Photoshop 5 for Windows and Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guides)
Photoshop 5 for Windows and Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guides) by Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Number of Pages:
- 400
- ISBN:
- 0201353520
- Product Group:
- book
- Publisher:
- Peachpit Press
- Publication Date:
- Sept. 18, 1998
- BooksForGeeks.com ID:
- 775
This Visual QuickStart Guide to Photoshop 5 for Windows and Macintosh is ideal for computer graphics beginners who need thorough help with even the most basic tools in Adobe's image editor. The authors provide step-by-step instructions for each exercise while offering the exact keyboard and mouse operations, plenty of screen shots and illustrations, extra usage tips, and a bit of technical insight. First, you learn the essential options on the menus and in the palettes; approach the issue of colour in Photoshop; and explore the significance of pixels, red-green-blue (RGB) and cyan- magenta-yellow-black (CMYK) models, channels, image and blending modes, and colour management. To get you started on some real work, the authors show you how to create, open, and save files; scan images; import files; resize and crop images; and use the Navigator palette. The subsequent chapters guide you through the processes of making selections; creating composite images using layers and the Stamp tool; working with History (undo and redo) options; using Adjustment Layers; choosing, adjusting, and correcting colour, and working with the line, paintbrush, airbrush, and gradient tools. In the last, most advanced part of the book, the authors show you how to create interesting effects using layers, masks, paths, the type tool, and filters. Finally, the authors show you how to customise your images for output to the Web, Macromedia Director, and Adobe After Effects. --Kathleen Caster
Reviews for Photoshop 5 for Windows and Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guides)
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Drudgery oh drudgery!
Rated out of 5 stars, May 12nd, 2000
Having bought four other Quickstart Guides, enjoyed them, and learnt a lot in the process, this time I am really disappointed with this Quickstart offering. The text is written completely without humour (I have so far read 30 pages), and is a chore do read. I have decided that learning should not be this boring, and therefore am not going to spend another minute on the book - I am going to invest in some other Photoshop book, and have some fun whilst I learn. I suggest others steer well clear. -
Great place to learn some photoshop techniques
Rated out of 5 stars, May 12th, 1999
This book is an excellent value. The discussions are clear and concise. An excellent value and a great additional source to the User Guide. Highly recommend it. -
I can't believe this book was required reading for my class
Rated out of 5 stars, April 12th, 1999
I've been reading many popular Photoshop 5 books available out there and this is one of the worse. I was so confused by it. It was very mechanical and gave no helpful advice. The authors had the most dry and boring writing styles. I wish the money I put into buying this book went into buying Photoshop 5 Bible instead. -
I wish I could get my money back.
Rated out of 5 stars, February 12th, 1999
The first mistake the book makes, is having Windows and Mac in the same book. I have never been so confused in my life. The authors should make one book for Windows and one book for Mac. Everybody would be better off in the long run! -
to basic for any previous Photoshop user
Rated out of 5 stars, January 12th, 1999
I found a quick start guide way to basic a guide for me. I've been using Photoshop since version 4.0 and found that this didn't help much I recomend the Photoshop5 Bible (IDG Books)for more help and a guide to those things that you haven't found out how to use in PS 5.0. The book was a requirement for a class I took if it wasn't for that I'd say no way... I'm still waiting for the Wow! 5 book if its as good as Wow!4 it also be a winner to look into.My .02