Photoshop Bulletin

Students who are not familiar with using Photoshop photo imaging program are advised to review the software and understand the fundamentals of the program by the 7th week of the semester. At this time, many of the graphic issues for the web will be covered and you will be able to follow the lessons with ease.

If you are already familiar with the program, you can skip the next section. If not, please read on.

There are hundreds of Photoshop books available to help you learn the program. If you only go to one source such as amazon.com (discount book store on-line) and type in Photoshop, you will get 184 + sources. Most of them can be broken down into several =93unofficial=94 categories. (If = you
have never heard of Photoshop, you may want to pursue this section which has the book reviews, summaries and prices)

One such category is the "how to books" which take you through the fundamental steps of creating and manipulating images in the program. The second category is "tips and techniques" which specifically show you a recipe for your particular technique. The third seems to be the "showcase samples" created with Photoshop which usually show you the "best of what is out there" in a particular media and give you the case studies documenting the design process and results.

Rather than buying the basic "how to work in Photoshop" book, we recommend that you first consult the "Help for Adobe Photoshop=AE" found inside the Photoshop application folder. This is a very good source if you're just starting to learn the program. It is comprehensive and includes most of the material found in the manual. (Manuals come with purchases software. If you want to order them separately, they are around $60.00 dollars) Simply click on the Help for Adobe Photoshop icon and read through the desired sections. Your can also print each section of the help file for easy reference and best of all, it's FREE!!

Recommended Books from these three categories are:

HOW TO BOOK
Adobe Photoshop 5 Classroom in a Book
by Adobe Development Team

Paperback - 304 pages Bk&Cd-Rom edition (June 1998) Hayden Books; ASIN: 1568304668

Book Description
Adobe Photoshop X Classroom in a Book teaches users to master Photoshop X.0 in short, focused lessons that explore all of Adobe Photoshop's tools and techniques. By following along with the cross-platform CD and the book's lessons, readers get hands-on experience mastering the most powerful graphics application available. The illustrations and text guide the reader through results they can see on the screen, teaching techniques that can be immediately put to use. Bestseller: Previous edition was the highest grossing Photoshop title at Ingram's in1997 Official: Includes training material from Adobe's software training experts and tested in Adobe's own classrooms -Teaches Adobe Photoshop X.0 in short, accessible lessons at a pace you can control

Synopsis
Short, focused lessons explore all of Adobe Photoshop's tools and techniques. By following along with the cross-platform CD-ROM, reader's get hands-on experience mastering the most powerful graphics application available.

TECHNIQUE BOOK

1.) The Photoshop Wow! Book

The first edition of The Photoshop Wow! Book set new standards for computer book publishing. Readers found techniques and solutions developed by renowned artists and designers, plus no-nonsense practical advice on using the software, and galleries of professional artwork for print, multimedia, video, and film.

The Photoshop 4 Wow! Book has been thoroughly revised with new tips and techniques,
new projects, and hundreds of new illustrations. Readers will learn how to make the best use of the new tools and keyboard shortcuts, Adjustment layers, Actions and Navigator palettes, and Photoshop's new features for creating graphics for the World Wide Web.

Included is a CD-ROM filled with hundreds of dollars' worth of filters, photos, and
prerecorded "Actions" for special effects that readers can apply to their own images, as well as sample applications and other goodies.

The book has won the International Digital Imaging Association's "Most Useful Book" award, the Computer Press Association's award for the "Best Advanced How-To Software Book," and the Publishers Marketing Association's "Benjamin Franklin award for "Best Computer Book."

Macintosh Version
ISBN 0-201-68856-5
List price: $44.95 U.S.
Pages: 336 pages, with 1 CD

Windows Version
ISBN 0-201-68857-3
List price: $44.95 U.S.
Pages: 336 pages, with 1 CD

SHOWCASE BOOK
The Web Design Wow! Book
By Jack Davis and Susan Merritt

Here's an indispensable source of practical advice and creative inspiration for anyone designing screen-based communications--from the Web to CD-ROM and beyond. From Susan Merritt and Jack Davis, coauthor of the award-winning Photoshop Wow! Book, The Web Design Wow! Book covers the conceptual process, design fundamentals, and interface components; includes over 50 case studies; and features hundreds of full-color samples showcasing some of the most successful and creative interfaces for marketing, education, sales, and portfolio presentations.

Macintosh Edition
ISBN 0-201-88678-2
List price: $39.95 U.S.
Pages: 224 pages, with 1 CD
Catalog number: 88678

There are 10 Photoshop for Windows in the MC lab and 24 Photoshop for the Macintosh in the Art building, Resource Center, room 215. Both labs are free to students who are taking the Web Design and Programming course.

The CS PC lab, located at room 162 in the Math and CS Building, has over 10 Win95 PCs equipped with Photoshop. If you have an account with the Mathematics and Computer Science Department you will be able to use these machines. This lab will also be reserved for the Web Design and Programming class for tutoring, Web testing, and other purposes. The reservation schedule will be announced to the class also. In this lab,
you can get to a photoshop tutorial by going to the network drive for adobe then following the directories Instructor/tutorial. There is a readme and pdf file about the tutorials.

To use the VCD Resource Center, you will be need a "computer card" issued by Sanda second week of classes. This card may be used to pay for computer time while you're working in the VCD lab. Color and black and white copies are not included and must be paid for with a separate card, called the "blue card" which may be purchased at the Art Department Office, Art Building (phone, 2192) Please see Becky or Susan, Mon-Fri 8:00-5:00.