Customer Reviews
Simply Awesome, totally recommended - By: R. King, 09 Dec 2008 
This book is awesome, I am halfway through & I can't put it down. Step by step instructions from start to finish just work so well. It is assumed that you have a little photoshop knowledge already so maybe not quite suitable for someone who has never opened CS3 before but I'd not used muchin CS3 at all.
I totally recommend this book to anyone who wants to improve their digital photos.
RedBull ofr Photoshop CS3 - By: , 06 Oct 2008 This is the second Photoshop CS3 book I have purchase by Scott Kelby
I bought the 7 point system for Adobe Photoshop CS3 on the strength of how good the previous Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers.
The thing about this book it makes you want to take better photos. Whether you have a top of the range SLR or a point & shoot this step by step guides to creating great photos is so addictive.
This book drums into you head the steps you need to create great photos.
For me it made me look through the view finderin a different way, Now I know how to make my pictures look betterin Photoshop CS3 I want better results from my camera & that means changing the way it look at the shots I am taking.
If you want to create great photos & maybe change the way you take photos then this book is for you.
Be warned it will wet your appetite for better photos.!!
Useless for beginners - By: D. Harrop, 14 Sep 2008 
I purchased this book when i bought CS3 (moving up from CS2). I have dabbledin Photoshop & was keen to learn how to really do something great with my pictures, & Kelbys book appeared to offer the solution...a concise system that is easy to learn.
Problem is, the book assumes you know how to use CS3 & offers no guidance at all as to which files to open, where to click, which menu's to use. It does little more than literally say; "open your picture with tool x & adjust it, then move on to step 2". This assumes you even know where tool x is located, & how to adjust it.
This book is definitely not for anyone new to CS3, it does not provide step by step instructions. Basically, the only time i will be able to use this is when i get seriously into Photoshop CS3 (which was what i bought this book to avoid having to do). Bottom line, the system appears to assume you know where the tools are & how to use them, but have never stripped down your approach or sequenced the tips like Kelby is suggesting. This places the book way beyond the novice photoshopper.
Beyond that, the book fails to address basic questions, such as: If you want me to open your imagesin CS3 Camera Raw (even though i have no idea how to do that) do i need to use a plugin for the Nikon camera you took the photo's with? (told you i'm unfamiliar with CS3).
So you can see the problem. This book is probably great for someone who knows this software really really well. For the average joe, forget it, you are wasting your money - which is a shame because the concept is sound. It just falls apart on the lack of detailin execution.
Kelby, if you read this, sorry to sound so harsh, but your book lost me completely. The style & intention is great, the instructions are just too vague, & assume way too much knowledge.
At last a structured approach!! - By: Mr. R. Owens, 08 Sep 2008 With so many different ways to edit your photographsin photoshop it can get confusing. Not only do you learn some good stuff from all the books out there but if your like me & you don't use it for a while you forget what you have done. At last Scott Kelby has come up with a book that gives you some structurein what to do & whenin editing your photos.
The sessions are repetitive but as Scotts says this is how you remember what to do. You get a link in the book that lets you download & work on the same images that Scott doesin the book which is a great bonus.
If you are a photographer & what a book that is relevant to how to edit your photosin a logical & easy way then this is the book for you.
Richie
Buy this one! - By: Mr. D. Howard, 03 Aug 2008 If you`re like me, attention span of a newt, then this is the book for you!
I`ve got SO many books over the years about Photoshop & whilst i`ll get to about the 2nd chapter i get fed up & move on. Unless, that is, a book comes along that is superbly written & incredibly easy to follow, packed full of useful REAL LIFE information that you will & can ACTUALLY use....this is that book.
Its just an awesome piece of writing.
Simplicity its its key to success. You just follow the simple instructions, repeat, practice & tadaah!! You`ve got it!
Maybe this has just set a standard that other books should follow.....in my eyes it certainly has!
