Digital Wizardry: Creative Photoshop Techniques (Paperback)

~ (Author) "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..." (more)
Key Phrases: Color Range, Gaussian Blur, Selective Color (more...)

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Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Amphoto Books (May 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0817437975
• ISBN-13: 978-0817437978
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #836,471 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent tutorial on Photo/Imaging!, February 20, 1999

By A Customer

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.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Digital Wizardry, May 17, 2000

By A Customer

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Definite "Eye Candy"!, August 1, 2000

By	Bronwen Aker (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

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!