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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
I dont understand all these great reviewsReviewed by design student, 2010-01-13
I studied the entire book entitled " photoshop CS4 digital
classroom" by Jennifer Smith .I am already
quite familiar with the commands in photoshop CS4, but I couldn't
remember everything. This book assumes
that EVERYONE who does the exercises in the book is at the same
level. That isn't fair.
When I sat down to do this book. It said "do this do this- make a
shape layer etc.make a mask, paint out one part" " AND, it took me
HOURS
to figure out how to do it,and after doing it over and over it
didnt work, the reference in the back of the book was no help. In
the first book (the digital classroom) it showed a picture of every
window, every command, explained every step, where to find it,
which buttons to push. I just gave up. I lost my patience. I am
going to get another book.
10 starsReviewed by Juanita M. Martinez, 2009-08-25
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!
Visuals pack every page and come from tested techniques providing
polished, professional results!Reviewed by Midwest Book Review, 2009-08-17
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!
Another REALLY EXCELLENT publication from Steve Caplin!Reviewed by Christine Holzmann, 2009-03-30
I am a longtime fan of Steve Caplin's books and this is another top
notch book that I am going to be adding to my collection. I did not
know this book was even out up until today when I came across it at
the bookstore. Before I knew it I was completely engrossed in this
book... what had started off as a plan to do a quickie "sneak
preview" turned into a looooooong episode as I slowly went from
page to page trying to devour as much juicy information as I could
before I had to leave (much) later on. I would have bought the book
then and there but am going to have to wait just a little bit
longer as my budget is on a tight freeze due to my 4 tyres (or
"tires" as you say here in the US) having to suddenly be replaced 2
days ago...ugh!!
FANTASTIC book Steve!! Keep them coming! It's books like yours that
inspire the creative juices to keep flowing!!
A great resource!Reviewed by Byron Dillard, 2009-03-13
I really enjoyed this book. Logically organized. Quick, 2 page overviews of a lot of interesting techniques. Doesn't get too bogged down in detailed instructions.