Photoshop for right-brainers : the art of photo manipulation / Al Ward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ward, Al.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer graphics.

Adobe Photoshop.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (351 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, Calif. ; London : SYBEX, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Attention Right-Brainers! You're an artistic visionary, right? In your head you imagine clever image fixes, fanciful photo manipulations, and artworks of startling genius. But when it comes to bringing these visions to life on your computer-well, that's the hard part. If this sounds familiar, then Photoshop wiz Al Ward's innovative and personal guide to the art of photo manipulation might just be the key to making your dreams come true. Photoshop for Right-Brainers doesn't hamstring you with follow-the-leader, cookie-cutter techniques. Instead, the book explores the artistic

Contents:

Photoshop for Right-Brainers: The Art of Photo Manipulation; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; Why I Wrote This Book; Right Brain? Left Brain?; What Should You Know Already?; How the Book Is Organized; Concept, Visualize, Realize; Using the CD Files; About the Author; Feedback; Part I: Tools and Techniques of the Trade; Chapter 1: Tools for Building Your Masterpiece; The Photoshop Learning Curve; Understanding Layers; Using Blending Modes; Opacity and Fill: What's the Difference?; Working with Masks; Sharpening Your Image: The High Pass Filter Trick

Color Changing Using ChannelsExtractions; Distortions and Transformations; Chapter 2: Techniques for Embellishing Portraits; Enhancing Eye Color; Altering Eye Color; Whitening Teeth; Removing Acne and Blemishes; Erasing Wrinkles; Reverse Cosmetics: Creating a Black Eye; Chapter 3: Advanced Techniques for Embellishing Portraits; Digital Liposuction; Digital Face-Lift; Face-Swapping; Adding Hair; Tattoo Removal; Chapter 4: Techniques for Artistic Effects; Adding Color to Black-and-White Images; Applying Textures; Painting with Gradients; Lightening, Darkening, and Coloring

Part II: Digital Intensive: Photography as ArtChapter 5: Landscapes and Nature; Symmetrical Landscaping: Digital Manipulation; Patterns in the Sky: Calendar Imaging; Neon Reflection on Water: Perspective Art; Enhancing the Flora; Changing the Mood (Background Alteration, Tone): Dark/Goth; Chapter 6: Animals; Comical Critter Alteration: Greeting Card Art; Animal Photographic Display: Website; Drastically Lost Creature out of Place: Collage; Crossbreeding Species: Digital Manipulation; Chapter 7: Objects; Chrome Sphere: Digital Manipulation; Digital Woman: Advertising

Enticement: Reverse AdvertisingCommon Images in Art; Enhanced Close-up: Macro Art; Chapter 8: Going Beyond Canned Filters; Retro Photo: Aging; Photo to Line Art: Sketching; Portrait to Painting: Artistic; Anime Woman: Vector Art; Industrial Art: Photo, Paint, and Texture Merge; Chapter 9: People as Art-Digital Manipulation; Chex-Girl: Impressionist; Zebra Woman: Adventures in Advertising; Alien Boy: Digital Distortions; Wicked Child: A Study in Dark Art; Flesh to Stone; Chapter 10: Displaying Your Work; Building a Web Photo Gallery; Saving Images for the Web; Adding Metadata to an Image

PDF PresentationCreating a Contact Sheet; Creating a Picture Package; Photomerge; Appendix: Where Do You Go from Here?; The Manufacturer's Site; Information and Discussion Sites; Photoshop Groups and Organizations; Adobe Photoshop Tutorials Online; Stock Images; Index; What's On the CD

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-65228-4

9786610652280

0-470-11379-0

OCLC:

133162383