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Title: Paint Shop Pro 8 in a Snap by Jennifer Fulton ISBN: 0-672-32389-3 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 09 September, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Limited use, sloppy writing
Comment: I agree with a previous reviewer: this book is extremely limited in its scope, given that it's some 450 oages. It assumes that ALL you want to do is clean up or enhance your family photos. There's almost nothing on creating original graphics. For example, there's absolutely NOTHING on doing such basic things as resizing an image, using the Picture Tube function, or applying backgrounds. It's a shame because I've had SAMS books about previous versions of Paint Shop Pro that were far more useful.
As a technical writer and editor by profession, much of the writing style in this book is just downright lazy - such as this example buried in a paragraph:
"You can change this on the Units tab of the Paint Shop Pro 8 Preferences dialog box (choose File, Preferences, General Program Preferences)."
A better version would be in the order the user would actually complete the task: "To change this, click the File menu, point to Preferences, and click General Program Preferences. On the Units tab, choose the Disply Units from the list."
This book was a major disappointment, considering the publisher. If all you will ever use Paint Shop Pro 8 for is creating an online family photo album, this book is for you. If you really want to get the most out of this powerful program for other projects as well, this book is no help at all.
Rating: 3
Summary: Only for photographic editing
Comment: In A Snap is *totally* about manipulating photographic images. If you want to learn PSP basics, pass this up. I have used Paint Shop Pro 3 and am totally confused by version 8. I bought this book and Paint Shop Pro 8 Fast & Easy by Diane Koers because even the basics were confusing me, e.g., selecting a font to put on a blank background.
Obviously, I am not qualified to give a detailed review of In A Snap, but if you want to learn editing of photographic images, you probably want this book. For basics such as creating buttons and banners for websites, check out Koers' book.
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Title: Paint Shop Pro 8 Fast & Easy (Fast & Easy) by Diane Koers ISBN: 1592000975 Publisher: Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade Pub. Date: 12 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Paint Shop Pro 8: Zero to Hero (Zero to Hero) by Sally Beacham, Ron Lacey ISBN: 1590592387 Publisher: Friends of ED Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Paint Shop Pro 8 for Dummies by David C. Kay, William Steinmetz, David C. Kay ISBN: 0764524402 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title:Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8 ASIN: B00008ZGOE Publisher: Jasc Inc. Pub. Date: 12 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $109.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $87.99 |
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Title: How To Do Everything with Paint Shop Pro 8 by David Huss, Dave Huss ISBN: 0072191074 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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