Photoshop Most Wanted: Effects and Design Tips - Softcover

Al Ward; Colin Smith; Kelby, Scott

9781903450550: Photoshop Most Wanted: Effects and Design Tips

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903450551 ISBN 13: 9781903450550

Publisher: Friends of Ed, 2002

The best, most requested effects that you've seen on the Web and elsewhere, explained by Photoshop experts Al Ward and Colin Smith. In response to feedback from their popular web sites and magazine articles, Al and Colin have teamed up with friends of ED to answer your questions. They've packed in lots of useful information—not just how to create a certain effect, but other tips as well, including how to improve your workflow, variations on effects, and creative suggestions to help you express yourself further.

This book is for the enthusiastic amateur and experienced pro alike. It's full of techniques and advice that will help Photoshop users from intermediate to advanced skill levels. This book will help to stock up your armoury; when you finish, you'll have a range of weapons for all occasions and be able to deploy them faster and more effectively.

The book is divided into three main sections. In the first two, Al and Colin work individually to create the most wanted effects. In the third section, Al and Colin combine their skills in three different design projects. These projects were selected to demonstrate how designers tackle a variety of tasks when working with others, the questions and issues that may arise, and how the final product is achieved.

The focus is on tutorials and how to create effects, rather than lengthy descriptions of individual tools. The majority of requests that Al and Colin receive are about producing stunning images, not explaining the tools, so that's what they've concentrated on. We've kept one thing in mind during the making of this book: What do our readers really want?

Al and Colin found that they didn't have the space or time on their sites to pass on all their knowledge to visitors—people kept asking them for more, more, more... so here it is: more information, more effects, more tips... and lots more!

Photoshop has helped to create an army of devoted followers, not by being relatively easy to pick up, but by having a huge range of creative options available to you once you have learned the basics. You can then let your imagination run wild...

With foreword by Scott Kelby:

"One of the most powerful features of Photoshop may be the effect it has on the people who use it. People who use Photoshop are hungry for information, they're hungry to learn the latest tricks, the hot new techniques... and that common interest has an amazing way of bringing like-minded people together."

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From the Publisher:

Al and Colin found they didn't have the space or time on their sites (actionfx.com and PhotoshopCafe.com) to pass on all their knowledge to visitors - people kept asking them for more, more, more... so here it is: more information, more effects, more tips... and lots more!

Photoshop has helped to create an army of devoted followers, not by being relatively easy to pick up, but by having a huge range creative options available to you once you have learned the basics. You can then let your imagination run wild...

With Foreword by Scott Kelby:

"One of the most powerful features of Photoshop, may be the effect it has on the people who use it. People who use Photoshop are hungry for information, they're hungry to learn the latest tricks, the hot new techniques, and that common interest has an amazing way of bringing like-minded people together."

From Reviewers on the book:

"This will prove invaluable to everyone who uses the program as it will improve productivity and increase their use of the program as will the entire book. This really is going to be a must have item in any designers/students/serious enthusiasts bag."

"...the lessons are very applicable to real world design issues."

"This is good nuts and blots information that enables us to get inside the program. I cannot imagine having too much of this kind of info."

"This is a fascinating trick, that you could spend ages with. It is really powerful and again explained really well. It makes you want to use it just because you can"

"Brilliant time saver. This book gets better and better"

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About the Author:

A certified Photoshop addict and webmaster of Action FX Photoshop Resources (ActionFX.com), Al Ward hails from Missoula, Montana. A former submariner in the U.S. Navy, Al now spends his time creating add-on software for Photoshop and writing on graphics-related topics. Al has been a contributor to Photoshop User Magazine and a contributing writer on Foundation Photoshop 6 and Photoshop Most Wanted: Effects and Design Tips, Inside Photoshop 6 and Special Edition Inside Photoshop 6 from New Riders. Al was also a panelist at the Photoshop World 2001 Los Angeles Conference, and contributes to the official National Association of Photoshop Professionals website as the actions area coordinator.

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