October 2003
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
5h 43m
English

Curtains up! What part will we act out in this play? Set builder? Astronaut? You have a front-row ticket, and the show’s about to start. So sit down in your velvet seat, as little girls and aliens take center stage.
So you got the job, broke down the storyboard, and then went out and shot the elements—now you need to put the pieces together into a coherent whole. I’ll go into details on specific retouching tips and techniques in later chapters; but first, I’m going to cover the overall creative process for creating the image. This obviously involves picking the right shots and then compositing them so that they blend ...