The Art of Photoshop FROM OUR EDITORS
The Barnes & Noble Review
Many designers love project books -- and publishers have responded with dozens of them. But all too often, in the name of ﾽdumbing things downﾽ for easy comprehension, some of those books give you projects youﾽd be ashamed of if they were your own work. They leave you starving for excellence.
You wonﾽt have that problem with The Art of Photoshop. These 20 projects -- all created by Adobe Magazine and Digital Camera columnist Daniel Giordan and his colleagues at DigiRAMA Studios -- will really challenge you. Theyﾽre visually complex. Rich in layered tonality. Not easy to create. But theyﾽll pay you back well for the effort.
Odds are youﾽve never delved quite so deeply into many of these techniques. Using curves to correct color. Silhouetting images. Building and using custom brushes. Really making the most of cloning and blending. Working effectively with layer masks.
As youﾽve already guessed, this is no basic book (if youﾽre looking for one, consider Giordanﾽs previous How to Use Photoshop 7). But if youﾽre already an experienced Photoshop user and you want to become a great one, The Art of Photoshop is hard to beat. Bill Camarda
Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2000 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks For Dummies®, Second Edition.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Adobe Photoshop is the world's leading image manipulation software. Used by both professional and amateur graphic designers, it is the de facto standard for print and Web publishing.
Photoshop Imaging Workshop centers on a suite of 20 digital images created by Daniel Giordan and his staff at DigiRAMA design studios. Visually complex, and rich in layered tonality, these images are designed to inspire readers to push their understanding of Photoshop and its capabilities, while offering a glimpse over the designer's shoulder into how the images were created.
The reader will not only learn the techniques used by the author, but also how to apply them to their own images. They will learn how to use curves to correct color, silhouette images, use gradient maps, build custom brushes, use blending modes, and draw and paint into an image.
SYNOPSIS
Using 19 images from his personal portfolio as examples, Giordan illustrates how Photoshop facilitates an expressive approach to creating photographic and digital images. Each chapter comments on the image aesthetics, outlines the basic characteristics of the tool being profiled, and walks through each step the author performed to achieve the final effect. The book features abundant color photographs, and is intended for intermediate to advanced graphic designers. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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