Media wizard Bryan Allen shows how to use a computer program to blend photographic elements into seamless images. In lucid steps, Allen uses his exceptional portfolio of commercial assignments to explain computer hardware, Photoshop, and peripheral programs. Twenty existing images are reconstructed layer by layer, allowing readers to follow the graphic's evolution on screen. 150 color & 20 b&w illustrations.
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
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An excellent tutorial on Photo/Imaging!,
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This review is from: Digital Wizardry: Creative Photoshop Techniques (Paperback)
Reading Bryan Allen's step-by-step instructions on how he combines photography and computer graphics is like watching a magician explain how a complex trick is performed. The book is facinating reading, and Allen is indeed a genius at how he formulates his ideas and executes his plans to create amazing images. This book is a must for anyone in the photography/imaging field.
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Digital Wizardry,
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This review is from: Digital Wizardry: Creative Photoshop Techniques (Paperback)
Digital Wizardry is not a tutorial nor a "How to" book but a "How I did It" book describing the author's step-by-step creation of a selection of complex Photoshop images from the inception of an idea to finished commercial product. This book is geared for the accomplished professional, preferably in the advertising field. However, one must be fully competent in the use of advanced Photoshop skills to utilize the described techniques. For that target audience this book could warrant 4 stars (I don't qualify to judge). For a beginner, its usefulness is limited.Good production quality and nice photos but it should be clearly marketed to an advanced audience.
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Definite "Eye Candy"!,
This review is from: Digital Wizardry: Creative Photoshop Techniques (Paperback)
This is not a "how to" book in any sense, but it can provide inspiration when the "visual arts muse" has abandoned you. I keep this book around for those moments when I am looking for ideas, or when I just can't figure out how to create a certain effect that I can see perfectly in my mind. The broad overviews of what it took to create the different images will drive beginners nuts, but will provide more experienced Photoshop users with enough information to charge "gaily forward" into their own creative endeavors!
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You can produce the most technically brilliant shot, with every pixel massaged to perfection, but if the idea behind it is not good, the image will fall short every time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Color Range, Gaussian Blur, Selective Color, Alpha Channel, Square Marquee, Quick Mask, Live Picture, Magic Wand, Rubber Stamp, Color Balance, Unsharp Mask, Free Transform, Radial Blur, Replace Color, Sampled Colors, Paint Alchemy, Chalk Cloner, Disk Doctor, Layer Mask, Monitor Setup, Separation Setup, Soft Cloner, The Lightning Catchers, Input Levels, Actual Pixels New!
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You can produce the most technically brilliant shot, with every pixel massaged to perfection, but if the idea behind it is not good, the image will fall short every time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Color Range, Gaussian Blur, Selective Color, Alpha Channel, Square Marquee, Quick Mask, Live Picture, Magic Wand, Rubber Stamp, Color Balance, Unsharp Mask, Free Transform, Radial Blur, Replace Color, Sampled Colors, Paint Alchemy, Chalk Cloner, Disk Doctor, Layer Mask, Monitor Setup, Separation Setup, Soft Cloner, The Lightning Catchers, Input Levels, Actual Pixels New!
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- Digital Photography by Inc. Pond Press in Back Matter
- Live Picture Revealed by Josh Karson in Back Matter
- Essentials of Digital Photography with CDROM by Akira Kasai in Back Matter
- Travel Photography: A Complete Guide to How to Shoot and Sell by Susan Mccartney in Back Matter
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