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Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book | 
 enlarge | Author: Adobe Creative Team
Publisher: Adobe Press
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 496
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Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0321492021
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.686
EAN: 9780321492029
ASIN: 0321492021
Publication Date: April 26, 2007
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Product Description
This thorough, self-paced guide to Adobe Photoshop CS3--written by the experts at Adobe Systems' is ideal for beginning users who want to learn key Photoshop concepts and techniques, while readers who already have some experience with Photoshop can use this book to learn Photoshop CS3's more advanced features and newest tools. Using clear, step-by-step, project-based lessons, each chapter walks readers through the creation of a specific project, with each chapter building on the reader's growing knowledge of the program, while review questions at the end of each chapter reinforce the skills learned in each lesson. Photoshop CS3, long the industry standard for digital imaging software, offers plenty of new features and enhancements for creative professionals and digital photographers alike. Users can enjoy unrivaled editing with non-destructive Smart Filters, improved curves, and adjustable cloning and healing with Preview Overlay. Increase productivity with Photoshop CS3's streamlined interface and new Photoshop Lightroom " integration. Anyone who wants to create a composite will benefit from the revamped Photomerge tool, which lets you apply automatic layer alignment and blending to your images, while the new Quick Selection tool lets you select pixels not just by color, but by texture and shape as well. And digital photographers will be pleased to know that they can now process multiple Camera Raw images in a fraction of the time it used to take.
Educational instructor notes?created to help teachers plan, organize, and time their lessons?are available for this book (and for other Classroom in a Book titles) at www.peachpit.com/instructorresources.
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Adobe CS3 Classroom in a Book October 7, 2008
Francis Crosby Jr.
As a novice with Photoshop, other than Elements, I was looking for something that a beginner could use. This book was just the thing. Broken up into 1-2 hour lessons, it takes the user step by step through each lesson. The included CD with working files and some videos allows the user to see a final product before starting on each lesson.
The only down side to the book, and for some it will be a major downside, is that many of the reasons behind techniques are not well explained.
 How about "wonderful in a book" ? October 3, 2008
M. Holland (Utrecht)
I had been looking for something that taught the basics and purchased the dummies book a week or so prior. I like doing tutorials online but they always skip steps. This book has been a lifesaver because it gives you the tools and practical applications. This is without a doubt, for this person anyway, the best book out there to actually learn how to use PS. I wish I had seen it prior to purchasing Dummies, I haven't even cracked that book since I go this one. I love the lessons and step-by-step instructions!
Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a book October 3, 2008
D. Mockel
Very good self-teaching guide for the most part. Early chapters are easy to follow and the concepts are easy to grasp. By the time chapter 6 is reached the material is more difficult to grasp but the chapter is well written but the material should be broken up into either a separate chapter or into more chapters. This is primarily because the subject matter involves sometimes subtle effects. Have not made it past this point in the book yet but at about halfway through the book it looks good.
Excellent teaching book October 3, 2008
Jana Smith (Michigan)
Excellent book for the novice to learn photoshop. The CD has the lessons and the descriptions take you through a step at a time, VERY easy to learn. And it's not necessary to go through in order, you can jump to whatever technique you want to learn next.
De-mystify Photoshop October 1, 2008
ANelson (Saint Louis, MO USA)
Adobe Photoshop is an incredible tool...if you know how to use it. Like many people, before I read this book, I was able to do some basic Photoshop tasks--cropping, moving, or resizing graphics--and some work with layers and color correction. However, I often left Photoshop wondering why the program wasn't more user friendly. There were many tools I'd never used and others I'd been using incorrectly. The available online Photoshop tutorials I tried often left me frustrated with the level and quality of instruction. Then, I stumbled up on the Adobe Classroom in a Book series and found exactly what I was looking for.
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book is organized as 14 separate, step-by-step lessons appropriate for Photoshop users of beginning to intermediate skill levels. The book begins with fundamental concepts and techniques to build the beginning user's foundational knowledge of the tool. The instruction incorporates best practice uses for the tools and illustrates multiple ways of accomplishing the same tasks. The procedures for each project are clearly detailed, and, even though some tasks are repeated across projects, the authors never skip steps, helping the user commit basic procedures to memory through repetition. The projects increase in difficulty, building on techniques learned in previous chapters. To appeal to users of different skill levels, the book also provides "extra credit" sections to further explore techniques in more complex scenarios. For difficult concepts, the cd-rom provides QuickTime videos with further instruction.
The true test of any training is how well the learner implements their learning on the job. For me, the transfer of knowledge from the "classroom" to my graphic projects has been seamless. I no longer feel lost when I'm using Photoshop, and the quality of graphics I'm able to produce has greatly improved. Because the quality of instruction in this book was so high, I've begun purchasing other books in this series to build my knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite.
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