| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Techniques. 1. Selections and cutouts : Quick selection tool and refine edge ; Improving cutouts with layer styles ; How to remove the annoying outline ; Quick mask ; Faking cutouts: part 1 ; Faking cutouts: part 2 ; Advanced blending ; Color range ; The pen tool ; Channels for selections -- 2. The power of gray : Blend mode compositing ; Textures, textures, textures ; Smart dodging and burning ; Transforming a location ; Adding dents and damage ; Instant six-pack ; Photoshop lens flares ; Make eyes pop -- 3. Lighting effects : The world's simplest lighting effect ; The never-ending lighting rig ; Gradient lighting: part 1 ; Gradient lighting: part 2 ; Light beams ; Horizon light ; Fake rim lighting ; Reflected light ; Shadows -- 4. Special effects : Turning day into night ; The cartoon or painterly effect ; Debris and dust ; Creating a snow scene ; Rain ; The wet look ; Black and white conversion ; Adding fake blood ; Adding swelling ; The details effect -- 5. Compositing quick tips : Creating a horizon line ; Compositing into grass ; Shadows ; Matching color #1 ; Matching color #2 -- pt. 2. Projects. 6. Character portrait : RAW conversion and retouch ; Nondestructive retouching in Photoshop ; Adding color to the background ; Adding a spotlight ; Matching background and foreground color ; Lighting the cigar ; The painterly textured effect -- 7. Touch guy : RAW conversion and retouch ; Nondestructive retouching in Photoshop ; Creating a new background using textures ; Adding shadows ; Using the world's simplest lighting effect -- 8. Rhino composite : Creating the landscape ; Adding the rhino ; Creating the dust ; Finishing touches -- 9. Fairytale scene : Behind the scenes ; The miniature room ; Adding the toys ; Adding the shadows ; Adding the children ; Turning day into night ; The wardrobe light ; Finishing touches -- 10. Retouching a landscape : Using camera raw -- 11. Assassin : Lighting setup ; Camera raw ; Composition ; Selecting the model ; Dodging and burning ; Retouching the jacket ; Adding the background ; Add a moveable vignette ; The glasses ; Finishing touches. |
| Summary |
A professional-level Photoshop book combining compositing work and special effects. Includes individual Photoshop techniques and disciplines, such as selections and lighting effects, mastering the pen tool and using Color Range, creating light beams and realistic shadows, blend mode techniques and special effects. Brings together the techniques and the workflow to show exactly how to create and pull off these great compositing and retouching techniques. |
| Subject |
Adobe Photoshop.
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Adobe Photoshop |
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Photography -- Digital techniques.
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Photographie numérique. |
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Photography -- Digital techniques |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Dewis, Glyn. Photoshop workbook. [San Francisco, California] : Peachpit Press, [2015] 9780134008462 (OCoLC)899289617 |
| ISBN |
9780134008516 |
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0134008510 |
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0134008464 |
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9780134008462 |
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