This is my third book from Friends of ED (Apress). I also own Flash MX Most Wanted and Photoshop 7 Professional Photographic Techniques. Each Friends of Ed (Apress) book is packed with useful, easy to understand information and links to download support files. All their books are well organized with easy to follow steps and plenty of screenshots/illustrations. 

The book takes you through the steps of building and publishing a complete web site. From initial planning to uploading and updating the completed site. 

The first chapter gives you tips on how to plan for your site, such as deciding who your target audience will be and layout/navigation of the site. You’ll then start to build a site using Photoshop and ImageReady. Some of the things you’ll do is create a textured background with some filtered effects like motion blur. You then start blocking out the main areas of your site. They also show you how to use layer styles and custom shapes to enhance your website. 

One of the most important steps when building a web site is slicing and optimizing your site. Photoshop to Dreamweaver does an excellent job explaining and demonstrating how to slice your page properly. They go into great detail to make sure the reader understands how and why optimizing your images is important. 

The chapter(s) on Dreamweaver was awesome. They do a great job at taking a novice designer and explaining how to define your site. The screenshots of different palettes in Dreamweaver was very helpful too. I especially liked the fact they dedicated several pages to CSS. 

To finish out the book, Friends of ED (Apress) leave you with some useful advanced tips for both Photoshop and Dreamweaver. 

I would have liked to seen some different looks/situations when slicing the site and a chapter for troubleshooting when things don’t quite go as planned. Overall the book is very good. I really like how you have the exercise files so you can work along with each chapter. I give the book a strong 4 out of 5 stars and suggest anyone who isn’t quite sure of how to tie the two programs together; Photoshop to Dreamweaver is for you. Even those who have used the two programs would find this book helpful. It’s well worth the time to read this book.