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Graphics Design - Software and techniques Web Design Video for the Web Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe Photoshop Elements | Digital Photography Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks is designed for digital camera users who want to improve their skills with some great shortcuts, tricks, and tips that let them work smarter and faster. It provides clear, illustrated instructions for 100 tasks that reveal cool secrets, teach timesaving tricks, and explain great tips. - Minimal text and maximum illustrations
- Task-oriented, step-by-step approach
- Navigational aids connect instructions to illustrations
- Self-contained, two-page lessons
- Uniform layout makes it easy to read less, learn more
| | Do you want to create designs that look like paintings, -check out Corel Painter. If you are already using Corel Painter, or are planning to start using it, this is an excellent guidebook to get you started, as well as to provide excellent tips and tricks to make you proficient. The included CD includes unique custom brushes and art materials not supplied with Corel Painter IX as well as plus tutorial images for all projects It is written by John Derry, pioneer of digital painting and an original author of Corel Painter
The book covers the basics of using Painter to create original works, paintings, creating painterly animations, manipulating and transforming photographic images, and constructing evocative photo-collages. The projects include advanced techniques and creative strategies. It teaches the animator how to add painterly effects to their work, whether for video, TV, or the web. IT explains how photographers can transform and collage their images with natural-media tools. | | This a beautiful book to be treasured and shared. Digital Art Masters introduces you to many of the finest digital 2D and 3D artists working in the industry today, from Patrick Beaulieu, Philip Straub, Benita Winckler, Alessandro Baldasseroni to Khalid Al Muharraqi, Marcel Baumann and Marek Denko and see how they work. More than just a gallery book - in Digital Arts Masters each artist has written a breakdown overview, with supporting imagery of how they made there piece of work.
With Digital Arts Masters you'll understand the artists' thought process and discover the tips, tricks and techniques which really work.
Key Features:
* 50+ artists and 900 stunning color images show the best in today's digital art
* More than just a gallery - each artist offers insight into how their image was created
* From the team at 3Dtotal.com - cutting edge imagery and techniques |
| If you are designing web sites - you need to know CSS - the best way to design a web site for easy maintenance and updating. The Art & Science of CSS brings together a talented collection of designers who will show you how to take the building blocks of your web site's design (such as headings, navigation, forms, and more) and bring them to life with fully standards-compliant CSS. This full color book helps you to design web sites that not only work well across all browsers, are easy to maintain, and are highly accessible, but are also visually stunning. Create truly attention-grabbing headings. Discover multiple ways to present images effectively. Use background images to give your site zest. Build usable and attractive navigation. Design forms that are stylish and functional. Create funky tables. Read the press release for more details | | Do you want to learn how to do wild and crazy stuff with Photoshop? How to liven up your videos and create cool looking graphics | | "Photoshop Elements 5 for Dummies" is packed with tips and tricks for creating dazzling images. It will teach you how to use layers to create exciting new images, as well as to change backgrounds, fix flaws, and artistically enhance photos
The Photoshop Elements 5 program is a powerhouse, and this book is the fast and easy way to get up to speed on all the coolest features. Whether you're new to digital photography or an old pro, you'll find out how to make quick fixes, fine-tune exposure, brush away flaws, and print and share photos.
Discover how to
* Organize and manage your photos
* Correct contrast, color, and clarity
* Perform simple image makeovers
* Obtain accurate color from your desktop color printer
* Get artsy with the pencil and brush tools
* Produce the family photo album | | If you want to take your digital photography skills to the next level, definitely check out "Color Management for Digital Photographers for Dummies". It demonstrates how you can get perfect color in your digital images. Learn to fine-tune brightness, contrast, and tone with Photoshop® Elements. Shooting great photos is only half the battle—tweaking the details in your digital darkroom makes the difference between so-so images and spectacular ones. This book is packed with examples to guide you through understanding color basics, correcting brightness and contrast, getting the exact tone and hue, and creating perfect prints—in full color, of course! | | Advanced Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 - Once you have mastered the fundamentals, this easy-to-follow, advanced guide takes you to new levels of expertise. Advance your skills and artistry far beyond the basics with expert guidance from the top industry insider to achieve professional-level results. Find innovative ways to exploit the new features of Elements 5.0 to achieve outstanding digital images. You learn how to stretch your digital photos and Elements to their limits and master all the insider tricks, tips, and techniques that guarantee outstanding results. more | |
Introducing Microsoft Expression Graphic Designer provides comprehensive coverage of all Expression Graphic Designer's features and capabilities for graphic artists, print designers, web developers, and casual home and business users. Users will learn everything from the basics of the application to how to work with and edit vectors, apply image filters, and prepare images for the web and for print. Skills are taught using clear, step-by-step instructions and real-world examples and projects illustrate the key features of the software. | | Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators If you are a graphic artist, an animator, comic book artist, illustrator or fine arts' student, you are sure to pick up some good tips and techniques from Mike Mattesis's new book.
With simple to understand lessons and lots of illustrations, you will learn to:
* Bring your work to life with rhythmic drawing techniques
* Create appealing and dynamic poses in your drawings
* Experience the figure's energy in three dimensional space
* Use the asymmetry of straight and curved lines to clarify the direction of force in the body
* Build on your foundational anatomy and figure drawing skills to animate your drawings
*Apply the theory of force to your on-location and animal drawing observations
Audience level: Intermediate to advanced
| | "GIMP 2 for Photographers" by Klaus Goelker is designed to facilitate your entry into the world of digital image editing with the help of the GIMP. The most important editing functions are presented in individual,easy-to-follow workshops. In "GIMP 2 for Photographers" you will learn:- - - The basics of image editing
- The many functions and tools of the GIMP
- How to make simple adjustments
- Working with advanced techniques
- How to work with layers and masks
- Stitching of panoramic images
- Preparation of high-quality black and white images
more info | | This is a great book if you are just starting out in digital photography and graphic design. Based around Adobe's Photoshop Elements, it walks you through many of the tasks and challenges that digital photographers face as they master the technology. It starts with basic cameras tips and tricks and then seques into the use of Adobe Elements. It describes the process and demonstrates how to do it in Adobe Elements. However, most of the exercises can be implemented using other digital imaging and editing programs. The book's step-by-step instructions, illustrated with full-color "before" and "after" examples, show you how to turn disappointing photos into super shots. Some help you fix images you can't re-take, while others demonstrate how to adjust settings, lighting, and other factors so what you get is what you want. | | "Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual" - (O'Reilly, US $39.99),
"If you have an earlier version of Elements, you'll find a fair number of similarities in the basic editing functions, but Elements 5 gives you a lot of new ways to tackle old projects," says Brundage. Her new book clearly and concisely explains how all the new tools and commands work and when to use them. "With so many appealing new features, Photoshop Elements 5 is definitely a welcome, even essential update, no matter which version of Elements you might have used before." more | | Learn how to use Adobe Photoshop with RAW files from digital still cameras. The Art of RAW Conversion shows digital photographers how to work with the RAW files generated by a digital camera to produce the best possible image quality in finished photos. The authors (both experts in digital photography, file processing, printing, and color management) describe the conversion tools used to enhance RAW files and maximize photo quality. All techniques covered are based on practical experience and explained with step-by-step instructions, so that readers will be able to apply what they learn and create their own fine art-quality photographs. Covers Adobe Photoshop CS and other leading RAW converters. | | Adobe's Creative Suite offers a powerful unified design environment that includes Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS 2, InDesign CS2, GoLive CS2 and Acrobat 7.0. Problem is, you've still got to learn the thing, and learn it well: Your job, after all, depends on it. No one understands that better than the authors of this book, who draw on their own real-world professional knowledge to deliver all the industrial-strength production techniques and timesaving tips you need to start creating print and web projects with the Creative Suite 2 in record time. You'll find everything you need here to successfully master its advanced tools; working with the Adobe Bridge file browser, Stock Photos and more. more | | There are lots of different programs that people use for graphic design and cleaning up and editing their images and digital photos. One of the classics in Paint Shop Pro. If you are using the latest version of this program, you ought to check out this manual. With lots of illustrations, projects and easy to follow instructions and procedures, this is an excellent intro to Corel's Paint Shop Pro X .
It covers the new features such as the Learning Center, Browser Palette, Smart Photo Fix, Makeover Tools, Object Remover, Perspective Correction Tool, Straighten Tool, Special Effects for Black & White Photos, the Corel Photo Album 6 and much more.
You will also learn how to create a website from scratch, how to get the best from your scans and digital photographs and vital retouching techniques to improve your images and create outstanding results.
| | Hacking Photoshop CS2, written by an Adobe Certified professional photographer and designer, teaches the Photoshop pro all about customizing appearance, optimizing performance, customizing tools and offering total control over Photoshop like never before. Includes over 300 hacks, - Faster Photoshop startup
- Customizing the Photoshop interface
- Hacking Photoshop’s Tools
- Access hidden dialog buttons
- Hacks for Masks, Layers, Paths, Curves and Selections
- Camera Raw tricks
| | | Do you want to learn how to use PhotoShop to imitate the styles of classical artists? Check out Photoshop Fine Arts Cookbook - If you are looking to maximize your Photoshop skills, without taking a special seminar, or cracking open a tome full of technical terms, this is the book for you. With lots of images, screen grabs and diagrams, it demonstrates how to use Photoshop to create a wide range of effects, including how to imitate the styles of many famous artists. Truly fascinating! . It includes Shooting for digital manipulation, working non-destructively, making your own brushes and patternsCreating Daguerrotypes, cyanotypes, stop-motion photographs, cross-processed images, Polaroid transfers, and infrared effectsMimicking photographic styles from the pre-Raphaelites and the Naturalists to Jerry Uelsmann and David Hockney as well as painting and printmaking techniques from Rembrandt to Warhol: Dutch portraits, 18th century landscape painting, Japanese woodblocks, Impressionism, Pointillism, Fauvism, Art Nouveau, Cubism, Futurism, Surrealism, and Pop Art | | | If you are just starting out with a good, high quality digital single lens reflex camera and Photoshop CS2, this is the book for you!. Billing itself as five books in one, it covers everything from the basics of how to use a digital camera to the essentials of using Photoshop to clean up and correct your images, as well as how to do some basic effects and other cool stuff. If you are looking to make the next step up in digital photography from snapshots and removing red eye, you should definitely take a look at Digital SLR Photography with Photoshop CS2 - all in one for dummies For example, it covers how to: - Set your camera for the right exposure
- Select the right lens for the job
- Choose the better format—JPEG or RAW
- Tweak exposure and white balance images in Photoshop
- Use layer masks in retouching and special color effects
| | Digital Art Photography For Dummies by Matthew Bamberg, 0-7645-9801-5, $34.99 - This For Dummies digital imaging title is in FULL COLOR and includes high quality art shots from the author and other contributors. It covers the steps and techniques needed to take and print gallery-quality photos with digital equipment, including sections on: selecting and using high-end photo equipment, shooting in a variety of artistic styles including landscape and portrait photography, and working with special effects while shooting, using Photoshop to enhance a photo. | | Digital SLR Photography with Photoshop CS2 All-In-One For Dummies by Kevin Ames, 0-7645-9577-6, $34.99 - The Digital Photography with Photoshop CS2 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies is a comprehensive FULL COLOR guide to digital photography and Photoshop. Eight self-contained minibooks answer readers’ questions about digital cameras and hardware, lighting for digital, and integrating Photoshop into digital photography. | | If you want to be a master of video design and web video, you also have to master graphic design. You don't need to be genius or an incredible artist - you just need to understand how the various tools work. One of the most popular set of tools for graphics and web design is Adobe's new Creative Suite 2. If you master this, you can do almost anything. Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Creative Suite 2 All in One has all the answers to your Adobe Creative Suite questions in one easy-to-use book. You will learn all of the products and technologies in a logical, well-integrated fashion. It covers the basics of: - Adobe Photoshop CS2
- Adobe Illustrator CS2
- Adobe GoLive CS2
- Adobe InDesign CS2
- Adobe Version Cue CS2
- Adobe Bridge
- Adobe Stock Photos
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0
| | Paint Shop Pro X for Photographers is a clear and beautifully illustrated introduction to Corel's Paint Shop Pro X ideal for anyone working with digital images and web graphics. With the stamp of approval from Corel, this guide provides coverage of all the tools and features needed for editing and enhancing digital photographs. It contains full information on how to achieve professional-looking results, a wide variety of real life examples that demonstrate how to broaden image making skills, with step-by-step tutorials, eye-catching visuals and numerous tips and tricks.
All the new features of Paint Shop Pro X are covered: The Paint Shop Pro X Learning Center, Browser Palette, Smart Photo Fix, Makeover Tools, Object Remover, Perspective Correction Tool, Straighten Tool, Special Effects for Black & White Photos, the Corel Photo Album 6 and much more. Ken McMahon runs Pelican Graphics, a digital design consultancy specializing in design and artwork production for print media and the web. He currently writes for Personal Computer World, Mac User and PC Pro in the UK. Robin Nichols is Editor/Publisher of Better Digital Magazine, Australia and www.betterdigitalonline.com. | | Photoshop CS2 Visual Encyclopedia by Stephen Romaniello, 0-7645-9860-0, $39.99 - The new Visual Encyclopedia series, from Wiley’s bestselling Visual brand, does more than define tools and techniques used in a particular technology; it shows visual learners what the tools look like and illustrates how to use them. The first book in this series, Photoshop CS2 Visual Encyclopedia, is packed with essential explanations and color graphics illustrating everything from color modes, concepts, file formats, file saving, filters, history, and icons to menu items, palettes, preferences, terminology, tools, and navigation. |
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| If you are a professional photographer who wants to build their knowledge of how to use PhotoShop with RAW files, or a talented amateur who wants to improve their technique and expertise, you should read Rob Sheppard's Adobe Camera Raw in Photoshop CS and CS2. A talented digital photographer, in this book, he shares the information in an easy to understand way, illustrated in full color with his own images. - Demystify the different Raw formats
- Discover what Raw can fix, and what it can't
- Learn to read a histogram and use it to improve tonality and contrast
- See how double processing can actually save you time and frustration
- Learn to achieve maximum quality when processing Raw images
| | Master Visually Photoshop Elements 3 demonstrates everything intermediate users need to know about the latest release of Adobe Photoshop Elements, the world's most popular consumer photo-editing product. It includes more than 190 illustrated step-by-step tasks cover topics such as how to import photos from digital cameras and scanners; retouch, repair, and enhance digital images and blend multiple images. The book is packed with step-by-step instructions so visual learners also gain knowledge of how to optimize images for posting on the Web, create a Web photo gallery, incorporate graphics into flyers, brochures, and presentations, and more
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| "Photoshop Elements 3: The Missing Manual" delivers beginning-to-advanced tools, tricks, and tips for improving photos, keeping them organized, and making top-notch prints and other creative projects. The book covers both Windows and Mac versions. Photoshop Elements is basically a light version of Photoshop that makes it much simpler to manage and master Photoshop's power without having to endure a complicated learning curve. more | | Adobe Photoshop CS One-On-One - Deke McClelland, (Deke Press/O'Reilly, US $39.95). - Adobe Photoshop CS One-on-One" is designed to make the enormous task of mastering Photoshop pleasant, manageable, and rewarding. It's the first in a series of highly visual, full-color titles that combine step-by-step lessons with two hours of video instruction. The book contains twelve to six exercises, illustrated with more than 600 photos, diagrams, and screen shots. Each book-based lesson comes with a corresponding video lesson, included on a companion CD. more | | Photoshop CS2 Before & After Makeovers by Taz Tally, 0-471-74901-X, $29.99 - Turn blah “befores” into amazing “afters” with step-by-step instructions for fixing photo tears and scratches, painting on an image, replacing the background, adding motion to images, and removing distracting elements. |
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