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Photoshop CS3 Photo Effects Cookbook, Second Edition 53 Easy-to-Follow Recipes for Digital Photographers, Designers, and Artists

By Tim Shelbourne
Second Edition  December 2007 
Pages: 176
ISBN 10: 0-596-51504-9 | ISBN 13: 9780596515041

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With 53 easy-to-follow recipes, Photoshop CS3 Photo Effects Cookbook shows you how to use Photoshop CS3 to simulate classic camera and darkroom techniques and special effects-without making you first learn Photoshop inside and out. Packed with hundreds of full-color images, step-by-step instructions, and many practical tips, this book-and Adobe Photoshop CS3-are all you need to create professional graphic art effects from almost any image source.
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Whether you're just getting getting into Photoshop or have been using it for a while, you know that it's a many-faceted application that can be somewhat overwhelming to master. With 53 easy-to-follow recipes, Photoshop CS3 Photo Effects Cookbook shows you how to use Photoshop CS3 to simulate classic camera and darkroom techniques and special effects--without making you first learn Photoshop inside and out.

The book covers:
  • Using the improved Vanishing Point, Lens Blur, and Black & White filters
  • Creating graphic art effects: posterization, watercolor, pen and ink
  • Working with lighting effects: neon glows, lens flares, fire and flame effects
  • Simulating natural phenomena: rain, snow, and lightning
  • Adapting traditional techniques: film grain, contrast masks, hand-tinting, cross-processing
  • Adding motion blurs and other special effects
  • Assembling multi-layered images and photomontages

    • Packed with hundreds of full-color images, step-by-step instructions, and many practical tips, this book-and Adobe Photoshop CS3- are all you need to create professional graphic art effects from almost any image source.

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    "With 53 easy-to-follow recipes, Photoshop CS3 Photo Effects Cookbook shows you how to use Photoshop CS3 to simulate classic camera and darkroom techniques and special effects — without making you first learn Photoshop inside and out. Packed with hundreds of full-color images, step-by-step instructions, and many practical tips, this book — and Adobe Photoshop CS3 — are all you need to create professional graphic art effects from almost any image source."
    -- Jennifer Apple, PhotoshopSupport.com

    "I’ve seen several books on Photoshop effects over the years...but Photoshop CS3 Photo Effects Cookbook by Tim Shelbourne ranks right up there among the best. What I like about it is its grounding in old-school techniques such as painting and film photography, knowledge of various scientific and historical facts that help the lessons achieve true realism, and a mastery of Photoshop tricks that are unexpected but very effective."
    -- Jeremy Schultz, Designorati

    "Photoshop is a complex beast, and figuring out how to achieve a particular effect can be almost impossible. Tim Shelbourne's Photoshop CS3 Photo Effects Cookbook shows exactly how to accomplish 53 common image effects, from the experienced mind of an artist."
    -- Jay Nelson, Design Tools Monthly

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    "Packed with hundreds of full-color images, step-by-step instructions, and many practical tips, this book — and Adobe Photoshop CS3 — are all you need to create professional graphic art effects from almost any image source."
    --Jennifer Apple, PhotoshopSupport.com