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Photo Retouching with Photoshop: A Designer's Notebook

Translated by Marie Laure�CLEC'H
First Edition December 2004
Pages: 96
ISBN 10: 0-596-00860-0 | ISBN 13: 9780596008604

Book description

For anyone involved in creating digital images or animations, this lavish, colorful book showcases innovative photo-retouching solutions by well-known French artists. You'll see what they are able to do to their photographs with Photoshop; you'll be guided, step-by-step, through the editing process of each project--from original shot to polished print; and you'll gain insight into how each visionary artist imagined, conceptualized, and created the final exquisite image.
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Photo Retouching with Photoshop: A Designer's Notebook is at once eye candy, artistic inspiration, and incomparable technical guidance for intermediate-to-advanced digital imaging professionals, graphic artists, photographers, and just about anyone involved in creating digital images or animations. A visual splendor, this full-color book showcases a one-of-a-kind collection of superb and innovative photo-retouching solutions by well-known French artists. The new English translation of a cutting-edge French work, Photo Retouching with Photoshop: A Designer's Notebook presents high-quality photo retouching from the unique cultural perspective of the French. Reflecting the very best of French creation in graphic design and digital imaging, this book offers an enlightening and stunning glimpse into a vibrant culture known for pushing the limits of imagination with photography, graphics, and art. Filled with beauty, energy, and creative risks, the images inside will forever change the way you see and perform your own photo manipulation and graphic design. You'll see what other top-notch imaging professionals are able to do to and create with their photographs with Photoshop, and you'll be guided, step-by-step, through the editing process of each project--from original shot to polished print. But most importantly, you'll gain both insight and experience into how each visionary artist imagined, conceptualized, and ultimately created his or her final exquisite image. With the book's inspiration and education, you'll be able to exert precise control over every aspect of your own photo restorations and retouching challenges so you can consistently achieve expert, dramatic results while always preserving the integrity of the photographs. Part coffee-table book, part art inspiration, and part design guide, the lavishly illustrated Photo Retouching with Photoshop: A Designer's Notebook will redefine what it means to retouch a photograph--taking the procedure from simple, mindless manipulation to elaborate, intentional, highly rewarding art form.

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"Very well explained and well put together, this small book shows a good representation of some of the ways one can integrate photos that result in something that is nigh impossible in one shot alone."
-- Todd Yeadon, Halifax Creative User Group

"What sets this book apart from most is the multidisciplinary approach. Some authors are photographers, some retouchers, some designers - all are very talented, and present their methodologies in clear and cogent fashion. An immensely appealing concept, well-executed. I will definitely seek out additional Designer's Notebooks."
-- Bruce Frank, Amazon.com

"A leading group of French digital photographers and retouchers have contributed to a beautiful volume of work that shows in detail, and with step-by-step instructions, how they applied Adobe Photoshop, and other digital tools, to restore old images, composite multiple images, improve the quality of technically lacking images, and otherwise manipulate images to improve their quality and presentation."
-- Michael Kleper, The Kleper Report on Digital Publishing

"While it is a short book in terms of pages, the wealth of information is tremendous and has excellent explanations and example images. Each of the 8 areas (termed "Studios" in the book) are written by a different person and covers a different area of photo retouching. After reading through the book several times I found myself practicing several of the techniques in several of our design clients projects and received excellent feedback on the work that was produced using this book as a guideline. It is definitely a must have on any Photoshop users bookshelf."
--Adam Harkleroad, DesignerToday.com, April 2005

"Here's a unique title that deserves to be part of every artist's library. Translated from the French, It's part of the innovative new "Designer's Notebook" series from O'Reilly, featuring top French digital artists. It's one-part stunning portfolio, as well as step-by-step guide showing how ecah artist used Photoshop for retouching. This volume will certainly serve to inspire as the range of artworks is varied and the quality remarkable...We look forward to seeing many more titles in this sensational series."
Derek Pell, DingBat Magazine, April 2005

"There are several reasons to enjoy the book - well, if you're into preparing or creating digital imagery, that is. First of all, the book is graphically gorgeous, presenting lush, full-color images that document the creation of various designs. Second, it documents the entire process of creation, taking the reader behind the scenes of a variety of original creations, including a perfume ad, an illustration for a major newspaper, an image for a corporate presentation, and then a piece created purely for its artistic expression...As it showcases a dazzling array of artistic expression, it simultaneously illustrates the amazing possibilities available with digitial image manipulation."
--Bill Wallo, Blogcritics.org, April 2005

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