Download or read book Real World Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers written by Conrad Chavez and published by Peachpit Press. This book was released on 2008-12-11 with total page 1017 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of Real World Photoshop is more tightly focused for the needs and demands of the professional digital photographers. From acquiring images to using an efficient processing workflow to maintaining image quality and final output quality all within the powerful feature set of Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop Extended CS4. Coverage of new features includes: live, non-destructive corrections in the Adjustments panel, re-editable, feathered, density controlled masks, enhanced auto-align, auto blend, 360 degree panoramas, and more. The book's new focus helps readers understand the core workflow tasks, main print and web output options as well as the commercial printing information necessary to hand off images for prepress. Essentials information on file formats, color settings, image adjustment fundamentals, sharpness, detail, noise reduction, and image storage and output is also included. Photoshop Extended is covered where it relates specifically to photographers.
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Download or read book Real World Compositing with Adobe Photoshop CS4 written by Dan Moughamian and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2009-01-16 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Real World Compositing with Adobe Photoshop CS4, Photoshop experts Scott Valentine and Dan Moughamian explain the key elements involved in planning and executing a composite imaging project. Readers will learn about the importance of the planning process, including tips on how to develop creative ideas and stay organized as their project evolves. In addition, they will pick up vital techniques for acquiring and perfecting source images in Photoshop CS4, before bringing them together as a seamless composite. The powerful new 3D features found in the Extended edition are also discussed as part of a 2D-3D workflow. Serious photographers and digital artists wishing to produce photo-realistic imagery or surrealistic artwork by blending—or compositing—multiple images and light sources can learn all they need to know right here. Building from the reader's existing skill set of Photoshop fundamentals, the authors provide detailed examples and explanations that cover the newest features in Photoshop CS4 and also utilize a variety of tools and software applications. More than just a Photoshop guide, this book takes a holistic approach, instructing readers on photographic planning and techniques, key design concepts, visual perception, and robust image editing techniques. This is an increasingly popular approach which requires the digital artist to become more involved in the presentation and concept of their images. Real World Compositing with Photoshop CS4 delivers the information readers need, to produce the best possible composite imagery.
Download or read book Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers written by Martin Evening and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-02-16 with total page 703 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master the power of Photoshop CSX with an internationally renowned photographer by your side. New edition even more easily accessible! Adobe's Photoshop CSX comes with powerful new features offering huge payoffs, but it can be overwhelming to learn. Now updated to focus more fully on the core aspects of Photoshop, this new edition, of acclaimed photographer Martin Evening's best-seller is ideal whether you are a beginning Photoshop user wanting to get up to speed fast or more advanced in your Photoshop skills but need a reliable reference for CSX. * Illustrated throughout with before-and-after pictures - over XXX professional, color illustrations * Practical techniques and real-life assignments * Step-by-step tutorials * Keyboard shortcut reference guide Includes FREE DVD with (TO BE UPDATED): * QuickTime movie tutorials for MAC and PC * Searchable tips on tools, palettes layer styles, and shortcuts * Images selected for you to experiment with getting you up to speed fast with everything in the book, including new Photoshop CSX features Get the pre-eminent advice from a highly successful working photographer as Martin completely updates you on the core aspects of working with Photoshop, including organizing your digital workflow, and improving accessibility. Real-life examples, diagrams, illustrations, and step-by-step explanations ensure that you're up to speed with the next generation of digital photography in no time! Foreword by John Nack, Photoshop Product Manager, Adobe (TBC)
Download or read book Color Confidence written by Tim Grey and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-12-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Color Confidence is one book that no photographer, especially me, can afford to be without!" Art Morris, Photographer (www.birdsasart.com) Establishing a successful color management workflow that produces predictable results is an important -- yet tricky -- undertaking. Most photographers are all too familiar with the frustration of a print not matching the image on the monitor. In Color Confidence, digital imaging expert Tim Grey provides the crucial information you need to get the color you want, every time. His results-oriented guide shows you how to manage color effectively across all devices. He demystifies complicated topics and takes you through each component of a color-managed workflow step-by-step. Designed for busy photographers, this full-color guide cuts through the theory, focusing on the practical information you need to make the best color decisions from capture to output.
Download or read book Adobe Photoshop CS6 for Photographers written by Martin Evening and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2012 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive guide to Photoshop, fully updated to cover all new features
Download or read book Beyond Digital Photography written by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautiful four-colour book is chocked full of techniques for creating paintings from photographs using Photoshop and Painter.
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Download or read book The Photoshop Elements 10 Book for Digital Photographers written by Matt Kloskowski and published by New Riders. This book was released on 2011-12-23 with total page 855 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book breaks new ground by doing something for digital photographers that’s never been done before—it cuts through the bull and shows you exactly “how to do it.” It’s not a bunch of theory; it doesn’t challenge you to come up with your own settings or figure things out on your own. Instead, it does something that virtually no other Elements book has ever done—it tells you flat-out which settings to use, when to use them, and why. If you’re looking for one of those “tell-me-everything-about-the-Unsharp-Mask-filter” books, this isn’t it. You can grab any other Elements book on the shelf, because they all do that. Instead, this book gives you the inside tips and tricks of the trade for organizing, correcting, editing, sharpening, retouching, and printing your photos like a pro. You’ll be absolutely amazed at how easy and effective these techniques are—once you know the secrets. LEARN HOW THE PROS DO IT Each year we train thousands of digital photographers and, almost without exception, they have the same questions and face the same problems—that’s exactly what we cover in this book. You’ll learn: The real secrets of how the pros retouch portraits How to color correct any photo without breaking a sweat (you’ll be amazed at how the pros do it!) How to use Camera Raw for processing not only RAW photos, but JPEGs and TIFFs, too! (And you’ll learn why so many pros like it best—because it’s faster and easier) The sharpening techniques the pros really use (there’s an entire chapter just on this!) How to deal with common digital camera image problems, including removing noise and avoiding halos The most requested photographic special effects, and much more! THE BOOK’S SECRET WEAPON Although Elements 10 offers some digital photography features that Photoshop CS5 doesn’t offer, there are plenty of features that Photoshop CS5 has that Elements 10 still doesn’t have (things like paths, Channel Mixer, etc.). But in this book, you’ll learn some slick workarounds, cheats, and some fairly ingenious ways to replicate many of those Photoshop features from right within Elements. Plus, since this book is designed for photographers, it doesn’t waste your time talking about how to frame a shot, set your exposure, etc., and there’s no talk about which camera or printer to buy. It’s all Elements, step by step, cover to cover, in the only book of its kind, and you’re gonna love it!
Download or read book Real World Image Sharpening with Adobe Photoshop CS2 written by Bruce Fraser and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a sad but undeniable fact of life: Whether you scan, shoot, or capture, the process of digitizing images introduces softness, and to get great-looking results, you'll need to sharpen the great majority of digital images. The softness introduced during digitizing results from the very nature of the digitizing process. To represent images digitally, we must transform them from continuous gradations of tone and color to points on a grid. In the process details gets "averaged" into the pixels, softening the overall appearance. For some types of printed output, further softness is introduced when the image pixels are converted to dots of ink or toner. As a result, just about every digital image requires sharpening. But another sad fact of digital photography is that most images are sharpened badly--either not enough, too much, or using the wrong methods--creating chunky details and harsh edges. Author, Bruce Fraser is here to teach readers all they need to know about sharpening including when to use it, why it's needed, how to use the camera's features, how to recognize an image needs sharpening, how much to use, what's bad sharpening and how to fix over sharpening. For more on Sharpening: http: //www.creativepro.com/story/feature/11242.html
Download or read book Digital Cinematography Directing written by Dan Ablan and published by New Riders. This book was released on 2002-12-03 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: digital Cinematography and Directing is unlike any other cinematography or directing book you've seen. This book was written entirely for 3D animators. Based on real-world photographic and cinematic principles, it teaches you essential skills and concepts that you can apply to any industry 3D application, such as LightWave 3D, Softimage XSI, 3ds max, CINEMA 4D, Maya, and other leading programs. This book does not focus on using software but rather teaches you how to understand and use the camera within your 3D application. Master focal lengths, f-stops, and apertures within your 3D aplication. Learn how pre-production planning can guide and enhance your project by applying essential storyboarding techniques. Use light as not only an illumination source, but as a tool for cinematic storytelling. Learn how to direct your digital cast with proper staging techniques "Dan Ablan's years of innovating digital production techniques and his undeniable expertise at teaching CGI, FX, and Film, makes digitalCinematography and Directing a must-have!" -Dave Adams, Dreamworks.
Download or read book The Digital Print written by Jeff Schewe and published by Peachpit Press. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you’re a digital or a film photographer, you can learn to leverage today’s technologies to create masterful prints of your work, and this unique book is devoted exclusively to teaching you how. In it, renowned photographer, educator, and author Jeff Schewe presents targeted chapters on digital printing from Lightroom and Photoshop and shares his expert techniques for optimal output and fine-art reproduction. A companion to The Digital Negative: Raw Image Processing in Lightroom, Camera Raw, and Photoshop, this book teaches you how to take your already perfected images and optimize them for the highest quality final printing. Jeff teaches you about printer types and principles of color management so you get the results you expect. He also shares his strategies on proofing, sharpening, resolution, black-and-white conversion, and workflow, as well as on identifying the attributes that define a perfect print. Learn techniques for optimizing your images for printing Discover how color management can work for you instead of against you Develop an eye for the perfected print
Download or read book Photoshop Masking Compositing written by Katrin Eismann and published by New Riders. This book was released on 2012-08-24 with total page 1437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designers, photographers, and artists use Photoshop to create fantastic and realistic images for illustrations, fine art, and editorial content. Whether they're landscape or portrait photographers, illustrators or fine artists, masking and compositing are essential skills to master for combining images to the extent that it is impossible to tell where one image stops and the other one begins. In this completely revised edition of her best-selling guide to masking and compositing, Photoshop artist and educator Katrin Eismann--along with compositing experts Sean Duggan and James Porto--takes readers through numerous step-by-step examples, highlighting the tools and techniques used for masking and combining images. Featuring work by leading artists and photographers, this book focuses on the techniques used to create compelling compositions, including making fast and accurate selections, mastering Photoshop's masking tools, and implementing the concept and photography from start to finish. The book addresses working with Photoshop's selection tools; selecting and maintaining fine details and edges; and working with difficult image elements, such as cloth, hair, or translucent objects. All-new photographic examples, updated instruction to cover the latest version of Adobe Photoshop, and an expanded section on shooting photographs for composite work make this a must-have guide for anyone interested in photographing and creating professional composite images. Visit www.peachpit.com/pmc2e to download dozens of the images featured in this book and practice the illustrated techniques with the same files used in the book. Also, download a full, free chapter on how to use the Pen Tool, one of the best selection tools in Photoshop.
Download or read book Photoshop CS6 The Missing Manual written by Lesa Snider and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 887 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photoshop CS6 is truly amazing, but it can also be overwhelming if you’re just getting started. This book makes learning Photoshop a breeze by explaining things in a friendly, conversational style—without technical jargon. After a thorough introduction to the program, you’ll delve deep into Photoshop’s secrets with expert tips and practical advice you can use every day. The important stuff you need to know: Learn your way around. Get a guided tour of Photoshop’s beautiful new workspace. Unlock the magic. Discover the most practical ways to use layers, channels, masks, paths, and other tools. Fine-tune your images. Learn techniques for cropping, retouching, and combining photos. Play with color. Drain, change, and add color; and create gorgeous black-and-whites and duotones. Be artistic. Create original illustrations and paintings, use text and filters effectively, and edit video clips. Share your work. Produce great-looking images for print and the Web. Work smarter and faster. Automate common chores and install plug-ins for complex tasks.
Download or read book Photoshop Down Dirty Tricks for Designers written by Corey Barker and published by New Riders. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corey Barker, Executive Producer of PlanetPhotoshop.com and one of the Photoshop Guys of Photoshop User TV, brings you this handy and inspiring volume in the Down & Dirty Tricks series. Yes, this book is an insane collection of some of the most mind-blowing Photoshop effects you’ve ever seen in one place. Ever wonder how that movie poster was created, or how they created that cool magazine ad, or maybe even how to take a seemingly mundane photo and give it the Hollywood treatment? Or maybe you just want to know how to do some really awesome stuff in Photoshop. Well, then, this book is for you! Whether you’re a designer, artist, or even a photographer, there’s something here for everyone. Moving through these projects, you’ll start to see the potential of Photoshop’s most powerful features and how, with a little experimentation, you can open up a whole new world of dazzling effects. You’ll learn how to: • Create custom brush effects from scratch • See type as a design element • Create Hollywood-style effects that actually look like Hollywood-style effects • Take mundane photos and turn them into something mind-blowing • Create eye-popping commercial effects that clients will drool over • Get creative with 3D in Photoshop CS5 Extended • Create popular advertising effects you’ve seen in movies, on TV, and on the Web • Master dazzling photo effects for designers and photographers alike Plus, there are so many other things throughout the book that you’ll be bursting with new ideas!
Download or read book Software Takes Command written by Lev Manovich and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers the first look at the aesthetics of contemporary design from the theoretical perspectives of media theory and 'software studies'.
