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| Layers: The Complete Guide to Photoshop's Most Powerful Feature | 
 enlarge | Author: Matt Kloskowski
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Category: Book
List Price: $39.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  95 reviews
Sales Rank: 1445
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 7.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0321534166
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.696
EAN: 9780321534163
ASIN: 0321534166
Publication Date: February 22, 2008
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 Awesome! February 21, 2008
15 out of 18 found this review helpful
Kloskowski has done it again! His new photoshop book makes a great edition to anyone's library, from the beginner to the expert level user. The best part of the book is its organization - each chapter concludes with a "How Do I . . ." section that summarizes all the important concepts from that chapter. I'm going to keep this book at an arms distance from my computer for easy reference.
 Complete Guide---Not--- February 28, 2008
15 out of 36 found this review helpful
After spending aprox 10 hours trying to follow along step by step and running into what I would consider errors or lack of import information, I think the author should have given this book to a few of his students who arent yet "Gurus" just to see if it was possible to get through even chapter 1 without having to make assumptions and/or critical adjustments that are not covered. Sort of like building an engine using the maintenance manual when you are instructed to bolt the cases together and then finding out later that the crankshaft was supposed to go in there first. Oh, you didnt know that? Well no, thats why I spent the money and made the effort to learn.......Please tell me what the steps are and in order please.
I am using CS2 and this book was clearly written for CS3 so there are some minor differences and that is to be expected, however that probably should be noted in the marketing of this book and its not.
Pg.16 opacity and fill need to be adjusted to acheive the result pictured in the book....not mentioned here.
Pg.19 fill the layer? Not the way the book tells you to do it. At least for CS2 its not.
Pg.20 quick selection tool to select background...selects too much which doesnt sound like a big deal but it is if you are a student trying to follow along and what you get isnt whats displayed in the book.
Pg.21 drag "couple photo" into your menu cover image and its "the perfect size" No its not, its too big so we have to stop all forward progress and try to figure out how to resize (after trying several times) the supplied images. Shouldnt be necessary.
These items and more should have been tested out long before publication by a few students; not by "The Photoshop Gurus".
 Good for Beginners March 15, 2008
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
This is a good book for someone just starting to learn Photoshop or someone moving from Photoshop Elements to the full Photoshop program who wants to understand layer masks. Unfortunately, there's nothing too advanced in here. If you've already worked thru a book like Scott Kelby's 7-Point System you won't gain much new knowledge from this book. Actually, unless you want to just focus on layers, I'd recommend that you skip this book and get the 7-Point System which covers almost all the topics in Layers in more depth plus a whole lot more.
This book is correcting my poor layers behavior! February 26, 2008
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I have to tell you that this book is awesome. I have been Photoshop User since 1998 and in that time I have not taken advantage of layers properly. I received my book from Amazon It was preorder and it evan arrived before it was suppose to. I spent the day (at work, Opps. Just opened it to glance and I couldn't put it down) getting more than two thirds of the way through it doing every step and concept with the provided photos and then again with my own personal ones. The tips/shortcuts/walk throughs are just great. Matt K has done an excellent job!
A must book for Photoshop users! March 12, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I am an experienced Adobe Photoshop user who for years grappled with how to really understand and master Layers. Matt Kloskowski's book is the right book for anyone trying to understand this very powerful feature. He takes the time to explain, and with the use of photos from the Kelby Training Website, he gives the reader the opportunity to practice the concept. His tips are also very beneficial to learning alternate ways to accomplish a task. I am very impressed with his writing style and his approach to teaching the subject. Well done!
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