Advanced Photoshop CS4 Trickery and FX.

Advanced Photoshop CS4 Trickery and FX

By Stephen Burns

Published by Course Technology, Cengage Learning 

Soft cover, 7 1/4 X 9, 360 pages, $49.99 Includes CD

ISBN 978-1-58450-685-6

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Advanced Photoshop CS4 Trickery and FX shows photographic digital artists how to blend traditional artistic skills and vision with the powerful tools and capabilities of Adobe Photoshop[R] CS4 Extended to achieve new levels of creativity in digital art. Adobe Photoshop[R] CS4 Extended combines 2D, 3D, and video into its interface, truly enabling artists to combine mediums such as painting, photography, and sculpting into their digital creations. Each chapter is laid out as a complete tutorial that shows the photographer how to use each of the amazing new Photoshop CS4 Extended features to transform ordinary photos into incredible special effects and digital creations.

The photographer will also find projects that illustrate the more practical uses of Photoshop to help master their photo editing skills. All of the files needed to complete the tutorials are included online so more time can be can be spent expanding and challenging creativity and less time worrying about the technical details. Advanced Photoshop CS4 Trickery and FX teaches how to harness the power of Photoshop CS4 Extended to create both realistic images and fantastic effects.

The CD-ROM includes full-color images for all the tutorials in the book and custom brushes to use with the tutorials.

Stephen Burns's passion for the digital medium as an art form is as great as his passion for photography. His background began as a photographer 28 years ago and, in time, progressed toward the digital medium. He has been an instructor and lecturer in the application of digital art and design for the past 13 years. He has authored several books and has written numerous articles, including some for HDRI 3D magazine about using creative digital techniques with Photoshop and 3D applications. His work has been shown at fine art galleries worldwide and at ww.chromeallusion.com.

Stan Ashbrook, FPSA 

Review Editor

Each book listed is rated for Beginners (*), Intermediate (**), or Advanced (***) in digital imaging.