The User Group Network presents the picks of the best for your user group members. As an Amazon Books Associate when you purchase here, you'll be helping support your user group community! Photoshop Visual Quickstart Guide for Windows & Macintosh reviewed by Shelly Friedland This is one of the Visual Quickstart series of books by Peachpit Press. I believe it is for those who already have some limited experience with Photoshop rather than for a total beginner in the program. __ The book is not meant to be read cover to cover. Rather it has chapters on the most obvious features of Photoshop and explains them very well. Users can thus go to those chapters or parts of the book which explain a particular skill such as compositing or layers, and focus only on that feature. There is an abundance of pictures and graphics used in each section which add considerably to ones grasp of the material. Many of these are of the windows and menus actually used in Photoshop so users can relate exactly what is on the screen to the explanations in the book. I had found difficulty using the adjust commands under the mode menu. __ This book has a whole chapter on adjust commands and takes you through it with pictures of each command and how to apply settings; truly a huge help to those struggling with these concepts. The text also includes 17 pages of shortcuts, segmented by platform, which gives the keyboard equivalents of many menu options. A comprehensive index is also included as is a chapter on Imageready for producing images ready for the web. __ I heartily reommend the this text. It will be a valuable supplement to the user's manual for the program as it separates functions and provides graphic "how-to's" which are easy to grasp. Photoshop Visual Quickstart Guide for Windows & Macintosh by Eline Weinmann & Peter Lourekas **** FOUR stars: very good, recommended Audience = All computer users of any platform Level = Intermediate: comfortable with daily computer use Shelly Friedland Yes, user group editors may republish this review in their newsletters. Please don't edit, no permission required. * Review a Book Get a Book * Show Us Your Newsletter ! * Adobe Bookshelf 20 to 40% off Adobe Books * SUBSCRIBE When you purchase by clicking on links, you get good discounts, you help the user group community! * Get the News * Resource Manager * Shareware Manager * Rumor Manager Back to the TOP... The UG Bookshelf or back to the User Group Network Register Your User Group, in the user group community Get your group Certified, by Linking to the User Group Network . . . . . Thank you for visiting the User Group Network at http://www.user-groups.net. Copyright 1994 - 2001 User Group Network. * For information about the UGNetwork, UGNN, The User Group Academy, or to get involved, please contact us. Send an e-mail message to: hospitality@user-groups.net ! The User Group Network is rated as a 98-to-1, or 98% content website -- high content, low noise -- 100% Smoke-free, fat-free. no spam, no cookies, no ads, no javascript, no blinks, no scrolling banners. No animals were harmed in its creation. Only recycled materials were used for this web site. Get involved in the User Group Network, and participate in the user group community. The User Group Network is a completely independant Spam-Free community supporting Apple Macintosh, Apple II, Apple Lisa, IBM, Compaq, Microsoft Windows, Amiga, Dell, Gateway, UNIX, and other computer platformstoo numerous to mention, however we are NOT a part of those commercial corporations, and the info and content provided herein does not necessarily reflect the opinions of any commercial organization, unless otherwise noted. We do not discriminate race, creed, sexual preference, or computer platform. The User Group Network does not share, sell, rent or otherwise purvey the User Group Database List. So don't ask. The User Group Network Bookstore is an AMAZON Associate Bookseller. All books sold through the "Buy It" links here will generate a slight percentage, thereby helping support everyone's favorite online user group resource. __ We have selected only those books we feel are genuinly beneficial to the user group community. If you plan to buy the book, please click the link here and make your online purchase work harder for you. Clicking here is the only way we'll be registered for the commission. Thank You.