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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Well worth every penny!!
As a Mac user very familiar and comfortable with Aperture 2, I decided to try Photoshop CS4 to go the next level of editing and document creation. Twice I walked away from Photoshop finding it unintuitive, confusing, and complicated. But since I had paid so much for the software, I decided to try once again. This time I bought a couple of CS4 How To books thinking that...
Published 12 months ago by Luis E. Valencia
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2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Confusing book. Get something better!
I found this book very difficult to follow. The explanations of various functions were often totally confusing. For example, there would be a small picture of entire photoshop layout with small arrows pointing to various tools and such. One picture would illustrate more than a dozen tools or functions. There was no "walk through" of tools either. You had to figure it...
Published 11 months ago by J. Ferro
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Well worth every penny!!, August 30, 2009
As a Mac user very familiar and comfortable with Aperture 2, I decided to try Photoshop CS4 to go the next level of editing and document creation. Twice I walked away from Photoshop finding it unintuitive, confusing, and complicated. But since I had paid so much for the software, I decided to try once again. This time I bought a couple of CS4 How To books thinking that I would be able to learn the program. I tried several books and none had the approach to teaching that would help me learn step by step. Most books I looked at were geared to showing how you can do great things with Photoshop, and how creative one could be. However, they skipped the basics and assumed that you already knew photoshop. Or if they tried to teach basics, their approach was superficial or disjointed. I almost walked away from Photoshop for the last time until I found Adobe Photoshop CS4 Revealed. At first I balked at the price which I thought was outrageous for a paperback. But having paid for the software, I said "what the heck". It turned out to be a very smart decision. The book approaches Photoshop CS4 very methodically and logically. Explains things in detail with great illustrations and in the first few lessons assumes that you have never used Photoshop and gives you the foundation to move on to the creative and advanced features of Photoshop. So, if you are a beginner in Photoshop who understands all that the program can do and want to learn the fundamentals and then move on to the advanced and unique features, then you won't be sorry that you bought this book.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Great Addition to the Software!, August 1, 2009
This review is from: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Revealed (Adobe Creative Suite)(with CD-Rom) (Paperback)
This book provides lots of examples to clarify points and plenty of practice to make sure you understand the tools. For a "newbie" to PhotoShop, I highly recommend it.
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great educational book, February 28, 2010
This review is from: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Revealed (Adobe Creative Suite)(with CD-Rom) (Paperback)
i am learning a lot about adobe photoshop and will be a pro for sure after this book accompanied with my community college class!
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Packed with real-world examples paired with step-by-step instruction, December 17, 2009
This review is from: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Revealed (Adobe Creative Suite)(with CD-Rom) (Paperback)
Adobe Photoshop CS4 Revealed covers all the latest Photoshop CS4 tools from adding color and using CS4 Tablet to introducing the basics of Photoshop through tutorials and exercises. From understanding how applications may be chosen and used to moving from the basic introduction to more advanced features, Adobe Photoshop CS4 Revealed is a fine pick for any library packed with real-world examples paired with step-by-step instruction.
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2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Confusing book. Get something better!, September 26, 2009
This review is from: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Revealed (Adobe Creative Suite)(with CD-Rom) (Paperback)
I found this book very difficult to follow. The explanations of various functions were often totally confusing. For example, there would be a small picture of entire photoshop layout with small arrows pointing to various tools and such. One picture would illustrate more than a dozen tools or functions. There was no "walk through" of tools either. You had to figure it out on your own which I thought to be silly since the title uses the word "Revealed". Also, the book is geared for windows users NOT mac users. There are so many books out there that explain photoshop that I think it's worth it to look for another like the "Classroom in a book" series for example.
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1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Too confusing and hard to follow!, September 3, 2009
This review is from: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Revealed (Adobe Creative Suite)(with CD-Rom) (Paperback)
I had to get this book for a class I was taking and I tried sooo hard to follow the directions, but I just couldn't understand it! I don't know if this book is for a beginner b/c I had no idea how to use PS CS4. However, that is why I took the class to get familiar with the program, but I could not figure out how to use it with this AWFUL book!! Needless to say, I ended up dropping out of that class.
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