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| 1. | Great book for beginning and intermediate students! |
| (New York City) December 3, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars |
| I teach people who are not computer professionals to create palmcards and
other outreach material. The material needs to be catchy for people to
read it. I use this book to teach folks how to make great literature,... read full review |
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| 2. | Step-by-Step Lessons Really Help |
| (New York City) May 6, 2004 - 4.0/5 stars |
| In addition to the Lessons folder (which contains the art source files for
20 lessons), there is a Folder with 35 Fonts, so that you can do the
lessons.It starts by telling you how to navigate the application, such... read full review |
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| 3. | Good for beginners |
| (Diamond Springs, CA USA) February 14, 2005 - 4.0/5 stars |
| PhotoShop cs classroom in a book provides new users of PhotoShop good step
by step lessons and will help a user build a good PhotoShop foundation.
The book covers the more basic functions of PhotoShop but does not... read full review |
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| 4. | A good starting point for unseasoned Photoshop users |
| (the West Coast, USA) January 23, 2004 - 4.0/5 stars |
| Like many people out there, I've been using computers for decades, and
while I've dabbled with Photoshop over the years to do layer-based image
touch-ups, enhancements, resizes, and related simplistic tasks (making
tape/CD... read full review |
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| 5. | There's good news and bad news |
| (Corsicana, TX USA) January 9, 2005 - 3.0/5 stars |
| "Adobe Photoshop CS Classroom in a Book" contains a wealth of information
and well-designed lessons.
It also contains pages, however, which
began to fall out by the time I had reached Chapter 3.
I would have
been glad... read full review |
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| 6. | Good for beginners, frustrating for intermediate/advanced |
| (Ottawa, Ontario Canada) January 25, 2005 - 3.0/5 stars |
| I've been working with Photoshop for a few years now, but I was
self-taught. When I got CS, I decided to work through a course book to
catch up on anything I was missing.I did not get as much out of this
book as I hoped... read full review |
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| 7. | Not very accurate... |
| (OR) January 20, 2004 - 2.0/5 stars |
| This book would be good for beginners except for the fact that it skips
some important steps that need to be taken. This was obviously written by
someone who knows photoshop very well, however instead of going step by
step... read full review |
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| 8. | Not good in a pinch... |
| (Moab, Utah) October 13, 2004 - 2.0/5 stars |
| I should have realized that the Classroom in a Book series is exactly what
it says - it is definietly NOT a resource guide for those with specific
problems and pressing deadlines. It may be a good introduction for those
with... read full review |
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| 9. | The CIB is not the best first book on Photoshop |
| (Moab, Utah) December 10, 2004 - 2.0/5 stars |
| For the price of a boxed Photoshop CS, the Classroom In a Book (CIB) for
Photoshop CS should have been included as a free guide inside the box.
While it teaches the basics of photoshop cs, the writing of the CIB is
really... read full review |
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| 10. | Lack of Attention to Detail Mars Series |
| (Denver Colorado) January 16, 2004 - 2.0/5 stars |
| Subtle and blantant errors ruin what would otherwise be a decent guide into
Adobe products. Most chapters in this series of books leave out vital
information or the exercises on the included CDs are missing files or do
not match the printed materials. |
