Adobe has released the new upgrade for Photoshop CS3 and a new version called Photoshop CS3 Extended. Whether you get Photoshop as a single product or as part of the Adobe Creative Suite 3, this book by the Adobe Creative Team is the latest edition of the official training series for Adobe software and covers both versions of Photoshop. As in previous editions, this book contains lessons that will help both the novice and advanced user get up to speed with the new upgrade. For the novice, the authors cover the basics of Photoshop and the advanced users will want to check out the lessons for the new features. Each lesson has step-by-step instructions and accompanying image files that give you hands on practice. At the end of each chapter is a Q & A review. Within the chapters are tips and techniques from Photoshop professionals Julieanne Kost and Russell Brown. Some of the new features and tools covered in the book include Smart Filters and the Quick Selection tool. Other lessons teach you how to take advantage of the improvements to your favorite tools such as Camera Raw and Adobe Bridge.

As you would expect, the authors begin by discussing the workspace’s new layout which has several improvements to help you streamline your work. The next few chapters cover the basics of photo correction, retouch and repair. You will also learn how to create a PDF presentation and how to use the Adobe Lightroom. Next, the authors move on to discuss the many ways to make selections. They discuss some of your old favorite selection tools and new additions such as the Quick Selection tool.

I especially enjoyed the sample projects that were more interesting than usual in a book such as this. In one chapter the authors used an example scrapbook page to show how to use layers to organize the objects on the page and how to work with layer comps and blend modes. The next project was a book cover which the authors used to teach masks and channels. You will learn how to create temporary Quick Masks, store a mask as an alpha channel and how to use filters, effects and blend modes with masks. Working with type in Photoshop is one of my favorite tasks and the authors use a poster as a sample project for this chapter. They cover the Type palette, paths, shapes and Smart Objects. I especially liked the lesson about applying text to a complex path.

If you have never tried your hand at the Photoshop vector drawing tools, you will enjoy the chapter which covers drawing paths with the Pen tool, layer shapes and more. Advanced layers is next and the authors show you how to use adjustment layers and the Vanishing Point grid to achieve a 3D effect for product package design. Next, you will create a four image montage and learn about advanced compositing. In this chapter, you will also learn about automating a series of steps to speed up your workflow.

Photoshop is still the best when it comes to creating and optimizing images for the web. You will learn several tasks including slicing an image, adding HTML linkage to image slices, rollover buttons and optimizing GIF, JPEG and GIF animations. You will like how easy it is to create an animation with the Tween feature. The authors included a chapter that touches on some of the features in Photoshop Extended. You will learn about the Measurement tool, Measurement Log palette and more. The last chapter covers color printing, four color separation and preparing for PostScript CMYK printing.

The members of the Adobe Creative Team for this book were Andrew Faulkner and Judy Walthers von Alten. The CD includes files for the lessons, fonts, stock photos and training videos from [...] and Total Training.

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This Hell raising drummer's autobiography is the latest in a line of Rock n' Roll retrospectives that document the excesses of the L.A. glam rock/metal scene circa 1985. Here we find Steven Adler in his drug-fueled and sex-crazed prime.<br/><br/>While "Hammer of the Gods" remains the standard of Rock n' Roll memoirs, Steven Adler's book holds up nicely alongside others recounting the hazy Rock scene of the 80's such as "Walk This Way" "Slash" and "The Dirt." Yes, Steven's book is ghostwritten but so are the others written by his peers. No, Steven's book isn't Shakespeare but neither are the others written by his peers. It is in that context which this book should be judged.<br/><br/>In his own book, Vince Neil writes how tales of drugs, raging parties and sexual debauchery are the things that people really want to read about. That's especially true when talking about a band like Motley Crue or GN'R. While nothing in Adler's book tops Zeppelin's shark fish incident or Motley's sexual escapade with those two girls in Dallas, they come close.<br/><br/>In this book read how Steven:<br/><br/>* Met Slash at age 13<br/>* Tried to join the Navy<br/>* Had orgies orchestrated by Nikki Sixx and Steven Tyler<br/>* Had a three-way with Izzy and some groupie<br/>* Saved Nikki Sixx's life after the Crueman's O.D.<br/>* Bangs Tommy Lee's sister<br/>* Is thrown out of GN'R<br/><br/>It's great that Steven Adler has persevered through all the challenges, trials and tribulations that have come his way. I hope that this book and his guest drumming on Slash's solo album pave the way for future gigs, money and success.<br/><br/>GN'R fans express regret that the band broke up and fantasize about how cool it would have been if they just held it together and continued to rock. 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Steven Adler finally puts pen to paper and records his sordid tale of Rock n’ Roll debauchery for posterity. This Hell raising drummer’s autobiography is the latest in a line of Rock n’ Roll retrospectives that document the excesses of the L.A. glam rock/metal scene circa 1985. Here we find Steven Adler in his drug-fueled and sex-crazed prime.

While “Hammer of the Gods” remains the standard of Rock n’ Roll memoirs, Steven Adler’s book holds up nicely alongside others recounting the hazy Rock scene of the 80′s such as “Walk This Way” “Slash” and “The Dirt.” Yes, Steven’s book is ghostwritten but so are the others written by his peers. No, Steven’s book isn’t Shakespeare but neither are the others written by his peers. It is in that context which this book should be judged.

In his own book, Vince Neil writes how tales of drugs, raging parties and sexual debauchery are the things that people really want to read about. That’s especially true when talking about a band like Motley Crue or GN’R. While nothing in Adler’s book tops Zeppelin’s shark fish incident or Motley’s sexual escapade with those two girls in Dallas, they come close.

In this book read how Steven:

* Met Slash at age 13
* Tried to join the Navy
* Had orgies orchestrated by Nikki Sixx and Steven Tyler
* Had a three-way with Izzy and some groupie
* Saved Nikki Sixx’s life after the Crueman’s O.D.
* Bangs Tommy Lee’s sister
* Is thrown out of GN’R

It’s great that Steven Adler has persevered through all the challenges, trials and tribulations that have come his way. I hope that this book and his guest drumming on Slash’s solo album pave the way for future gigs, money and success.

GN’R fans express regret that the band broke up and fantasize about how cool it would have been if they just held it together and continued to rock. But even cooler is how the band imploded in a downward spiral of sex and drugs while somehow managing not to die while still leaving a musical legacy…very Rock N’ Roll

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It hits all of the basics of modeling, texturing, lighting, vertex coloring and so on. Being an artist in the videogame industry for almost fourteen years I wish there was a volume like this when I was starting out. Well actually there weren't any actual 3D games being produced when I started out, but be that as it may, Creating the Art of the Game will give those entry-level and intermediate game artists who read and take to heart the lessons in this book a good head start above their peers. Advanced artists may also find sections of this book to be very valuable. I personally found Matt's tips and tricks interesting. Every artist has their toolbox of tricks and shortcuts and its fun to look into another artist's toolbox and find that there are different ways to achieve the same result.<br/>I'm glad that Matt mentioned right off to the budding talents out there that it is their artistic talent that makes them marketable not the knowledge of a particular tool. It is through the development of their observational skills and their ability to translate that information into whatever medium they are using that is the utmost importance. I can take a talented artist and within weeks I can teach them to be proficient with any tool. I can't take a technician of a tool and teach them to be an artist in that same amount of time.<br/>I found the information in this book to be very well thought out and presented in a clear and understandable format. We, in the industry, can speak in acronyms and shortcuts that are unintelligible to the average person. Matt has explained what a lot of the terms we use mean. He has deftly presented the in and out of the production of game art and I highly recommend this book most of all to entry level and intermediate artists with less than five years under their belt. For those advanced artists out there I think this book would be valuable in affirming your processes and possibly you may be exposed to something that your work experience may not yet have taught you. 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A must read for 3d artists and those aspiring to be., April 23, 2004

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This review is from: Creating the Art of the Game (Paperback)

Creating the Art of the Game is an excellent place to begin for any artist interested in entering the video game industry. It hits all of the basics of modeling, texturing, lighting, vertex coloring and so on. Being an artist in the videogame industry for almost fourteen years I wish there was a volume like this when I was starting out. Well actually there weren’t any actual 3D games being produced when I started out, but be that as it may, Creating the Art of the Game will give those entry-level and intermediate game artists who read and take to heart the lessons in this book a good head start above their peers. Advanced artists may also find sections of this book to be very valuable. I personally found Matt’s tips and tricks interesting. Every artist has their toolbox of tricks and shortcuts and its fun to look into another artist’s toolbox and find that there are different ways to achieve the same result.
I’m glad that Matt mentioned right off to the budding talents out there that it is their artistic talent that makes them marketable not the knowledge of a particular tool. It is through the development of their observational skills and their ability to translate that information into whatever medium they are using that is the utmost importance. I can take a talented artist and within weeks I can teach them to be proficient with any tool. I can’t take a technician of a tool and teach them to be an artist in that same amount of time.
I found the information in this book to be very well thought out and presented in a clear and understandable format. We, in the industry, can speak in acronyms and shortcuts that are unintelligible to the average person. Matt has explained what a lot of the terms we use mean. He has deftly presented the in and out of the production of game art and I highly recommend this book most of all to entry level and intermediate artists with less than five years under their belt. For those advanced artists out there I think this book would be valuable in affirming your processes and possibly you may be exposed to something that your work experience may not yet have taught you. Matt is an excellent artist and a very skilled teacher and you would do well to learn from a person who will lead you on the right path to your goals of working as an artist in the video game industry.

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Curtin "Key9" Sat, 19 May 2012 21:39:06 +0000 http://yourlittleacre.com/books/business-investing/the-8-minute-organizer-easy-solutions-to-simplify-your-life-in-your-spare-time#comment-194266 <div style="margin-left:0.5em;"> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <span style="margin-left: -5px;"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-5-0._V192240867_.gif" width="64" alt="5.0 out of 5 stars" title="5.0 out of 5 stars" height="12" border="0"/></span> <b>Regina, This Is Your Best Ever!!!</b>, <nobr>April 21, 2012</nobr></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <div><div style="float:left;">By </div><div style="float:left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/AG7F3PJ0W0M5O?ie=UTF8&tag=webersmall&linkCode=xm2" target="_top"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Susan L. 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I couldn’t wait to start reading, “The 8 Minute Organizer”, and I do believe your new style of 8 minute increments is going to fit into my mode. Thank you, Regina Leeds, so very much, for writing this book. I feel energized by getting the kitchen counters shining already. There are a zillion more projects, but I will face them with positive thinking and grace that you have taught us through your latest book.

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This guide is well laid out making it easy to read, yet complete. I like the size, layout, spacing, paper (level of sheen) and print quality. No typos.

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I liked the book a lot and I field tested it when I went to Acadia couple of weeks ago. It helped me a lot with finding locations as we were stressed for time (three day is not enough time to explore Acadia). In that sense the book was fantastic. It also has a lot of photography tips for amateur photographers which I didn’t care for that much, I would have preferred geographical coordinates or GPS addresses once can use to find locations instead. We had to use our smart phone to find these locations on the internet and as with the case with most National Parks there were no reception once we entered the park and so that rendered any plan changes impossible. Other than that I really enjoyed the trip and the book.

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He over emphasizes what game art should look like, but does not dwell on how to achieve the best, most efficient results on modeling and texturing objects that may be difficult to work well in real-time game environment.<br/><br/>There is not enough "meat on the bones", sort of speak. The author covers a wide range of topics briefly, highlighting pros and cons and then quickly moving on. Personally, I was left with many unanswered questions, chapter after chapter. The examples throughout the book were oversimplified; using pine trees, wooden crates, and basic shapes (triangles, squares, and circles) to get some of the points across. Clearly, the author was thinking the reader would be completely new to game art.<br/><br/>On average, the screenshots took up about 50%-80% of the page. The rest is filled with very short paragraphs. I was amazed as to how much space was left blank on each page, almost as if it were there to jot down notes or do quick sketches.<br/><br/>The "tips and tricks" at the end of the book are, unfortunately, not that groundbreaking. You come across a lot of these "tricks" just by simply surfing the web or reading one of the various tutorial books and magazines that are out there.<br/><br/>One upside, however, is that most of this book is devoted to motivating and inspiring you, the game artist, to find out things for yourself and to raise the quality bar on your own. At times, it almost feels like your reading a self-help book for game artists, but at least his makes for easy reading.<br/><br/>-LatinMessiah<br/><br/>(Game Art Student) <div style="padding-top: 10px; clear: both; width: 100%;"> <div style="float:left; padding-right:15px; border-right:1px solid #CCCCCC"><div style="padding-bottom:5px;"><b class="tiny" style="color:#666666;white-space:nowrap;">Help other customers find the most helpful reviews</b> </div><div style="width:300px;"> <a name="R3MVFTT9VUML6N.2115.Helpful.Reviews" style="font-size:1px;"> </a><span><span class="votingPrompt">Was this review helpful to you? </span><a rel="nofollow" class="votingButtonReviews" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/voting/cast/Reviews/2115/R3MVFTT9VUML6N/Helpful/1?ie=UTF8&token=18B28ABE6B5F68438BE18E590E2AB5EF8E991C76&target=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL3Byb2R1Y3QtcmV2aWV3cy8wNzM1NzE0MDk2P19lbmNvZGluZz1VVEY4JnN1bW1hcnk9MCZhbGlua0NvZGU9eG0yJnRhZz13ZWJlcnNtYWxsJnY9MiZsaW5rQ29kZT14bTImYXNpbj0wNzM1NzE0MDk2JnRydW5jYXRlPTUwMDAmYWtpZD1BS0lBSlRJNlRDVlZJVFFDTERBUSZzaWc9bG1Dc3pRU3QlMkZnTmpiaUd2JTJGUDZWTlcxdXpielBleVBuJTJCS3lIQVpRSWdsdyUzRCZleHA9MjAxMi0wNS0yMFQyMSUzQTAwJTNBMzBaJmF0YWc9d2ViZXJzbWFsbA&voteAnchorName=R3MVFTT9VUML6N.2115.Helpful.Reviews&voteSessionID=000-0000000-0000000"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/communities/reviews/btn-yes-sec-md._V192249951_.gif" width="35" alt="Yes" style="vertical-align:middle;" height="18" border="0"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="votingButtonReviews" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/voting/cast/Reviews/2115/R3MVFTT9VUML6N/Helpful/-1?ie=UTF8&token=E79ED43D82811778127BB107E0C2AE12D552C6B3&target=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL3Byb2R1Y3QtcmV2aWV3cy8wNzM1NzE0MDk2P19lbmNvZGluZz1VVEY4JnN1bW1hcnk9MCZhbGlua0NvZGU9eG0yJnRhZz13ZWJlcnNtYWxsJnY9MiZsaW5rQ29kZT14bTImYXNpbj0wNzM1NzE0MDk2JnRydW5jYXRlPTUwMDAmYWtpZD1BS0lBSlRJNlRDVlZJVFFDTERBUSZzaWc9bG1Dc3pRU3QlMkZnTmpiaUd2JTJGUDZWTlcxdXpielBleVBuJTJCS3lIQVpRSWdsdyUzRCZleHA9MjAxMi0wNS0yMFQyMSUzQTAwJTNBMzBaJmF0YWc9d2ViZXJzbWFsbA&voteAnchorName=R3MVFTT9VUML6N.2115.Helpful.Reviews&voteSessionID=000-0000000-0000000"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/communities/reviews/btn-no-sec-md._V192249949_.gif" width="35" alt="No" style="vertical-align:middle;" height="18" border="0"/></a> <span class="votingMessage"/></span> </div></div><div style="float:left;"><div style="padding-left:15px;"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="tiny"> <a name="R3MVFTT9VUML6N.2115.Inappropriate.Reviews" style="font-size:1px;"> </a><span class="reportingButton"><nobr><a rel="nofollow" class="reportingButton" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/voting/cast/Reviews/2115/R3MVFTT9VUML6N/Inappropriate/1?ie=UTF8&token=CD7E051C597E57473EC1F7BDDB366FC39896F998&target=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL3Byb2R1Y3QtcmV2aWV3cy8wNzM1NzE0MDk2P19lbmNvZGluZz1VVEY4JnN1bW1hcnk9MCZhbGlua0NvZGU9eG0yJnRhZz13ZWJlcnNtYWxsJnY9MiZsaW5rQ29kZT14bTImYXNpbj0wNzM1NzE0MDk2JnRydW5jYXRlPTUwMDAmYWtpZD1BS0lBSlRJNlRDVlZJVFFDTERBUSZzaWc9bG1Dc3pRU3QlMkZnTmpiaUd2JTJGUDZWTlcxdXpielBleVBuJTJCS3lIQVpRSWdsdyUzRCZleHA9MjAxMi0wNS0yMFQyMSUzQTAwJTNBMzBaJmF0YWc9d2ViZXJzbWFsbA&voteAnchorName=R3MVFTT9VUML6N.2115.Inappropriate.Reviews&voteSessionID=000-0000000-0000000"></a></nobr></span> </span> <span style="color:#CCCCCC;">|</span> <span class="tiny"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R3MVFTT9VUML6N" target="_top"></a></span></div><div style="white-space:nowrap;padding-left:-5px;padding-top:5px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R3MVFTT9VUML6N" target="_top"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/communities/discussion_boards/comment-sm._V192250344_.gif" width="16" alt="Comment" hspace="3" align="absmiddle" height="16" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R3MVFTT9VUML6N" target="_top">Comment (1)</a></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;"/> </div> <br/></div>

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This book is definitely for Beginners., May 18, 2005

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This review is from: Creating the Art of the Game (Paperback)

This book does a great job at covering the important areas of game art production, like what is to be expected from a game artist and what a game artist should expect to encounter while working in the game industry, but the author doesn’t elaborate enough on the problems that are associated with modeling and texturing for games, i.e. the technical aspect. He over emphasizes what game art should look like, but does not dwell on how to achieve the best, most efficient results on modeling and texturing objects that may be difficult to work well in real-time game environment.

There is not enough “meat on the bones”, sort of speak. The author covers a wide range of topics briefly, highlighting pros and cons and then quickly moving on. Personally, I was left with many unanswered questions, chapter after chapter. The examples throughout the book were oversimplified; using pine trees, wooden crates, and basic shapes (triangles, squares, and circles) to get some of the points across. Clearly, the author was thinking the reader would be completely new to game art.

On average, the screenshots took up about 50%-80% of the page. The rest is filled with very short paragraphs. I was amazed as to how much space was left blank on each page, almost as if it were there to jot down notes or do quick sketches.

The “tips and tricks” at the end of the book are, unfortunately, not that groundbreaking. You come across a lot of these “tricks” just by simply surfing the web or reading one of the various tutorial books and magazines that are out there.

One upside, however, is that most of this book is devoted to motivating and inspiring you, the game artist, to find out things for yourself and to raise the quality bar on your own. At times, it almost feels like your reading a self-help book for game artists, but at least his makes for easy reading.

-LatinMessiah

(Game Art Student)

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