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Title: Photoshop® 6 Bible by Deke McClelland ISBN: 0-7645-3597-8 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: August, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $64.99

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Wish I could give it 6 stars!
Comment: Let me start off by saying that this is the absolute BEST (and biggest) computer book I've ever read, and that's coming from a self-proclaimed geek. Deke McClelland has a hysterical sense of humor and actually makes the book enjoyable to read. As I've found while reading some books, it feels like some authors intentionally withold information to keep seperate the men from the boys (if you catch my drift); not so with this book. Deke covers absolutely EVERYTHING about Photoshop in this book. If there is a section of Photoshop that he thinks is stupid and pointless, he'll let you know about it! He won't dwell on it for long, and this keeps you from wasting time learning techniques that are, more or less, pointless. While it is true that there is a shortage of "tutorials" in this book, I think that only helps the learning process. Image editing is an art, not a series of steps. You wouldn't expect a "Do this, Do that" explanation in a traditional art book, so why do you think it should be here?! I could go on and on about how incredible this book is, but I'll leave that for you to discover. If it helps your purchasing decision, I'll have you know that I despised Photoshop before reading this book because I was less than a beginner. I was so irritated with the way that it seemed to make simple tasks difficult. However, after reading this book, I can't imagine turning back to any other program. DEFINATELY THE TOP PHOTOSHOP BOOK.

Rating: 3
Summary: Good But Not Great
Comment: I'm a Photoshop Beginner and I've been using this book. It is good in that it assumes that you know nothing. However, it is incomplete. It does not have all of the illustrations on the enclosed CD. There are only maybe 10-20. The rest of the CD has a .pdf version of the book and a bunch of try-out products. I'm not interested in those. Second, it has very few projects--- do this, then do this, then do this. I believe that is how you learn a graphics program---by doing things, not by reading about them. He has illustrations of things he has done, but he'll say simply, "I used the xxx tool to do this." I would like more step-by-step instructions.

Rating: 5
Summary: A Must Have!
Comment: This book is great! I've been using Adobe Photoshop since ver3, and this is the best reference/instructional book out there! Perfect for the novice user as well as the advanced. :)