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How to Cheat in Photoshop CS4
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How to Cheat in Photoshop CS4

by Steve Caplin
September 2013
Intermediate to advanced
448 pages
18h 2m
English
Focal Press
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How to cheat, and why

 

The truth about cheating

I’ve used the word ‘cheating’ in the title of this book in two ways. The most obvious is that I’m describing how to make images look as much as possible like photographs, when they’re not. In this sense, it simply means creating photographic work without the need for a studio.

The other sense of ‘cheating’ is finding shortcuts to help you work more quickly and more economically. Too often you’ll see Photoshop techniques explained using long-winded, complex operations that take an age to complete. Wherever possible, I’ve used quicker solutions to achieve the same results. For the artist on a deadline, the difference between a perfect work of art and one that’s turned in on time means the difference ...

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ISBN: 9780240521152