Learn from a professional illustrator how best to make Photoshop work for you. Each section is divided into double page spreads on illustrative techniques, giving you bite size chunks with all you need to know in a highly visual, approachable format. Most of the original Photoshop files are provided on the free CD so you can then go on to try out the techniques for yourself. What makes this book different is the fact that Steve Caplin shows you step-by-step how to work from the problem to the solution in creating photorealistic images, from the viewpoint of the illustrator who has been commissioned to create a job. This is both a technical guide and an artistic inspiration, packed full with new ideas that you will be dying to try! Benefit from Steve's invaluable time saving tips too, which he's included to make sure you meet your deadlines and get more work. Push your artistic skills to the outer limits with this innovative and comprehensive guide to creating real world Photoshop montages. · Learn how to take your creative Photoshop abilities into another dimension · Real world examples demonstrate how to put each technique into practice · Full color, high quality illustrations show you what you can achieve

How to Cheat in Photoshop: The Art of Creating Photorealistic Montages

Arts & Photography

CAPLIN, Steve

Photography & Video

Focal Press

Even more Photoshop time saving tips and tricks are included in this new, expanded edition of Steve Caplin's bestseller. Updates include many new images and techniques which show you how to make the most of the power of Photoshop! With this book you can work from the problem to the solution with expert guidance from a professional illustrator. Each section is divided into color double page spreads on illustrative techniques; giving bite size chunks with all that you need to know in a highly visual, approachable format. Most of the original Photoshop files are provided on the free CD, along with hundreds of dollars' worth of free, sample plugins and images, so you can try out each technique for yourselves as you read. * 78 pages of new material show you how to take your Photoshop montage skills even further * CD includes all the images from the book and 100 new, free, high resolution AbleStock images * Benefit from a professional illustrator's timesaving tips and tricks!

How to Cheat in Photoshop: The art of creating photorealistic montages

How to Cheat in Photoshop helps you cheat in two ways: it shows you how to create images that look like photographs and also offers shortcuts and invaluable tips to help you work faster and more efficiently. This new edition of Steve Caplin's bestseller includes new techniques showing how to make the most of the power of Photoshop CS2. New chapters are also now included on perspective, transformation and distortion, time-saving techniques, and working for print and the web. Steve Caplin shows you how to work from the problem to the solution, gaining the best possible results from Photoshop CS2. On every double page spread there is a new step-by-step project, making 150 projects in total. On the companion CD you'll find QuickTime movies of the projects illustrated in the book, along with free sample plug-ins and high resolution images allowing you to experiment with each technique and create your own montages. * Extensive new material to show you how to take your Photoshop skills even further * CD includes all the brand new images from the book, 100 high resolution AbleStock images plus QuickTime movies of the projects * Benefit from a professional illustrator's timesaving tips and tricks!

How to Cheat in Photoshop: The art of creating photorealistic montages - updated for CS2

* New! Zip through the learning curve in a snap with the free DVD! * Hundreds of new Photo Objects, companion project files, QuickTime movie tutorials, sample plugins, and more. * Don't miss the website www.howtocheatinphotoshop.com where the author answers your reader questions directly! When you're short on time with crunching deadlines, but there's no way you can sacrifice quality, this book/DVD comes to the rescue. Nobody knows more about how to work fast under pressure and still produce top-notch photographic images than hands-on graphic artist and journalist, Steve Caplin. Steve cuts through the grind with on-the-job, do-it-now skills, techniques, and shortcuts guaranteed to show you how to work faster, smarter, and better to produce the best work of your life. With a lifetime of practical experience in photo-montage Steve is the go-to person for professional designers, graphic artists, illustrators, photographic retouchers, and students of design media and illustration who want to create photorealistic effects using Photoshop. Updated for Photoshop CS3, this must-have resource is also backwards compatible - relevant to any version of Photoshop. 'How to Cheat in Photoshop CS3' helps you "cheat in" (or take advantage of) Photoshop in two important ways. You learn how to make images look like photographs, when they're not so that you can create photographic work without a studio. And you find useful shortcuts to work more efficiently, economically, and with quick solutions to achieve the same superb results that come from long, complex operations that take forever. Whether you're working for print or the web, dip into this book and extract the info you need - fast. Icons mark where Photoshop files or movie tutorials are available for you to open immediately to try for yourself. Stuck? Visit the Reader Forum on the web and question the author directly (and expect other readers to weigh in, too!) at www.howtocheatinphotoshop.com. Crammed with gems that other books simply don't cover, this book/DVD excels in practical tips to turn the ordinary into the awe-inspiring, quickly. Don't miss how to create new artwork from scratch from starting points that aren't always obvious. This fully updated new edition shows you how to get the most out of Photoshop CS3, including the Quick Selection and Cloning tools, and more. Yet it's backwards compatible with previous releases of Photoshop. The book's step-by-step tutorials alongside the DVD packed with hundreds of images, project files, and live tutorials show you how to: * Create convincing smoke effects and make effective explosions - the simple way * Take years off someone's appearance * Turn a photograph of someone looking straight into the camera into a different perspective with the entire head (not just the eyes) * Modify a statue so it looks like a living person or paint hair directly on any surface * Produce the perfect cutout in the shortest time with Photoshop CS3's new Quick Selection tool... and more A host of timesaving techniques and insider secrets teach you to work faster and more adeptly moving from the problem to the solution to get fantastic results! Steve Caplin is a graphic artist, author and journalist. * Extensive new material to show you how to take your Photoshop skills even further * DVD includes all the brand new images from the book, 300 high resolution AbleStock images plus over 2 hours of QuickTime movies of the projects * Benefit from a professional illustrator's timesaving tips and tricks!

How to Cheat in Photoshop CS3: The art of creating photorealistic montages

How to Cheat in Elements 6 is an invaluable resource for all users of Photoshop Elements and shows you how to 'cheat' by sharing insider secrets from clever and cunning Elements gurus, David Asch and series forerunner, Steve Caplin. Compatible with previous releases of Elements, this is jam packed with dazzling tips and tricks, unearthed secrets, and creative techniques that challenge and inspire. Work through each section to build up your Photoshop Elements skills, creating everything from basic layer and masking effects right up to advanced manipulation. Or just dip right into a project to learn a new technique: * turn day into night * add snow, shadows and water to your scenes * make fire and smoke * give your car a respray ...if you can imagine it, we can show you how to do it in Photoshop Elements! A full glossary of terms, useful keyboard shortcuts, and a detailed index will help you locate that fantastic technique in a flash. Follow the QuickTime movie tutorials on the CD, and use the high resolution royalty free images in your own creations . you can also ask questions, solve problems and meet other Elements users in the book's dedicated website, http://www.howtocheatinphotoshopelements.com Once you have mastered the techniques in this book - the only limit is your imagination! David Asch is a freelance author and journalist specializing in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements image editing and manipulation. Steve Caplin is a graphic artist, illustrator, and journalist who loves to create photomontages that blur the line between illusion and reality. Note: Having trouble with the DVD? Visit http://www.howtocheatinphotoshopelements.com where you can find a link to download updated versions of the video files. Work through each section to build up your Photoshop Elements skills, creating everything from basic layer and masking effects right up to advanced manipulation. Or just dip right into a project to learn a new technique: * turn day into night * add snow, shadows and water to your scenes * make fire and smoke * give your car a respray .if you can imagine it, we can show you how to do it in Photoshop Elements!

How to Cheat in Photoshop Elements 6: Create stunning photomontages on a budget (How to Cheat in)

ASCH, David

Do you want to let your creativity run wild in Photoshop, but don't know where to start? Are you having trouble getting your ideas out of your head and onto the screen? Do you need your photomontages to look convincing... and fast? Nobody knows more about how to work quickly under pressure and still produce top-notch results than hands-on digital artist, author and journalist Steve Caplin. This guide is packed with real-world examples, timesaving hints and tips and detailed step-by-step instructions that make the impossible seem possible. Fully updated for Photoshop CS4, this must-have-resource is also backwards compatible with any previous version of Photoshop. * Extensive new material to show you how to take your Photoshop skills to a professional level * DVD includes all the brand new images from the book, 300 high resolution AbleStock images plus over 2 hours of QuickTime movies of the projects * Benefit from a professional illustrator's timesaving tips and tricks!

How to Cheat in Photoshop CS4: The art of creating photorealistic montages

Graphic Design

Having trouble getting an artistic idea out of your head and onto the screen? Want to produce amazing creations in Elements without reading pages and pages of instructions? How to Cheat in Elements is the can't-miss book with the can-do attitude. Under the expert guidance of Elements masters David Asch and Steve Caplin, you'll get the hands-on experience needed to quickly craft inspired images that captivate the imagination. Fool your friends by creating montages and manipulations that look like the genuine article. Save time with invaluable shortcuts and tips to cut through unnecessary steps, helping you to work faster and smarter. Work through each section to build up your skills or dip into a project to learn a new technique: * turn day into night * add snow, shadows and water to your scenes * make fire and smoke * give your car a re-spray ?if you can imagine it, we can show you how to do it in Photoshop Elements! Covering the latest tools and features in Elements 7, this book contains cutting-edge projects, tips and techniques as well as activities relevant to previous Elements versions. QuickTime movie tutorials and images for all projects in the book are included on the accompanying CD-ROM, with additional support and an active reader forum on the website for the book: www.howtocheatinphotoshopelements.com. * Fun and creative, with more than 80 full colour, step-by-step projects, supported by QuickTime movie tutorials and image files * In-depth coverage of photomontage and image manipulation you won't find in the wealth of Elements books focused on photography post-capture editing * Part of the successful Focal Press ?How to Cheat in? series, featuring Steve Caplin's best-selling How to Cheat in Photoshop titles

How to Cheat in Photoshop Elements 7: Creating stunning photomontages on a budget

Computers & Technology

Photoshop Elements is the cut-down, lower-price version of Adobe's powerful Photoshop software, and, like Photoshop, it's not just intended for tweaking and retouching those less than perfect photographs-it has huge creative potential, too. How to Cheat in Photoshop Elements 8 is the Elements equivalent to Steve Caplin's How to Cheat in Photoshop-a fun, quirky and inspiring guide, packed with tips, tricks and effects that reveal the power of Elements for design-oriented image manipulation and photomontage. With more than 80 step-by-step projects on page spreads showing the before and after, and all stages in between, this is a practical guide to stir the imagination. QuickTime movie tutorials and images for all projects in the book are included on the accompanying CD-ROM, with additional support and an active reader forum on the website for the book: www.howtocheatinphotoshopelements.com.
* Fun and creative, with more than 80 full colour, step-by-step projects, supported by QuickTime movie tutorials and image files * In-depth coverage of photomontage and image manipulation not seen elsewhere-most Elements books focus on the essentials for photography post-capture editing * Part of the successful Focal Press How to Cheat in. series, featuring Steve Caplin's best-selling How to Cheat in Photoshop titles

How to Cheat in Photoshop Elements 8: Discover the magic of Adobe's best kept secret

How to Cheat in Photoshop shows you how to cheat in two important ways. First, you'll learn a professional montage artist's proven-to-be-successful tips for getting the best out of Photoshop's many features quickly and efficiently, so that you can create work under deadline while still maintaining quality. Second, you'll learn how to make an image look like something else entirely, for those moments when stock imagery just won't do and you don't have the time (or funding) to set up a photo shoot. Photomontage master Steve Caplin has been a recognized leader in the world of photo manipulation for many years, and in this invaluable resource for designers, illustrators, retouchers, students, and graphic artists, he shows exactly what methods he uses to create stunning imagery used in advertising, publishing, print media, and more. Fully updated to cover all of the new features in Photoshop CS5, this book is also backwards-compatible and can be used with any version of Photoshop. The accompanying DVD for Mac and PC contains over two and a half hours of video tutorials for additional training, and on the book's popular website www.howtocheatinphotoshop.com, you'll find even more resources such as an "Ask the Author" forum, sample images from other How to Cheat fans, and weekly challenges so that you can test your own skills and see where your creativity can take you. 
* A complete How to Cheat in Photoshop CS5 learning package! Includes a fully updated book, a DVD containing all of the imagery used in the examples, over 2 ½ hours of video tutorials, and website featuring a reader forum where your questions will be answered by other readers as well as the author himself * Includes hundreds of tips and project ideas to help you get started, whether you're working to a professional deadline or just for fun * Packed with professional advice from a photomontage artist who makes his living creating surreal works of art - you're learning from the best!

How to Cheat in Photoshop CS5: The art of creating realistic photomontages

While many Photoshop Elements users are content with using the software for correcting exposure, sharpening edges and removing unwanted objects from their photographs, there's a whole world of opportunity out there for creating fun photomontages, powerful panoramas and dynamic distortions just waiting to be discovered. How to Cheat in Elements 9 is the answer to anyone who has ever wanted to take their creative skills in Elements one stage further. Starting with the basics of layers, selections and transformations, readers will be creating their own movie posters, textures and caricatures in no time at all, while sections on outputting your images for web or print enable anyone to wow their friends with their creations Covering the latest tools and features in Elements 9, this book is also fully compatible with all previous versions of Elements. QuickTime movie tutorials and images for all projects in the book are included on the accompanying CD.
* Fun and creative, with more than 80 full colour, step-by-step projects, supported by QuickTime movie tutorials and image files * Comprehensive coverage of photomontage and image manipulation in Elements you simply can't find anywhere else * Part of the successful Focal Press 'How to Cheat in' series, featuring Steve Caplin's best-selling How to Cheat in Photoshop titles

How to Cheat in Photoshop Elements 9: Discover the magic of Adobe's best kept secret

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