Adobe Photoshop 7.0 for Photographers, First Edition

The book focuses on photoshop from a photographers point of view rather than from a graphic designers. There are many tips for beginners and advanced users alike.
Highly recommended for all photographers wanting to learn photoshop

The book is not about making a photography out of photoshop 7 and I can not imagine where 2ByMeta4 got this idea. The title of the book is "Photoshop FOR Photographers" and not "Become a photographer without a camera" as 2ByMeta4 would have you believe. You do not make a photograph with photoshop, you make a photograph with your camera and either scan it or import it into photoshop where you then go to work on it. The working on the photo part is where "Adobe Photoshop 7.0 for Photographers" comes in handy.

Other photgraphers have ranked "Real World Adobe Photoshop 7" and "Adobe Photoshop 7 Studio Techniques"--in that order--higher than this book. I will be able to give a full review later, but I felt something must be said about 2ByMeta4s absolutely silly review.

While most of the content I found to be very useful, in many instances the editing was so poor that the book suddenly resembled a cloak-and-dagger mystery. Quality of instruction, it would appear, is sacrificed for speed of publication (admittedly, not uncommon in application books these days). If one combines the print instructions with the enclosed CD, the "Aha!" moment comes across much more easily; however, there just arent enough of these print/CD combinations available for the readers enjoyment. Its a real missed opportunity. Whats more, (I have no idea if this is true or false) it appears that the publisher of the book and the publisher of the CD might be from two completely different companies; no doubt separated by the Atlantic Ocean. I must agree with a previous comment on the CD content: The narration speeds along at lightning pace, often ahead of the visuals, while the poor cursor has difficulty just keeping up (even on a fast G4 with all content saved on hard drive). Its nearly impossible to follow the narrators cursor, unless one knows Photoshop well enough to listen for audio clues.

Still, theres a lot to be had between the covers, and its worth scrumming through the content despite the bruising editorial.