The Complete Idiot's Guide to Paint Shop Pro 7

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Paint Shop Pro 7 by Nat Gertler isa really good book to buy if you are buying Paint Shop Pro 7 for the very first time and have never used any of the previous versions of Paint Shop Pro.This book is well written and it easily explains all of the applications it outlines.However, I have been using Paint Shop Pro version 5 for about three years now and there was nothing in this book that I didn't already know.The best way to find new tips and tricks that Paint Shop Pro 7 has is to read online tutorials and find sites set up for such instructions.As my review title says, it's a "Good Book but only covers the basics"!

Gertler's book takes you into what to do to get professional results using this feature-heavy software. Unlike tutorials found on the web and Jasc's own "Getting Started Guide," the book can be read away from your computer, allowing you to absorb principles that will make you a more savvy user. The reader comes away with a much better understanding than with approaches that just tell you to enter values like 70 for density, 10 for blur, 30 percent opacity. There are some annoying errors that an editor should have caught: misuse of "whom," confusion between "affect" and "effect," and mistakenly calling a bighorn sheep a mountain goat, but the author is right on with all the important stuff.

I really liked this book, I didn't read it all, but the first 12 chapters taught me enough about the product to do what I needed to do. It took me 2 to 3 hours to read and what's really great is that it was funny to read. Great book!

I had to buy this book, even though Im experienced with Paint Shop Pro, versions 5, 6 and 7. I thought Id just get a few laughs, but boy was I in for a surprise! I actually learned alot of new things from this book and highly recommend it to anyone who wants to create really wonderful graphics! I make my own graphics for my site using PSP 6 and 7, and have other websites I do graphic design for. Get this book, and you'll be a pro at PSP 7, its the best version yet!