| If you’re familiar with the For Dummies series, you surely have noticed already that there’s something, well, different about this book. It looks like a For Dummies book, but it doesn’t. The cover’s color scheme and the cartoons are there, but there’s a lot more color. And the layout is, well, not as boxy as the For Dummies books you’ve seen in the past. Welcome to the new age of For Dummies!
It’s been quite a collaborative effort over these weeks and months, brainstorming, discussing, negotiating, finding middle ground — all to present you with the best possible format for Photoshop CS2 For Dummies. This is a completely new book, from the ground up. New author, new text, new images, new layout, new format. New Photoshop, too.
One thing hasn’t changed, though: This book was produced with an eye toward you and your needs. From Day One, the goal has been to put into your hands the book that makes Photoshop understandable and useable. You won’t find a technical explanation of every option for every tool in every situation, but rather a concise explanation of those parts of Photoshop you’re most likely to need. If you happen to be an astrophysicist studying the origins of the universe, your Photoshop requirements might be substantially more specific than you’ll find here. (Yes, I do know at least two of those folks — and I’m sure they bought this book, too.) But for the overwhelming majority of the people who have access to Adobe Photoshop CS2, this book provides the background you need to work efficiently and competently with Photoshop. |