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Creating Photomontages with Photoshop: A Designer's Notebook

Translated by William�Rodarmor
First Edition January 2005
Pages: 96
ISBN 10: 0-596-00858-9 | ISBN 13: 9780596008581

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This collection of groundbreaking digital creations by well-known French artists is a visual smorgasbord for digital imaging professionals, graphic artists, photographers, and anyone involved in the creation of digital images or animations. But it's more than a full-color feast for the eyes. Reflecting the very best of French graphic design, it guides Photoshop users through all aspects of the photomontage creation process--from initial concept through step-by-step execution.
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Showcasing the breathtaking work of French digital artists, Creating Photomontages with Photoshop: A Designer's Notebook will both inspire and educate as you explore the endless photomontage possibilities with Photoshop. Translated from French into English for the first time, this lavish collection of groundbreaking digital creations by well-known French artists is a visual smorgasbord for digital imaging professionals, graphic artists, photographers, and anyone involved in the creation of digital images or animations. Photomontages are multiple images artfully combined. When joined together, they assume a new and more complex definition that, if done well, is both believable and aesthetically thrilling. The stunning digital photomontages within this book offer a challenging and beautiful glimpse into a vibrant culture known for pushing the limits of imagination with photography, graphics, and art. Filled with splendor, energy, and creative risks, the images will change the way you see and perform your own work. But Creating Photomontages with Photoshop: A Designer's Notebook is more than a full-color feast for the eyes. It gives intermediate-to-advanced Photoshop users invaluable guidance through all aspects of the photomontage creation process--from an initial concept (including inspiration and specifications) through its step-by-step practical execution (photographing, retouching, special effects, and so forth)--and provides insight into the vision behind each creation and how that vision evolved to became a dynamic reality. This one-of-a-kind collection will compel you to explore new and inventive techniques for Photoshop, one of the most vital, powerful, and sophisticated tools in the graphics industry. Your photography, illustrations, advertisements, animations, and art-for-art's-sake creations will never again be the same. Reflecting the very best of French graphic design and digital graphics professionals, this book takes you to the heart of what's possible with photomontage and digital technology through Photoshop. It is suitable for your coffee table or your desktop--wherever you most thrive on creative inspiration.

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"If you are wanting to take your Photoshop compositing work to a new level, you might find this book helps you do just that. Or it may be a good book for you to use as inspiration."
-- Victoria Maciulski, Conejo Ventura Mac Users Group

"A recommended reference for advanced Photoshop users who have the basics down: photomontages are multiple images skillfully combined to provide new thought-provoking results, and William Rodamor translates from its original French an extraordinary feast of Photoshop photomontage results from a variety of leading French artists, using the projects to demonstrate execution steps and the finer art of special effects."
--James Cox, Midwest Book Review, May 2005

"I am amazed at several of the techniques described in this book. While originally written in French, nothing is lost in the English translation. This book will definitely help you add to both your photography and Photoshop skills... The creativity contained in the 'notebook' is beyond simple words, it is outlined and explained very well."
--Adam Harkleroad, DesignerToday.com, April 2005

"Personally, as something of a Photoshop dabbler who's been skimming the surface of the program for years, I have to say that this book helped me far more than one of the huge Photoshop bibles simply because it demonstrates various functions in real-world terms. I can tell that it will be a resource I'll return to for examples and inspiration."
--Bill Wallo, Blogcritics.org, April 2005

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