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Photoshop Elements 4 For Dummies 1st Edition

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 380 pages
  • Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (January 24, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0471774839
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471774839
  • Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (206 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsHelped me with Layers big time
By Scott on November 22, 2011
Format: Paperback
This book is really for beginners and people who aren't really planning on ever getting too involved in photoshop, which is why it was the perfect book for me. It gave me a good sense of what I needed to know as far as basic photo editing without getting into the really intense stuff. Starts off by familiarizing you with the interface of Elements and branches into the specific sections from there. That was really crucial because I really needed to know what everything was and where it was. Figuring out the rest was pretty simple on my own.

The really confusing part that took up hours of my time before reading the book was layers. I had to scrap so many projects simply because I didn't know I'd been creating so many layers and those were the reason my photos were getting screwed up. Needless to say, I've got a much better grasp on layers now.
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1.0 out of 5 starsHorrible Book! NOT FOR DUMMIES
By Thomas Collins on January 18, 2012
Format: Paperback
I am writing this review objectively as I have never used Photoshop, and Elements 10 is my first version. First off, this is by far the worst "For Dummies" book that I have ever purchased and it may even cause me to stop purchasing any more in the future. The book is very poorly put together. All over the place there are references to a particular issue and the answer is "That will be discussed in more detail later in Chapter XX". Also, there are many commands that are not explained well at all. For instance, it instructs the user to click the (insert command here) icon, yet it does not show an illustration of the icon, nor does it describe it. Remember, I m a first time user, so I have no idea what these icons look like. The section of the book that deals with organizing photos is 58 pages, while the section that deals with layers is only 25. Even after reading the chapter on layers I still had to research it online because I didn't get any insight from this book. There are very few illustrations, and the ones that are there are very uninformative and serve no purpose.
After reading this book I now know just about as much about Photoshop Elements 10 as I did before I started.... Nothing. So far I have learned a great deal of ideas online. There are a ton of resources that are far better than this book.

Please, save your money and DO NOT BUY this book.

Added comment 01-28-12. I just read another book "How to Cheat in Photoshop Elements 10". I learned more useful information from the first few chapters of this book than from the entire dummies book. I now know that I made the right choice by giving Photoshop 10 for dummies only one star. I wish I could give it NO stars!
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5.0 out of 5 starsNice Guide For Photoshop Elements Beginners
By orangee1 on December 2, 2012
Format: Paperback
I don't have much experience with Photoshop Elements 11 or really any Photoshop product for that matter and I needed a guidebook to get me going. My go to technical manual is usually one of the more comprehensive, although sometimes less user-friendly, guides (think The Missing Manual series). These guides pack absolutely everything you could possibly want to know about a given product into their pages, but since I barely qualify as a beginner here I took a different approach and picked up two MUCH more user friendly books (this one and Teach Yourself VISUALLY Photoshop Elements 11 (Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech))) and I couldn't be happier with my choices.

I won't compare them fully here (I've reviewed the Teach Yourself Visually book on its own page) except to say that the main way they differ is in the graphics that accompany the step-by-step guides and the amount of commentary between guides. This book has much more text between guides that goes into why you might use tools and special tips for using them in different situations. The teach yourself visually guide has very little commentary, but makes up for it by providing fully labeled pictures with each of its guides that SHOW you exactly which buttons to press. That said the two books really balance each other out making a great pair. If you're a true beginner or are just feeling a little intimidated I'd recommend getting both.

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2.0 out of 5 starsNot a must have
By Nele on January 12, 2013
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I bought this book together with the photoshop 11 Elements and let me tell you, this is the first time I have bought a photo editing program and used one. So I am pretty new to the whole thing and honestly, I found the book just overwhelming and still too complicated. You get bombarded with a whole new language in a whole new world all by itself.
I was so frustrated that I closed it, put it to the side and just spent some time with the program by myself and guess what... I found it pretty easy to figure out, even as a beginner. Everything I wanted to know how to do with photoshop I figured out by myself, without the book, in about one hours time. The program is easy to use and just use some logic and you will be fine.
Did not need the book nor did I find it helpful.
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