Create works of art using your computer, Adobe Photoshop CS 2 and Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop CS 2 in 24 Hours. Learn the basics of Photoshop with a minimum of jargon from market-leading author, Carla Rose. Her conversational, friendly approach will make Photoshop seem less intimidating and more manageable to learn. With Carla's help, you will learn to:
Select color modes
Use paintbrushes and art tools
Use layers, masks and paths
Use artistic filters
Apply special effects to pictures
Enhance and repair photos
Master the world's leading image editing and manipulation tool with this accessible yet detailed, step-by-step tutorial.
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Rating: - Perfect beginners book! Choose this and not the "dummies" book.
Photoshop is a complex program. Theres no doubt about it, if you're a total PS newb it can be very daunting prospect indeed. There are literally hundreds of books about Photoshop but most are aimed at the experianced, or at the very least someone who has some knowledge already of at some graphics software or other.
So then landed in my lap this book. After struggling with "Photoshop for Dummies" and others of it's ilk this book was a godsend. Whats the point of talking about text masking ... Read More
Rating: - Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop CS2 in 24 Hours
Title: Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop CS2 in 24 Hours
Author: Carla Rose
Publisher: Sams; 3rd edition (May 13, 2005)
ISBN: 0672327554
Pages: 528
Reviewer: Dorothy Freeman
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Intrigued by the title's promise, I recently checked out a book called "Sam's Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop CS2 in 24 Hours" written by Carla Rose. I design newspaper and magazine ads, brochures, fliers, posters, web pages and newsletters ... Read More
Rating: - Forget Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop CS2!
This book is a great disappointment. I learnt more about removing 'red eye' from photographs from the Adobe Help files than from this expensive book. A chatty approach, not very practical. I am now going to buy a copy of Classroom in a Book (Photoshop CS2) as it has been recommended by friends and has many stars in the Amazon reviews.
Rating: - boring...
Well, maybe this is not the worst PS CS2 book, since I haven't read all books available on this subject. But I have to say it is a pretty boring one. The authors throw out lots of conceptual stuff before really going into each topic covered, maybe good for pros, but definitely a disaster for beginners. I am not sure what kind of readers the authors had in their minds when wrote the book. Beginners? then the book is sometimes very confusing for a novice without much experience on PS; pros? the whole book ... Read More
- Perfect beginners book! Choose this and not the "dummies" book.
- Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop CS2 in 24 Hours 
- Forget Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop CS2!
