Rating: 

My major criticism would be the author spends way too much time on her pet areas of knowledge. There's an entire chapter on digital photography for example; something I think is an entirely different subject. There's also chapters on SVG, Canvas and W3D, things I'm very interested in but that have little application in the real Web design world outside of theory at this point.

Bottom line, this is a great book for experienced designers and hackers looking to expand their horizons and fill in the blanks about many things we've been fudging over the years. For the beginner trying to grasp the basics of Web graphics, it may be a bit uneven, however.