[PDF] The Photoshop 6 Wow Book eBook

Author : Sharon Steuer
Publisher : Peachpit Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 43,78 MB
Release : 2014-09-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0133928772

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For decades, Sharon Steuer and her international WOW! team have been showcasing the world’s best artists and designers working in Illustrator. In this expanded edition of the best-selling and award-winning Illustrator WOW! Book, you’ll find hundreds of tips, tricks, and techniques derived from actual projects from top Illustrator artists. You’ll learn to use new features, discover exciting ways to create complex effects, and find fresh ways to use venerable old tools and¿speed up your workflow. This edition includes coverage of the 2014 release and is loaded with and lessons with stunning new artwork that feature: Painting and generating objects with raster brushes Harnessing Live Corners, Live Rectangles, and new ways to reshape paths Manipulating live type characters with the Touch Type tool Creating airbrush and neon effects with gradients on strokes Building complex styles with multiple lines, fills, and effects Composing complex repeating patterns Auto-generating corners for pattern brushes Incorporating transparency into mesh and gradients Building and modifying scenes in perspective and 3D Transforming raster art to Illustrator vectors Preparing artwork for animation and the web Integrating Illustrator with Photoshop and other apps Creating photorealism in Illustrator WOW! ONLINE Register the book at peachpit.com/register to access artwork to pick apart and special PDFs from artists to you. Keep up with tips on the latest Illustrator features at WOWartist.com.

Author : Sharon Steuer
Publisher : Peachpit Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 39,6 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Adobe Illustrator (Computer file)
ISBN : 0321168925

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Designed to dazzle and inspire but not leave you in the dust, this beautifully designed volume lets you follow along as it dissects real-world projects from some of today's top Illustrator artists. In the process it teaches you how to use Illustrator in ever more creative ways for your own projects. Best-selling author and award-winning artist Sharon Steuer uses four-color pictures of real Illustrator projects to show what's possible and then employs simple, step-by-step instructions to explain the techniques that will produce those effects. You'll find comprehensive ground-up coverage of all of Illustrator CS' most important capabilities. Veteran users will be grateful to explore Illustrator CS' new features: powerful new tools for creating 3D graphics on the fly, a new Scribble Effect that lets you add a loose, hand-drawn look to your artwork, a redesigned text engine, enhanced PDF support, and more. On the CD, you'll find artwork from the book, technical documents, third-party software, clip art, and more.

Author : Linnea Dayton
Publisher :
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 17,66 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Computers
ISBN :

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Demonstrates the computer graphics program's newest features and offers advice integrating Photoshop with other applications, special effects, layering, lighting, and photograph repair.

Author : Sharon Steuer
Publisher : Pearson Education
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 26,61 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0133928500

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Adobe Illustrator WOW! Book is updated to help intermediate through advanced students get up to speed on the more creative features of Illustrator and efficiently integrate workflow updates and improvements. With its practical, yet beautiful examples, this book focuses on real-world tips, tricks, and techniques extracted from the artwork of many of the world's best Illustrator artists. This 14th edition of the book will help students harness the most powerful creative features of Adobe Illustrator CS6 and CC (including the latest 2014 release), from painting and generating objects with raster brushes, to creating complex repeating patterns, and inserting Illustrator objects into an editable 3D perspective grid. They'll learn how to incorporate the vast array of feature enhancements designed to improve object and text creation and editing, including Live Corners, Live Rectangles, the new Path Reshaping functions, and the Touch Type tool. In addition, they'll discover how to add automatic corners to pattern brushes, apply gradients to strokes, prepare artwork for animation and the web, and use Image Trace to transform raster art to vectors. Through real-world step-by-step lessons and stunning artwork, students will be inspired to master even the most challenging aspects of Adobe Illustrator.

Author : Jack Davis
Publisher :
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 10,18 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780321123978

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Jack is back with the update to his best-selling, award-winning Photoshop Wow! Book! Readers have hailed previous versions of Jack Davis's landmark book as the "most useful Photoshop book ever" because of its practical, real-life solutions and its value-packed CD-ROM. The The Photoshop 7 Wow! Book simply ups the ante with even more time-saving techniques--completely updated for Adobe Photoshop 7. In the The Photoshop 7 Wow! Book, the focus is on the visuals: Using beautiful, full-color pictures of professionally designed Photoshop projects, this volume clearly lays out the steps required to re-create these spectacular results in your own projects. To work visually, you need to think visually, and this book allows you to do just that. As with all of the titles in this popular series, the emphasis here is on results--how to produce the best work in the fewest steps possible. And sometimes that means using techniques even Adobe hasn?t thought of, such as the Wow! Media Painting and Layer Style techniques introduced here.

Author : Bert Monroy
Publisher : New Riders
Page : 1106 pages
File Size : 29,29 MB
Release : 2012-07-10
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0132798174

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You know Bert Monroy's personal portfolio - now get to know his commercial work. Case studies take you step by step through Bert's client work for Apple, AT+T, Logitech, and more. Glean creative and Photoshop-specific insights from the guy Adobe goes to for information. Includes a behind-the-scenes look at working as an artist when someone else is calling the shots. Bert Monroy has long enjoyed successes as a digital artist, as evidenced by his credentials and his books: Bert Monroy: Photorealistic Techniques with Photoshop and Illustrator and Photoshop Studio with Bert Monroy. Well-known and highly regarded expert in the Photoshop community, he has received heavy exposure on TechTV in the past year and his reputation as a master teacher of Photoshop and digital illustration has grown dramatically as a result. In this newest book, Bert switches from sharing the secrets behind his personal portfolio to unleashing the Photoshop tips he uses when working on commercial projects. This book is complete with case studies that walk readers step by step through the commercial design process--including concept creation, digital editing, production, and working one-on-one with clients. Whether you're looking to better your Photoshop skills, break into the field, or are simply a fan of Bert's work, this book will not disappoint.

Author : Cher Threinen-Pendarvis
Publisher : Pearson Education
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 12,77 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0321903358

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Provides instructions for blending traditional drawing and painting skills with technological advances to create digital art.

Author : Jeff Foster
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 45,26 MB
Release : 2006-07-14
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0782150888

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"... a book that needs to be on every motion graphic designer's shelf." —Scott Kelby, President, National Association of Photoshop Professionals Author Jeff Foster appeared on the DV Guys, a weekly radio show devoted to DV professionals and enthusiasts, for a LIVE online interview on Thursday, June 17, 2004. If you missed it, you can still listen to their archive. If you're in the business of motion graphics or desktop digital video production, you know that Adobe's After Effects and Photoshop are two of the most indispensable content creation tools. More integrated than ever before, the world's number-one compositing and image-editing programs can be used in tandem to create quality work at a relatively low cost. But it takes years of experience to figure out how to get the most out of this remarkable duo. With After Effects and Photoshop: Animation and Production Effects for DV and Film, graphics guru Jeff Foster has created the first book devoted to showing how you can use these two programs together to produce animations and effects on the desktop. This practical guide focuses exclusively on techniques commonly used in the field as well as cutting-edge production tricks. These hands-on projects will demystify cool Hollywood effects and help you solve your daily challenges. And they'll inspire you to think more artistically when approaching your creations. Inside, you'll discover pro techniques for motion graphics and video production, including how to: Add depth and realism to your animations by mimicking real motion Use exaggerated movements to enhance characterization Apply 3-D animation to 2-D images Remove background fodder with blue-screen garbage mattes Employ rotoscoping techniques for frame-by-frame retouching Construct realistic composites and scene locations using matte painting techniques Make movies from stills by simulating 3-D camera motion Utilize perspective, speed, and scale to create believable moving objects Produce realistic special effects such as noise, clouds, and smoke Practice imaginative motion titling effects that grab people's attention Develop professional scene transitions using 3-D layer animations And much more! Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.