I've recently purchased PSE4 and plan on teaching myself the basics of it. I have used PSE2 for about 9 months, and still haven't learned even half of what it can do, I'm sure! I'm wondering if there is a particular book / manual that anyone has used to learn more about the program, or do you just learn through tutorials, etc. I'd appreciate any suggestions you may have! Thanks!

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Lori

Congrats on the excellent purchase! I went from PSE2 to PSE3 to PSE4 without needing much more than the tutorials on this website. The best thing to do, is open a blank file and just "play" with all of the new options you have available. You will learn by each new experience. My only hint is to keep a notebook beside you to record the steps you are taking, so that you can duplicate newly learned tricks later when you want them in a layout. If you ever get stuck, and need some help, just give me a shout

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I just got the PSE4 book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby. I haven't done a lot of things with it yet, but it covers how to correct photos in quite some detail. It does step by step, and doesn't look difficult to follow.

I'll give you updates as I learn more!

I just ordered a couple from Amazon (after flipping through them at my local 'brick & mortar' book store): The that I picked out were:
PSE4 for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby -- his books have been getting rave reviews from the digiscrap community for some time now
PSE4 -- The Missing Manual -- from the O'Reilly folks, who write those nifty books for programmers

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