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How to Cheat in Photoshop Steve Caplin

How to Cheat in Photoshop By Steve Caplin (graphic artistillustrator and the best-selling  of How to Cheat in Photoshop.)

How to Cheat in Photoshop by Steve Caplin


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Summary

Learn from a professional illustrator how to make money from Photoshop montage. Each section is divided into double page spreads and many of the images are provided on the free CD so that you can try out the techniques yourself.

How to Cheat in Photoshop Summary

How to Cheat in Photoshop: The Art of Creating Photorealistic Montages by Steve Caplin

Learn from a professional illustrator how best to make Photoshop work for you. Each section is divided into double page spreads on illustrative techniques, giving you bite size chunks with all you need to know in a highly visual, approachable format. Most of the original Photoshop files are provided on the free CD so you can then go on to try out the techniques for yourself.


What makes this book different is the fact that Steve Caplin shows you step-by-step how to work from the problem to the solution in creating photorealistic images, from the viewpoint of the illustrator who has been commissioned to create a job. This is both a technical guide and an artistic inspiration, packed full with new ideas that you will be dying to try! Benefit from Steve's invaluable time saving tips too, which he's included to make sure you meet your deadlines and get more work.

Push your artistic skills to the outer limits with this innovative and comprehensive guide to creating real world Photoshop montages.

How to Cheat in Photoshop Reviews

"Photographers as well as art directors will find the book fascinating, as Caplin invents the impossible illustrations and then proceeds to define haw to create it seamlessly."
Rangefinder

"His (Caplin's) book is packed with amazing hints that take the mystery out of this technique once and for all. The instructions are so easy to use that you'll be producing top quality results quickly."
Shutterbug

About Steve Caplin

Steve Caplin is a freelance artist and author working in London, England. His satirical photomontage work is commissioned by newspapers and magazines around the world, including The Guardian, The Independent, The Sunday Telegraph, The Sunday Times Magazine, Radio Times, Readers Digest and L'Internazionale. Steve has worked for advertising agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi, Bartle Bogle Hegarty and Lowe Howard Spink, and his work has won two Campaign Poster Awards and a D&AD Pencil award. He has lectured widely in England, Norway, France and Holland, and has taught digital design at the University of Westminster and the University of the Arts London. Steve is the author of ten books: How to Cheat in Photoshop (five editions), How to Cheat in Photoshop Elements (co-authored, three editions), Icon Design, Max Pixel's Adventures in Adobe Photoshop Elements, The Complete Guide to Digital Illustration (co-authored) and Art & Design in Photoshop. He has also co-authored three mainstream books: Dad Stuff, More Dad Stuff, Stuff the Turkey and Complete and Utter Zebu. When he's not at his computer Steve plays the piano well, the accordion moderately and the guitar badly. He spends his spare time making improbable constructions out of wood and other materials. His first commissioned sculpture was for the Bethlem hospital - the original 'bedlam' - in 2010.

Table of Contents

Natural Selection; The Perfect Set-up; Hiding and Showing; Graphics Tablets; Composing the Scene; Digital Cameras; Light and Shade; Sourcing Images; Heads and Bodies; The Freelance Artist; Shiny Surfaces; Photoshop Actions; Metal, Wood and Stone; The Point of Illustration; Paper and Fabric; Upgrade and Replace; The Third Dimension; Reality Overload; Hyper Realism; Photomontage Ethics; Carry on Spending; Index. What's on the CD.

Additional information

GOR001629241
9780240517025
0240517024
How to Cheat in Photoshop: The Art of Creating Photorealistic Montages by Steve Caplin
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2002-06-30
264
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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