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Artistic Techniques with Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter: A Guide for Photographers By Deborah Ferro ( Amherst Media )
Release Date: 2005-08-01
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Product Description
Photographers will be able to magically transform photographic images in myriad ways using the digital counterpart of traditional artists' tools and this guide to Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter. Covering hardware and software requirements, printing actions that will simplify the output process, instructions for adjusting a digital image's canvas size, and other essentials, this manual explains all the skills needed to rev up one's creative arsenal and begin outputting extraordinary and artful images. This handbook is a perfect complement to photographers with a traditional arts background as well as those who are ready to create special niche products to set their images apart.
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 An essential book for extraordinary pictures
Refining photographs in Photoshop and then using them as a canvas in Corel Painter to create a unique artform is the main focal point here. The techniques in doing so are cleverly orchestrated and simplified. There is as much fun using this new found knowledge to transform images as there is in photographing them. Numerous demonstrations of the possibilities afforded by these programs are illustrated. Equipment and software considerations are also outlined. An indispensable book for the subject it covers.
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 Disappointed ( nikonflyer )
I was expecting more from this book. It brings to mind the saying "Jack of all trades, and master of none". The author tries to cram so much stuff into this book, that each subject is not gone into in any depth. It has very little if any meat.
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Very superficial and boring ( amirams )
If you want to learn how to take a wedding picture and show the bride end groom in color while keeping everyone else in black-and-white, or if you are interested in composing a collage that has a faded-yet-boring b/w picture of (again) a bride partially covered by three non-faded-yet-still-boring smaller b/w pictures of the same bride - with a drop-shadow (!) - then this book is for you. But if you are looking for anything that even remotely resembles art, if you want any kind of inspiration, if you want to learn anything new - look elsewhere. All you'll get from this book is "framing techniques for more marketable images" (quote from the back cover) - not very intriguing indeed.
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 Hidden secrets
It's filled with lovely images & the basic steps she uses. You are expected to have knowledge of Painter & Photoshop. What I found lacking was precise details on the retouching with examples of the size brushes she uses & the before and after examples. For instance she has a cottage that she added roses to, but doesn't show you how to do it. She touches up faces to look like a china doll, but not the details of just one stroke or clone. She tells you what she used, not really how. A little disappointing that her best secrets remain secret.
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Artistic Techniques with Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter
I just recently purchased and have not had a change to work with the details in this book yet. I will say that I am impressed with the information provided for working with both of these programs and your photographs. Author covers pallates, hand coloring, posterization, collages, filters, drawings, effects, retouching, etc. This looks to be a good addition whether you are new or experienced.
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