Photoshop is the industry standard for working with graphics. Here are some books to help you master the tool.

Photoshop CS4 Digital Classroom Full-color step-by-step format. DVD with video tutorials.

Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One In this book, Deke McClelland also included an DVD containing 3 hours of video tutorials.

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Classroom in a Book Written by Adobe Creative Team, the same company that makes Photoshop.

Photoshop Type Effects Gone Wild When creating web sites, you often need to apply type effects to the website title in the masthead. Instead of using the same techniques over and over, you can try out different type effects found in this book -- all 49 of them. It will walk you though each one in a step-by-step manner with lots of screen shots (sometimes as many as 3 pictures on a single page). Bonus CD includes all the starting files for each tutorial.

Photoshop Masking & Compositing (VOICES) Create interesting compositions by using masking and compositing techniques. Step-by-step examples by photoshop artist and lecturer Katrin Eismann. Over 60 customers had given this book a five-star rating on amazon.

Adobe Photoshop CS4: Up to Speed This book focuses on the new features of Photoshop CS4. Hence it is more for users who have already used Photoshop before.

Photoshop CS4 For Dummies This book is in color and is by Peter Bauer.

Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual Book written by Lesa Snider King, founder of GraphicReporter.com.

Disclosure: LearnWebDesignOnline.com and author may receive Amazon and Google revenues via display ads and links within content.