Inside Photoshop 7 [With CDROM]

by Daniel Will-Harris and Gary David Bouton

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735712417
• ISBN13: 9780735712416
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: New Riders Publishing
• Length: 1000 Pages
• Weight: 3.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Consistent Quality From Start to Finish.

The authors managed to make Photoshop 7 a delight to learn, and the book, an entertaining reading. It has two important qualities that became obvious as I read on: (1) it can sustain my interest to learn more and work the exercises, and; (2) the authors tried their best to help the reader really understand Photoshop principles. The style's upbeat, and the book's organization, clever. Photoshop core principles were presented first then it's practical use as applied to photography, the Web, art, and just plain goofing around. Makes a lot of sense. Although the images were in black and white in the book, they have proven to be good guides. There were plenty of screen shots of dialog boxes, which tool to use and what the images should look like. They help to ensure that you don't get lost. The actual tutorial images were in full color in the CD-ROM, many of them nicely rendered in 3D. The observations in the previous review, "Several Areas of Ommission" are valid ones, though. I did find one exercise (Inverting and Refining A Shape Layer, page 185) that seem to have missed a step. Figure 5.29 on page 228 didn't quite look like what it was supposed to. But except for a few minor typo errors all the projects thus far were clearly explained and finished as written. I repeated some of them just for the fun of it. Odds are, any book this size (1000+ pages) would likely take its own share of minor errors. Overall, it was very well written.I am on the last 3 chapters of the book (no skipping) and I can say for certain that the authors were careful to give the reader consistent quality instruction right from the beginning. All the toturials were very interesting. There was not a dull moment! The other advantage of this book was that it was written by several people, who apllied their expertise on specialized chapters. My only complaint is that the they couldn't be reached for clarification on the item on page 185. It has been a wonderful experience learning Photoshop 7 and I am glad I had this book as my main guide.

Good for all but especially for those interested in 3D apps!

Bouton has done it again! He is masterful with Photoshop and unique in the clear way he goes through the tutorials included in the book (which it is full of). Whenever he gives an instruction that needs clarification there is an image included that is large enough to read which is not always the case. Not only can you see what area of the program Mr. Bouton is talking about in any particular tutorial but there are also arrows pointing to the important parts of the screen.Not only are the tutorials clear and easy to follow but Mr. Bouton has a fun, easy to read style so you will remember the procedures, even if you are reading it away from your computer. The other great thing about this book that makes it stand out from others is Mr. Bouton's love for 3D graphics. He takes the time to show you how to use Photoshop with other programs to create very professional 3D graphics.Leslie

A Must Have...............

This is a MUST HAVE book. I was tired of books that "taught" me how to do stuff. You just follow the steps, at the end you have a nice effect but don't know how to redo it.This book teaches you ins and outs of Photoshop 7. If you're serious about learning Photoshop, this is the book for you. Don't let the size of this book scare you. It's really worth it.

Best Photoshop Book

Inside Photoshop 7 is a book that changed how I use Photoshop. From the introduction to index, I found this book to be well written and understandable for both beginner and advanced users alike. It is not often that you find such a book that will appeal to so many classes of users. The book allows the end user to take advantage of everything that Photoshop has to offer. Not only does it show you how to do something, but it shows you how to efficiently do it. If you need a great howto book or reference guide, get this book!

What an amazing piece of work.

Gary Burton and 5 contributors have put together a comprehensive step by step reference guide to Photoshop 7.0. The book is well thought out with practical tutorials in a user friendly format and in such a way that anyone can follow along. My reference to this being a "reference guide" is demonstrated in part one, for instance, the author gives you a detailed list of definitions of Photoshop's Blending Modes and throughout the book this same practice is applied. In part two you're guided through Photoshop's Core Concepts such as, Preferences, understanding Photoshop's Color System Management and the importance of Scratch Disks and so much more. I could simply go on and on, as there is so much valuable information in this book. To top it off, on the accompanying CD ROM are, resource files for the chapters examples, a inside Photoshop e-glossary, fonts, textures, tiles and 6 software demos.All in all, the author makes sure you walk away with a deeper understanding of how the application works, along with being able to create, touch up, restore and materialize digital imagery like never before. This is a must have!