McClelland most sinister books are the award--winning Photoshop Bible and Photoshop Bible, Professional Edition, now in their twelfth year with more copies in print than any other guides on computer graphics. Other subversive titles include Photoshop CS For Dummies, and Photoshop Elements For Dummies (both Wiley Publishing, Inc.). Deke further shocks and appalls as host of the interactive "Video Workshop" that ships with Photoshop as well as the fiendishly exhaustive Total Training for Adobe Photoshop CS (www.totaltraining.com), the predecessor of which was named Training Product of the Year by MacNet 2.0. His other DVD-- and CD--based video series include Digital Photography with Photoshop Elements and Total Training for Adobe Illustrator CS (both Total Training). In 2002, the National Association of Photoshop Professionals voted Deke into the Photoshop Hall of Fame. Deke has also managed to become an Adobe Certified Expert, a member of the PhotoshopWorld Instructor Dream Team, a featured speaker on the 2003 Photoshop Fling cruise of the Eastern Caribbean, and a contributing editor for Macworld and Photoshop User magazines. An artist through heredity and education, a teacher by nature, and a writer since she was old enough to pick up a crayon, Laurie Ulrich Fuller is a graphic artist, computer trainer, and the author and co--author of more than 25 books on computers, software, and the Web. Laurie has written hundreds of training manuals for universities and corporate training centers, and in the past 15 years, she’s personally trained thousands of people to make more creative and effective use of their computers. Her classroom has recently expanded to include total strangers she’ll never lay eyes on through CD--based training products available from both Total Training and VTC. In the early 1990’s, after spending way too many years working for other people, Laurie started her own firm, Limehat & Company, Inc. This venture allowed her to put her experience, ideas, and contacts to good use, providing consulting, training, Web design, and Web hosting services with a focus on the special needs of growing companies and non--profit organizations. If you’re wondering where the name "Limehat" came from, it’s a long story, but suffice to say it goes back to a childhood taunt heard on the school bus, regarding a plaid hat that Laurie’s mother thought looked cute, but that nearly turned the then 6--year--old Laurie into a social pariah. When not writing about or teaching people to use computers, Laurie can be found supporting a variety of animal advocacy groups through protests, writing educational articles, and maintaining her other organization’s Web site, freedomforanimals.org. She also enjoys her family, gardening, antiques, old houses (she and her husband are about to begin renovating one of their own), and adding to her collections of books, movies, and Wallace Nutting artwork. You can find out more about Laurie’s work, experiences, and both personal and professional interests at www.planetlaurie.com, and she welcomes your e--mail at authors@photoshopbible.com. Mr. Fuller typically shuns the bright light of day, lurking instead in the cold dark basements or shallow pools beneath convenience store dumpsters known to be the common environs of the wretched PC user. His rare appearance here can only be attributed to his fascination with shiny objects. The Macintosh, which appeared on the family’s kitchen counter just after Christmas, lured him onto the upper floors of his quiet domicile gawking in wonder. "Hmmm...likie--likie," he was heard to snivel as he licked the slick, translucent mouse. Having enveloped him in the "warm fuzzies," the likes of which he hasn’t felt since his NeXT Dimension Turbo Cube was mothballed, no one’s been able to pull him away from this fabulous eMac since. His family, believing the long hours he’s spent with the new toy may have a rejuvenating effect on his psyche, thought that seeing his work in print might hasten his return into polite society. At the very least, it’s stopped him from shuffling about the basement, threatening faceless apparitions, and shaking his monitor violently grumbling something about fleeing to Cupertino, California. Robert is the author of the Dreamweaver 4 and HTML Virtual Classrooms (McGraw--Hill/Osborne), HTML in 10 Steps or Less (Wiley Publishing, Inc.), and has contributed to The Photoshop 7 Complete Reference, (McGraw--Hill/Osborne), The Photoshop Elements 2 Bible, and Restoration and Retouching with Photoshop Elements 2 (both Wiley Publishing, Inc.), as well as this lovely tome you’re reading now.

Inside, you?ll find advanced coverage of Photoshop CS2
? Explore new ways to adjust and enhance color
? Use retouching and color adjustment techniques to correct seemingly impossible?to?fix images
? Gain control over digital camera images with Photoshop?s enhanced Camera Raw capabilities
? Manage your work more efficiently with Actions, Batch processing, and the new Adobe Bridge
? Master complex filter techniques and create your own custom filter

You already know your way around Photoshop. You want to focus on creative expression, and that?s what you?ll find in this streamlined, lavishly illustrated volume. A Photoshop Hall of Fame inductee, a master trainer, and a Web graphics expert have collected the most important Photoshop CS2 techniques, tips, and twists to share with you?along with their enthusiasm and experience. Completely and painstakingly updated for CS2, this is truly the ultimate professional guide.

This totally updated hardcover reference covers the latest Photoshop enhancements and features larger, all-new, full-color illustrations throughout Shows experienced Photoshop users how to retouch, color correct, manipulate, and combine images using Photoshop Includes brand-new or expanded coverage of high-end topics such as the Camera Raw plug-in, creating and optimizing Web graphics, filters, convolution kernels and displacement maps, actions and batch processing, color adjustment, and ImageReady Cross-platform coverage for Windows and Mac OS X

Inside, you?ll find advanced coverage of Photoshop CS2

• Explore new ways to adjust and enhance color
• Use retouching and color adjustment techniques to correct seemingly impossible?to?fix images
• Gain control over digital camera images with Photoshop?s enhanced Camera Raw capabilities
• Manage your work more efficiently with Actions, Batch processing, and the new Adobe Bridge
• Master complex filter techniques and create your own custom filter

You already know your way around Photoshop. You want to focus on creative expression, and that?s what you?ll find in this streamlined, lavishly illustrated volume. A Photoshop Hall of Fame inductee, a master trainer, and a Web graphics expert have collected the most important Photoshop CS2 techniques, tips, and twists to share with you—along with their enthusiasm and experience. Completely and painstakingly updated for CS2, this is truly the ultimate professional guide.

McClelland most sinister books are the award?winning Photoshop Bible and Photoshop Bible, Professional Edition, now in their twelfth year with more copies in print than any other guides on computer graphics. Other subversive titles include Photoshop CS For Dummies, and Photoshop Elements For Dummies (both Wiley Publishing, Inc.).

Deke further shocks and appalls as host of the interactive ?Video Workshop? that ships with Photoshop as well as the fiendishly exhaustive Total Training for Adobe Photoshop CS (www.totaltraining.com), the predecessor of which was named Training Product of the Year by MacNet 2.0. His other DVD? and CD?based video series include Digital Photography with Photoshop Elements and Total Training for Adobe Illustrator CS (both Total Training).

In 2002, the National Association of Photoshop Professionals voted Deke into the Photoshop Hall of Fame. Deke has also managed to become an Adobe Certified Expert, a member of the PhotoshopWorld Instructor Dream Team, a featured speaker on the 2003 Photoshop Fling cruise of the Eastern Caribbean, and a contributing editor for Macworld and Photoshop User magazines.

An artist through heredity and education, a teacher by nature, and a writer since she was old enough to pick up a crayon, Laurie Ulrich Fuller is a graphic artist, computer trainer, and the author and co?author of more than 25 books on computers, software, and the Web. Laurie has written hundreds of training manuals for universities and corporate training centers, and in the past 15 years, she?s personally trained thousands of people to make more creative and effective use of their computers.

Her classroom has recently expanded to include total strangers she?ll never lay eyes on?through CD?based training products available from both Total Training and VTC.
In the early 1990?s, after spending way too many years working for other people, Laurie started her own firm, Limehat & Company, Inc. This venture allowed her to put her experience, ideas, and contacts to good use, providing consulting, training, Web design, and Web hosting services with a focus on the special needs of growing companies and non?profit organizations. If you?re wondering where the name ?Limehat? came from, it?s a long story, but suffice to say it goes back to a childhood taunt heard on the school bus, regarding a plaid hat that Laurie?s mother thought looked cute, but that nearly turned the then 6?year?old Laurie into a social pariah. When not writing about or teaching people to use computers, Laurie can be found supporting a variety of animal advocacy groups?through protests, writing educational articles, and maintaining her other organization?s Web site, freedomforanimals.org. She also enjoys her family, gardening, antiques, old houses (she and her husband are about to begin renovating one of their own), and adding to her collections of books, movies, and Wallace Nutting artwork.
You can find out more about Laurie?s work, experiences, and both personal and professional interests at www.planetlaurie.com, and she welcomes your e?mail at authors@photoshopbible.com.

Mr. Fuller typically shuns the bright light of day, lurking instead in the cold dark basements or shallow pools beneath convenience store dumpsters known to be the common environs of the wretched PC user. His rare appearance here can only be attributed to his fascination with shiny objects. The Macintosh, which appeared on the family?s kitchen counter just after Christmas, lured him onto the upper floors of his quiet domicile gawking in wonder. ?Hmmm...likie?likie,? he was heard to snivel as he licked the slick, translucent mouse.
Having enveloped him in the ?warm fuzzies,? the likes of which he hasn?t felt since his NeXT Dimension Turbo Cube was mothballed, no one?s been able to pull him away from this fabulous eMac since.
His family, believing the long hours he?s spent with the new toy may have a rejuvenating effect on his psyche, thought that seeing his work in print might hasten his return into polite society. At the very least, it?s stopped him from shuffling about the basement, threatening faceless apparitions, and shaking his monitor violently?grumbling something about fleeing to Cupertino, California.
Robert is the author of the Dreamweaver 4 and HTML Virtual Classrooms (McGraw?Hill/Osborne), HTML in 10 Steps or Less (Wiley Publishing, Inc.), and has contributed to The Photoshop 7 Complete Reference, (McGraw?Hill/Osborne), The Photoshop Elements 2 Bible, and Restoration and Retouching with Photoshop Elements 2 (both Wiley Publishing, Inc.), as well as this lovely tome you?re reading now.

Inside, you’ll find advanced coverage of Photoshop CS2
* Explore new ways to adjust and enhance color
* Use retouching and color adjustment techniques to correct seemingly impossible-to-fix images
* Gain control over digital camera images with Photoshop’s enhanced Camera Raw capabilities
* Manage your work more efficiently with Actions, Batch processing, and the new Adobe Bridge
* Master complex filter techniques and create your own custom filter

You already know your way around Photoshop. You want to focus on creative expression, and that’s what you’ll find in this streamlined, lavishly illustrated volume. A Photoshop Hall of Fame inductee, a master trainer, and a Web graphics expert have collected the most important Photoshop CS2 techniques, tips, and twists to share with you-along with their enthusiasm and experience. Completely and painstakingly updated for CS2, this is truly the ultimate professional guide.

Inside, you’ll find advanced coverage of Photoshop CS2

• Explore new ways to adjust and enhance color
• Use retouching and color adjustment techniques to correct seemingly impossible-to-fix images
• Gain control over digital camera images with Photoshop’s enhanced Camera Raw capabilities
• Manage your work more efficiently with Actions, Batch processing, and the new Adobe Bridge
• Master complex filter techniques and create your own custom filter

You already know your way around Photoshop. You want to focus on creative expression, and that’s what you’ll find in this streamlined, lavishly illustrated volume. A Photoshop Hall of Fame inductee, a master trainer, and a Web graphics expert have collected the most important Photoshop CS2 techniques, tips, and twists to share with you—along with their enthusiasm and experience. Completely and painstakingly updated for CS2, this is truly the ultimate professional guide.

Inside, you’ll find advanced coverage of Photoshop CS2
* Explore new ways to adjust and enhance color
* Use retouching and color adjustment techniques to correct seemingly impossible-to-fix images
* Gain control over digital camera images with Photoshop’s enhanced Camera Raw capabilities
* Manage your work more efficiently with Actions, Batch processing, and the new Adobe Bridge
* Master complex filter techniques and create your own custom filter

You already know your way around Photoshop. You want to focus on creative expression, and that’s what you’ll find in this streamlined, lavishly illustrated volume. A Photoshop Hall of Fame inductee, a master trainer, and a Web graphics expert have collected the most important Photoshop CS2 techniques, tips, and twists to share with you-along with their enthusiasm and experience. Completely and painstakingly updated for CS2, this is truly the ultimate professional guide.

* This totally updated hardcover reference covers the latest Photoshop enhancements and features larger, all-new, full-color illustrations throughout
* Shows experienced Photoshop users how to retouch, color correct, manipulate, and combine images using Photoshop
* Includes brand-new or expanded coverage of high-end topics such as the Camera Raw plug-in, creating and optimizing Web graphics, filters, convolution kernels and displacement maps, actions and batch processing, color adjustment, and ImageReady
* Cross-platform coverage for Windows and Mac OS X

a good book

it is a good work and you learn a lot.It is a must to have on your side

Photoshop CS2 Bible - Professional Edition Book Review



Title: Photoshop CS2 Bible - Professional Edition

Author: Laurie Ulrich Fuller, Robert C. Fuller, and Deke McClelland

Publisher: Wiley Publishing, Inc. 2004

ISBN: 0-7645-4179-X

Pages: 649 pages

Reviewer: Bruce Frank

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars



Deke McClelland is quite possibly the most accessible and humorous Photoshop guru around, rivaled only by Scott Kelby and Russell Brown. In the introduction to this book, he asserts that he was born in Verona in 1511, and later, with diabolical intent, developed a pathogen code named the "Pernicious Instrument of eXtreme Evil" (you guessed it, "pixel" for short). Then, in the words of the introduction, "When his invention turned out to help rather than hurt photography, he went quite mad. He now inflicts his revenge by writing educational books and hosting training videos."



Although written with his characteristic wit, McClelland always returns to the point, very carefully and thoroughly explaining the precise steps needed to achieve various results in Photoshop, so that even a beginner will be able to follow along easily. Having said that, this book is true to its "Professional Edition" designation - it covers very advanced techniques. For example, one very interesting bit of information I picked up is that Layer Styles (automated effects provided in the Layer Styles palette) can be "deconstructed" - that is, by choosing Layer > Layer Style > Create Layers, you can take over and edit each layer of the effect to your satisfaction.



Attention to detail is one of the hallmarks of this book - in the chapter called "Painting and Brushes," McClelland even covers the hardware a Photoshop artist would probably use (the Wacom tablet), and elaborates on the techniques it can facilitate.



Well written and designed, and with color photos and screenshots throughout, this is a tome (649 pages!) that should serve as a useful reference for years to come. Although this is written to cover Photoshop CS, nearly all of the techniques covered would apply to Photoshop CS2 as well. Supplemental information can be found at dekemc.com.

Photoshop CS2 Bible - Professional Edition Book Review


Title: Photoshop CS2 Bible - Professional Edition
Author_ Laurie Ulrich Fuller, Robert C. Fuller, and Deke McClelland
Publisher_ Wiley Publishing, Inc. 2004
ISBN: 0-7645-4179-X
Pages: 649 pages
Reviewer_ Bruce Frank
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Deke McClelland is quite possibly the most accessible and humorous Photoshop guru around, rivaled only by Scott Kelby and Russell Brown. In the introduction to this book, he asserts that he was born in Verona in 1511, and later, with diabolical intent, developed a pathogen code named the "Pernicious Instrument of eXtreme Evil" (you guessed it, "pixel" for short). Then, in the words of the introduction, "When his invention turned out to help rather than hurt photography, he went quite mad. He now inflicts his revenge by writing educational books and hosting training videos."

Although written with his characteristic wit, McClelland always returns to the point, very carefully and thoroughly explaining the precise steps needed to achieve various results in Photoshop, so that even a beginner will be able to follow along easily. Having said that, this book is true to its "Professional Edition" designation - it covers very advanced techniques. For example, one very interesting bit of information I picked up is that Layer Styles (automated effects provided in the Layer Styles palette) can be "deconstructed" - that is, by choosing Layer > Layer Style > Create Layers, you can take over and edit each layer of the effect to your satisfaction.

Attention to detail is one of the hallmarks of this book - in the chapter called "Painting and Brushes," McClelland even covers the hardware a Photoshop artist would probably use (the Wacom tablet), and elaborates on the techniques it can facilitate.

Well written and designed, and with color photos and screenshots throughout, this is a tome (649 pages!) that should serve as a useful reference for years to come. Although this is written to cover Photoshop CS, nearly all of the techniques covered would apply to Photoshop CS2 as well. Supplemental information can be found at dekemc.com.

Photoshop CS2 Bible - Professional Edition Book Review


Title: Photoshop CS2 Bible - Professional Edition
Author: Laurie Ulrich Fuller, Robert C. Fuller, and Deke McClelland
Publisher: Wiley Publishing, Inc. 2004
ISBN: 0-7645-4179-X
Pages: 649 pages
Reviewer: Bruce Frank
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Deke McClelland is quite possibly the most accessible and humorous Photoshop guru around, rivaled only by Scott Kelby and Russell Brown. In the introduction to this book, he asserts that he was born in Verona in 1511, and later, with diabolical intent, developed a pathogen code named the "Pernicious Instrument of eXtreme Evil" (you guessed it, "pixel" for short). Then, in the words of the introduction, "When his invention turned out to help rather than hurt photography, he went quite mad. He now inflicts his revenge by writing educational books and hosting training videos."

Although written with his characteristic wit, McClelland always returns to the point, very carefully and thoroughly explaining the precise steps needed to achieve various results in Photoshop, so that even a beginner will be able to follow along easily. Having said that, this book is true to its "Professional Edition" designation - it covers very advanced techniques. For example, one very interesting bit of information I picked up is that Layer Styles (automated effects provided in the Layer Styles palette) can be "deconstructed" - that is, by choosing Layer > Layer Style > Create Layers, you can take over and edit each layer of the effect to your satisfaction.

Attention to detail is one of the hallmarks of this book - in the chapter called "Painting and Brushes," McClelland even covers the hardware a Photoshop artist would probably use (the Wacom tablet), and elaborates on the techniques it can facilitate.

Well written and designed, and with color photos and screenshots throughout, this is a tome (649 pages!) that should serve as a useful reference for years to come. Although this is written to cover Photoshop CS, nearly all of the techniques covered would apply to Photoshop CS2 as well. Supplemental information can be found at dekemc.com.

Great photos and graphics, sage advice.

The features you need, the advice you want, the examples you’ll refer to again and again: that’s what you’ll find in this book. The experience and insights that the authors bring to this book have made it one of my favorites among computer books in general and my total favorite among Photoshop books. I recommend this edition of the Bible to anyone who has already used most of the basic features and wants some expert advice to move them on to the next level. The "Professional" tag is appropriate, but you don’t need to be an expert to use the book: that’s where it takes you. Don’t expect this book to baby you and for every single button and dialog box to be covered, because this is a book focused on the features you use for more advanced projects, and the work that pushes the edge of the design envelope. If you’re looking for coverage of everything in the Photoshop menus and tools, get the main CS2 Bible, the one that’s like 1500 pages. If you want to learn specific stuff to take your work to the next level, the Professional Edition is the one you want.

Kudos for Photoshop CS2 Bible

You won’t be disappointed if you purchase this great reference!

Not only did the book impress me, but so did the help that I received from Laurie Ulrich Fuller, one of the authors. When I had a couple of questions, I sent her an email. Usually one has to wait for quite a while to receive a reply if they even do receive a reply. With Laurie I received a reply in less than 24 hours! She was friendly and didn’t seem to mind answering my questions. How wonderful it is to find someone willing to help you. No matter how good a book is, it really makes a book outstanding when you can get responses to any questions that that may come up. It keeps one from feeling frustrated.

I rate the book TOPS!

Very detailed...

Good book giving the details on all the CS 2’s new features. Two thumbs up!

Fantastic Book

If you want to take your pictures to the next level this is the book for you. Fantastic and easy to follow .. for the advanced amateur and pro.

Good book but....with caution!

Overall the PS Bible books have been very good. This one is also.

HOWEVER...There was a problem with the 1st printing of this book. Some of the examples do not entirely or accurately portray what the accompaning text is saying. For instance, a figure that is supposed to show transparency/opacity shows just as a solid color. So you may be scratching your head reading some text and looking at the figure it is referring too and wondering what the heck they are saying.

I contacted the publisher and they conducted an investigation. They deterimined that there was indeed an ’issue’ with the printing and they will note this for further printings of it.

If you follow the text as described you will have the results as intended. I still recommened the book. Just keep in mind you may have to rely more on what your reading in some cases then what you are seeing...or wait for the next printing and hope it comes our right.

Complete coverage of all new and existing features, great ideas

The paperback edition (with the yellow cover, so it’s clear which book I’m reviewing) covers everything --- all the new CS2 features and tools --- I checked my copy!! The coverage is really effective, very enjoyable to read, technically complete, and has excellent examples. The really good thing is that the authors share their experience and opinions and let you know which tools you will love, which ones don’t really do what you’d expect or what Photoshop implies (but the tools are explained anyway, along with tips for making them do cool things). They also tell you how to use a lot of the tools and filters and color/light correction features in combinations you might not have thought of on your own. I learned a ton about the filters (new ones and ones that I know have always been there) and I have already made some great images as a result of what I learned. It’s a really great book, and I recommend it to any photographer, graphic artist, web designer, or anyone who uses Photoshop for any purpose. There’s something for everyone and you’ll absolutely come to rely on this book.

Disappointed

The Professional Edition appears to be missing any information on at least 2 new Photoshop CS2 features; Smart Sharpening and Reduce Noise. It has sections on Sharpening and Noise BUT does not cover the new CS2 commands. I have not been through the whole book but this situation took me by surprise.

Help when you need it

Normally I need a manual to understand manuals, however the new edition of The Photoshop Bible is a remarkably clear, comprehensive, and enjoyable. It is an inspiring reference for photographers, graphic artists, web designers, or even the generally interested. The increased coverage of web graphics was most welcome (I own previous editions of the Photoshop Bible) The authors are clearly experts with great passion for the topic; what could have been a very dry, sobering read has been really interesting and enlightening. I’m very glad I decided to buy it."

Split Personality

Photoshop software leads a double life, appealing both to photographers who use it as a digital replacement for the old chemical darkroom, and graphic artists, who use its many tools to create sophisticated art work. That dichotomy is emphasized in the contents of this book.

It’s important to understand that "Photoshop CS2 Bible, Professional Edition" is not the same book as "Photoshop CS2 Bible". And it’s not just the hard cover. This is a somewhat shorter book, with more color graphics and aimed at more experienced users of Photoshop than "Photoshop CS2 Bible", with emphasis on advanced techniques.

The book is divided into chapters, each of which covers a group of related tools and functions, like painting and brushes; blend modes and knockouts; and pixelate, distort and render. Each of the chapters goes into these functions in great detail, telling you how to use the function. For example, in the chapter on shapes and styles, one section is devoted to the 8 steps of creating a new shape layer. These explanations are accompanied by excellent color illustrations that show you the procedure. The explanations themselves are clear and concise. I had no trouble learning about the use of functions that I had never used before.

The book appears to be aimed at the graphic artist rather than the photographer. Even the design of the book itself, with lots of colorful illustrations, excellent typography and high-quality paper, seems to be aimed at graphic artists. For example, the chapter on brushes spends time explaining the scattering option, which spreads the positions of spots of color around brush strokes. I can’t begin to picture when a photographer might apply such a sophisticated technique. This level of explanation is found throughout the book. On the other hand the book will not lead you through an entire process from creating a new image to saving it for printing. Often it does not give a practical example of how a particular tool might be used. It will be up to the graphic artist to figure that out. This is not the book for someone to learn how to use Photoshop.

Moreover, I found that what the authors consider advanced techniques was rather idiosyncratic. For example, there is no discussion at all of the extraction tool, which the authors say is covered in the basic edition. On the other hand, the discussion of quick mask seemed to me to be quite elementary. The chapter on web graphics discussed the creation of animations but not rollovers. The chapter on Adobe Camera Raw had a simplistic discussion of the use of the raw converter. And there was not even a mention of Adobe Bridge’s ability to be used to import images from cameras.

Even though this book is well written and provides a great deal of information on some of the tools and processes hidden in Photoshop, it will probably appeal to a limited audience. That audience will consist of graphic artists who have the time to look through a lengthy but precise book, gleaning tips that they probably would not find somewhere else.

Missing CS2 features

I am somewhat disappointed that a book that calls itself "Bible, Professonal Edition", does not include such CS2 features as Vanishing Point, etc. What is covered is very nicely illustrated and explained but simply inconclusive. Thank you, Norman Borge

Exactly what I needed!

As someone who makes a living taking pictures and fixing other people’s photos, Photoshop is a program I can’t live without. Even after using it for a few YEARS I still find myself wondering what the heck a particular feature does or how to do things I see in galleries, magazines or in another photographer’s obviously doctored photo. The Photoshop CS2 Bible has "shown me the light" on not only what’s new in Photoshop CS2, but how some of the core features really should be used. I can’t thank the authors enough for the time this book will save me and the possibilities their experience, expertise, and great examples have opened up for me.

Very cool book, great updates.

The last Photoshop Bible I bought was for version 7 (I didn’t upgrade to CS) so I figured I should get it again for CS2 (which I did upgrade to). Unlike CS2, which is running very slowly on my computer (it requires a juicy processor and lots of RAM), this book is fast. It gets to the point, it covers everything, and the examples are great. Clearly the authors are both expert on and passionate about the topic. I recommend this book to anyone who uses Photoshop, from newbies to experienced photographers and graphic artists. I’m very glad I went for the updates, on both the software AND the book!

Superlative, comprehensive revision

The longstanding bestseller is better than ever in this voluminous revision, including tons of new material, color pages, detail, references, a comprehensive overhaul. New co-author Laurie Ulrich Fuller, who has a couple of dozen earlier tech books to her credit, is gifted with an easy to read style and has overlooked nothing in this monumental encyclopedia of Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about PhotoShop. Worth the price!