Art and Design in Photoshop: How to simulate just about anything from great works of art to urban graffiti |  | Author: Steve Caplin
Publisher: Focal Press
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Media: Paperback
Edition: Pap/Cdr
Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0240811097
Dewey Decimal Number: 778
EAN: 9780240811093
ASIN: 0240811097
Publication Date: September 4, 2008
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Product Description
Fancy designing your own classic and contemporary movie posters, books and magazine covers?
Feel like turning your photographs into works by Turner, Matisse and Magritte?
Want to create illustrations in the styles of The Simpsons, steampunk and Victorian engravings?
Then you need Art and Design in Photoshop.
In this unique book, acclaimed master of photomontage and visual trickery Steve Caplin shows you how to stretch your creative boundaries. Taking the same tried-and-tested practical approach as his best selling How to Cheat in Photoshop titles, Steve's step-by-step instructions recreate a dazzling and diverse array of fabulous design effects. You'll learn how to design everything from wine labels to sushi cartons, from certificates to iPod advertising, from textbooks to pulp fiction.
Written by a working pro, the clear guidelines pinpoint exactly what you need to know: how to get slick-looking results with minimum fuss, with a 16-page Photoshop Reference chapter that provides an at-a-glance guide to Photoshop tools and techniques for less experienced users. Steve explains both typography and the design process in a clear, informative and entertaining way.
All the images, textures and fonts used in the book are supplied on the accompanying CD-ROM. Imaginative, inspirational and fun to use, this book is a must-have for every creative Photoshop user, both amateur and professional.
* Learn to quickly and ingeniously create fantastic graphic effects in Photoshop, from graffiti to classic art, newsprint and stained-glass windows
* Easy and fun to use with clear step-by-step instructions and hundreds of screenshots.
* Backwards compatible: fully up-to-date with the latest Photoshop release but also relevant for use with previous versions of Photoshop
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What to do next in Photoshop. October 25, 2008
N. V. Mills (Boston)
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
There are plenty of beginner guides to Photoshop, and even a few dozen decent intermediate books. But, sooner or later, you reach a point when you're asking yourself, "What's next?" This book provides the answer. It's filled with techniques and ideas that will have anyone who's mastered the basics of Photoshop creating works of art. If you want to go beyond the simple tools of correction, compositing, and image repair, start here.
10 stars August 25, 2009
Juanita M. Martinez (Albuquerque)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
im reading this book cover to cover and learning alot! I'm a graphic art hobbyist. This book details everything about fonts and appropriate usage and provides many useful weblinks to get some. The book is very well written in plain english, but packs valuable information about common graphic arts styles and even includes tons of tutorials to create popular looks. worth every penny!
wonderful book! January 13, 2010
design student
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful book. I would suggest, however, that you should do "cs4 classroom in a book" first, because
some of these techniques are complicated and if you are not familiar with the way photoshop works you might get a bit frustrated. I sat down to do one of the tutorials which was to create a "credit card" (for my 1 year old grandson!). He shows how to create it. I didn't realize that he supplied the pictures, so I created all of it by myself (till my shoulders ached) It was so much work, and I loved it!!! You need to be patient and do the projects slowly and if you get lost there is a short manual of many of the commands in the back. Good luck and have fun!
Brilliant! September 5, 2008
Steven MacDonald (New Hampshire, USA)
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
Steve Caplin displays yet another example of the endless possibilities of Photoshop.Packed with practical examples of realistic projects for those looking to sharpen their skills or just stuck on where to begin a layout. This book has it. A great companion to "How to Cheat in Photoshop".
A work of art in and of itself.
Mr Caplin, you've done it again!
Visuals pack every page and come from tested techniques providing polished, professional results! August 17, 2009
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Art & Design in Photoshop tells how to simulate just about anything in Photoshop, from art to graffiti, picture postcards to medieval manuscripts. Chapters pack in typography and design principles and show how to design covers, posters, packaging and more in an outstanding survey for any Photoshop library. Visuals pack every page and come from tested techniques providing polished, professional results!
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