Adobe Photoshop for VFX Artists

When I was contacted to write

this book, I responded as

most people in my situation

would: Why would you want yet another

Photoshop book out there? How about if

I come up with a better idea for a differ-

ent book?

Their response was not ?How about you

just do what we say?? Rather, they

patiently explained that there weren?t any

Photoshop books out there addressed

specifically to VFX artists.