Others say...

"The best photoshop book ever"
The most comprehensive book on selecting, masking and layers. It was easy to read and follow. Adobe Photoshop CS3Photoshop Masking & Compositing (VOICES)

"Great book, poor binding"
This is a terrific book, as good as I've seen for the intermediate user. I'm not a professional but in my opinion, once you've learned the basics, selecting and masking are skills essential for improving your photographs, or whatever type of art you do with Photoshop. This book is a treasure trove of information I've never seen in other books or in tutorials from the web. And I even learned how to use the pen tool, something I've only been frustrated with before.

The author uses a unique combination of tutorials (along with sample files from her website) and descriptions of Photoshop features that will help you easily master every technique.

However, I'll warn you. The pages from my copy were falling out when I first received it from Amazon. If I had been willing to ship it back and wait another couple of weeks, I'm sure they would have replaced it. But it was a frustration. I've managed to keep the book intact with a generous application of glue to the pages, but the binding was unacceptable and I doubt my copy was the only one in that condition.

"Katrin Eismann is the best!"
The cost of any book by Katrin Eismann is returned to the reader in value many, many times over. This book is everything the photoshop user needs to know about the sometimes daunting, but now made easy by Katrin, masking and compositing images. Now you can make those tough cut-outs of thin strands of hair against tough backgrounds that you used to run away from before.

Katrin is one of the best and this book continues that tradition!

"photoshop masking & compositing by Katrin Eismann"
It's a great book. It gives you a very wide knowlege of how to make masks,selections and compositions.It's easy written and you can download all pictures of the book from the internet.So you can try it yourself wright away.Katrin is a very inspiring person and she makes you very enthousiastic by telling her way of seeing things and the many ways you can make these things happen with photoshop.You really can't wait to start.I thought I knew photoshop but I learn so much more by reading this book and doing it at the same time.

"to fully UNDERSTAND about MASKING & COMPOSITING"
I'm, a new/NOVICE Photoshop user, STARTED learning from SCOTT KELBY's books, which seemed to bring me UP to SPEED in no time. EXTREMELY happy. ** Thank you Scott

But then as I "ACQUIRED some KNOWLEDGE" in Photoshop, I started to have so MANY QUESTIONS, that's how and when I realized Scott Kelby's book is the HOW TO, but NOT the HOW TO "and also" the WHY is that !!

Putting the teaching of Jesus "seek and you will find" in broader/different perspective, I searched the Web and FOUND/BOUGHT ALL of KARIN EISMANN's books

Voluminous INFO/PROFESSIONAL knowledge were presented CLEARLY in ALL of her books. I've LEANRED so much from Katrin. ** Thank you Katrin

You will LEARN through EXAMPLES of different approaches/techniques/how-to, many CREATIVE IDEAS from DIFFERENT famous Artists about MASKING & COMPOSITING, NOT just from Katrin in this book

You will ENJOY the KNOWLEDGE presenting in this book
- REGARDLESS of your Photoshop LEVEL
- and EVEN IF just for your READING enjoyment alone (cause at some point, you have great doubt that you would want to "GO THAT FAR" to create just ONE compelling image, while Oprah's show is calling you daily !!.. Nope, Oprah is NOT my Master, Katrin IS)

In Introduction part, she had a note to EDUCATOR " I hope this book can HELP you TEACH Photoshop". This statement gave me CONFIDENCE while I DO HAVE the MASTER SECRET in my hand, and thinking Yesssss...until tomorrow !!