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Photoshop 6 Down and Dirty Tricks
Binding: Paperback
Author: Scott Kelby
Manufacturer: New Riders Publishing
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 4 weeks
Average Rating: 4.0
Total Customer Reviews: 54
List Price: $39.99
Our Price: $30.39
Sales Rank: 780693
Product Description
Photoshop 6 Down & Dirty Tricks is packed cover to cover with step-by-step tutorials on how to create the coolest Photoshop 6 effects. Next to every tutorial, on every single page, there's a sidebar with a timesaving Photoshop 6 tip, trick, shortcut, or real-world technique to save readers time, money, and make them more efficient. Written in plain English, readers can jump in anywhere; simply open the book to the effect they want to create and follow along. In Photoshop 6 Down & Dirty Tricks, Photoshop guru Scott Kelby teaches the reader how to maximize their productivity and create the most sought after effects. Not another user manual, Graphically Speaking's Dave Huss has called the book "The mother of all Photoshop books!"
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Product Review Summary: Best book for learning Photoshop quickly! I love this book!!! I wasn't familiar with Photoshop at all and didn't have time to read a bunch of tedious text to learn what I wanted to know and with this book I had so much fun that I ended up learning much, much more and the exercises in the book are so well explained with pictures and keyboard shortcuts that you quickly become a real pro at making professional graphic designs and cool effects.
I'm a web designer and I use Photoshop on a daily basis and it has pushed my career forward in leaps and bounds. Couldn't have done it without this book! I highly recommend it!
Product Review Summary: Just say "NO" Newer editions - 'Maybe' Great tricks. But my really old Adobe Photoshop 3 Wow book had double the tricks and thorough explanations on how to achieve them.
My biggest complaint: The book gives you few clues on how they made the trick.
I tried the first trick. Because the book fails to give much explanation, you have to hunt and peck on your own. After a few days of this, you have your friends try it. Over the weeks, the two of you finally figure out what the hell they did! And it has little to do with what the book said.
Next I tried the second `trick' in the book:. Same routine, only this time I never could figure it out.
So my friends - Why does it suck so bad?
For example: It fails to tell you what size to make anything; where you can find the sequence of options used; what font, typeface, size, leading, antialiasing, resolution, what options are set; on and on.
After trying to work two of their tricks, IM GOING BACK TO MY REAL OLD PHOTOSHOP 3 WOW! BOOK!
Last thoughts: I am very sorry for you if you bought this already. I can feel your pain. If you like the tricks in there, then go and examine the latest edition of the Down and Dirty Tricks -- I think it is Photoshop 7 Down and Dirty. It is about twice as thick because the editor apparently figured out that you have carefully construct explanations if you are trying to teach something technical. AFTER ALL - I CAN'T READ THE WRITERS MIND! Furthermore, after consulting my Photoshop 3 Wow book over some of the same Down and Dirty 'tricks', I'm convinced the writer has made several errors in the book! That and the fact that to get the first trick, two of us had to do several things different from the book to get it to work!
Scott Kelby & New Riders: I don't care whether your newer editions are better -- IM NEVER GOING TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU! YOU SCREWED ME OVER!
Product Review Summary: Thanks Scott! Using this book I learned how to create impressive metal and liquid lettering effects to enhance stunning ads for my archery manufacturing company! Kelby provides simple instructions that teach you the keyboard shortcuts that will speed your graphic design. His ideas are great for magazine and web design. Thanks for the help!
Product Review Summary: You don't have to know the whole program This book allowed me to make things with Photoshop 6 even though I did not understand the whole program. Also introduced me to some of the features so I could use them later.
Product Review Summary: One of the best books on Photoshop!!! If you read it, complete the tutorials, and absorb the knowledge in this book... you will be one step closer to mastering Photoshop. Absorb all of it... you will be surprised on how much information is in this book.
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