Praise for previous editions:

"Philip’s work here is true to the diligence and consistency I’ve come to expect from his writing; his descriptions and tutorials are delivered to you in an easy, approachable style rarely found in software instruction."
Bryan O’Neil Hughes, Adobe Photoshop Product Manager

"Each section is expressed clearly with simple but highly effective and user-friendly illustrations...These are definitely books you should have to hand while working at your computer."
Amateur Photographer

"Some books you can never get into, some seem to fit like an old glove. To me this is certainly one of the latter. As far as I can see every action you are likely to make as a photographer is covered...This book is a must have, easy to follow reference that will guide you through CS2’s many tools and commands."
Royal Photographic Society Digital Imaging Group magazine

"A thorough guide to Adobe’s recent Photoshop CS2 release, this book...acts as an effective reference tool thanks to its easy to follow A to Z layout."
Computer Arts

"If you find the help feature in Adobe Photoshop a bit sparse, then this book could be an easy to use supplement."
Photoshop User

"If you ever wanted a quick reference guide to the mass of tools in Photoshop, then this is the answer...Keep it to hand as a quick and easy guide."
Which Digital Camera

"As the name suggests, this is a handy and easy to use reference for all things Photoshop. Designed in an index format, Bargh’s informative book is well-illustrated and a valuable asset for all getting into digital imaging."
Better Digital

"The book provides a visual representation of various features within Photoshop accompanied by succinct, punchy text, which enables you to learn fast and efficiently. Whilst many Photoshop books are tomes difficult to read and understand, this book, with its easy and intuitive layout makes learning a breeze... Overall, this book is an invaluable reference tool that should adorn every desktop when working in Photoshop. Highly recommended."
John Shaw, Digital Photo and Practical Photographer

"... this handy and simple-to-use paperback ... is a perfect adjunct to ... any other technique book dealing with Photoshop."
Professional Photographer

"There are stacks of guide books on Photoshop and I’d feared this would be another that is useful but impossible to navigate. The reality was a pleasant surprise, with the author honestly appraising some of the more esoteric features ... of all the Photoshop self-help guides I’ve come across, Peter Bargh’s book is the easiest to use."
Amateur Photographer

"The book makes an excellent visual reference guide and should prove very useful for the beginner through to the advanced user."
Digital PhotoFX

"The more we used this book, the better we liked it. This isn’t the ultimate Photoshop book - and it isn’t meant to be - but we can’t think of any other that provides such quick and concise reference information."
Digital Photographer Magazine

By Philip Andrews, Professional photographer, best-selling
international author, accomplished teacher and official Adobe Photoshop and
Elements Ambassador.

Photoshop users of all levels need access to the crucial information in a flash. Techniques books provide the step-by-step instructions and how-to advice but this easy to navigate, dip-into guide provides quick answers to the inevitable ’what does that do?’ questions that all too often bring progress to a grinding halt.

The full colour A to Z format covers hundreds of tools, features and menu options clearly and succinctly, with cross-references to related topics, screen shots and illustrative examples to help things fall into place. A new techniques section delves deeper into key areas, providing more instruction on essential tasks in an easy, step-by-step format. Fully updated with new CS3 features throughout, this is the Photoshop desk reference to adorn every digital image-maker’s shelf.

* Intuitive A to Z format and clear, concise definitions make this the ideal desk reference guide to Photoshop’s multitude of tools, options and features.

* Find the explanations, answers and practical advice you need to quickly get on with the task in hand - don’t waste time looking anywhere else!

* Fully updated for CS3, with source images from the book and supporting tutorials provided on the accompanying website: www.photoshop-a-z.com.

* Intuitive A to Z format and clear, concise definitions make this the ideal desk reference guide to Photoshop’s multitude of tools, options and features.
* Find the explanations, answers and practical advice you need to quickly get on with the task in hand - don’t waste time looking anywhere else!
* Fully updated for CS3, with source images from the book and supporting tutorials provided on the accompanying website: www.photoshop-a-z.com.

Find solutions fast with this handy encyclopedic guide to Photoshop’s multitude of terms and options. Conveniently organized in a clear A to Z format, this attractive, illustrated desktop reference covers every action you are likely to make as you manipulate photographs and digital images in Photoshop.

Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned Photoshop user, there’ll be tools and features you’ve forgotten, missed or never memorized, but that needn’t slow down the creative process. As well as complete A to Z listings that answer all the questions you’ll come up against, a step-by-step techniques section covers the everyday tasks you’ll refer to again and again.

This visual resource is the ideal companion to every Photoshop book on your shelf. Don’t start working in Photoshop unless it’s by your side!

* Intuitive A to Z format and clear, concise definitions make this the ideal desk reference guide to Photoshop’s multitude of tools, options and features.
* Find the explanations, answers and practical advice you need to quickly get on with the task in hand - don’t waste time looking anywhere else!
* Fully updated for CS3, with source images from the book and supporting tutorials provided on the accompanying website: www.photoshop-a-z.com.

Find solutions quick with this accessible encyclopedic guide. Conveniently organized in a clear A-Z format, this illustrated ready reference covers every action you are likely to make as a photographer. Youll never want it far from your side while you work with Photoshop.

* Covers all of Photoshops mass of tools concisely in an intuitive, colorful layout
* New section shows you fast solutions for everyday editing tasks: step-by-step tutorials illustrate how to conquer key tasks and techniques
* Fully updated for CS3
* Includes all versions of Photoshop-shortcut keys specify which version of Photoshop is applicable

This visual resource is the ideal companion to every Photoshop book on your shelf. Associate website www.Photoshop-A-Z.com features matching video tutorials for each step-by-step tutorial.

For Photoshop users at all levels-covers everything from the everyday to the hidden features you need in a pinch.

Dodge the frustrations that can come with time-sensitive, quality work with Philip Andrews. Philip is a professional photographer, digital photography teacher, magazine editor, and best-selling international author. Filled with practical advice from one photographer to another, Philip uses his trademark straight-talking style to ensure that everyone can get to grips with all the features of CS3 quickly and confidently.

On previous editions:

"If you ever wanted a quick reference guide to the mass of tools in Photoshop, then this is the answer...Keep it to hand as a quick and easy guide." - Which Digital Camera

"Each section is expressed clearly with simple buy highly effective and user-friendly illustrations... you should definitely have to hand while working at your computer." - Amateur Photographer

* Provides a listing of key tools and features included in the latest Photoshop version, CS3, now with brand new requested step-by-step techniques section
* Saves time for all users, from beginner to advanced, with dip-into A-Z format
* Written by internationally known author and official Adobe Photoshop Ambassador plus technically reviewed and approved by a Photoshop Quality Engineer, Adobe Systems

A to Z cover it all
when you forget how to use a tool or how to do something in photoshop this is great to have around better than going to the manual to figure something out

Anyone can pick up a few tips
Even a casual reader can get tips from this book because a single topic is covered just on that page. If you have a question about a technique or are unfamiliar with some of the terminology, this is a great reference book.

Adobe Photoshop CS3 A-Z
Excellent Photoshop guide .All Photoshop users should have this reference
sitting alongside their Computer as an instant companion when delving into Photoshop
Highly recommended

3.5 Stars - Nice, Lightweight Reference But Lacks Depth
This is a concise, well-written quick reference for Photoshop CS3. I would say, as someone who takes the ACE exams when they are newly released for each version, that this book would be helpful in studying for the ACE exam but not sufficient on its own.

All of the major features and dialogs are covered but some of the important functions associated with a given feature or dialog, are not. For example, there is a column about the Channels panel, but no columns or descriptions relating to some of the important functions held within the Channels panel, such as the ability to create a Spot Channel. There are of course many other examples, many of which are specialized but nonetheless important features that anyone serious about Photoshop will want to know, ACE exam or not.

I’ve also noticed a few layout and typographical errors (for example sometimes section headers for two different functions, will mistakenly show the same menu tree / shortcut. IOW, the layout person cut and pasted, but never updated the text).

Overall however, this is an affordable and worthwhile reference to have, especially if you’re not as concerned about the specialized functions or hidden commands within a given panel or dialog. The quality of the binding and paper are very good and the image reproduction is decent. I would recommend the Photoshop CS3 On Demand book because of its added depth, but it is riddled with errors.

Photoshop CS3 Refernce
This is an A-Z refernce guide of all the features and functions of photoshop, and a decode to the jargon and uses. It is brilliant, particularly if baought as part of Amazon’s package withthe essential guide and DVD. On its own it wont teach you how to use CS3. But as an aid, reminder and refernce book, it is quite brilliant. Very comprehensive and with excellent imagery and easy to follow notes, examples and tips, it is more than just a terminology dictionary. Highly recommended.

Finally a useful reference book
Photoshop is not known for it’s easy user interface or help files. There are many tutorial books that take you step-by-step through common tasks, but this is finally the book to let you quickly look up all those little things you can’t remember. The book starts with about 20 pages of step-by-step summaries of common tasks (importing photos, selection techniques, retouching, etc) then the remainder of the book is an alpha listing of every Photoshop feature. Each feature has a consistent format showing a small before and after photo, the menu path for the command, the shortcut key for the command, what versions apply, "see also" and where needed a screen shot of a dialog box. There is no index - it’s not needed. this is a handy size and it stays out now when I am using Photoshop.

My only choice for a desktop reference!
Philip Andrew’s "Adobe Photoshop CS3 A-Z" is my choice for a great desktop reference. Even though I am an Adobe Certified Expert, I still can’t remember everything. This book allows me to quickly lookup something, and get a concise description or function as well as having excellent image and screen shots.

It is the "perfect" size for me, in dimension and number of pages! Excellent binding, image quality, and pages. I have to mention this because I am so tired of buying a book that falls apart within a couple of weeks or has such "off" color in the images, that it makes you wonder if the author actually knows what they’re talking about. Not the case here...the quality is top notch!

This is not a "how-to" book but, as an instructor of Photoshop, I highly recommend this book as a reference companion to any how to book, whether you are a beginner or an expert.

Excellent Reference Work
I teach imaging and I find it hard to recommend books when my students ask for recommendations but Philip Andrews is one author that I feel I can recommend. The beauty of Philip’s books is the guy is a teacher not a geek and that means that what he writes, even in this A-Z format, is field tested with real live students. Philip understands what problems learners face and how to get the techniques over in a way that is clear and, most importantly, understandable. What that means is that it all actually works - unlike some books which, even after 15 years of using Photoshop, have me confused after just a few pages!

This one is particularly useful if you are teaching yourself or picking up new features in CS3. If you come across a feature that is either new or new to you, a quick flip through this and you’ll be using it without hours of guesswork. It’s designed as a reference work so you’ll get good value out of it because you’ll be dipping into long after you buy it.

If you are on a course then this book will back up your teacher’s program with specifics that go into more detail than any teacher can manage in a class or lecture. So it is a useful tool whether you are a complete novice or, like me, just need someone who writes about Photoshop in English when something you have never seen before crops up.