Review
“A must for any photographer, whether an absolute beginner or one in advanced mode… memorise every other word and you will be the king of your camera club.” – Amateur Photographer, praise for CS2 edition –Amateur Photographer, praise for CS2 edition
Review
Praise for previous edition:”Breaks down a monster programme into its essential elements and communicates them in an easily understandable way.” Geoff Franklin, photographer, UK”A must for any photographer, whether (click here for further information)

5.0 out of 5 stars
get it if only for the DVD
I used this book with the DVD for a photoshop class that I took at the local college. The DVD contains ~8 hours of easy to follow tutorials which saved my day.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Especially useful as a textbook
Well, I guess I have to disagree with one reviewer who said all 10 students in his class didn’t like the book.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Avoid This Book!
This book is awful. I am in a Photoshop class and 10 out of 10 students find this book not useful in anyway.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent but demanding in places
I wanted a book that would take me from coarse manipulating images in Photoshop to lifting out the richness of detail. This book does it!
2.0 out of 5 stars
Lack of Detail
There were several times where I had to seek alternative sources to have my questions answered about Photoshop.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A must have for the library.
I have both the photoshop Essential Skills CS2 and CS3 editions and I used both…although there is some repeat from edition to edition there is always some really good and needed…
4.0 out of 5 stars
PS Essential Skills
Good but this book came a little later than the the other even though I ordered them to be posted together. Otherwise very happy.. Thank You.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed
I bought this book because the DVD material sounded promising. However, the book introduces complex concepts but fails to provide explanations that make any sense.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Was a good choice!
I have the Scott Kelby book for CS2 and I was debating between this and the Scott Kelby for CS3. Glad I chose this.
1.0 out of 5 stars
information not updated for cs3
I am a new Photoshop user and thought I was getting a Photoshop CS3 starter book, like the title states.