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Art and Design in Photoshop

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:48:13 +0000

# Paperback: 256 pages
# Publisher: Focal Press; Pap/Cdr edition (September 4, 2008)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0240811097
# ISBN-13: 978-0240811093

Product Description
Fancy designing your own classic and contemporary movie posters, books and magazine covers?

Feel like turning your photographs into works by Turner, Matisse and Magritte?

Want to create illustrations in the styles of The Simpsons, steampunk and Victorian engravings?

Then you need Art and Design in Photoshop.

In this unique book, acclaimed master of photomontage and visual trickery Steve Caplin shows you how to stretch your creative boundaries. Taking the same tried-and-tested practical approach as his best selling How to Cheat in Photoshop titles, Steve's step-by-step instructions recreate a dazzling and diverse array of fabulous design effects. You'll learn how to design everything from wine labels to sushi cartons, from certificates to iPod advertising, from textbooks to pulp fiction.

Written by a working pro, the clear guidelines pinpoint exactly what you need to know: how to get slick-looking results with minimum fuss, with a 16-page Photoshop Reference chapter that provides an at-a-glance guide to Photoshop tools and techniques for less experienced users. Steve explains both typography and the design process in a clear, informative and entertaining way.

All the images, textures and fonts used in the book are supplied on the accompanying CD-ROM. Imaginative, inspirational and fun to use, this book is a must-have for every creative Photoshop user, both amateur and professional.

* Learn to quickly and ingeniously create fantastic graphic effects in Photoshop, from graffiti to classic art, newsprint and stained-glass windows
* Easy and fun to use with clear step-by-step instructions and hundreds of screenshots.
* Backwards compatible: fully up-to-date with the latest Photoshop release but also relevant for use with previous versions of Photoshop

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How to Do Everything Adobe Photoshop CS4

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:59:04 +0000

# Paperback: 288 pages
# Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (April 21, 2009)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0071605223
# ISBN-13: 978-0071605229

Product Description

Maximize the power of the industry-standard tool for graphics professionals

With this full-color guide, you will discover how to bring your creative concepts to completion using the latest version of the number-one graphic design software. You will learn how to use brushes, shapes, and special effects; master layers and filters; color-correct images; manage workflow; and much more.

Written by an Adobe Certified Expert and Adobe Certified Instructor, this hands-on tutorial features�real-world examples that reveal how cutting-edge design techniques are created. The book also introduces the Extended version for 3D and video users.
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About the Author

Chad Perkins is an Adobe Certified Instructor, an Adobe Certified Expert, and the author of several books and training videos.

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Digital Photographer (Winter) [2009]

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:14:02 +0000

Title....... Digital Photographer - Winter 2009
Langauge.... English
Format...... PDF
Pages....... 63
Size........ 21 Mb

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Photoshop CS4 Digital Classroom

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:10:50 +0000

# Paperback: 384 pages
# Publisher: Wiley; Pap/Dvdr edition (November 3, 2008)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0470410906
# ISBN-13: 978-0470410905

Product Description
Adobe Photoshop CS4 Digital Classroom is like having a personal instructor guiding readers through each lesson, while they work at their own pace. This book includes 13 self-paced lessons that let readers discover essential skills and explore new features and capabilities of Adobe Photoshop. Every lesson is presented in full color with step-by-step instructions. Learning is reinforced with video tutorials and lesson files on a companion DVD that were developed by the same team of Adobe Certified Instructors and Flash experts who have created many of the official training titles for Adobe Systems. Each video tutorial is approximately five minutes long and demonstrates and explains the concepts and features covered in the lesson. Coverage includes information on Adobe Bridge, Camera RAW, masks and layers, painting and retouching, and selections and layers. Jam-packed with information, this book and DVD takes users from the basics through intermediate level topics and helps readers find the information they need in a clear, approachable manner.

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Adobe Photoshop CS4 Studio Techniques

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:07:03 +0000

# Paperback: 480 pages
# Publisher: Adobe Press; 1 edition (March 20, 2009)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0321613104
# ISBN-13: 978-0321613103

Product Description
Adobe Photoshop CS4 Studio Techniques has been completely updated to cover the new features in CS4. In a friendly, easy-going style that's long on information and short on techno-babble, Photoshop Hall-of-Famer Ben Willmore and photographer Dan Ablan guide you through the concepts and features that will truly make a difference in how you use Photoshop every day. They'll take you from blindly following step-by-step instructions to an in-depth understanding of how Photoshop works, cutting through the fat to focus on what they consider to be Photoshop's essential features. This full-color book delivers the content in three easily digestible sections: Working Foundations, Production Essentials, and Creative Explorations. Streamlined for this new edition, the book will distill Photoshop's vast capabilities down to what you need to know for a full understanding of the program, while simultaneously focusing more directly on best practices for the photographer. Beginning with a quick "refresher course" on the working foundations of Photoshop, you'll move on to real-world production techniques. Finally, you'll get to fully explore Photoshop's creative potential by blending and enhancing images, creating collages, retouching photographs, colorizing, and working with filters and layer masks. By the time you finish this book, your creativity and efficiency levels will soar and you'll feel like you finally "get" Photoshop.

About the Author
Considered to be one of the all-time great Photoshop gurus, Ben Willmore has personally taught over 50,000 Photoshop users on four continents. Famous for finding the simplicity that lies within Photoshop's most complex features, and for his signature teaching style of "not just how but why," Ben was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame in 2004. Dan Ablan is president of AGA Digital Studios, Inc., and author of twelve books on computer graphics and publishing. Dan is an accomplished photographer and 3D animator, working the arts for the past twenty years.

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Photoshop CS4: Top 100 Simplified Tips Tricks (Top 100 Simplified Tips Tricks)

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:26:14 +0000

# Paperback: 288 pages
# Publisher: Visual (February 9, 2009)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0470442549
# ISBN-13: 978-0470442548

Product Description
Beyond-the-basic techniques show you how to take your Photoshop CS4 skills to the next level

    * With more than 4 million users worldwide, Photoshop is the world-standard image-editing solution for print and the Web and the CS4 release promises exciting new creative possibilities for adventurous Photoshop users
    * Packed with 100 cool and useful tips and tricks, this visual tutorial investigates the bells and whistles that come with the new CS4 release
    * Features full-color screen shots, step-by-step instructions, and updated photo examples all aimed at elevating your Photoshop skills to new heights

From the Back Cover

You already know Photoshop® CS4 basics. Now you'd like to go beyond with shortcuts, tricks, and tips that let you work smarter and faster. And because you learn more easily when someone shows you how, this is the book for you. Inside, you'll find clear, illustrated instructions for 100 tasks that reveal cool secrets, teach timesaving tricks, and explain great tips guaranteed to make you more productive with Photoshop® CS4.

How easy is it?

Look for these symbols marking the difficulty of each task.

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      Demonstrates a new spin on a common task
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      Introduces a new skill or a new task
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      Combines multiple skills requiring in-depth knowledge

Requires extensive skill and may involve other technologies

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      Minimal text and maximum illustrations
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      Task-oriented, step-by-step approach
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      Navigational aids connect instructions to illustrations
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      Self-contained, two-page lessons
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      Uniform layout makes it easy to read less, learn more

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Creative Photoshop CS4: Digital Illustration and Art Techniques

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:34:09 +0000

# Paperback: 424 pages
# Publisher: Focal Press (April 10, 2009)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 024052134X
# ISBN-13: 978-0240521343

Review
Amazon.com quotes for previous edition: "A tutorial book that is CREATIVE AND FUN!!! I really can't recommend this book enough. The tutorials are easy to understand even when dealing with advanced techniques. It could be a bit much if you are brand new to Photoshop but I doubt it. I don't think anyone looking into purchasing a book of this type would be at all disappointed. There are other tutorial books out there but this one has subjects and artwork that are truly engrossing. Not only are the tutorial format and content superb but the author offers an online community that can be accessed through his personal site. Here you can ask for help on problem areas from other readers and often the author himself and also post your own work that the lessons have hopefully helped you to create. An easy 5 stars, great work." "Phenomenal! I purchased this book on a whim and was pleasantly surprised by the quality of its content. Lea takes readers step by step through simple and very complex design techniques. His instructions are easy to follow and, unlike many other Photoshop books I have picked up, just as easy to apply to other projects! Having access to the author through the reader forum on the book website makes this an even more useful tool. Any tips that might seem vague are easily explained by the man who wrote the book - and other readers that have overcome similar problems. I have worked through several books on Photoshop, but this has been the best by far!" Amazon.co.uk quotes for previous edition: "Fantastic! I have been a fan of Derek Leas work for a number of years since first discovering his tutorials in Computer Arts magazine. I often emailed Derek asking him if he was going to write a book on advanced digital imaging techniques. Derek finally took the challenge of writing a book and to say that the wait was worthwhile is an under statement! If you are a keen digital artist hungry for new techniques to apply to your work this is the book for you. I cannot recommend this book highly enough!!!" "Detailed discussion of sophisticated digital art techniques. This is one of very few Photoshop books that focuses on the creation of digital art, rather than the techniques required for certain standard tricks and effects...all of the tutorial images are genuinely inspiring, rich in textures, reflecting the author's emphasis on the importance of incorporating scans of real world objects into digital illustration...Congratulations to Derek Lea, and needless to say, highly recommended!" Amazon.ca quotes for previous edition: "This Book is a refreshing change. There are so many generic Photoshop books out there that I stopped looking at them a while ago. Then I found this. Derek Lea has written the definitive guide for artists who want to create within Photoshop. I find the art so inspirational and the style of writing so easy to follow that I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to do something really cool with Photoshop. Lea also maintains a companion website to the book with an active forum. I found loads of people posting questions and even Lea himself was there to offer support to almost everyone who posted. Buy this book, then check out the web forums that go with it. You won't be disappointed.; --#34

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Photoshop CS4 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:58:43 +0000

# Paperback: 416 pages
# Publisher: For Dummies (October 6, 2008)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0470327251
# ISBN-13: 978-0470327258

Review
"This is a book once read you will return to when Photoshop will just not do what you tell it to do" (GadgetSpeak.com, March 8th 2009)

Product Description
This latest version of Photoshop has a few new tricks up its sleeve and Adobe Photoshop CS4 For Dummies will teach you how to use them. From the basics like getting your images into and out of Photoshop to enhancing, cropping, and color correction, it

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Advanced Photoshop CS3 Trickery FX (Graphics Series)

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:40:36 +0000

# Paperback: 384 pages
# Publisher: Charles River Media; 1 edition (July 3, 2007)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 1584505311
# ISBN-13: 978-1584505310

Product Description
Advanced Photoshop CS3 Trickery & FX is a completely updated edition of this specialized book for Photoshop users wishing to go beyond the basics. It takes digital artists to the next level of creativity by teaching them how to blend their artistic talent seamlessly with the powerful tools of Photoshop CS3. The book is packed with full color photos showing before-and-after touch-up examples and demos of the amazing new features of Photoshop CS3. Using a mixture of fun and practical projects, you will learn how to transform ordinary photos into incredible special effects and digital creations. This edition also includes more real-world projects to illustrate practical uses of Photoshop's tools. The book assumes a fundamental level of skill with Photoshop and builds upon those skills by helping you learn how and why Photoshop does what it does. Throughout the book, you will learn to work with the tools that come with Photoshop, but aren't used on a regular basis, and are therefore not covered in depth in general purpose Photoshop books. Armed with this knowledge, you can to take on new challenges and work though the practical, fun tutorials throughout this book. All of the core tools of Photoshop CS3 used for effects are put to use in hands-on projects as you learn new techniques for creating realistic and fantasy effects!

About the Author
Stephen Burns has discovered the same passion for the digital medium as he has for photography as an art form. His background began as a photographer 28 year ago and in time, progressed toward the digital medium. His influences include the great Abstractionists & the Surrealists including Jackson Pollock, Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, Mark Tobey, and Lenore Fini, to name a few. Stephen Burns has been a corporate instructor and lecturer in the application of digital art and design for the past 10 years ). He has been exhibiting digital fine art internationally at galleries such as Durban Art Museum in South Africa, Citizens Gallery in Yokahama, Japan, and CECUT Museum Of Mexico to name a few. Part of his exhibiting won him 1st place in the prestigious Seybold International digital arts contest.

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Advanced Photoshop Magazine Issue 37

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:28:03 +0000

100 pages | PDF | 227 MB

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- Advanced photomontage tricks
- Build the ultimate Photoshop computer
- Take your Photoshop art outdoors

Creative Tutorials
Challenging & inspiring Masterclasses inc;
- Design original & intricate montages
- Paint a convincing bonfire scene
- Design a metalFX image

Also featured;
- Top essential cameras for Christmas 2007
- New game: Photoshop consequences
- Interview with Raymond Swanland

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