Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual by Barbara Brundage
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Book Reviews of Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual
Book Review: Photoshop 6
Summary: 5 Stars
Just received the book in good condition and on time.
Seems pretty involved but complete
Book Review: Great buy!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book tells all! It is a must buy for any digital scrapbook designer (wanna be).Book Review: Great book and program
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great help to the program. Great shipping time and was in excellent shapeBook Review: Solid reference, needs a little polish.
Summary: 4 Stars
The Missing Manual is a solid reference - it certainly meets my needs as a Photoshop beginner. I also purchased The Photoshop Elements 6 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter) which led to a four stars rating for this book.
Previous reviews pointed to two peculiar issues with the publication. First, that the cover, particularly the spine, did not seem secure. Yes, the cover on my book was also floating away from the spine. It looks like the publisher deliberatly chose this construction. I worry about the durability since the book requires a good deal of flipping between sections.
A second complaint was that the graphics in the book are not clear. Yes, some of the screen shots are muddy (washed out). Considering the topic of the book, you would expect better visual presentation.
When visually compared to the VTM book referenced above, this book falls well short. The content of the two books is widely different. VTM is really for the advanced photographer working in a Production environment.
General content and step-by-step instructions in the Missing Manual are excellent. I have been able to recreate the sample exercises - they cover every click of every step. It is possible to open to any chapter to brush-up or practice. Some of the smaller dialogue surrounding file formats and alternatives to the crop tool deserve more emphasis. You will need to read deeply to find these gems.
Again, the content is excellent. If the publisher had taken the time to improve the binding and the graphics this book could have been a solid 5 Stars. ~CTC
Book Review: Photoshop Elemnts 6 - The Missing Manual
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased the book after reading recommendations on Amazon.com. I am so pleased with my purchase. This is the best reference book that I have found on Elements 6. I can highly recommned the book to anyone wanting to learn more about photoshop elements 6. It is very easy to follow and has assisted me in demistify a difficult piece of software. I find that I am using the power of my Photoshop Elements 6 software much more productively since having access to the missing manual. With this reference book you won't need any other reference.
I have found a new enthusiasm for projects making use of the photoshop software and am, with the help of the Missing Manual, producing exciting results.