Covering the basics and beyond, Digital Effects focuses on the newest developments in the digital revolution of photography. For both the hobbyist and the professional, the "show-and-tell" instruction makes this exciting new technology both accessible and easy to understand. This book answers many of the questions facing photographers today, with photographic examples of effects ranging from the simple to the sophisticated. Topics include: * Introduction to Photoshop--making the transition from the darkroom to the computer screen * Artistic Filter Effects--how to dress up any image * Altering Backgrounds--how to cut, paint and adjust contrast to create better backgrounds * Seamlessly Combining Images for dramatic results * Outputting Images--determining the best way to display the final image
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Gives you great idea's and creativity:
I will keep it short. The book has a basic foundationu kodak l for photoshop and other image editing software. The information in this book is the equivalent of ten Imaging books in one. The benefit that can be derived from this book is that it shows what alotof the filters do. I masterd it and then had my pictures printed At Kellards Photo(www.kellards.com)and got beautiful Kodak prints for only .29 cents.
Get creative with your digital camera:
This book showed me how I could use Photoshop to manipulate my digital photographs to remove errors, enhance quality, and make creative composites.
Photoshop was hard for me to learn and this book's examples helped me get over the threshold. I used Jim's techniques and found that I really could do "digital darkroom" fixes. I cut a butterfly from an uninteresting background, pasted it onto a palmetto frond, and made my first "realistic" composite. Then I increased the color saturation and it's a knockout... more info
A great idea book to explore what Photoshop can do:
As someone who has worked with Photoshop a bit, I found the techniques the author uses to be a good idea starter for my own work. The book has a number of beautiful photos and is fun to flip through.
There are plenty of other manuals out there if you want to learn the basics of Photoshop. This will not do that. What it can do, and what it did for me, is help you develop a keener eye for recognizing the possibilities in image enhancement--how to realistically insert subjects between background and... more info
Please back away from this photoshop book:
I will keep it short. The book lacks a basic foundation for photoshop or any other image editing software. The information in this book is the equivalent of jacking around with photoshop for two hours. The only benefit that can be derived from this book is that it shows what about 12 of the filters do, However, The Photoshop Handbook breaks down every single filter, brush and effect and it only costs about four dollars...
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