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Photoshop
® studio secrets
2nd Edition "McClelland takes you step by step through every stage of the design, from concept to execution. This is the book you need if you're more interested in the artwork than in the tools." Los Angeles Times Learn from the Pros! Twenty-one of the world's top digital artists including veterans Robert Bowen, Glenn Mitsui, and Jeff Schewe share hard-earned Photoshop techniques developed over years on the job. It's all here: high-end commercial art, video, film, fine art, QTVR, the Web, and more. Photoshop guru Deke McClelland and Katrin Eismann tell it all through in-depth explanations of real-world methods and techniques used in actual projects by the best in the business. Exclusive Artwork and Web Pages on Cross-Platform CD-ROM:
- 250MB of QuickTime movies and interactive VR artwork
- Phone interviews with featured artists
- A special episode from Deke McClelland's cable TV show "Digital Gurus"
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About the Author
About the Authors DEKE McCLELLAND won his fifth Computer Press Association Award for the previous edition of this book! Bestselling author of more than 50 books on electronic publishing and computer graphics, including IDG Books Worldwide's Macworld® Photoshop® 5 Bible, Photoshop® 5 For Windows® Bible, and Macworld® FreeHand Bible, Deke is also a contributing editor to Macworld and Publish magazines, and hosts the cable TV series "Digital Gurus." KATRIN EISMANN, internationally recognized artist, educator, and speaker, is the founder of Praxis Digital Solutions. With her company, she teaches and lectures throughout the world on the subject of imaging and the impact of emerging technologies on the professional photographer. She is the coauthor of Web Design Studio Secrets.
Table of Contents
Foreword.
Preface.
PART I: General Techniques.
Chapter 1: Sketch to Execution: The Commercial Art Process.
Chapter 2: Working Stock Photography into Graphic Art.
Chapter 3: Creating Budget 3-D Characters.
Chapter 4: Integrating Natural Media into Digital Art.
Chapter 5: Merging Past and Present with Sumi Brushstrokes.
Chapter 6: Enhancing Vector Artwork.
Chapter 7: The Face-Melting Power of Distortions.
Chapter 8: Abstract Expressionism to Commercial Design.
Chapter 9: Special Type Effects.
Chapter 10: The Tao of Layering.
PART II: Specific Applications.
Chapter 11: High-Resolution Imaging for Advertising.
Chapter 12: Fine Art Printing.
Chapter 13: Pixels to Platinum.
Chapter 14: Photographing for Photoshop.
Chapter 15: Fashion Photography.
Chapter 16: Creative QuickTime VR.
Chapter 17: The Quick Guide to Digital Cameras.
Chapter 18: Photoshop in Motion.
Chapter 19: Inventing Photo-Realistic Worlds.
Chapter 20: Creating Images for the World Wide Web.
Chapter 21: Buttons, Buttons, Buttons.
Appendix About the CD-ROM.
Index.
About the Authors.
Colophon.
End-User License Agreement.
CD-ROM Installation Instructions.