boring...

Well, maybe this is not the worst PS CS2 book, since I haven't read all books available on this subject. But I have to say it is a pretty boring one. The authors throw out lots of conceptual stuff before really going into each topic covered, maybe good for pros, but definitely a disaster for beginners. I am not sure what kind of readers the authors had in their minds when wrote the book. Beginners? then the book is sometimes very confusing for a novice without much experience on PS; pros? the whole book talks about very basic stuff not interesting to anyone who has used PS for a while.

Overall, the book is very boring and somewhat difficult to follow. If you check out the earlier editions in this series (teach yourself PS in 24 hrs), you'll find out they didn't get a decent feedback except for some comments from the so called Adobe Certified Experts saying 'this is really good'. Well, being Certified Experts only means you have good skills in using PS. When it comes to judging a book, I'd rather trust readers like myself. Actually, I have gone through reviews of most PS (7, CS and CS2) books I could find on Amazon. You know what? This series is probably the only one which got bad reviews consistently. So, think again before you pull out your credit card.

By the way, I give the bad rating not because I spent money on the book. Fortunately I borrowed it after I got the software. Instead, I bought books by Martin Evening, Deke McClelland (the Bible) and Jack Davis (wow book). I am also waiting for the Real World PS CS2 coming out. I think all those are much better than this one.

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