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Title: Photoshop and Dreamweaver: 3 Steps to Great Visual Web Design by Colin Smith, Crystal Waters ISBN: 1-903450-57-8 Publisher: friends of Ed Pub. Date: November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A good book to begin...but could close better
Comment: This book is a great book. It will show you how to use Photoshop to create your design and how to ultimately bring it into Dreamweaver. However, there is a reason I didn't give the book 5 stars.
First of all, I think the book presumes that you are more than just a novice in Photoshop. So if you know nothing about PS, then you could get frustrated. Also, as another reviewer mentioned, the book is not designed with creativity in mind. That is, I don't think anyone would create a masterpiece using this book. What I did was use a Photoshop template already designed and started from there. The book eventually tells you how to create slices and import them to Dreamweaver.
As for Dreamweaver, it will tell you how to set things up in DW after you've sliced things up in PS. Again, its pretty much basic stuff. Although if you don't know much about DW, the book does a good job in pointing the reader in the right direction. However, again, I think the books lacks a bit of creativity because it doesn't tell you how to do a lot once you've got it in DW. I'm proficient in DW and so was able to do what I wanted to do. That is, add forms, hotspots, etc. However, for the person that doesn't know much HTML or no HTML at all, they will probably be left with the empty feeling that they haven't accomplished much because you may be wondering what to do next once you've got your slices in DW.
Overall, its a good book. I think I know a lot more about PS than I did before reading this book.
Rating: 2
Summary: learn by doing? I think not.
Comment: Yes, I did learn how to use Photoshop, Image Ready, and Dreamweaver in about a week. So the book must be O.K. However, I found it to creatively uninspiring and utterly lacking in basic make-up. Often there were there sections devoid of real instructions on how to get things done. I would say that if you want to learn the meat and potatoes of making web sites, you will be out of luck on this one. And please, "Footprint Design"? that is ridiculously lame.
Thanks--David Bowie
Rating: 3
Summary: Good potential, but fall short on delivery....
Comment: I thought the book could be done a little better. If I wasn't familiar w/ Photoshop 7, then I would have been lost on several occasions while following the examples in the book.
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Title: Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Killer Tips by Joseph Lowery, Angela C. Buraglia ISBN: 0735713022 Publisher: New Riders Pub. Date: 10 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Photoshop Most Wanted 2: More Effects and Design Tips by Colin Smith, Al Ward ISBN: 159059262X Publisher: Friends of ED Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Adobe Photoshop CS Down & Dirty Tricks by Scott Kelby ISBN: 0735713537 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 02 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 Killer Tips (Killer Tips) by Joseph Lowery, Angela C. Buraglia ISBN: 0735713790 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 03 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: How to Do Everything with Photoshop CS by Colin Smith, Colin Smith ISBN: 0072231432 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 03 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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