1st Edition
How To Cheat In Photoshop CC The art of creating realistic photomontages
Have you ever struggled to make the vision in your mind come to life on your screen? Then this book can help you realise your goal. In this comprehensive revision of the best-selling How To Cheat in Photoshop, photomontage guru Steve Caplin shows you how to get optimum results in minimum time, by cheating your way to success.
As a professional digital artist, Steve knows all about creating great work under pressure. In this book he combines detailed step-by-step instructions with invaluable real-world hints, tips, and advice to really let your creativity run wild. Fully updated to cover the latest features in Photoshop CC, this invaluable resource shows exactly what methods Steve uses to create his own stunning imagery used in advertising, publishing, and print media, in a project-based approach that is sure to improve and inspire your own work.
1. Natural selection
2. Transformation and distortion
3. Hiding and showing
4. Image adjustment
5. Composing the scene
6. Getting into perspective
7. Light and shade
8. Heads and bodies
9. Shiny surfaces
10. Metal, wood and stone
11. Paper and fabric
12. The third dimension
13. Hyper realism
14. Advanced techniques
15. Print and the internet
Biography
Steve Caplin is a graphic artist, illustrator, and journalist who loves to create images that blur the line between illusion and reality. His satirical photomontage work has been commissioned by newspapers and magazines around the world, including The Guardian, Men’s Health, and L’Internazionale, as well as advertising agencies such as Saatchi & Saatchi. He is the author of many best-selling Focal Press books.
