by David Blatner (Author), Bruce Fraser (Author)
Fooling around with Photoshop to create interesting composite artwork is all well and good. But if you rely on Photoshop to meet tough production challenges in a fast-paced professional environment, fooling around won't cut it! You need results, and you need them now: This book delivers! In this copiously illustrated volume, best-selling authors David Blatner and Bruce Fraser offer scads of hands-on production techniques as well as clear explanations of the concepts that drive them, so that you can get the best results possible on your own Photoshop CS2 projects. You'll learn about managing color, getting great scans, correcting tones and colors, and more. You also find complete coverage of all of Photoshop CS2's newest features: integration with Adobe Bridge; Vanishing Point; super-tight integration with the rest of Adobe's Creative Suite 2; and more. Throughout, the emphasis is on efficiency: the time-saving tips and professional shortcuts that will allow you to work faster, smarter, and more creatively with Photoshop CS2.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 984
Edition: 1
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Published: 21 Oct 2005
ISBN 10: 0321334116
ISBN 13: 9780321334114
Book Overview: Anyone who relies on Photoshop to meet tough production challenges knows that when a new version arrives, especially one as chockfull of enhancements as Photoshop CS2, there's no time to fool around. You need to get up to speed on it, and you need to do so now! This book will get you there! In this copiously illustrated volume, best-selling authors David Blatner and Bruce Fraser offer tons of hands-on production techniques, as well as clear explanations of the concepts that drive them. Readers will learn about managing color, correcting colors, getting great scans, and more. They'll also find complete coverage of Photoshop CS2's new features: integration with Bridge, Adobe's new standalone file browser; Vanishing Point; super-tight integration with the rest of Adobe's Creative Suite 2; and more. Throughout, the emphasis is on efficiency: the timesaving tips and professional shortcuts that will allow readers to work faster, smarter, and more creatively with Photoshop CS2.