Book Reviews by d.a.w. DESIGN
How to WOW Photoshop CS2 for the Web
By Colin Smith
REVIEW
The book has a nice layout, comes with a CD-Rom which has two very important folders, your project files, the CD-Rom also has Photoshop styles, actions and patterns.
The book is made into four sections, Navigation, Animation, Automation and Sites that Wow, each section as powerful and informative as the next.
Navigation covers Image Dimensions, Resolutions, and Color Mode. There are two really good sections on optimization settings for jpeg and gif which go through the various options with explained detail.
This section also explains how to build a navigation bar, slice it up and optimize it, goes through the slice options.
Not only does it show you how to do rollovers but it shows how to do pointers and remote rollovers. Also how to create image map, hot spots in Image Ready.
Next section Animation, make a Radar Screen, Animating Warped Text use Warp Text feature which is done in Photoshop not Image ready, various other animations for you to try.
A cool Image Ready project to bring a picture to life. This section also shows you how to export flash format movies right into Image Ready.
Automation shows how to make action, troubleshoot the action and batch the process. Explains what actions are in detail.
A good part is using batch processing with the Image processor for an easy and fast way to resize and reformat photos.
There are handy tips on understanding and using droplets.
An advanced project creating Dynamic Flash Web Banners using data sets and dynamic text variables.
Sites that Wow, applying patterns to Web Graphics, step by step on making a gallery site with viewer feedback, making an interface, make a web photo gallery template made with Flash straight from Photoshop CS2, just a few of the techniques explained in this book.
I think this is an excellent book, very good Photoshop/Image Ready for beginners and advance users. Not many Image Ready books on the shelves a welcome addition.
I give this book 
Suggested retail $39.99
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