Scott’s channels book is excellent. I bought it last year because channels were an area that I’d been avoiding in most of my horsing around with PS. Channels are fun, and they can be used for so much more than I had imagined, including the coolest of cool effects. I didn’t know that until Scott showed me in this book, which is well written, sprinkled with humor, has a useful index, and gets right down to making things happen step-by-step, quick keys and all. The book opened some doors for me, and not just as a doorstop.