Digital Photography Special Effects [Hardcover]

Michael Freeman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 6, 2003

Digital Photography Special Effects, by one of the world's leading photographers, is the ideal manual for beginners and experts, packed with ideas for making and manipulating digital images. From simple image enhancements or 'beauty treatments' to the creation of entire landscapes and surreal new worlds, Digital Photography Special Effects will put at your fingertips all the knowledge, the software and the imaging techniques you will ever need. Michael Freeman not only puts all the essential skills within easy grasp of beginners, but reveals real insider tips that will give those already in the industry a leading edge. More than just a step-by-step guide to achieving a stunning gallery of images, this book is also a touchstone of inspiration and ideas from one of the world's experts in the field.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Adult/High School-By beginning with the basics of hardware and software, moving through techniques, and concluding with advanced applications, Freeman has created a valuable resource showing step-by-step what can be done with a digital image. The table of contents acts as an outline enabling readers to navigate to a needed area quickly. The material is arranged in spreads, with the discussion on the left and the fantastic, colorful visuals on the right. The images are large enough for readers to see the software options. This book will challenge beginners and inspire students already manipulating digital images.
Donna Head, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Michael Freeman works regularly on high-profile assignments for a variety of prestigious clients, including Time-Life Books, Reader's Digest and the BBC. His special effects work, used to illustrate everything from space sciences to motion picture effects, is unrivalled in the industry. He is the author of, among many other books, The Complete Guide to Digital Photography, also published by Thames & Hudson.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson (March 6, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 050054266X
• ISBN-13: 978-0500542668
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 9.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,630,529 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael Freeman, professional photographer and author, with more than 100 book titles to his credit, was born in England in 1945, took a Masters in geography at Brasenose College, Oxford University, and then worked in advertising in London for six years. He made the break from there in 1971 to travel up the Amazon with two secondhand cameras, and when Time-Life used many of the pictures extensively in the Amazon volume of their World's Wild Places series, including the cover, they encouraged him to begin a full-time photographic career.

Since then, working for editorial clients that include all the world's major magazines, and notably the Smithsonian Magazine (with which he has had a 30-year association, shooting more than 40 stories), Freeman's reputation has resulted in more than 100 books published. Of these, he is author as well as photographer, and they include more than 40 books on the practice of photography - for this photographic educational work he was awarded the Prix Louis Philippe Clerc by the French Ministry of Culture. He is also responsible for the distance-learning courses on photography at the UK's Open College of the Arts.

Freeman's books on photography have been translated into fifteen languages, and are available on other Amazon international sites.

They are supported for readers by a regularly updated site, http://thefreemanview.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Read it. Can't do that., September 8, 2004

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Larry T. Slater "Brother Abbot" (Leo, IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Digital Photography Special Effects (Paperback)

Maybe I've just seen too many books on digital photography hoping to gain an understanding of the eye-popping special effects they claim to tell you how to re-create. Maybe I have too high of hopes that I would actually be able to create those images the book covers claim I will be able to re-create. But I am sure that even after reading this book and enjoying the great images, I could never create those same images, even after following the sketchy instructions. So if you are expecting a recipe book that will hold your hand as you re-create these fantastic special effects using digital photography, you will be disappointed. But if you want a good overview of what special effects are and how in general they are created, then this book is what you want. But then, maybe it's just because I couldn't create a special effect if I lived at Dream Works for a year; or two.

1 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Read it. Can't do that., July 12, 2004

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Larry Slater "The Frugal College Student" (Leo, IN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Digital Photography Special Effects (Paperback)

Maybe I've just seen too many books on digital photography hoping to gain an understanding of the eye-popping special effects they claim to tell you how to re-create. Maybe I have too high of hopes that I would actually be able to create those images the book covers claim I will be able to re-create. But I am sure that even after reading this book and enjoying the great images, I could never create those same images, even after following the sketchy instructions. So if you are expecting a recipe book that will hold your hand as you re-create these fantastic special effects using digital photography you will be disappointed. But if you want a good overview of what special effects are and how in general they are created, then this book is what you want. But then, maybe it's just because I couldn't create a special effect if I lived at Dream Works for a year; or two.