Photoshop? 7 Complete Course [With CD]

by Jan Kabili

* Each session explains chapter goals, materials needed, time required, a list of key concepts and features, and additional projects. * Each page includes screenshots or photographs to accompany the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764536842
• ISBN13: 9780764536847
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 3.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Photoshop 7 Complete Course

This is definitely the most enjoyable, complete, user friendly photoshop book out there. Even though it is designed for the beginner, it has enough detailed to keep an advanced user entertained. I've tried the Bible and the Books by Adobe, this book is far superior. It not only shows you the tools, but also how to use them to nest effect and more importantly, when to use them (and it full colour!). Even when you have finished the course, you'll end up using this book as a reference book. If you are going to buy one book to learn Photoshop...you can't go wrong with this one.

The best Photoshop 7 book

Never mind the review below that it doesn't work perfectly with XP - it does. I've gone through the whole book and found only 2 places where the examples on the CD weren't exactly what was being explained, but that's such a small percentage it's not a problem. The fact is, this is the best hands-on, clearest explanation of how to actually use and live with Photoshop that I've ever used. Really.

An awesome source for everything you need to know.

As a designer who needed to expand my capabilities, I found this to be the best book I've seen on Photoshop - by far. I had considered plunking down a lot of cash to take a hands-on Photoshop seminar, but I'm glad I got this book instead. I saved a ton and learned more than I probably would have in a class. The progressive tutorials are an amazingly easy way to quickly learn how all of the great Photoshop tools work. They are clear and easy to follow, and at the same time offer tons of practical information about how to use Photoshop in the real world. I especially appreciated how the illustrations move right along to help explain the steps in the tutorials. The writer gave me all the information I needed to create the projects and get a good sense of how Photoshop really works. And the tutorials focus on exactly the kind of tools I need to do my job. Jan Kabili really knows what she's talking about.I'm not a total Photoshop novice, but I didn't realize how much there was to learn until I read this book. This is one of the most useful Photoshop books in my design library.

Great Book

Wow. This book is not only beautiful to look at, but is a joy to use. It's dense with well-thought-out lessons that show how to do just about anything in Photoshop. I love the central project -- a brochure for a film festival. I started with Session 1 and was hooked, even though I thought I already knew a bit about Photoshop."Complete Course" indeed!

Absolutely Superb!

This is the best Photoshop training book I've found, and could possibly be the best Photoshop book, period. Somehow it manages to be both incredibly beautiful and unfailingly instructive. It's composed of a very concise, logical progression of lessons that are easy, yet sophisticated. The author, who apparently really knows her stuff, takes you by the hand and shows you around Photoshop while you create a professional-quality brochure. You start with the basics and progress to professional-level techniques, with all of the files you need on the CD. The steps are peppered with asides and tips that provide more context to what you're actually doing. With no previous knowledge of Photoshop required, you're soon using sophisticated layering and compositing techniques, masks, text effects...well, you get the idea.The whole thing is layed out in a very visual, easy-to-follow design in full color, and the images used throughout are awesome. If only more books were like this...!