How to cheat in Photoshop CS3 : the art of creating photorealistic montages / Steve Caplin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caplin, Steve.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adobe Photoshop.

Computer graphics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 p.)

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston ; London : Focal Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

* New! Zip through the learning curve in a snap with the free DVD! * Hundreds of new Photo Objects, companion project files, QuickTime movie tutorials, sample plugins, and more. * Don't miss the website www.howtocheatinphotoshop.com where the author answers your reader questions directly!When you're short on time with crunching deadlines, but there's no way you can sacrifice quality, this book/DVD comes to the rescue. Nobody knows more about how to work fast under pressure and still produce top-notch photographic images than hands

Contents:

Cover; HOW TO cheat IN Photoshop CS3: The art of creating photorealistic montages; Copyright; Contents; How to cheat, and why; Acknowledgments; How to use this book; 1 Natural selection; Selection: the fundamentals; The Lasso and Magic Wand; QuickMask 1: better selection; QuickMask 2: tips and tricks; QuickMask 3: transformations; The Quick Selection tool 1; The Quick Selection tool 2; Refine Edges: going further; The Pen is mightier...; The Pen tool by numbers; Putting the Pen into practice; Losing the edges; Lock and load; Find and replace; Color by numbers; Brush-on color

INTERLUDE: The perfect setup2 Transformation and distortion; The Free Transform tool; Step and repeat rotation; Introducing Image Warp; Image Warp in combination; Cloning in perspective; Special effects with cloning; Transformation in practice; INTERLUDE: The freelance artist; 3 Hiding and showing; Texture with layer modes; Layer masks 1: intersections; Layer masks 2: transparency; Layer masks 3: soft edges; Layer masks 4: smoothing; Blending 1: fire power; Blending 2: plane view; INTERLUDE: Graphics tablets; 4 Image adjustment; Shadows and highlights.; Learning Curves

Matching colors with CurvesMajor color changes; Multi-layer enhancement; Sharpening: Unsharp Mask; Natural healing; INTERLUDE: Getting started; 5 Composing the scene; Location is everything; Relative values: interaction; I only have eyes for you; Game, test and match; Back to the foreground; Composition tips and tricks; People and cars; INTERLUDE: Digital cameras; 6 Getting into perspective; Establishing the horizon; Introducing vanishing points; Two point perspective; Three point perspective; Correcting perspective; Using existing perspective; Boxing clever: doubling up

Vanishing Point filter 1Vanishing Point filter 2; Vanishing Point filter 3; Cropping in perspective; INTERLUDE: Photomontage ethics; 7 Light and shade; Shadows on the ground; Shadows on the wall; Creating complex shadows; Light from windows; Mood, light and emphasis; Multiple shadowed objects; Shading on Hard Light layers; Visible light sources; The romance of candlelight; Turn the lamp on; Shading using Dodge and Burn; Shading using light modes; Extreme shading; Making smoke without fire; Making fire without smoke; Lighting up: perfect neon; Day for night; INTERLUDE: Sourcing images

8 Heads and bodiesMaking the head fit; Complex head fitting; Combining body parts; Changing history; The perfect haircut; The solution for flyaway hair; The problem of hair loss; Beards and stubble; A fuzzy hairbrush; The ageing process; Reversing the ageing process; A change of clothing; It's all in the eyes; A change of expression; Liquify: turning heads; Sleep and the art of healing; Coloring black+white images; A change of skin; INTERLUDE: Sourcing images for free; 9 Shiny surfaces; Introducing... Plastic Wrap; Blood and gore, no sweat; Getting hot and sticky; I'm forever blowing bubbles

Water, water everywhere

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-136-10310-4

1-281-02920-3

9786611029203

0-08-055039-8

9780080550398

OCLC:

476098455