Synopses & Reviews
Contributors provide instruction on how to create a variety of exciting new effects using the techniques available in Photoshop 6. Each project will be from 3 to 10 pages in length and be designed in a 2-column format with step-by-step instructions on the left and corresponding graphics (or code) on the right. In addition, sidebars will be used to provide additional tips and tricks. Any effect, technique, or tip can easily be customized to fit a reader¿s own design needs.
About the Author
Rhoda Grossman is a freelance illustrator and cartoonist whose work has appeared in numerous publications on digital art. She combines hi-tech and low tech art and refers to herself as “bi-tech.” Sherry London is a principal of London Computing: PhotoFX, a full-service design studio. Sherry has been designing professionally using computer graphics since the 1980s. Her background includes teaching courses in MIS at Drexel University; teaching Photoshop and prepress at Moore College of Art and Design. She is the author of several books on Photoshop and other computer graphic technologies.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
I. PAINTING TECHNIQUES. 1. Airbrush Techniques.
2. Colorizing Greyscale Images.
3. Brush Techniques.
4. Painting with Light.
5. Photoshop Watercolors—A Skill or Algorithm.
6. Painting with Patterns and Textures.
II. PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES. 7. Camouflaging Photographic Flaws.
8. Retouching Effects.
9. Restoration Techniques.
10. Altering Atmosphere (or Enhancing Backgrounds).
11. Shadows and Reflection for Realism.
12. Vignettes and Edges.
III. IMAGE MANIPULATION TECHNIQUES. 13. Caricature.
14. Creating Abstracts with Filters.
15. Revealing Hidden Detail.
16. Texture Mapping.
17. Portrait from a Sketch.
18. Unpainting.
IV. COMPOSITING TECHNIQUES. 19. Blending Images.
20. A Different Composite.
21. 3D Type.
22. Type Graphics.
23. Seamless Compositing/Surreal Life.
24. Difference Painting.
V. PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES. 25. Using Spot Color.
26. Fine Art Printing.