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Summary: What's a Layer? The definitive answer!
Comment: Love Matt. Love this book.
Straigtfoward and easy to understand while encompassing everything that needs to be said on the topic. Whether you are a beginner or an old hand, there is something in this book for everyone.
He is a wonderful teacher.
Layers: The Complete Guide to Photoshop's Most Powerful Feature
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Summary: Layers is perfect for the beginner and experienced alike
Comment: As a web designer and photographer, I've always been a big fan of the Layers Magazine and Photoshop User Magazine group. Their training philosophy is primarily about down and dirty tricks that get the job done and this book is a fine example of that approach. I've been using Photoshop since version 4.0, the last PS book I've owned was for version 6.0.
This book is definitely worth the investment. If you are not familiar with blend modes, how to use masks, adjustment layers, or the power of smart objects, you need to pick up this book. As the title says, layers really are Photoshops' most powerful feature.
Matt Kloskowski's book is set up in way that can be read from cover to cover or it can be read like a reference book; in bits and pieces and in any order the reader chooses. It's a very easy-going format with a smart, well done layout that makes you feel like you're using Photoshop while you read it. Kloskowski's writing style is casual and to the point, making this book easy to follow for the beginner while it is quick and painless for the novice.
As a web designer, I tended to prefer getting as much done on pen and paper to save time as I used to find myself playing around too much in Photoshop, wasting precious time. But now with Kloskowski's Layers, I can jump into a design with Photoshop first thing and have a lot more fun doing it!
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Summary: Players' Layers
Comment: Adobe's PhotoShop is one of those products that changes an industry. It is so powerful and useful that it has taken over much of the post production space between the camera's shutter and the observer's eye. But some of its features can be arcane and intimidating. This is where books like this come in useful.
Matt's focus on the Layers subset of features is appropriate inasmuch as a great deal of PhotoShop's power can be unleashed through judicious use of Layers. It is great to have Matt's guidance through this maze which is a lot friendly with the benefit of his instruction.
Using techniques promoted by this book can save serious photographers and graphic designers hours and hours and is well-worth its price.
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Summary: I wish I had this when I started.
Comment: It was great help to get all the killer tips from Matt put in a larger context.
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Summary: Expect to learn something-I'd buy it again!
Comment: There is no shortage of how to Photoshop books out there but this one definitely stands out. So easy to read, so easy to follow. I love how Matt Kloskowski writes. The information that he puts down on paper has personality making a hands on learner like myself be able to get into what he is writing making it easier for me to learn...makes me want to read his book. I am not going to give the book justice as I am no writer; but I would buy any book written by Matt Kloskowski as well as Scott Kelby in reference to photoshop and the like! I have been overwhelmed with other photoshop books with too many words, boring writing, not enough photos to go along with all those words, etc that is was refreshing to fall upon this book. I have incorporated many of his techniques into my own photography and it has really made them pop!
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