4 Star Book Review in Photoshop User Magazine!
Great news! Photoshop User Magazine has just published their April/May 2011 issue and they’ve given Smashing Photoshop CS5: 100 Professional Techniques by Sue Jenkins of Luckychair.com a 4 star review! Perfect timing too, because readers can now download all of the files used in the book from the publisher’s website.
Peter Bauer wrote:
Smashing Photoshop CS5: 100 Professional Techniques
“‘Smashing’ in this case is along the lines of “Georgy girl, you look smashing tonight,” rather than a sledgehammer making contact with your PC because Photoshop locked up again. The book includes 100 techniques appropriate for designers looking for a spark, or self-promoters who need a hand developing their advertising materials. As befits a book associated with Smashing Magazine, the opening techniques are Web development related. The author also often defines color using hexadecimal values (that text field to the right of the number symbol [#] in the Photoshop Color Picker). In addition to the various Web and design related techniques, the author covers such topics as image distressing, retouching, and restoration. The author also provides links to free textures, fonts, patterns, and other useful bits and pieces. There is an assumption of at least basic knowledge o Photoshop in many of the techniques, so this book isn’t for newbies.”
– 4 stars – Photoshop User Magazine, April/May 2011
To read the rest of the reviews, head on over to the NAPP website and sign up now.
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September 1st, 2011 at 12:11 pm
Hi,
I want to say thank you for all your books, dvds and online clases I really enjoy them. I’m a web designer as well and one day I would love to get to the level that you’re right now. Any piece of advise in going from the classroom to putting your business online ?
thank you
percy ordonez
miami fl
adobe certified aducator
September 1st, 2011 at 1:23 pm
Hi Percy,
Thank you so much! I’m glad to hear you like my books/dvds/online courses. Please feel free to write reviews of them on Amazon. You can find a list of my books here and a list of my DVDs here.
As for advice, do what Voltaire calls “hold yourself in readiness”. If you want to write books and articles, start writing articles. You may need to do them for free initially, but if enough people like what you have to say, you will be in a position to be able to write paid articles and books should someone ask. Smashingmagazine.com is always looking for writers, as are many blogs and ezines that focus on Adobe training/products. If you want to create training programs, teach often and consider approaching the companies that make training programs as a potential instructor. As for your own talents as a designer, study new techniques often and incorporate them into your work. Then develop an online portfolio that showcases your talents. Above all, be the best designer you can be. There is room in this world for everyone to do what makes them happy, so follow your bliss.
Best of luck in your pursuit of your dream,
Sue Jenkins
Luckychair.com