Photoshop Trickery and Fx (Graphics Series)
Автор:
Colin Smith, издатель:
"БХВ-Петербург", ISBN:
1584502975
Have you taken seminars and purchased books on how to use Photoshop but still had a brick wall in front of you when it came down to being creative and the real ins and outs of the powerful program? If the answer is yes, then this book is for you. You’ll gain insight to how and why Photoshop does what it does and you’ll gain an intuitive understanding of the program in such a way that it will help you progress to the next level of digital creativity. In the process you will apply what you have learned by creating distant galaxies and ringed planets from scratch. You’ll learn how to create and add special effects like fire and explosions to a scene, as well as explore methods for adding realistic weather effects using special blurring and lighting techniques. Using digital photography techniques and Photoshop CS or Elements, you’ll learn how to morph normal human faces into animal features. In addition, techniques for creating and adding special effects like fire! and explosions to a scene are covered. The book also covers how to use Photoshop’s animated brush engine to create rust and smoke. This is an insightful and fun book that will take both the hobbyist and the seasoned pro to the next level in creativity. FEATURES: • Teaches how to create fantasy images as if photographed in the real world and explores morphing human and anima faces • Demonstrates how to create undersea landscapes from photography • Teaches the use of Photoshop’s brush engine to create smoke, rust and concrete • Covers how to create ringed planets and solar systems from scratch • Illustrates how to use Photoshop filters and third party filter such as Nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 to alter and recreate realism • Details how to integrate a CGI generated image into photography • Teaches how to composite photographic images seamlessly to appear as if they were one complete scene. • Explains how to create effects in images such as explosions, fire and fog • Illustrates how to custom create a moon to include in the landscape • Teaches how to create a starship dog fight complete with laser blasters • Includes a companion CD-ROM with the files needed to work through the tutorials covered in the book, along with demos of popular software tools (Demo version of Nik Color Efex Pro included)
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