The only site I'll ever need...

[Bort]

Hey Only Site - I'm looking for a Photoshop book for my wife. She's looking for something geared toward beginners. Anyone have any recommendations? I know there are some whizzes on this site.

(leaves door wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide open)

I've never been one for your fancy book-learning (so I can't speak from first-hand experience) but I've heard good things about the "Missing Manual" series from O'Reilly and Adobe's own "Classroom in a Book" um... books.

http://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920001140/
http://www.adobepress.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0321701763

(Naturally, check which version of Photoshop she has first. The differences between versions of Photoshop these days are fairly minor in the grand scheme of things, but they do like to move some shit around between iterations and it could get irritating trying to learn on a different version than is shown in the illustrations.)

Is the Missing Manual a No-Spin Zone?

They instruct, you decide.

[morpheus]

I'm a huge fan of the O'Reilly books.  When I had to quickly learn programming languages and such (like Perl and Korn-shell) I relied very heavily on them.

[Slaky]

Hey Only Site - I'm looking for a Photoshop book for my wife. She's looking for something geared toward beginners. Anyone have any recommendations? I know there are some whizzes on this site.

(leaves door wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide open)

I've never been one for your fancy book-learning (so I can't speak from first-hand experience) but I've heard good things about the "Missing Manual" series from O'Reilly and Adobe's own "Classroom in a Book" um... books.

http://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920001140/
http://www.adobepress.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0321701763

(Naturally, check which version of Photoshop she has first. The differences between versions of Photoshop these days are fairly minor in the grand scheme of things, but they do like to move some shit around between iterations and it could get irritating trying to learn on a different version than is shown in the illustrations.)

She has CS5. Awesome - this is great. Thanks.

[BC]

This is the Scully "dowager queen" audio that was mentioned a long time ago on this thread...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dLNBe2-7L4

[Wheezer]

I'm a huge fan of the O'Reilly books.  When I had to quickly learn programming languages and such (like Perl and Korn-shell) I relied very heavily on them.

They have proper books now? They used to just reset and bind man pages.

[powen01]

Real talk:  I planned a coffee date for 5 PM tomorrow night EST.  I am stupid.  What should I do?

[Tonker]

Real talk:  I planned a coffee date for 5 PM tomorrow night EST.  I am stupid.  What should I do?

You muppet.  Feign death.

[flannj]

Real talk:  I planned a coffee date for 5 PM tomorrow night EST.  I am stupid.  What should I do?

You Fag.

Tell Paul that you'll make it a quiche date @ noon.

[Saul Goodman]

Real talk:  I planned a coffee date for 5 PM tomorrow night EST.  I am stupid.  What should I do?

Try the house coffee at some sports bar.

[Bort]

Real talk:  I planned a coffee date for 5 PM tomorrow night EST.  I am stupid.  What should I do?

Man...I...I don't even know what to say.

[Quality Start Machine]

  I am stupid.  What should I do?

Go with that.

[Yeti]

Real talk:  I planned a coffee date for 5 PM tomorrow night EST.  I am stupid.  What should I do?

Don't date

[Gilgamesh]

  I am stupid.  What should I do?

Go with that.

I'm going to have to side with Fork on this one.

[Bort]

So, I told Powen's story to my wife, thinking it was hilarious. She said, "Well, can't he reschedule it a few hours later?"

I will never understand the female mind.

[Internet Apex]

Yeah but, why can't he reschedule it?