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Inside Adobe Photoshop 4 Paperback
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- Print length867 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherNew Riders Pub
- Dimensions7.5 x 2.25 x 9.25 inches
- ISBN-101562056816
- ISBN-13978-1562056810
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- Understand how Photoshop really works by following easy-to-use tutorials and exercises
- CD-ROM includes exercise files, freeware, and shareware textures and images, custom designed Web templates, and the Inside Photoshop Online Glossary
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- Language : English
- Paperback : 867 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1562056816
- ISBN-13 : 978-1562056810
- Item Weight : 3.5 pounds
- Dimensions : 7.5 x 2.25 x 9.25 inches
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About the authors
Gary has authored 35 books since 1992, covering a diverse range of software, from Adobe Photoshop, to corelDRAW, Xara Designer , modeling programs, designing for HTML, video editing and probably others. The common thread among these diverse studies is a common thread: how does today's individual express themselves artistically? The author has been illustrating professionally for over almost years. Mr. Bouton makes a point to share with readers not simply what a graphics application's tools do, but more importantly how they can be used to produce whatever is on the reader's mind. It’s the difference between stating a fact, and applied learning.
In addition to his books, Gary has a playlist on YouTube¹ of video tutorials that show how a Xara Designer user can create unexpectedly marvelous work using his book as a Guide…and the monthly tutorials as a little something extra, with the additional details, a conversational tone, along with animated instruction steps that videos bring to education.
Gary is an active practitioner of what he teaches through his books. His illustrates for a number of publications and corporation. Additionally, the author works with video producers creating CGI and other post effects for music videos. Gary fell in love with animation in the late 1990s and the fascination has stuck. His animations can be seen on YouTube² , and an art gallery at Tumblr³.
The author and his wife Barbara work on website design and development, and are active Moderators and Administrators on graphics on TalkGraphics.com.
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- Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2010Inside Adobe Photoshop 4 is a classic. As a new photoshop user, I needed a comprehensive guide to help me catch up with the rest of the photoshop world. Inside Adobe Photoshop 4 is doing that nicely. Text is easy to read and the accompanying cd provides the material required for the guided tasks.
For customers buying a used text ---- make sure it comes with the companion cd!
- Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 1999First,a comment about the first reviewer on the list, the viewer from New york who rated it "Horrible". Look sharply Sir, you have rated the wrong book. This book is not the PhotoShop 4 "WOW" book! I did not purchase the book but I did look it over thouroughly and I found it to be well organized,consise and complete especially for entry level. The only reason I diden't buy it is because I have six other books on Photoshop4 and I have just upgraded to Photoshop version 5.0. As far as the CD is concerned,I didn't have the option to try the tutorial CD. But I have had trouble with tutorial CD's in the recent past because some CD tutorials work in conjunction with specific Browsers (offline)in order to bring up the tutorials. I could not get my "Photoshop5 Certification Guide" CD to operate propery until I upgraded my browser to IE 5.0. Try E-mailing the publisher, I found that they can somtimes resolve the problem.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2000I have been using books written by Gary Bouton and his wife Barbara for awhile now. I'm looking back at this particular book as a milestone in my Photoshop education. I took this book, and for a month I slowly read, re-read, underlined and executed the lessons until I truely understood what I was doing. By re-reading and trying the lessons I was able to overcome the stubborn paradigms I created which normally keep me from understanding what is being said.
This effort has paid off. I'm currently using Adobe Photoshop 5.5 and it's no problem. Thank you Gary and Barbara for taking on a task this immense. If any of you have ever written technical lessons you can appreciate the monumental effort it would take to create an 1134 page textbook with two associated CDs. Thank you, but no thank you.
I have since purchsed their "Inside Adobe Photoshop 5" book and am enjoying it as well. I must admit that I haven't read it with a fine tooth comb as I did this Photoshop 4 book. Shame on me. I have been perusing it of late and notice that it has some good stuff to try.
For those of you who don't know it, the Bouton's keep a website that is full of information and any corrections that their books need. That's a very nice feature; [...]
I've been using Photoshop for fine art, severely damaged photo restoration, logo creation, brochure creation and web graphics. It's still the greatest. Try it, you'll like it. :-)
- Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2000Gary David Bouton writes in the most logical, effective manner I have ever seen in this type book. This is a COMPREHENSIVE guide to Photoshop 4. It is a large book, filled with hands on tutorials (not to mention two CDs packed with lessons and extras) that begin with the very basics, build on them...and take you well into advanced techniques. At no time are you left hanging... every step in each technique is not only covered, but the logic behind it is explained. This book is written so skillfully that both beginners and Photoshop veterans will find Mr. Bouton's explanations and comments fascinating and invaluable. You will pick up REAL SKILL and a lasting foundation in Photoshop from this book... not to mention hundreds of cool effects to show off with!
- Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2000I bought this book after searching through dozens of Adobe Photoshop 4.0 titles. This particular book is an incredible compendium that really turns the novice Photoshop user into a pro. Each chapter covers a different Photoshop task, making it easy for the reader to personalize the tutorial to his/her needs. And each little mini-tutorial is incredibly thorough, with dozens of examples and lots of step-by-step exercises that make each procedure second-nature. After only a few days, I moved from Photoshop ignoramus to website developer! ( )
- Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 1997This book covers everything you need, not only to get started, but to keep going. The excercises are well-presented and refer to files available on the CD-ROM.
The authors' style is witty without going overboard (like the "Dummies" series). The arrangement of the lessons provides an interesting departure from the predictable. Also the writers present working studio methods as well as basic techniques.
The section which most characterizes the consideration the authors show for their readers is the depth coverage of the "preferences" menu items to personalize Photoshop. This occurs early but not before we have had a chance to play with the tools a bit.
I have found this quite a useful book for learning Photoshop.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 1998This is an outstanding book which introduces the Photoshop user to most of the essential concepts through a series of tutorials based on images on the included CD-ROM. And although it is suitable for the novice, it provides much more than an introduction. One example of this is that it shows you multiple ways of accomplishing something at various points throughout the book. I was continually impressed by Photoshop's depth as I discovered layer after layer (pun intended!) of features. Another important point is that these tutorials illustrate real-world techniques and projects that end with a result that you might have been proud of if you had done it all on your own. I would also point out that the tutorials were accurate and correct, unlike some I have used for other products. In other words, the text agreed with what Photoshop's menus, etc. were doing and it agreed with the contents of their CD-ROM.