# Photoshop book?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-book/235196>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [August 9, 2007, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-book/235196 "2007-08-09T07:09:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![AfroNinja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@AfroNinja](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AfroNinja)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-book/235196/1 "2007-08-09T07:09:05Z")

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Hi. I’m primarily a flash artist/designer, but I’ve always dabbled in photoshop. PS 6 to be exact, and I never formally learned how to use it. I just kind of played with tools and figured out things here and there.

Soon I want to upgrade to the Adobe creative suite, with the new flash, photoshop, illustrator, etc. And I’d like to have a photoshop cs3 book. I’m not really interested in the ‘photograph’ aspects of photoshop, but more of the technical stuff like what all the tools do, how to create a myriad of effects, etc. The top books on amazon seem to be made for photographers, so I figured I’d ask you guys for suggestions.

I’m mostly looking to make nice interfaces, menus, HUDS, to use in my flash movies/games. Also possibly website graphics.