What Photoshop Book?

Hey all, what is the best Photoshop 7.0 book to get learning with. One that is also diverse enough to use when one gets advanced.

-Bill

Honda said:

Hey all, what is the best Photoshop 7.0 book to get learning with.
One that is also diverse enough to use when one gets advanced.

-Bill

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I am reading "Photoshop 7.0 for Dummies" and once that's digested I've got the Photoshop Bible (my early Xmas gift to myself!).

My girlfriend talked me OUT of buying the Bible at Borders for $39.99 and that same night I found it at Amazon.com for $27.99 with free shipping. I figured the lower price would make me wait to get it shipped at least a week. It was here 2 days later. What a pleasant surprise.

I am a fan of Dummies books and the Photoshop Bible comes highly recommended by many of the regulars here in the forum.

Hope this helps.
Yesi

Honda said:

Hey all, what is the best Photoshop 7.0 book to get learning with.
One that is also diverse enough to use when one gets advanced.

-Bill

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--I posted my thoughts earlier at http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=3884126
Bill R

--Ben Willmore's Studio Techniques, after you've digested that then graduate to Katrin Eismann's Photoshop Restoration and Retouching. And for fun, you should have a copy of one of Scott Kelby's Down & Dirty books! Sorry, I just can't go with just ONE!
Shan
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Honda said:

Hey all, what is the best Photoshop 7.0 book to get learning with.
One that is also diverse enough to use when one gets advanced.

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I like Photoshop Bible by Deke McClelland. It details every thing in Photoshop.

David

David Vance said:

Honda said:

Hey all, what is the best Photoshop 7.0 book to get learning with.
One that is also diverse enough to use when one gets advanced.

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I like Photoshop Bible by Deke McClelland. It details every thing
in Photoshop.

David

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I, too, have and like the PS7 Bible. It's pretty overwhelming in size and content, but I think it includes just about anything you'd need to learn Photoshop. I also bought it at Amazon at a big savings from the bookstore price. Speaking of bookstores, over the weekend, I was browsing at Barnes and Noble and looked through the PS7 WOW book and was impressed with it. I think that might be my next purchase.
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If you really want to learn PS don't just limit yourself to books. While I love computer books, i must say I've learned more from an hour of video than than from several days of reading a book.

Scott Kelby's videos are excellent, they've helped me tremendously.

http://www.photoshopvideos.com

I would like to try Deke's videos at:

http://www.totaltraining.com

my .02c

jack

Deke's PS7 DVDs are just great! New Yankee Photoshop is the theme and he really gives Norm a run for his money in terms of production and instructional value. There are even humorous outtakes at the end of each section. Deke is funny and probably as well informed as anyone on the planet regarding Photoshop and Illustrator. Gives equal time and screen space to the PC and Macintosh. The DVDs are well indexed for easy reference and referal. Three enthusiastic thumbs up!

There are Quicktime samples at the website.

http://www.totaltraining.com/

2 more cents,

ssc

Jack Frazier said:

If you really want to learn PS don't just limit yourself to books.
While I love computer books, i must say I've learned more from an
hour of video than than from several days of reading a book.

Scott Kelby's videos are excellent, they've helped me tremendously.

http://www.photoshopvideos.com

I would like to try Deke's videos at:

http://www.totaltraining.com

my .02c

jack

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I have a number of PS books...............for a first book, I would recommend "50 Fast Digital Photo Techniques."

By the time you go through it, you will know all of the basic techniques well and it will make the more advanced books more useful.