Photoshop 6 Effects Magic
Published on 2. March 2001
Book
Mixed media product
368 pages
978-0-7357-1035-1 (ISBN)
Description
Contributors provide instruction on how to create a variety of exciting new effects using the techniques available in Photoshop 6. Each project will be from 3 to 10 pages in length and be designed in a 2-column format with step-by-step instructions on the left and corresponding graphics (or code) on the right. In addition, sidebars will be used to provide additional tips and tricks. Any effect, technique, or tip can easily be customized to fit a reader?s own design needs.
Reviews / Votes
"If you're a novice or intermediate user, you'll find it an excellent primer for this most esoteric of applications."PC Answers, July 2001"The techniques are explained in a fairly simple style and certainly should pose no great problem for the target audience."Freelance Informer, July 2001More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 205 mm
Width: 255 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
898 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7357-1035-1 (9780735710351)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Rhoda Grossman is a freelance illustrator and cartoonist whose work has appeared in numerous publications on digital art. She combines hi-tech and low tech art and refers to herself as "bi-tech." Sherry London is a principal of London Computing: PhotoFX, a full-service design studio. Sherry has been designing professionally using computer graphics since the 1980s. Her background includes teaching courses in MIS at Drexel University; teaching Photoshop and prepress at Moore College of Art and Design. She is the author of several books on Photoshop and other computer graphic technologies.
Content
Introduction.
I. PAINTING TECHNIQUES.
1. Airbrush Techniques.
2. Colorizing Greyscale Images.
3. Brush Techniques.
4. Painting with Light.
5. Photoshop Watercolors-A Skill or Algorithm.
6. Painting with Patterns and Textures.
II. PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES.
7. Camouflaging Photographic Flaws.
8. Retouching Effects.
9. Restoration Techniques.
10. Altering Atmosphere (or Enhancing Backgrounds).
11. Shadows and Reflection for Realism.
12. Vignettes and Edges.
III. IMAGE MANIPULATION TECHNIQUES.
13. Caricature.
14. Creating Abstracts with Filters.
15. Revealing Hidden Detail.
16. Texture Mapping.
17. Portrait from a Sketch.
18. Unpainting.
IV. COMPOSITING TECHNIQUES.
19. Blending Images.
20. A Different Composite.
21. 3D Type.
22. Type Graphics.
23. Seamless Compositing/Surreal Life.
24. Difference Painting.
V. PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES.
25. Using Spot Color.
26. Fine Art Printing.
I. PAINTING TECHNIQUES.
1. Airbrush Techniques.
2. Colorizing Greyscale Images.
3. Brush Techniques.
4. Painting with Light.
5. Photoshop Watercolors-A Skill or Algorithm.
6. Painting with Patterns and Textures.
II. PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES.
7. Camouflaging Photographic Flaws.
8. Retouching Effects.
9. Restoration Techniques.
10. Altering Atmosphere (or Enhancing Backgrounds).
11. Shadows and Reflection for Realism.
12. Vignettes and Edges.
III. IMAGE MANIPULATION TECHNIQUES.
13. Caricature.
14. Creating Abstracts with Filters.
15. Revealing Hidden Detail.
16. Texture Mapping.
17. Portrait from a Sketch.
18. Unpainting.
IV. COMPOSITING TECHNIQUES.
19. Blending Images.
20. A Different Composite.
21. 3D Type.
22. Type Graphics.
23. Seamless Compositing/Surreal Life.
24. Difference Painting.
V. PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES.
25. Using Spot Color.
26. Fine Art Printing.