Description: This thorough, self-paced guide to Adobe Photoshop CS3--written by the experts at Adobe Systems' is ideal for beginning users who want to learn key Photoshop concepts and techniques, while readers who already have some experience with Photoshop can use this book to learn Photoshop CS3's more advanced features and newest tools. Using clear, step-by-step, project-based lessons, each chapter walks readers through the creation of a specific project, with each chapter building on the reader's growing knowledge of the program, while review questions at the end of each chapter reinforce the skills learned in each lesson. Photoshop CS3, long the industry standard for digital imaging software, offers plenty of new features and enhancements for creative professionals and digital photographers alike. Users can enjoy unrivaled editing with non-destructive Smart Filters, improved curves, and adjustable cloning and healing with Preview Overlay. Increase productivity with Photoshop CS3's streamlined interface and new Photoshop Lightroom " integration. Anyone who wants to create a composite will benefit from the revamped Photomerge® tool, which lets you apply automatic layer alignment and blending to your images, while the new Quick Selection tool lets you select pixels not just by color, but by texture and shape as well. And digital photographers will be pleased to know that they can now process multiple Camera Raw images in a fraction of the time it used to take.
Educational instructor notes—created to help teachers plan, organize, and time their lessons—are available for this book (and for other Classroom in a Book titles) at www.peachpit.com/instructorresources.
Details: Classroom in a book is an excellent book to learn how to use Photoshop. I've used other Classroom in a book products and they are a great way to self educate yourself.
Review Summary: Good but could be better
Date: 2008-11-26
Details: My college class uses this book.
The instructions, overall are good, but the tool icons are way too small to identify easily .
Some instructions will tell you to close such a tool out of the blue, but the instruction to open it was never given in the first place. Trying to see what the instruction was all about, one looks for that tool, in vain. The index was no help. Had to ask/email my instructor for help.
Review Summary: More comprehensive than the "Dummies" books.
Date: 2008-11-20
Details: Adobe has done a very good job with their "Classroom in a Book" series. I purchased The "Dummies" book when I first started learning Photoshop 7. Then I took a college class that used the Adobe book (which is why I bought this book for CS3). Adobes' book covers EVERYTHING you can do with Photoshop, albeit briefly. Just follow the book and you will at least touch on everything the software can do. I recommend it highly.
Review Summary: Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book
Date: 2008-10-24
Details: This is well written. It was delivered quickly and in excellent condition and was the textbook required for class. Thank you.
Review Summary: Nicely guided introductory tutorial for Photoshop CS3
Date: 2008-10-23
Details: The book is easy to follow and tells you exactly what to do during the exercises to reach the intended outcome of the photos you are working with. It teaches you one thing then another, building as you go on with what you have done in previous chapters. It also comes with the CD-Rom of the contents you need for use with the book and exercises.
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