Teach Yourself Photoshop 5 in 21 Days [With Contains a Photoshop 5.0 Demo, Plug-Ins & Filters]

This book is set up with lessons in each chapter and lengthly step by step how to's. It contains a lot of content for the size of the book and even a newcomer will gain a strong comprehensive skills at Photoshop. One of the best resources for learning Photoshop. Will shave years off the average Photoshop learning curve. The book allows the student to really see the true power and depth of the program, as well as introduction to special effects. All the matrial is presented in a light fun manner, by the books author. The down side is that the files are not always where there supposed to be or what they're supposed to be, but that's true of most of the lesson books from this publisher. At least this book has most the files even if they're not in the right folder, try the other folders and they'll turn up. There are also several Web sites and resources mentioned in the book that are helpful, including the author's Web site(where he features tutorials described in the book) Definately a great tool for learning Photoshop and there are also resources in the that offer guidance on where more advanced skills can be aquired. Photoshop doesn't have to be as scarey as people claim it is. OK it may take a little longer than 21 days, but a book like this one invites you to take the time and explore. It's worth every minute spent.

This book is certainly for those who have little or no experience with Photoshop, rather than people upgrading to v5 from earlier versions. Well written in easy to understand English, the author provides a step by step guide to Photoshop in tutorial form for the reader to work through at their own pace, from introducing the PS environment to using special effects. On the downside, the colour management sections are a little confusing however, and in some cases totally misleading, so beware chapters 7 & 16.