This great guide is packed with juicy tidbits on software and digital photography techniques. Get updates on new features and new technologies. Learn tips and techniques for transforming digital pictures, printing, improving detailed areas, shape configuring, and going beyond the basics with text, edges and filters. Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, author David Plotkin has plenty of help for you.

When you compare Plotkin's book with those written by David Kay and Diane Koers for Paint Shop Pro, Plotkin simply does not measure up. Some descriptions and instructions are very good, but the photo examples are of poor quality -- in a book about photo editing! While there is definitely a need to supplement Microsoft's meager instruction manual, this book on Digital Image Pro 9 does not do enough to fill that void.