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Very good text. Used by an instructor in an evening continuing education program. The well organized book was very easy to use and improved my skills in using Photoshop CS4 layers.
The book presents various layer applications in a clear user friendly representation. A very good learning tool.
He is very humorous and explains "the hows and the whys" of Layers which is absolutely fundamental to learning PS. Matt's book on the other hand was very refreshing, no enlightening.
I was given a copy of Photoshop CS3 for my birthday a couple of years ago and thought I could learn using the software by just tinkering with it. To my detriment, the tikering led to absolute frustation and I stopped using the program altogether for an extended period of time.
This is the book I wish I would have had the first day I started using Photoshop. There was way too much material cramped into the book without any logical order for a total beginner to digest.
A few months later, I decided that I would take another crack at it and purchased the Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team. Although I found the tutorials in the book helpful, I felt that it failed to explain the reasoning behind the steps that needed to be taken in order to accompish a certain effect.
A must for someone just starting in Photoshop. This book has given me a new hope since Matt has shown me the ways of the force.
I found "Layers: The Complete Guide to Photoshop's Most Power Feature" to be a well-written and clearly illustrated explanation of layers. It clearly explained layers, and gave many savvy tips on how to use them. A very valuable book.
I normally skim and flip through books on photoshop. so many, so little time, so much complexity. This book is complex but very practical and every page has something useful.
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