Customer Review: This book is awful. I am in a Photoshop class and 10 out of 10 students find this book not useful in anyway. The book cover says "essential skills" but the information in the book assumes that you know what your doing in photoshop. If you want a book to help you understand essential skills about... more info
Customer Review: Elements is one of digital photography's best kept secrets - a sophisticated editing software that works for someone just starting out and for highly experienced photographers who simply don't want to invest in adobe's high end offering. The key is to find the right guide according to one's own... more info
Customer Review: This is such an excellent "basic and beyond" book for this Photoshop Program. Only problem is that it needs to be about twice as long. Anytime Mark Galer and/or Philip Andrews authors a book--BUY IT. Their books are always to the point and understandable
Customer Review: This outstanding book provides many step by step instructions for editing photos with photoshop elements. Along with common instructions such as croping as straightening photos it includes blurring backgrounds and the use of masks for special effects.
Everything is made simple. Have a problem... more info
Customer Review: I think the question is whether you are an advanced amateur or pro photographer already-someone who is looking for advanced diagrams, etc. on studio setups, etc. That is NOT the type of book this is. For someone-such as myself-who is self-taught and trying to learn or solidfy an understanding of... more info
Customer Review: I do agree with several of the reviews written on the misleading title. A book should not be judged by it's cover, make sure you do your research. This book does a great job of breaking down the fundamentals of photography. Explains simple rules, and formulas that produce quality photos, however... more info
Customer Review: I'm a strong intermediate user of Photoshop and have a number of different PS books. This one has a great visual layout, very interesting lessons which are well thoughtout and instructive and packs a lot of information into a very useful format. Highly recommended.
