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Title: Debabelizer: The Authorized Edition by Lise Despres, Paul Vachier ISBN: 1-56830-324-6 Publisher: Hayden Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00

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Average Customer Rating: 2.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: DeBabelizer a dissapointment for Mac Users
Comment: The book has a five page introduction, 240 pages for Windoz users, and has only 79 pages about the Mac. It offers little more Mac information than the manual that came from Equilibrium. I was extremely disappointed. It should be titled "DeBab for Windoz" I wish I could get my money back

Rating: 4
Summary: Could have been more....
Comment: The book covers both the Windows and Mac versions of the product and is a useful extension to the workman-like manual supplied with DeBab Pro (can't speak for Mac stuff). Chapters 1-10 are devoted to the Win version, though 8-10 are general in topic. Chapters 11-12 describe the Mac DeBab Toolbox.

Unfortunately much of the book, like the program's manual, re-iterates what is in the program's menus and on-screen dialogs rather then explaining what they do or when you should choose the various options.

The CD included adds little value. Some graphics from three of the chapters are included in colour, but embedded irretrievably in a PDF file. There was a real opprotunity here to provide before/after type files to illustrate the less obvious of DeBab's features and allow readers to experiment and learn by example. The CD includes a demo (for each OS) and various filters. The filters and sample files are the same as on the DeBab program CD so of little interest to registered users.

Many of the references to (Windows) assets/files on the DeBab web site are not yet valid. I guess the book (as of 4 Jun 97) is getting ahead of the folks at Equilibrium.

The best chapters are 8-10 on Web images, Animation/AVIs, and CD-ROM/Multimedia which move away from restating the manual. definately picked up some use

On balance worth buying if you want to make more of Debab on either OS (Win/Mac), if only because it is the only book available. Despite the benefit I got from it, I'd rate this more highly if the authors had done more exploration of the tool and less listing of features. I suspect more seasoned users might not gain so much from the book.

Mark Anderson, (Portsmouth, UK