his thorough, self-paced guide to Adobe Photoshop CS3--written by the experts at Adobe Systems' is ideal for beginning users who want to learn key Photoshop concepts and techniques, while readers who already have some experience with Photoshop can use this book to learn Photoshop CS3's more advanced features and newest tools.

After the success of the first Photoshop Most Wanted book, Colin and Al were deluged with feedback from readers wanting more: this new book is the result. Jam-packed with great effects and design tips to achieve these in Adobe Photoshop, this book teaches how to create a whole range of textures, use Masks, Gradients, and Filters, and also uncovers some of the most sophisticated effects possible in Photoshop including realistic 3D objects.

Providing new Photoshop users with concise, practical information on this world-standard software solution, this book shows photographers how to manipulate photos for print media and the web. Techniques show photographers how to avoid common mistakes and frustrations while creating high-quality, imaginative images. Each topic is broken down into short, easy-to-digest sections (usually only two or three pages long) with clear, jargon-free discussions and plenty of examples. Topics covered include basic image editing, selection techniques, using layers, and creating original artwork. As users' skill levels increase, they will learn how to make selections for more precise image control and how to use the artistic tools in Photoshop for painting, drawing, airbrushing, and correcting image flaws.

This book is both instructional and inspirational. It features 50 full-color reproductions of the award-winning digital art from worldwide competitions, including Macworld, Seybold, and others, featuring some of the best artists in the international digital art community. The book's artwork was selected from thousands of entries by contest judges who are highly regarded in the digital art and computer graphics industry Each section includes one or more cutting-edge techniques that reveal the secrets behind the winning artwork. This book can be used an enjoyed for inspiration as well as for reference to scores of cutting-edge techniques for Photoshop, Painter and other leading graphic applications This book is equally useful for artists working on Macintosh and Windows platforms.

Using the same style of self-paced instruction employed in the best-selling previous edition, this comprehensive set of Photoshop lessons provides everything you need to dive into the world of print, Web, and graphic design with Photoshop 7. Completely revised to cover all of Photoshop 7's new features (including the new Healing Brush, color correction commands, and file management tools), the book starts with an introductory tour of the software and then progresses on through 16 lessons, covering everything from Photoshop's interface to more complex topics like color management, Web graphics, and photo retouching. You'll find step-by-step instructions for a variety of projects (from beginning to advanced) and review questions at the end of each chapter to reinforce what you've learned. Easy-to-use project files on the accompanying CD-ROM complete the package.

What makes this book different is the fact that Steve Caplin shows you step-by-step how to work from the problem to the solution in creating photorealistic images, from the viewpoint of the illustrator who has been commissioned to create a job. This is both a technical guide and an artistic inspiration, packed full with new ideas that you will be dying to try! Benefit from Steve's invaluable time saving tips too, which he's included to make sure you meet your deadlines and get more work.

The 4x4 Project invited four leading designers celebrated for their experimental work in 3D to create new pieces on the theme of Geometry and Chaos. In this book you'll find the information and the inspiration to bend tools to your own ends. The designers describe how they use applications including 3ds max, Carrara Studio, and Strata 3D to create the components for their final images, before processing them with Photoshop to add depth, color, texture, and complexity.

hows everything the reader needs to know to achieve undeniably realistic 3D images and animations. Covers intermediate through advanced 3D image creation with Photoshop. Uses spectacular image maps to create realistic images, showing how to develop multilayer image map surfaces.