Designers, photographers, and artists use Photoshop
to create fantastic and realistic images for
illustrations, fine art, and editorial content. Whether
they're landscape or portrait photographers,
illustrators or fine artists, masking and compositing
are essential skills to master for combining images to
the extent that it is impossible to tell where one image
stops and the other one begins. In this completely
revised edition of her best-selling guide to masking and
compositing, Photoshop artist and educator Katrin
Eismann--along with compositing experts Sean Duggan and
James Porto--takes readers through numerous step-by-step
examples, highlighting the tools and techniques used for
masking and combining images. Featuring work by leading
artists and photographers, this book focuses on the
techniques used to create compelling compositions,
including making fast and accurate selections, mastering
Photoshop's masking tools, and implementing the concept
and photography from start to finish. The book addresses
working with Photoshop's selection tools; selecting and
maintaining fine details and edges; and working with
difficult image elements, such as cloth, hair, or
translucent objects.All-new photographic examples,
updated instruction to cover the latest version of Adobe
Photoshop, and an expanded section on shooting
photographs for composite work make this a must-have
guide for anyone interested in photographing and
creating professional composite images. Visit
www.peachpit.com/pmc2e to download dozens of the images
featured in this book and practice the illustrated
techniques with the same files used in the book. Also,
download a full, free chapter on how to use the Pen
Tool, one of the best selection tools in
Photoshop. |
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