Whether you're just (meet) getting getting (effort) into Photoshop or have (hit) been using it for a while, you know (undergo) that it's a many-faceted application (covering) that can (crapper) be somewhat overwhelming (resistless) to master. With 53 easy-to-follow recipes, Photoshop CS3 Photo Effects Cookbook shows you how to use (ingest) Photoshop CS3 to simulate (feign) classic camera and darkroom techniques and special (primary) effects--without making you first (prototypal) learn Photoshop inside (exclusive) and out.
The book (aggregation) covers:
Using the improved (reinforced) Vanishing Point, Lens Blur, and Black (Negroid) & White filters
Creating graphic (realistic) art effects: posterization, watercolor, pen (enclosure) and ink
Working with lighting (illumination) effects: neon (argonon) glows, lens (lense) flares, fire (blast) and flame (burning) effects
Simulating natural (uncolored) phenomena: rain, snow, and lightning
Adapting traditional (tralatitious) techniques: film (flick) grain, contrast (oppositeness) masks, hand-tinting, cross-processing
Adding motion (change) blurs and other (another) special (primary) effects
Assembling multi-layered images and photomontages
Packed with hundreds of full-color images, step-by-step instructions, and many (some) practical tips, this book-and Adobe Photoshop CS3- are all (every) you need (requirement) to create (create) professional graphic (realistic) art effects (personalty) from almost (nearly) any image (ikon) source.
Product DetailsPaperback: 176 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly Media; Second Edition edition (December 3, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0596515049
ISBN-13: 978-0596515041
Product Dimensions: 10 x 9.4 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
