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Dynamic Learning: Photoshop CS3 
By Jennifer Smith, Aquent Graphics Institute (AGI)
July 2007 
Pages: 360 
ISBN 10: 0-596-51061-6 | ISBN 13: 9780596510619
When you are trying to learn a program it helps to do it with short projects that give you the feeling you have accomplished a lot, and this book does just that. 

Even on the first few lessons you get a very good sense of accomplishment and explanations as to why you should do this or that in this particular fashion. Photoshop itself offers several different ways to accomplish tasks, and I felt that the majority of the tasks performed during the exercises were an optimized way to performed them.

The language was very easy to follow and having a video to guide you for part of the lesson was very helpful.

You can view more about this book at:
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510619/index.html

Don’t forget: Members of our User Group get a 35% discount when ordering from O’Reilly (you can find the info in the Message Board under Newsletters).

Photoshop Elements 7: The Missing Manual
By Barbara Brundage
October 2008 
Pages: 591 
Series: The Missing Manuals
ISBN 10: 0-596-52133-2 | ISBN 13: 9780596521332

I enjoy using Photoshop Elements a lot, and after reading this book for a while I found myself flipping through its pages when I had a questions, instead of reading the help files that come with the program.

It uses an easy to understand language and shows you every step of the way on how to do something.

I would recommend this book to anyone just getting started with Photoshop Elements or even those that have used the program for a while but want to use it to its full potential.

You can view more about this book at:
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596521332/index.html


Don’t forget: Members of our User Group get a 35% discount when ordering from O’Reilly (you can find the info in the Message Board under Newsletters).

Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One 
By Deke McClelland
October 2008 
Pages: 544 
ISBN 10: 0-596-52189-8 | ISBN 13: 9780596521899

This book is so good that it was a fight to see who could spend more time with it, and a scheduled had to be agreed on. 

Although we have several books about Photoshop, this one got me and my family really interested because it not only gave exercises to follow but it also explained why we were doing this or that and gave really good insights on how some parts of Photoshop work.

I am an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop and I learned a lot from this book, from simple things I never thought about to very complex things that I would have never considered without this book.

The Pearls of Wisdom sections are priceless, even if you don’t read the entire book you should at least read those.

You can view more about this book at:
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596521899/?CMP=ILC-search_spot1&ATT=photoshopcs4-1on1-cover

Don’t forget: Members of our User Group get a 35% discount when ordering from O’Reilly (you can find the info in the Message Board under Newsletters).