Customer Rating: Summary: Adobe Layers Comment: Just the product I was searching for.
Matt Kloskowski made this book very easy to understand and the examples are very well explain.
This book is for anyone that wants to learn about Photoshop layers!!
I will keep my finger cross that Mr Kloskowski find the time and write another book in the subject. I WANT TO BUY THE FIRST ONE!
Luis Morales Customer Rating: Summary: Skip this book Comment: I bought this book based on the excellent reviews it had in Amazon.com, but it doesn't worth.
Please, do not misunderstand me - it is an interesting (very) introductory book but anyone with basic PS layer understanding will be extremely bored and with a great deception.
IMO it is wiser to spend your time and money in another textbook.
Customer Rating: Summary: Essential Reading Comment: I'm now a slow learner and I've read a lot about layers. I wish that I'd picked up this book at the start! Projects are described in a sequence where each step has two levels - the heading of each stage is actually an instruction which you can follow stage by stage without further explanation and this you might do when using the book as a reference. Within each stage is more explanation and added depth. The same format is used in Scott Kelby's Channels book. The narrative is a bit 'chirpy' like Scott's books and some might find this distracting - I don't. If you want unfunny and useless padding try the average 'For Dummies' book. Millions of trees uselessly died to make them so thick!
I would suggest that the book is especially useful to photographers who need to consolidate their basic or intermediate Photoshop skills. Customer Rating: Summary: Photoshop Layers by Matt. Kloskowski Comment: This is truly an outstanding text. I have completed every exercise and have transferred this knowledge to my own photos to produce fantastic results.Easy to follow and well presented. One of the best texts printed regarding the use layers.
Congratulations Matt! Customer Rating: Summary: Great for newbies to photoshop Comment: This book is best written for those that are new to photoshop and don't quite understand the amazing power of layers. But, there are many tips and techniques for the more advanced in later chapters. I would mostly recommend it for someone who is wanting to learn the power of layers.
Editorial Reviews:
When Photoshop guru Matt Kloskowski was asked why he wrote this book, he replied, “It’s simple: I wanted to write the Photoshop book that I wished was around when I was learning Photoshop”. You’ve always known that layers were the key to understanding Photoshop, and now you have a resource to show you exactly how. With Matt’s clear, easy-to-follow, and concise writing style you’ll learn about:
Working with and managing multiple layers
Building multiple layered images
Blending layers together
Exactly which of the 25+ Blend Modes you need to worry about (there’s just a few)
Layer Masking and just how easy it is.
Using layers to enhance and retouch your photos
All of the tips and tricks that make using layers a breeze.
If you want to finally understand layers in Photoshop, this book is the one you’ve been waiting for.
