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The 'Classroom in a Book' series is designed to offer training workbooks with as many visual examples as the actual classroom would offer, and as much detail as a teacher would provide--complete with QuickTime Movies on CD, tutorials from Photoshop itself, and tips by Julieanne Kost. The result is a virtual home classroom in Russell Brown's ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK: THE OFFICIAL TRAINING WORKBOOK FROM ADOBE SYSTEMS (0321321847$49.99). From adding depth and vector drawing to a Photoshop image to even more advanced techniques such as setting slice options and liquifying a layer, any owner of Adobe Photoshop's CS2 version will want this as their 'teacher': it's a virtual bible of basics. Don't leave out Amy Standen's MAGGIE TAYLOR'S LANDSCAPE OF DREAMS (0321306147, $40.00), either: Taylor's digital photo collages created through Photoshop offer a Surrealistic focus on animals and people alike, using objects found on eBay and in flea markets, a scanner, and Adobe Photoshop to produce unusual results. From idea to execution, MAGGIE TAYLOR'S LANDSCAPE OF DREAMS shows how Photoshop users can accomplish similar results. As much an art display as a Photoshop book, this is also recommended for Surrealist art fans.