This book is an essential purchase for everyone using Photoshop: students, professionals and amateurs. It is a one of a kind - an easily accessible visual guide to all those Photoshop terms. Keep it next to your computer screen as a constant reference, ready to save you hours of frustration when the meaning of that term or specific word is on the tip of your tongue.

Is it worth upgrading to the next version of Photoshop? Peter Bargh provides a unique cross-reference chart showing the different features added in each Photoshop update to help you decide. This is an example of the extra information Peter provides in his appendices. These also include comprehensive visual listings of Photoshop fonts, useful shortcuts, a visual guide to Photoshop related Web sites and record data sheets that you can use to write down your own techniques that work well and re-use them again and again.

With a highly visual, full color layout this book is a welcome addition to the Photoshop user's library.