Books The Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
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Rating: - Do Not Recommend
This is one of the most user-unnfriendly books I have ever used. The writer sometimes mixes up instructions on Mac versus on PC and that throws you off at every point. Also he is constantly assuming certain windows are already open for you or certain functions have already been activated. So he'll go "Press V" and "Press D" but nothing happens although apparently it was suppossed to make your background white (what does that even means!). So I am not recommending this book to anyone at all.

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Rating: - Nice and Easy
The Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers is exactly what I hoped for when I bought it based upon its many favorable reviews. It always helps me when I read product reviews to know something about the reviewer so that I can determine if his or her review is likely to be helpful to me. As a result, my ideal reviewer is someone who is fairly similar to me as far as my photograpy, carpentry, mechanical, etc. skills are concerned. So here goes. I have been doing basic point and shoot digital photography for a number of years, primarily because point and shoot was about all I had time for. I am now retired and have had the chance to get into photography a bit more. I recently took the plunge and bought a Nikon Digital SLR but found myself again being a somewhat lazy and using a very good camera with a lot of options as just another point and shoot camera. Feeling a little guilty for having shelled out a fairly substantial amount of money and not taking advantage of its capabilities, I started to mess around the camera's various settings and different lenses. The results were interesting, but I certainly didn't feel that I had made much progress. Then I found out about CS2 and a new world opened up to me. Success in that new world was not instantaneous, however. As a rank amateur, I found CS2 daunting and intimidating. As people like me are wont to do, I started looking for guide books. The first CS2 book I bought advertised itself as a very easy to use visually attractive manual. It was neither, so I set it aside and almost set CS2 aside as well. After doing some internet research, I stumbled upon Scott Kelby's CS2 Book for Digital Photographers. What a find it has been. While I still don't understand very much about how CS2 actually works, I am now doing things with my digital photos that I thought were reserved only for pros. I am amazed at how effectively I am able to take some my pretty poor quality digital pictures and make them into very acceptable images. Kelby's writing is very clear, light, and airy and avoids a lot of jargon. I totally agree with the other reviewers who have complimented Kelby for his suggesting actual settings so you can try the same techniques that he used in manipulating his own pictures. It really is one of the best things he does for us beginners. I have used his suggestions to convert some of my color pictures into black and white with truly wondrous results. I look at the pictures and find it hard to believe that I took them. In some reviews I read, the book was criticized as being too basic and not providing enough advanced techniques to meet the needs of pro photographers. That may well be so, but if you are a CS2 beginner or only moderately advanced, I think you will be very happy with this book. And even for you advanced folks, Scott gives enough information that you can take off and delve much more deeply into the world of CS2 possibilities if you so desire and your skill level permits. But for the rest of us, this book is very good one stop shop for getting a lot of bang for the CS2 buck. I recommend it highly. I could probably do with a little less of Scott's efforts at humor. However, I admit to chuckling a little, but it could be used a bit more sparingly.

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Rating: - Good review
I would recommend this seller to anyone. I received my book in good condition and it was shipped quickly.

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Rating: - Good book
This book is good to have as a learning tool and as a reference. List many tools and tips on how to use photoshop, touching up photos, sharpening and many other techniques. If you are planning on getting cs3 then get the newer version. If not this book is great.