Ready to cook up an
award-winning photo? This
book shows you how!
Sebastopol, CA—Learning
to use Photoshop CS3 can be
daunting. But with Tim
Shelbourne's timely new book
--Photoshop
CS3 Photo Effects Cookbook
(O'Reilly, $29.99)--you
don't have to be a trained
artist, pro photographer, or
Photoshop expert to cook up
amazing results quickly and
easily.
Indeed,
Photoshop CS3 offers digital
creatives innumerable
exciting digital ingredients
and garnishes to experiment
with. "Day can be turned to
night, skin can be
transformed to wood or
stone, and that image of
your pet dog can sport a
knowing, but subtle grin,"
explains Shelbourne.
And
Shelbourne packed his new
book with 53 easy-to-follow
recipes, inspirational
digital imagery, and
authoritative information
and advice for digital
photographers, designers,
and artists. So if your
experience of digital
manipulation so far consists
of simple tonal adjustments
and color corrections you're
in for a treat.
This
ultimate no-nonsense
handbook shows you how to:
-
Use the
improved Vanishing
Point, Lens Blur, and
Black & White filters
-
Create
graphic art effects:
posterization,
watercolor, pen and ink
-
Work
with lighting effects:
neon glows, lens flares,
fire and flame effects
-
Simulate
natural phenomena: rain,
snow, and lightning
-
Adapt
traditional techniques:
film grain, contrast
masks, hand-tinting,
cross-processing
-
Add
motion blurs and other
special effects
-
Assemble
multi-layered images and
photomontages
Photoshop CS3 Photo Effects
Cookbook is a valuable
resource that you'll return
to again and again, and a
real bonus for those times
when inspiration runs short
or you need to pin down a
particular event. It gives
aspiring digital artists
everything they need to
start with almost any image
source and end up with
stunning works of art
reminiscent of the finest
portraits, landscapes,
silkscreen paintings,
Japanese woodcut prints, Pop
Art comic strips, and much,
much more.
For a review copy or more
information please email
peyton@oreilly.com.
Please include your delivery
address and contact
information.
Tim Shelbourne worked
for 20 years as a
traditional artist and
illustrator before
converting to digital image
making. Tim specializes in
digital fine art and
photo-manipulation using
Adobe Photoshop,
Illustrator, and Corel
Painter. His tutorials are
published regularly in
Total Digital Photography
magazine.
Photoshop CS3 Photo
Effects Cookbook, Second
Edition
Tim Shelbourne
ISBN: 0-596-51504-9, 176
pages,
$29.99 USD, £21.99 GBP
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