Photoshop 6 Web Magic

by Jeff Foster

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735710368
• ISBN13: 9780735710368
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: New Riders Pub
• Length: 321 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

What I was looking for

I am teaching a high school course in web programming. The course will cover HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and web graphics. The ideal book on Photoshop for this class would: 1. be focused on Web graphics (Photoshop is not just a web tool, and other books spend a lot of time on other aspects). 2. be clear, with bite-sized examples and step by step instructions 3. include as topics creating background graphics, animation, and image map rollovers 4. be inexpensive Well, three out of four is not bad. Photoshop 6 Web Magic is too expensive to require students to buy it. Otherwise, it is what I was looking for. The price of the book probably is due to the high cost of color reproduction. If your idea of a book is large quantities of verbiage, then you will feel very cheated here. But for my needs, less is more. I can use the examples in this book to give students a sense of accomplishment. This should be better for them than a comprehensive treatise that is less accessible. Should you buy this book? My guess is that you will like it more to the extent that: --you prefer learning from examples to learning from theory --you prefer a book that is organized around particular problems or projects to one that is organized around the features of the software --you really want to focus on the Web aspects of Photoshop 6.0 I fit that profile, and I am pleased with the book.

Only using 3% of your brain?

I've been using Photoshop for photo editing for years, but it turns out I've only been accessing a small percentage of the programs capabilities.Photoshop 6 Web Magic taught me to use all the new Web design features of the Phtoshop upgrades, so I can now make a dynamic website to show off my artwork. The lessons are perfectly designed to teach all the great new features of Photoshop 6: I've never had so much fun with an instruction book. But I would suggest that the complete Photoshop novice first learn the program basics (like how to open or create files, how to use the paintbrush, etc), or you will tear out your hair. I did run into a few places where I got lost for not having previous knowledge. I figured it out, but I can see where someone recently introduced to the program might not.Thank you, Jeff Foster, for expanding my horizons!

Hands on - and coool stuff - in colors!

This is THE additional book you will benefit from owning when working with Photoshop 6/Image Ready 3! Large pages, deliciously laid out. Practical format to have between your monitor and keyboard! (It's wide pages stay open even if you lean the book towards the monitor, I have tried it, so I know!) The illustrations are in colors, wow, wich is rare in the how-to-book-business. The illustrations are also very explaining, you see in an instant what you will get by doing what the text tells you to.

Adore this Book!

I, as a total Photoshop novice, bought this book first, because the cover "caught my eye" and second because I need all the help I can get with Photoshop and for some reason this book seemed to be the answer! After reviewing this book from cover to cover and having time for just the first tutorial so far, I am amazed at how easy everything went and how my final output came out. Jeff Foster is an excellent author and I wish I had 1/100th of the knowledge that he obviously has in his head. One day I hope to be an Advanced user of Photoshop, but until then I will continue to rely heavily on great manuals and books written by individuals such as Jeff! I loved this book so much I bought a second copy for a fellow student as a birthday gift (tomorrow is her birthday, March 3rd!) and she was extremely excited when her copy arrived for her last week!Many thanks for helping someone totally in the dark - I've started to see the light with your help! Keep writing, Jeff!

Immediately Useful Ideas

Photoshop 6 Web Magic is one of the best books on the market for presenting realistic and useful how-to's. By following the step-by-step instructions, anyone can recreate the exact project displayed in the book. A CD is included which provides everything a person needs to use the techniques detailed in the book. But the steps are written in such clear and simple to understand words that you could recreate the projects without the CD.Embossing, background, re-touching, custom shapes navigation bars and animated attention getters are a few of the things you can learn from spending an evening with Photohop 6 Web Magic. These subjects are the things used in the real world. They can be put to use immediately on your web to give it a professional look. Even if you have never used Photoshop, this book has such good detail that you can walk right through the project without a problem.