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"""ENRICH, ENHANCE, AND TRANSFORM YOUR ART WITH THE MAGIC OF PHOTOSHOP "" ENRICH, ENHANCE, AND TRANSFORM YOUR ART WITH THE MAGIC OF PHOTOSHOP For artists, Adobe Photoshop offers an exciting entry into a new world of limitless color, textures, and effects that can be applied with just the touch of a keyboard or click of a mouse. Intended for serious artists -- painters, photographers, and printmakers -- Photoshopfor Artists provides a comprehensive series of detailed tutorials, cataloging the various tools, techniques, and methods for producing an infinite variety of creative imagery with Photoshop. With thirty tutorials divided into sections for fine artists, photographers, and printmakers, this book contains easy-to-follow step-by-step examples that include all the information serious professional artists need to master the digital art techniques of Photoshop. Each tutorial features screenshots and detailed directions, so artists can see exactly how the specific effects are achieved and applied to artwork. Featuring stunning and dramatic imagery produced by the author and other accomplished artists, Photoshop for Artists is essential reading for artists looking to take their work to the next digital level."

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Author:   Sylvie Covey
Publisher:   Watson-Guptill Publications
Imprint:   Watson-Guptill Publications Inc.,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 27.40cm
Weight:   1.225kg
ISBN:  

9780823006717

ISBN 10:   0823006719
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   02 October 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

  Table of Contents Preface Introduction Part One: Understanding the Vocabulary and Logic of Photoshop             Workspace Overview             Digital Basics Part Two: Tutorials for Drawing and Painting Digitally             Mastering Photshop Tools for Artists             Drawing Digitally             Painting Abstract Composition             Painting Digital Landscapes             Painting with Wet Media Brushes             Digital Oil Painting             Using Digital Pastel and Dry Media Effects             Adding Special Effects to Paintings             Adding Custom Washes to Photographs             Painting with Filters and Blends Part Three: Tutorials for Creating and Developing Fine Art Digital Photography             Making Basic Photo Corrections             Using Blending Modes             Replacing/Composing Scenery             Applying Adjustment Layers             Applying a Digital Double Exposure             Making Creative Photomontages             Changing a Photo from Color to Monochrome             Adding Sepia and Other Tones             Creating Duotones             Split Toning             Adding HDR Effect             Replacing Color             Hand Coloring Photos             Applying Halftones Patterns             Adding Depth of Field             Using Posterization Part Four: Tutorials Combining Photoshop with Printmakin             Photo Etching             Making a Halftone for Photo Etching             Making Color Separations Lithography             Creating Pronto Polyester Lithography             Mixed Media Painting and Printmaking             Making Digital Transfers Index

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Sylvie Covey was born in Paris and attended the cole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs, majoring in printmaking. She has taught at the Art Students League in New York City since 1995. In 2001, Sylvie joined the faculty of the Fine Arts Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology to help develop a BFA program. She is represented by the Old Printshop Gallery in New York City. Her work is included in numerous collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Historical Society, the New York Public Library, the Reader's Digest collections, and the Museum of the City of New York. She specializes in all digital techniques in printmaking. Visit the author's website at www.sylviecovey.net.

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