Photoshop is one of those programs that’s so cool you just want to dive right in and start creating--but by plunging in head-first, without any guidance, you’re likely to miss a lot. There’s a solution: With this book, you learn by doing, getting your feet wet immediately as you progress through a series of hands-on projects that build on your growing Photoshop knowledge. Simple step-by-step instructions, review questions at the end of each chapter, and a companion CD with all of the book’s project files make learning a breeze as the Adobe Creative Team takes you on a self-paced tour of the image-editing powerhouse. This bestselling guide has been completely revised to cover all of Photoshop CS2’s new features, which include advanced tools for digital photographers, such as a new Spot Healing Brush for correcting scratches or blemishes, and Smart Sharpen for fixing photo blurring. Photoshop CS2 also includes loads of new creative tools, such as Vanishing Point and Image Warp.This comprehensive guide starts with an introductory tour of the software and then progresses on through lessons on everything from Photoshop’s interface to more complex topics like color management, Web graphics, and photo retouching.

The Adobe Creative Team is made up of designers, writers, and editors who have extensive, real-world knowledge of and expertise in using Adobe products. They work closely with the Adobe product development teams and Adobe’s Instructional Communications team to come up with creative, challenging, and visually appealing projects to help both new and more experienced users get up to speed quickly on Adobe software products.

Photoshop is one of those programs that’s so cool you just want to dive right in and start creating?but by plunging in head-first, without any guidance, you’re likely to miss a lot. There’s a solution: With this book, you learn by doing, getting your feet wet immediately as you progress through a series of hands-on projects that build on your growing Photoshop knowledge. Simple step-by-step instructions, review questions at the end of each chapter, and a companion CD with all of the book’s project files make learning a breeze as the Adobe Creative Team takes you on a self-paced tour of the image-editing powerhouse. This bestselling guide has been completely revised to cover all of Photoshop CS2’s new features, which include advanced tools for digital photographers, such as a new Spot Healing Brush for correcting scratches or blemishes, and Smart Sharpen for fixing photo blurring. Photoshop CS2 also includes loads of new creative tools, such as Vanishing Point and Image Warp. This comprehensive guide starts with an introductory tour of the software and then progresses on through lessons on everything from Photoshop’s interface to more complex topics like color management, Web graphics, and photo retouching.

Photoshop is one of those programs that’s so cool you just want to dive right in and start creating–but by plunging in head-first, without any guidance, you’re likely to miss a lot. There’s a solution: With this book, you learn by doing, getting your feet wet immediately as you progress through a series of hands-on projects that build on your growing Photoshop knowledge. Simple step-by-step instructions, review questions at the end of each chapter, and a companion CD with all of the book’s project files make learning a breeze as the Adobe Creative Team takes you on a self-paced tour of the image-editing powerhouse. This bestselling guide has been completely revised to cover all of Photoshop CS2’s new features, which include advanced tools for digital photographers, such as a new Spot Healing Brush for correcting scratches or blemishes, and Smart Sharpen for fixing photo blurring. Photoshop CS2 also includes loads of new creative tools, such as Vanishing Point and Image Warp. This comprehensive guide starts with an introductory tour of the software and then progresses on through lessons on everything from Photoshop’s interface to more complex topics like color management, Web graphics, and photo retouching.

Photoshop is one of those programs that's so cool you just want to dive right in and start creating–but by plunging in head-first, without any guidance, you're likely to miss a lot. There's a solution: With this book, you learn by doing, getting your feet wet immediately as you progress through a series of hands-on projects that build on your growing Photoshop knowledge. Simple step-by-step instructions, review questions at the end of each chapter, and a companion CD with all of the book's project files make learning a breeze as the Adobe Creative Team takes you on a self-paced tour of the image-editing powerhouse. This bestselling guide has been completely revised to cover all of Photoshop CS2's new features, which include advanced tools for digital photographers, such as a new Spot Healing Brush for correcting scratches or blemishes, and Smart Sharpen for fixing photo blurring. Photoshop CS2 also includes loads of new creative tools, such as Vanishing Point and Image Warp. This comprehensive guide starts with an introductory tour of the software and then progresses on through lessons on everything from Photoshop's interface to more complex topics like color management, Web graphics, and photo retouching.

photoshop cs2 guide
it is what it is. now obsolete. i’d buy the "missing manual" series if i were to buy another photoshop guide.

An excellent self-teach guide
I bought this book some time ago and have only just got around to using it to try to get to grips with Photoshop CS2. I have tried other books and became somewhat disheartened that the instructions in the books didn’t match up with what was happening on-screen. Many of them missed out critical steps which is confusing and terribly time wasting.

This book is different. It is not a look-up reference book - it is an entire beginners course and needs to be used as such. It is clear, straight forward, starts off with interesting tasks and never lets one down. The colour images are terrific. More than anything, the keyboard tips which help you to make the most of the on-screen tools are excellent.

There is a lot to learn and remember, but the end-of-chapter revision questions are helpful and you can always go back and re-do a chapter. What is more, when you actually know what the book contains you can then use it as a reference - you might forget how to carry out a task but you will remember that the book has the answer so you can go back and look it up.

Once you have worked your way through the book you will almost certainly be able to work out how to use aspects of Photoshop that the book doesn’t cover. Photoshop is a massive application, and this book is an introduction, not an encylopaedia - unsurprisingly you will need to move on to a book covering the next level or work it out for yourself if you want to advance.

I love this book. Instead of regarding Photoshop as some impossible peak to conquer it has become my new best friend. The book facilitates learning, which so many books don’t.

I’ll be buying the series for the other bits of Creative Suite CS2 sitting on my PC.

GREAT BOOK!
Great information and details. This book is so easy to follow and understand. It’s great for starters and pros.

Excellent but not what I was looking for
As a complete novice to PhotoShop, this has been a great book for me. However, I am more interested in photo retouching using photoshop and so probably should have bought a book that focuses on that subject. Overall, though, it’s well written, informative, and easy to follow. I would recommend it for someone looking to gain all around knowledge of PhotoShop and its features.

meh
There are many better books out for teaching about photoshop. I had to buy this book for my digital photography class. Anything from Scott Kelby is better.

Excellent Product
Quick responce for delivery of an most satisfying product. meets my need for initial training in Photoshop and is truly Classroom in a book.

Helpful Resource
This book was a required purchase as a supplement for a 4-week class I recently completed. Aside from a few minor typos, the book proves to be a helpful resource for me in and outside of the classroom. The examples are specific, and the word choice is straight-forward and easy to interpret. The CD of lesson materials has been expertly assembled. The lessons seem a bit "time consuming" as compared with other books... but the learnings are complete and easy to reference in the future. I intend to purchase other books from the "Classroom in a Book" series in the future.

easy to follow
I do not have Adobe Photoshop CS2, but am taking a class that follows the book. When I get the CD and install it, I will be able to do all the wonderful things to my photos that I am learning in the class. The book is very easy to follow. I also bought CS as it has more information in it.

Confused
I bought this book thinking that learning Adobe software would be best with an Adobe book. What I discovered was the confusing instructions with Adobe books to get started with the lessons in both InDesign and Photoshop. The instructions for "Restoring Default Settings" or "Deleting Preferences to reset to their Original Default Values" and "Save your Current Color Settings" make zero sense to me, and to all in my family who have worked with Photoshop. We followed the instructions exactly on pages 4-7 only to hit a brick wall. When we’ve tried to open the first lesson which is called Lesson01/Project1 and 01End1.psd file, a dialog box comes up that says "Embedded Profile Mismatch". I called Adobe customer service and Technical support, spoke to 3 different people who could not answer the question, and they did not know what the Mismatch meant. How am I, or other "newbies" supposed to learn the program with such confusing terminology? Does anyone out there know the solution to this dilemma? Should we unistall the program and start over? This has been a very discouraging way to start learning the program. I wanted to get Adobe Certified, but I can’t even get thorugh Chapter One. Can anyone recommend anything? Thanks.

Classroom In A Book CS 2
The perfect book for the perfect product. I have always wanted to learn the basics of Photoshop and this book is certainly a first step in doing that task.

A great easy to use book for building Photoshop skills
Although familier with photo editing and graphics packages Photoshop has always appeared to me as this mythical nirvana used only by true digital photo and art buffs. So it was to this book that I initially turned to cut through the dizzying array of features and begin learning how to use the package. I was not dissapointed.

Coming with a CD with all the images you need for the lessons detailed within the book, you step through the fundamentals and several key features required for understanding the interface and getting excellent results simply and easily.

The book is not going to leave you as a Photoshop expert but it will give you the condfidence to work with the software and achieve remarkable things - mostly in the management and editing of photo’s. The lessons are very clear, well written and there are no typo’s that I noticed. Having tried out several other books you realise just how simply clever the presentation here is.

Having worked through all the tutorials this book now sits on the back of my desk and is a constant resource as I build on the skills learned to widen my use of Photoshop into art.

I must have I would say for any starter to intermediate user.

The Title Says It all
If you want to go back to your school days and have no interaction with the subject matter then this book is OK. But to work on your photos and learn what you want to do to them forget it. Way to structured, more suited to a textbook in a real class room where you can ask the teacher "how do I do this", forget it.

UGH! Frustrating and too project driven.
This book I imagine would be fine for someone who has never used Photoshop, and just wants to be walked through a tiny bit of the program. This was a required text for a graphics class on electronic imagery, and I found it to be frustratingly limiting, to say the least.

For instance, one project has you going into a folder to access the background, and other images for a collage. This is fine if that is what you want to do, but what if you want to find your own background, or see what the masking tools possibilities are? This book covers just a tiny portion of a drop in the proverbial bucket, and I found myself supplementing this text with SEVERAL other books, as it is a very "think inside the box" kind of text. There are a myriad of ways to do things within the Photoshop program,(one of the great joys, in my opinion, of working with Photoshop) and I don’t think this book, in any way, shape, or form, relays that to the reader.

If you are looking for a good introductory text for Photoshop, keep looking! This one is sadly lacking!

UGH! Frustrating and too project driven.
This book I imagine would be fine for someone who has never used Photoshop, and just wants to be walked through a tiny bit of the program. This was a required text for a graphics class on electronic imagery, and I found it to be frustratingly limiting, to say the least.

For instance, one project has you going into a folder to access the background, and other images for a collage. This is fine if that is what you want to do, but what if you want to find your own background, or see what the masking tools possibilities are? This book covers just a tiny portion of a drop in the proverbial bucket, and I found myself supplementing this text with SEVERAL other books, as it is a very "think inside the box" kind of text. There are a myriad of ways to do things within the Photoshop program,(one of the great joys, in my opinion, of working with Photoshop) and I don’t think this book, in any way, shape, or form, relays that to the reader.

If you are looking for a good introductory text for Photoshop, keep looking! This one is sadly lacking!

UGH! Frustrating and too project driven.
I imagine this book would be fine for someone who has never used Photoshop, and just wants to be walked through a tiny bit of the program. This was a required text for a graphics class on electronic imagery, and I found it to be frustratingly limiting, to say the least.

For instance, one project has you going into a folder to access the background and other images for a collage. This is fine if that is what you want to do, but what if you want to find your own background, add your own images, or heaven forbid, explore some of the possibilities with the huge selection of tools Photoshop offers? This book covers just a tiny portion of a drop in the proverbial bucket, and I found myself supplementing this text with SEVERAL other books, as it is a very "think inside the box" kind of text. There are a myriad of ways to do things within the Photoshop program. (Just one of the great joys, in my opinion, of working with Photoshop) I don’t believe this book in any way, shape, or form, relays that to the reader.

If you are looking for a good introductory text for Photoshop, keep looking! This one is sadly lacking!

Nice
This is an excellent product for any beginner. I had no clue about CS2 until I started this book. This should be in your library if you’re using CS2

Adobe Photoshop CS2 Classroom in a Book
This book is the worst photoshop book I have ever used! In almost evey lesson he leaves out intructions. He acts like you did the lesson before. He does eveything the hard way. I hate this book and I would not give it a star. It takes forever to finish and I have to go to my NAPP help to do it the right way. I have not learned anything from this book. Don’t buy it. Deb

Amazing
Along with the disc, the step-by-step instructions to do certain exercises, is just what I needed!!! This book was a requirement for school, and I know I’ll be using it for a VERY long time to come!!!

Absolute beginner book.
This is an absolute beginner book which serves only as a primer. Look elsewhere if you are looking for a technical, in depth manual.

Adobe Photoshop CS2 Classroom in a Book
Outstanding, I teach photography and I use this book and the lessons for my Photoshop class. They are outstanding lessons. It could start out a little more basic but I can get through that on my own.

Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a book
this was a really good deal and the book and cd were in perfect condition.

Adobe Photoshop CS2 Classroom in a Book
I am using this book for an on-line class on Photoshop CS2. Since it has a CD and lessons within the book, it is a helpful way to learn CS2. My one complaint, though, is that there are parts of lessons where the directions are a bit confusing and not always clear. After rereading and experimenting, though, you can usually figure it out. If a novice with Photoshop and CS2, I would also encourage using other Photoshop books, e.g. Colin Smith’s How to do Everything with Adobe Photoshop CS2, since they will include other clarifications regarding the topics involved in CS2.

Good information
This book holds alot of information, and can realy help you create some really nice pictures if you have the time to read through it.

MUST BUY
This is by far the best Photoshop tutorial book out there! I am extremely impressed with how well organized and easy to understand this book is. This is a must buy for anyone new to Photoshop.

Adobe Photoshop CS2 Classroom in a Book
I love this book. It has become my Bible. It gives great tutorials, is easy to understand, and great for anyone beginning the difficult talk of trying to understand how Photoshop works. Great reference book for anyone!

Adobe PhotoshopCS2 Class room in a book
This is a very complete class of instruction.
You can pick the classes that interest you and complete only those if you want.

At some point the "photo" in Photoshop got lost
This book is fine if you’re a budding graphic artist but disappointing if you’re a photographer who wants to know how to use Photoshop to enhance digital photographs.

adobe photoshop cs2 classroom in a book
it is very helpful and informative. it really helps you learn and use photoshop cs2.

Love it
I felt this book is a great learning tool for Photoshop. It goes thru all the basics of all the tools and I had alot of fun learning. It’s much more than just reading, it’s all hands on learning. Highly recommend for learning Photoshop.

Right on Point
This, as all the other Adobe Classroom in a Book Series is well thought out and executed. I picked this up when I got CS2 and it’s helped the transition a great deal. Anyone new or experienced with a previous Photoshop should benefit from this book. Now if I can just get all of my Adobe products to quit having to be activated every couple of hours. Uggghhhhh!

well-organized, easy to follow
I bought this book for my class; it’s easy to follow, yet comprehensive. Each chapter (in form of a project) presents a set of tools that is necessary for that project step by step. You would learn so much more if you try different options such as setting "opacity" in different % to see what effect it has on the photo, etc.--don’t be afraid to mess up since you can always go back in "history" step you want to be.

A Real Guide To Photoshop CS2.
This is an excellent and invaluable reference and introduction for Photoshop CS2.

Great Aide
This book has been a great help in learning to use Photoshop CS2. The explanations are straightforward with good examples. Well worth the time and effort to go through. The lessons given can be expanded upon to your own projects.

EXCELLENT PHOTOSHOP BOOK
Excellent in every way. Very fast & easy to learn with cd-rom.
Highly recomended.

very accessible - Photoshop cs2 classroom in a book
I haven’t gotten through the whole book yet but I have found the first few chapters very easy to read and understand and the tutorials are a great way to gain an understanding of the tools and features photoshop gives designers.

One thing people say about photoshop is that there are many ways to go about accomplishing the same thing and this book groups similar tools together so you know about all (or at least several of) your options at the same time. This makes it much less frustrating when you go to apply what you have learned in your own projects.

I am using the book in conjunction with a class that meets twice a week but I honestly think that I could gain a decent, basic understanding of photoshop with this book alone.

The Shop
This is a great step by step learning tool for Photoshop, great if your just learning the program.

Learning It!
I am finally learning how to use Adobe Photoshop. This book has clear instructions and a CD with lessons to help. I am hoping the rest of the lessons are as learner friendly as the first few! You get hands on experience with each and every chapter.

Excellent Tutorial
Simple and easy to understand classroom in a book. The creative team did an excellent job on conveying the intent. I love it, thank you very much.

This book is a must for some extra Photoshop tips
Being a frequent user of Photoshop, Indesign, and Illustrator I wanted a book to tell me things I may not of yet discovered about the programmes. This book is really helpful, I have found out a lot of new tips and tricks and other ways around problems I have come accross previously with photoshop. The tutorials are generally very good although there are some that focus on very basic skills. If your not that hot on retouching images properly i’d buy this book as it has really helped me to learn and develop an undertanding of the healing brush, patch tool and even the magic erazer that i have never bothered to use before.

Learning photoshop review
This book and CD is an excellent way of startin to learn the art of Photoshop without being in a classroom. The exercises that are in the book have the start and finish on the CD. The text in the book instructs you in a step by step way in a language anyone can understand. It goes from showing you the work area to masks and channels to correcting and retouching photographs and images to some advanced layering technique.
There is a reasonable chapter on basic image correction and another one on retouching and repairing the same with the exercises shown before and after on the CD. There is a chapter on layer basics and one on masks and channels. You get to know all about each tool in the work area.

Adobe Photoshop CS2 Classroom in a Book
I recently aquired Adobe’s Photoshop CS2 to add to my digital photography skills and learn how to repair and enhance my work. Was I shocked to open it up and find that there was little to nothing I could do with it. I needed help to get started. So I ordered Adobe Photoshop CS2 Classroom in a Book and haven’t been disappointed.
The book took me from nowhere to reasonably comfortable with Photoshop in a matter of days. The lessons assume that you are a beginner with Photoshop and cover the most used features in an eye opening and easy manner. The print is easy to read and the example photos are excelent. Included is a tutorial CD with lessons and examples that leave you with a new confidence as you move through the material. Each lesson covers a single topic and lessons become more complex as you progress. The topics are organized in such a way as to make the book useable as a reference and to allow the reader to jump ahead (after the first six or so lessons) to topics more interesting or relevant to the readers interest.

Although the volume is almost 500 pages and is easy to follow, it does not attempt to cover all features of the program and be everything to everone. It left me comfortable with the the basic skills and the knowledge that there are texts available with more depth on the various aspects of Photoshop. With that said, I am very satisfied with my purchase and recommed it with a 5 star rating.

Poor choice.
This book is not very helpful to those who want to know why they are doing actions. Tool descriptions are next to non-existant. You are merely told what buttons to push and that is pretty much it.

I believe you are better off playing with photoshop than using this book. You will probably learn more.

GREAT SERVICE!!
I recommend this company to anyone because it’s so easy to find books, etc. on their website and they’re usually priced below the regular asking price. I will buy from them again and again!

Great Leaning Tool!
I love all the Classroom in a Book’s! This Photoshop book is great for beginners, and even for advanced Photoshop users to brush up on their skills. The projects easy enough for anyone to understand, and when you complete one you will ask with great pride "Did I Do That!?". I highly recommend this and all the Classroom in a Book’s!

Adobe Photoshop CS2 Classroom in a Book
Excellent resource, walks you through the lessons step by step, and gets you up and running quickly.