Adobe Photoshop 7.0 manuals

[kelalake1]

I bought a fully licensed cd of adobe photoshop 7.0 for less than $50, but it doesnt come with the manual. Anyone know if they have manuals for software or how I could find a link for a photoshop 7.0 manual.

thanks in advance!

 

[Bglad]

The manual is on the CD. They don't give you a book.

 

[DefRef]

I got a book with mine, but then again, I got the retail upgrade and not a pirated version. Anyhoo...if you press F1, it brings up a HTML manual which is fairly useful.

 

[kelalake1]

I just bought 7.0 for a class Im taking. I've NEVER used photoshop before and am anxious to start. My program wont be in for about 2 weeks and my friend let me borrow her adobe 5.0 book with a tutorial cd included.

My question is, are there alot of changes between 5.0 and 7.0?

Do you think its wise that I poke around with the 5.0 disk or do you think Ill just confuse myself because 7.0 is so much more updated...

thanks for your help with my questions!

 

[starwarsdad]

There are a ton of differencese between 5 and 7. I don't think I am knowledgeable enough to go through them all. I would skip the Adobe Photoshop manual, unless you really like pain and confusion. Get a Photoshop "Bible". They are much more informative and easy to follow.

 

[bentwookie]

Originally posted by: kelalake1
I just bought 7.0 for a class Im taking. I've NEVER used photoshop before and am anxious to start. My program wont be in for about 2 weeks and my friend let me borrow her adobe 5.0 book with a tutorial cd included.

My question is, are there alot of changes between 5.0 and 7.0?

Do you think its wise that I poke around with the 5.0 disk or do you think Ill just confuse myself because 7.0 is so much more updated...

thanks for your help with my questions!

They are pretty similar..I think 5.5 was more similar to the newer versions..but you should go to your local library and check out some newer versions of tutorial books..see if your library has an online site, most do, you can request books from all over your county(if they share) just incase yours doesn't have a newer version.

google will lead you to tons of tutorial sites just enter "photoshop tutorials"

a good site with 'intro to" videos is www.digital-tutors.com they have quicktime videos you can watch or save from you internet temp folder.good luck and have fun!

 

[DefRef]

Originally posted by: kelalake1My question is, are there alot of changes between 5.0 and 7.0?

There are MASSIVE differences, but many of the basic concepts (color handling and editing) remain the same. I've had (legal version - neener!) PS 4.0, 5.5, 6.0 and 7.0 and ever step added something cool.

I think 5.5 brought Adjustment Layers which allow you to tweak color balances, etc. without having to act on the actual pixels - screw something up, just toss the layer and start again. PS 6 added Layer Effect which made drop shadows, embossing and about a dozen other FX editable at any time - very helpful. I think that's when they allowed Type to be directly entered onto the canvas, instead of using a dialouge box - this allows you to edit, kern and otherwise pound on the type like you could in Illustrator. As a former typographer, it's terrific! This page lists the new stuff in PS7, so check it out.

The only thing I don't like is it's web graphics handling for rollovers and stuff. ImageReady is harder to use than Macromedia Fireworks, but even Fireworks seems funky cuz I'm used to years of PS usage.

Photoshop is a very powerful tool and it's easy to get overwhelmed or not use it to it's fullest. The "Bible" series of books aren't as good as they used to be (they're just expanded manuals now), so I'd recommend looking at the "Wow!" and "Down & Dirty Tricks" books as well as the "Visual Quickstart Guides", the latter are fairly inexpensive, making them good values. Avoid the "For Dummies" books at all costs - they're waaaaaaaaay behind the times and in desperate need of a redesign overhaul. Good luck.