Synopses & Reviews
As an accomplished graphic artist herself, author and former Adobe Creative Director Luanne Seymour Cohen recognizes that there is a core group of experienced Photoshop users--yourself among them--who don't need a lot of hand-holding but do need a thorough discussion of the advanced techniques that will allow them to use Photoshop in ever more creative ways. As a beginning Photoshop user, you probably loved the design and approach of Adobe's Photoshop Classroom in a Book, and are now looking for an advanced book that teaches in the same effective way. This book delivers! Throughout, the emphasis is on creativity, using cogent step-by-step instructions to get you going on projects of your own choosing. Luanne provides the instructional framework--supported by beautiful four-color artwork that both teaches and inspires--while you take the ball and run with it, applying the techniques covered here to your own increasingly sophisticated creations. Included are plenty of techniques that focus on the enhancements new to the latest version of Photoshop: the brand-new Healing Brush, sophisticated color correction commands, a new painting engine to simulate traditional painting techniques, and more. You'll find self-paced instruction from a master--for a new generation of masters!
Synopsis
Whether you're a designer, illustrator, or artist, as an advanced Photoshop user, you're constantly on the lookout for the tips and techniques that will allow you to use Adobe's image manipulation program ever more creatively. Who better to turn to, then, than Adobe's own former Creative Director, Luanne Seymour Cohen? Using beautiful four-color artwork to inspire and a series of project-based lessons as the jumping-off point, Luanne shows you just how far you can take Photoshop's many advanced features to create dazzling digitally manipulated images of your own. Included are plenty of techniques that focus on making the most of Photoshop CS' new features: an improved File Browser; nonsquare pixel support; cool, new Photomerge technology (which allows you to create seamless panoramas out of multiple images); 16-bit image support; customizable keyboard shortcuts; the ability to place text on paths and in shapes; and more. If you're ready for a master class in Photoshop--but dont want to leave your home to take it--this book delivers!