WOW! presets and save the changes as a new style to your own Styles Library.

To help you decide which preset is best for your needs, the book contains a full-color gallery of the presets applied to various types of images from photos to text. On the CD, there are over 300+ layer styles and custom shapes such as frames and panels that you can apply to your photographs or digital art. For your webpages, there are 150 button styles for creating static web buttons in Photoshop. In ImageReady, you can choose from 50+ rollover styles, with accompanying JavaScript, to create that popular rollover button effect. You can even preview the rollover effect in your web browser. Also included are gradients and seamless tiles for your backgrounds, many natural media brushes, pattern stamps, crop and marquee selection presets, and tools to help you fix your photographs.

The one thing I found disappointing was that some of the presets are repeated from previous versions of Davis' WOW! books. Jack Davis is a well known digital designer, photographer and author. He is also part of the NAPP Dream Team.