Interface Design With Photoshop [Paperback]

J. Scott Hamlin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1996

This book is a full-color, step-by-step visual tutorial on creating interface elements for the Web and multimedia presentations using Photoshop. It provides readers with easy-to-understand instructions for enhancing the look and functionality of their projects.
-- Includes technical tricks and tips to optimize interface elements
-- Shows the reader how to create unique buttons, windows, navigation tools, background patterns, and complete interface designs
-- Outlines Web-specific information so readers can learn Web restrictions on graphic elements

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Interface Design with Photoshop provides a designer's guide to creating professional-quality graphic elements for Web pages and multimedia output. The book starts with a discussion of interface elements, working with palettes, and reducing image size and color depth. Topics include a guide to creating and editing buttons, palette optimization, and the use of techniques such as beveling, embossing, and creating textures. You'll also learn how to create the look of, say, chrome and glass; create funky borders; distort your images; and adapt vector and 3D images for Web and multimedia projects. The book assumes that you know Photoshop well and that you're a designer, but that you still haven't entirely mastered the art of combining all of Photoshop's filters and color effects that help you create great-looking graphics.

From the Publisher

This book is a full-color, step-by-step visual tutorial on creating interface elements for the Web and multimedia presentations using Photoshop. It provides readers with easy-to-understand instructions for enhancing the look and functionality of their projects - Includes technical tricks and tips to optimize interface elements

- Shows the reader how to create unique buttons, windows, navigation tools, background patterns, and complete interface designs

- Outlines Web-specific information so readers can learn Web restrictions on graphic elements

Product Details

• Paperback: 239 pages
• Publisher: New Riders Pub (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562056689
• ISBN-13: 978-1562056681
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,720,798 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Upon researching..., June 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Interface Design With Photoshop (Paperback)

Yes, it's me again. I am writing to a response to both the author and my own last review. 10 second review? Yes it was. My first review was based upon what I was looking for, and this book was not it. My first mistake was to not notice that it was published in 1996. I saw Photoshop interface, read all the great reviews and jumped before looking. Mr. Hamlin's techniques are geared toward Photoshop 3.04 users. Today, I'm using Photoshop 5.0 and will soon be in 5.5! Most of the techniques covered in this book use Eye Candy and now can be done within Photoshop's filters that come with the program.

I am by no means a book critique and I by NO MEANS, want to discredit the author. I was truely disappointed when I received the book, looking forward to enhance my knowledge on creating interfaces solely with Photoshop. The only mention in Amazon's book write up is that it's for Photoshop user's, not Photoshop 3.0 user's! This book would be great for new user's who can't afford to upgrade or their computer simply couldn't handle it. When I said first and second generation this was true, but in 1996 this was probably top of line stuff! Now, it just simply isn't so. So to Photoshop 3 and 4 user's this book get's a 4 star. To those in 5.0 my first review stands at 1 star simply becuase I believe you will be disappointed.

I am an avid Photoshop user and a day does not pass that I don't open it up to do something. I promote anything Photoshop related, so to my first response; do I think some of the textures are ugly? Yes, but I thought that of all textures back in the day and I also happen to hate embossed buttons and chrome also. If you look at Mr. Hamlin's sketches before he fills them in with color they are magnificent. He is an excellent artist and I thought his sketches were the best part of the book!

In closing my final note is this. I'm not telling anybody to buy this book or not buy this book. I simply want to say this book was not written for Photoshop 5.0 user's. Just be aware of this!

D. Michael Ramirez

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your time or money!, June 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Interface Design With Photoshop (Paperback)

Within 10 seconds of opening this book I realized that I should have first looked at it in the bookstore before buying it online.

Most of the designs are just aweful looking with a first and second generational web site approach. I was very much looking forward to using Photoshop for advanced interfaces but this is not the book.

If you want to create embossed buttons and ugly textures then by all means buy it! For those people actually looking to design an interface keep on looking.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a good introduction to interface design, March 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Interface Design With Photoshop (Paperback)

i found this book to be an ideal introduction to the special considerations that make interface design an art unto itself. Lots of handy tips and examples with easy to follow step by step instructions on different methods and techniques. On the downside, you really need to have to have the eye candy plug-in.