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1. |  Creative Photoshop CS4 Digital Illustration and Art Techniques By: Derek Lea Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 24-MAR-2009 Insert Date: 28-JUL-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Creative Photoshop CS4 Digital Illustration and Art Techniques If you are a digital artist, illustrator, cartoonist, graphic artist, designer, or serious hobbyist looking for new and interesting ways to use Photoshop, this is the book for you! You already know how to use Photoshop as an image editing tool; now, challenge yourself and discover the more artistic aspects of the program with one of the world's best teachers by your side. In addition to four brand new chapters on real world projects, this new edition of award-winning digital artist Derek Lea's bestselling Creative Photoshop contains several brand new features such as "What you'll learn in...
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2. |  Inside Lightroom 2: The serious photographer’s guide to Lightroom efficiency By: Richard Earney Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 21-OCT-2008 Insert Date: 27-JUN-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Inside Lightroom 2: The serious photographer’s guide to Lightroom efficiency If you're comfortable using the basic features of Lightroom, but really want to push the envelope with this powerful software, 'Inside Lightroom' by acclaimed photographer and Lightroom Beta-tester Richard Earney is a must-have. Bypassing the obvious features covered in a variety of existing Lightroom books, Richard focuses on customizing Lightroom to suit your workflow. For example, he covers using presets to automate the way Lightroom deals with photos, optimizing your Lightroom workflow for your own hardware and preferences. He covers sophisticated calibration techniques, helping you...
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3. |  By: Susan Ruddick Bloom Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 02-FEB-2009 Insert Date: 27-JUN-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Digital Painting in Photoshop Have you ever considered using Photoshop to create fine art? Photoshop is usually used for enhancing photos, but this extremely powerful software package is capable of so much more. Every feature, from brushes to background, can be customised and optimised for artistic effect. With a little guidance from a pro, your photoshop results can go from competent retouching of images to visually stunning re-interpretations of them, turning everyday pictures into breathtaking works of art. In this beautiful and inspiring book, acclaimed artist, author and lecturer Susan Bloom shows you how to do just...
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4. |  Animating with Blender: How to Create Short Animations from Start to Finish By: Roland Hess Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 26-SEP-2008 Insert Date: 27-JUN-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Animating with Blender: How to Create Short Animations from Start to Finish Blender has become one of the most popular 3D and animation tools on the market, with over 2 million users, and it is free! Animating with Blender is the definitive resource for creating short animation projects from scratch, the ideal platform for experimenting with animation. Blender expert and author Roland Hess walks you through the entire process of creating a short animation, from writing to storyboarding and blocking, through character creation, animation and rendering....
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5. |  The Photoshop Lightroom Workbook: Workflow not Workslow in Lightroom 2 By: Seth Resnick; Jamie Spritzer Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 21-OCT-2008 Insert Date: 27-JUN-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Photoshop Lightroom Workbook: Workflow not Workslow in Lightroom 2 Photoshop Lightroom is the new software from Adobe aimed specifically at photographers and it's taking the photography world by storm. This no-nonsense guide to setting up an efficient workflow in Lightroom offers all the advice you need to master Adobe's clever workflow tool and make it work for you. As co-founders of the renowned and hugely popular photography training and consultancy company D-65 (D-65.com), Seth Resnick and Jamie Spritzer are the perfect guides to lead you through the maze technical problems and practical challenges that stand between you and a seamless digital workflow...
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6. |  By: Brian Stoppee; Janet Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 22-OCT-2008 Insert Date: 27-JUN-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Brian and Janet Stoppee have incorporated their decades of daily, hands-on expertise at image-making plus their leading seminars and one-on-one training into the most comprehensive guide to photographic lighting available! It's impossible to be successful in photography without a mastery of light. It's the basis of all things photographic. The Stoppees welcome the reader into their professional world with a conversational tone that makes you feel as if you are a member of their team in pre-production planning, out on a shoot, or back at their studio, in post-production. They've packed the...
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7. |  3ds Max Modeling for Games: Insider’s Guide to Game Character, Vehicle, and Environment Modeling By: Andrew Gahan Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 13-AUG-2008 Insert Date: 27-JUN-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: 3ds Max Modeling for Games: Insider’s Guide to Game Character, Vehicle, and Environment Modeling The book will provide insider tips, traps, and techniques on how to create 3d assets for use in computer games and simulation systems. The book will consist of a series of tutorials, starting with simpler models and moving up to more complex builds. As the book comes to us directly from successful game artists within commercial game development circles (Gahan + contributors) aspiring game artists will also find keen insights on how to get ahead in the game industry, i.e. how to prepare your personal portfolio to provide an edge in this extremely competitive world of game development. The...
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8. |  The Adobe Photoshop CS4 Layers Book: Harnessing Photoshop’s most powerful tool By: Richard Lynch Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 27-FEB-2009 Insert Date: 27-JUN-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Adobe Photoshop CS4 Layers Book: Harnessing Photoshop’s most powerful tool MasterPhotoshop CS4 with this visual, hands-on guide to using layers, under the expert guidance of digital imaging specialist Richard Lynch. Layers, Photoshop's most powerful feature, is the core of a nondestructive image-editing workflow. Step-by-step instructions and practical examples illustrate how to... * Polish: correct and enhance color, fix composition problems, and repair damage or flaws * Manipulate: isolate image areas for changes, adjustments and experimental concepts* Understand: use all forms of layer blending, including transparency, clipping masks, opacity/fill, layer masks,...
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9. |  Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2: A Digital Photographer’s Guide By: David Huss; David Plotkin Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 17-OCT-2008 Insert Date: 27-JUN-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2: A Digital Photographer’s Guide Adobe Photoshop Lightroom has taken the photography world by storm! Let two industry experts, Dave Huss and David Plotkin, help you get up to speed fast with the all-new version 2. This complete reference for all users of Lightroom starts out with the basics, covering each available tool found in Lightroom with step-by-step clarity. The book then moves on to more in-depth discussions of the most often used tools and techniques, so you can customize a workflow that best suits your own needs. Start at the beginning to develop a complete set of Lightroom skills, or skip ahead to the sections...
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10. |  By: Martin Evening Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 25-NOV-2008 Insert Date: 27-JUN-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Martin Evening's Adobe Photoshop for Photographers titles have become classic reference sources for photographers at all skill levels. Whether you are an accomplished user or just starting out, the Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers book contains a wealth of practical advice, hints and tips to help you achieve professional-looking results. Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers begins with an overview of the Photoshop interface and the fundamentals of how to use Photoshop, followed by how to configure and optimize your computer's performance to run the program and then it dives straight...
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