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

by SteveCaplin (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $4.21

  Learn from a professional illustrator how best to let your Photoshop montage work make money 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. Many of the images are provided on the free CD so you can then go on to try out the techniques 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 isn't a technical guide, but rather 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 deadline and get more work. Push your artistic skills to the outer limits with this innovative and comprehensive guide to creating real world Photoshop montages.

• Used

  Paperback
  2005

  $5.33

  How to Cheat in Photoshop helps you cheat in two ways: it shows you how to create images that look like photographs and also offers shortcuts and invaluable tips to help you work faster and more efficiently. This new edition of Steve Caplin's bestseller includes new techniques showing how to make the most of the power of Photoshop CS2. New chapters are also now included on perspective, transformation and distortion, time-saving techniques, and working for print and the web. Steve Caplin shows you how to work from the problem to the solution, gaining the best possible results from Photoshop CS2. On every double page spread, there is a new step-by-step project, making 150 projects in total. On the companion CD, you'll find QuickTime movies of the projects illustrated in the book, along with free sample plug-ins and high resolution images allowing you to experiment with each technique and create your own montages. It contains extensive new material to show you how to take your Photoshop skills even further. The CD includes all the brand new images from the book, 100 high resolution AbleStock images plus QuickTime movies of the projects. Benefit from a professional illustrator's timesaving tips and tricks!