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Photoshop CS2 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies Review by etalieninaz
Totally worthless!!!
Not only does the book begin to literally fall apart after a few months of use (pages disengage from the binding), the way the book is written is absolutely atrocious.
The author will explain some procedure (step 1,2,3...) as if that's all you need to know to be able to perform that procedure. However, she consistently leaves out a vital step (that she had apparently explained several hundred pages earlier) assuming that you have read and remembered what she said about that vital step. (no doubt the author is thinking "Dummy! I explained that step on page 97.)
Instead of showing you everything (in detail) you need to know about a specific procedure, she simply states it.
The book is totally worthless. Unfortunately, now I know why they name it CS2 Reference for Dummies. If you buy it, you're a dummy.
The Adobe reference manual that came with CS2 is easier to read and provides a better (albeit brief) understanding of the procedures.
(Photoshop CS2 all-in-one Reference for Dummies is probably the worst book I've ever bought from Amazon.)