Adobe Photoshop CS Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team
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Book Reviews of Adobe Photoshop CS Classroom in a Book
Book Review: All illustrations are Black & White !
Summary: 3 Stars
I have just received my copy. I have not read it yet, just looked
at it casually and to my horror I found that all illustrations
are Black & White except for a few pages in the middle as in
dictionaries published 40 years ago when color was too expensive.
Shame to Adobe. How can anyone appreciate Photoshop capabilities?
This fact is not clearly mentioned in the book description
and is barely understood from the contents of another review.
Book Review: Don't Buy It Without the CD
Summary: 3 Stars
If you buy used, be sure the CD is included as it is essential to following the lessons. I am ordering a second copy, new, so I will have the CD.
Book Review: Photoshop cs in the classroom
Summary: 3 Stars
Teaches the basics, if you don't have a desktop with Photoshop it won't help you much. Excellent for taking a course in college with.Book Review: Adobe Photoshop
Summary: 3 Stars
This book was received very quickly. Unfortunately the book is coming apart from its binding after a very short time of use.Book Review: The CIB is not the best first book on Photoshop
Summary: 2 Stars
For the price of a boxed Photoshop CS, the Classroom In a Book (CIB) for Photoshop CS should have been included as a free guide inside the box. While it teaches the basics of photoshop cs, the writing of the CIB is really devoid of style and humor. It makes for a passable alternate user's manual. (That's because the Photoshop CS Visual Quickstart Guide does a much better job of getting to the point.) If you are just beginning the CIB for Photoshop CS might be a useful introduction. Just be aware you have other, much better PS CS Guides.
It is so easy to get frustrated in Photoshop and to give up on this amazing piece of software if you start learning it with the wrong tools. "Wrong" is of course relative and so as far as Im concerned, the CIB is not the ideal first book on Photoshop to use.
Get yourself a lively, entertaining book on the subject. Instead of the CIB, I highly recommend the clear, and fast-paced Teach Yourself Photoshop CS in 24 Hours, and the highly entertaining, well organized Photoshop CS for Dummies (get the 10-books-in-one version!)
When you've learned the ropes you can go on to more advanced techniques using Photoshop CS Artistry or Real World Adobe Photoshop CS.
Just remember your FIRST book on Photoshop will set the "color and texture" of your own feelings towards the software. It can spell the difference between starting right or getting frustrated in Photoshop! Therefore it's best if you can browse the contents of the books yourself to see which really feels right for you before you buy it.