Title: For absolute novices only
Product review: I usualy rely on the Visual Quickstart guides to get me "up and running" on software I'm unfamiliar with because they start out slowly with brief introductions to the programmes' interface and move quickly onward. In this guide the first 240 pages are basically useless unless you've never used any image editing or illustration software before (or possibly ever used a computer). This would normally make it ideal for novices, but frankly, most will be disapointed with what little they will actually be able to do with the software after digesting the whole book. If you are considering buying this book don't do so unless you plan to purchase the corresponding "Quickpro" guide as well. If you have any experience with Illustrator, Freehand, Director, or even Non-Linear editing packages you shouldn't bother with this one at all.
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