Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Classroom in a Book) - Adobe Creative Team

Advantages: Loads of wonderful things for the creative child!
Disadvantages: None!!!

...a bargain!!!! To get this or the many other wonderful "make and do" books in the series,either contact "the book people" - www.thebookpeople.com, OR contact the publishers on www.usborne.com. ~~~CONCLUSION~~~ This book is truly wonderful,my children are quite creative,(probably my influence!),so this caters for them in every way. The only down side to this book is the fact that i work...........to do everything in this book would take weeks, i have been lucky enough to book this christmas off, so at least i know what i'll be doing!!!!! Thanks for reading my review!!!!... Read review

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Advantages: awsome expansion on an already great world
Disadvantages: Another can't put down book

...This exciting return to the world indeed worlds of Fforde is a fantastic return to the world and life of Thursday Next and also of course more of Jurisfiction Yay. So what's happening to Thursday Next next (excuse the pun) well some one is trying to kill her , the evil Goliath corporation teamed up with the chronoguard kill off her husband ,,,back when he was a little boy! An uncanny and improbable amount of possibly fatal accidents keep on occurring oh err. What's more the prospect of the world turning to pink goo doesn't appeal much either We see even further into the workings of jurisfiction which is a real treat and as witty as ever this particular sub world he has created is and insane world of books and words that never ceases to amaze. When Thursday seeks sanction in the world of jurisfiction she is put to work under... Read review

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Advantages: Superb nugget sized tips, fits the camera bag nicely
Disadvantages: None

...rarely more than a paragraph or two yet manages to get important and useful stuff covered concisely and clearly. Taking for instance, a chapter on tips for getting sharp pictures. You get a page for tripods, ballheads, cable releases, self-timers, mirror lockup (for really sharp pictures), Image stabalization, aperature, lens quality, ISO, sharpening, pro-sharpening and steadier hand held shots. All in a few pages and without leaving you feeling short changed. The rest of the book continues with coverage of flower photography, weddings, landscapes, portraits and so on. Unlike many digital photography books, the bulk of the information presented is aimed at getting the original photos right, not in fixing things in Photoshop. Best of all, as the cover notes, much of it applies to point-and-click cameras as well as Digital SLRs. I... Read review

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