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Paint Shop Pro XI for Photographers
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Paint Shop Pro XI for Photographers |
Author: Ken McMahon
Published: 2007-02-05 |
List price: $31.95
Our price: $21.09
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As of: December 02nd, 2008 09:53:41 PM
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Frustrating and disappointing
Having owned several versions of Paint Shop Pro and having owned several how-to books (at least 1 for each version going back to PSP 4), this book is a huge disappointment. Since my heavy usage of PSP is sporadic, I rely heavily on good documentation. Since PSP has always lacked in this area, I look for one good how-to book for whatever version I'm using.
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br /To fill that void, this book falls short. Steps are not sufficiently detailed, and often lumped into whole paragraphs. (Opening a new document, copying, and then pasting a photo are separate steps, not one.) Some techniques are only presented in photo captions and without enough detail to recreate what the author is showing.
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br /At best, the writing style is 'offhand' with more text devoted to what features are in the product and their advantages, rather than how to really apply them to a project. A similar book on Paint Shop Pro 8 was far better than this book is, which just underscores what is possible in creating a truly useful book.
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br /This book is a nice chunk of marketing, but falls short on the usable nuts-and-bolts.
 Paintshop Pro
I think it is good. I have not went through the whole book yet but after going through it I have found the Learning Center tells you most but pictures help a lot.
 One of the few
While there are hundreds of books for the various versions of PhotoShop,it seems like there are very few books available for Paint Shop Pro. So just finding Paint Shop "Pro for Photographers" was a treat, but to have be such a thorough and easy to use reference was a stroke of luck. I've really enjoyed reading it, and it's provided me with a lot of useful tips and guidance.
Not good to me
One reviewer says is the best book for this application. But I found only this one. It's sad. The application is great, but this book didn't help me as I expected. I don't get a good guide through the overwhelming options and settings that the software has. I doesn't answer why of anything. What is it this one setting or how should we make better use of controls other than trial error. It's all mixted up. Images inserted in the book very often not related to the explanation, but out of place or redundant. In a word, i didn't like it.
 Paint Shop Pro XI Lesson Book
I bought the book and learned some of the basic stuff I was missing. I would like to see the lessons go a lot deeper. I was totally disappointed in the lack of photo restoration lessons for old photos. What was given was minor to say the least. I am very interested in some larger lessons on restoring old photos.
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