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        beley 
           
           
          
          
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				 Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2003 9:51 am    Post subject: Good Photoshop books for beginners? | 
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				Adobe Press' Classroom in a Book series is pretty good. I've also used Photoshop 5.5 WOW book (never bought the 6.0 and 7.0 editions), which discusses some quick and easy ways to create awsome effects. _________________ Nasir
 
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        toni 
           
           
         
          
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				It's also pretty easy to find photoshop books for older versions than 7, at a local library. Out of date, but perfect for learning the basics. Anything is good when its free, right?   _________________ toni allen
 
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				 Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 9:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Good Photoshop books for beginners? | 
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Anyone else have any favorites? | 	  
 
 
I like: Adobe Photoshop 7: Studio Techniques. Ben Willmore.
 
 
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				I bought this book and found it very, very useful.
 
 
Inside Photoshop 7
 
 
Actually, I think the "Inside" series is pretty good for any product.  | 
			 
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				 Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 8:19 am    Post subject: Sure a few books can be helpful.... | 
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				but in my experience the books are far too basic.  I'm basically self taught and i've been using PS since version 3.  I know a majority of techniques and tricks i've learned have been either through trial and error or checking out a number of tutorials offered on the particular subject your going for at the moment, (ie. cartoon, photorealism, web ...etc).  The web can be very informative at times, just do a little research (i prefer using google to do most my websearches) and you might be surprised at what you find.  | 
			 
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