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Photoshop Elements 7 for Dummies (For Dummies (Computers))

by: Barbara Obermeier, Ted Padova

November 14, 2008

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Photoshop Elements 6 for Dummies (For Dummies)

by: Barbara Obermeier, Ted Padova

December 14, 2007
Quality book? Very much so.

Easy to read? Well, yeah, but seems more formal than other Dummies somehow.

Cover all the right stuff? Yeah, suppose, but spends a huge amount of the book going on about the Organiser (not interesting!!!!).

Best book on Elements? No... though I don't know what is, but this isn't it.

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Photoshop 7 for Dummies (For Dummies)

by: Deke McClelland, Barbara Obermeier

May 30, 2002
Quality book? Very much so.

Easy to read? Well, yeah, but seems more formal than other Dummies somehow.

Cover all the right stuff? Yeah, suppose, but spends a huge amount of the book going on about the Organiser (not interesting!!!!).

Best book on Elements? No... though I don't know what is, but this isn't it.

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Photoshop CS3 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

by: Barbara Obermeier

June 07, 2007
Quality book? Very much so.

Easy to read? Well, yeah, but seems more formal than other Dummies somehow.

Cover all the right stuff? Yeah, suppose, but spends a huge amount of the book going on about the Organiser (not interesting!!!!).

Best book on Elements? No... though I don't know what is, but this isn't it.

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Photoshop Elements 5 for Dummies (For Dummies)

by: Barbara Obermeier, Ted Padova

January 26, 2007
Unfortunatly we read 2 others excellent books (purchased here on Amazon) on Photoshop Elements v5.00 prior to reading this one. I think that reading the other slightly more advanced books spoilt us. This book is designed for getting very basic knowledge of all the buttons and tools, but you would get that anyway but simply exploring the software. No tutorials to read, just basic information that appears to go on and on. Around about half way through it's 370 pages it just got very repetitive. This does that and that does this. There are examples written in the book but not a lot of detailed explanations as such. The section on 'Gradients' (a very powerful Element 5 tool) was a prime example of a powerful section lightly skipped over. There was not ... Read More:

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Photoshop Elements 4 For Dummies

by: Barbara Obermeier, Ted Padova

January 31, 2006
Unfortunatly we read 2 others excellent books (purchased here on Amazon) on Photoshop Elements v5.00 prior to reading this one. I think that reading the other slightly more advanced books spoilt us. This book is designed for getting very basic knowledge of all the buttons and tools, but you would get that anyway but simply exploring the software. No tutorials to read, just basic information that appears to go on and on. Around about half way through it's 370 pages it just got very repetitive. This does that and that does this. There are examples written in the book but not a lot of detailed explanations as such. The section on 'Gradients' (a very powerful Element 5 tool) was a prime example of a powerful section lightly skipped over. There was not ... Read More:

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Photoshop 7 All-in-one Desk Reference for Dummies (For Dummies)

by: Barbara Obermeier, David D. Busch

January 03, 2003
Unfortunatly we read 2 others excellent books (purchased here on Amazon) on Photoshop Elements v5.00 prior to reading this one. I think that reading the other slightly more advanced books spoilt us. This book is designed for getting very basic knowledge of all the buttons and tools, but you would get that anyway but simply exploring the software. No tutorials to read, just basic information that appears to go on and on. Around about half way through it's 370 pages it just got very repetitive. This does that and that does this. There are examples written in the book but not a lot of detailed explanations as such. The section on 'Gradients' (a very powerful Element 5 tool) was a prime example of a powerful section lightly skipped over. There was not ... Read More:

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Photoshop 6 for Dummies (For Dummies (Computers))

by: Deke McClelland, Barbara Obermeier

November 01, 2000
Patronising and pretty much bereft of colour examples.
Show me a picture with an effect, then give me instructions on how to do it, is all I need. You would be better to subscribe to a digital camera magazine for a couple of months.

It may be better than I am giving it credit for, but the format drove me away after just a couple of hours of struggling to understand just what on earth they were talking about.

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Photoshop CS4 All-in-one for Dummies

by: Barbara Obermeier

December 11, 2008
Patronising and pretty much bereft of colour examples.
Show me a picture with an effect, then give me instructions on how to do it, is all I need. You would be better to subscribe to a digital camera magazine for a couple of months.

It may be better than I am giving it credit for, but the format drove me away after just a couple of hours of struggling to understand just what on earth they were talking about.

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PowerPoint 2007 Just the Steps for Dummies (For Dummies)

by: Barbara Obermeier, Ted Padova

March 01, 2007
Patronising and pretty much bereft of colour examples.
Show me a picture with an effect, then give me instructions on how to do it, is all I need. You would be better to subscribe to a digital camera magazine for a couple of months.

It may be better than I am giving it credit for, but the format drove me away after just a couple of hours of struggling to understand just what on earth they were talking about.