Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Studio Techniques - Softcover

Willmore, Ben

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9780321115638: Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Studio Techniques

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321115635 ISBN 13: 9780321115638

Publisher: Adobe, 2002

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Ready to learn not just the "how," but the "why" behind Photoshop's most powerful features? Photoshop guru Ben Willmore believes the only way to master Photoshop is to go beyond simply memorizing steps, and gain an under-the-hood understanding of the program. He does the job masterfully in Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Studio Techniques, a well-known favorite that delivers the essential information you need in a fun, well-written, easy-to-read style. Rather than detail every mind-numbing feature of Photoshop, Willmore's compact book cuts through the fat to focus on the concepts, features, and techniques that will truly make a difference in how you use Photoshop 7 every day. If you've ever wanted to understand complex concepts like curves and channels, or learn the logic behind Photoshop's keyboard commands, look no further.

Fully updated to cover the new features of Photoshop 7, Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Studio Techniques starts with the working foundations of Photoshop--the basic tools, palettes, layers, and masks--and quickly moves on to real-world production techniques, such as how to sharpen scans, correct and optimize images, and use color curves to your advantage. By the time you finish the book, you'll have explored the creative aspects of Photoshop, such as how to blend or enhance images, master colorizing techniques, and create advanced type effects. Included is an entirely new chapter on color management that gives you practical instruction on implementing a color-managed workflow from monitor to press. A section on Web graphics rounds out the book, with chapters on image slicing and rollovers, creating effects for interface design, animating effects, and optimizing images for Web. If you want to get beyond conventional step-by-step instruction and become "Photoshop enlightened," this is the book for you.

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Synopsis:

Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Studio Techniques goes to great lengths to move readers beyond the "click the buttons" stage and into an in-depth understanding of how Photoshop works. Rather than leading readers blindly through step-by-step techniques that cover every Photoshop feature, author Ben Willmore cuts through the fat to focus on what he considers to be Photoshop's essential features. Willmore has fully updated this well-known favorite to cover the new and noteworthy features of Photoshop 7. Also included is an entirely new chapter dedicated to color management, providing practical instruction--minus the "technobabble"--on implementing a color-managed workflow across the monitor, printer, and printing press. Readers begin by learning the working foundations of Photoshop--the basic tools and palettes-- and then move on to master production skills, such as how to capture great scans and tweak images to perfection. By the time they finish the book, they will have explored the creative aspects of Photoshop, such as how to blend images, master colorizing techniques, and create advanced type effects.

About the Author:

Ben Willmore is a well-known author and the founder of Digital Mastery, a training and consulting firm dedicated to the teaching of graphic arts, Ben is also a columnist for Photoshop User and Step-By-Step Graphics magazines, as well as a regular contributor to PEI Magazine. He has personally trained more than 12,000 Photoshop users and is a featured speaker at national publishing conferences and events worldwide. He is the author of all previous editions of this book.

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