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Photoshop CS3 Photo Effects Cookbook
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Photoshop CS3 Photo Effects Cookbook

by Tim Shelbourne
December 2007
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
176 pages
11h 25m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Recipe 1.1. INTRODUCTION

This is a cookbook with a difference. To follow these recipes you'll require no perishable goods and there's no slaving over a hot stove. Adobe Photoshop is your virtual kitchen and the only ingredients you'll need are your own creative talent and enthusiasm. The analogy with cooking is really more accurate than it would at first seem. The mix of the ingredients and garnishes in Photoshop present the digital creative with a myriad of digital imaging cordon-bleu dishes.

Essentially, nothing is impossible with Photoshop as your chosen digital imaging application; reality can be turned on its head, and you can perform digital alchemy. Day can be turned to night, skin can be transformed to wood or stone, and that image of your pet dog can sport a knowing, but subtle grin. If your experience of digital image manipulation so far consists of simple tonal adjustments and color correction, then you're in for a few treats as you read through the following pages. If you're a more advanced Photoshop user, there's a wealth of techniques you can add to your Photoshop armoury. Like any other recipe book, the Photoshop CS3 Photo Effects Cookbook is an invaluable resource that you'll return to again and again, and it's a real bonus for those times when inspiration runs short or you need to pin down a particular effect. The book is organized into sections, each covering a particular genre of Photoshop recipes, allowing you to easily find anything from simulating rain to ...

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