Idea to Image in Photoshop CS2 : Rick Sammon's Guide to Enhancing Your Digital Photographs

by Sammon, Rick

• ISBN13: 9780321429186
• ISBN10: 0321429184
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Peachpit Press

Summary

From 'America's Most Popular Photo Expert' comes this beautiful book on working and playing with the Photoshop digital darkroom.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	x
Introduction	xiii
The Photographic Idea	3	(28)
Seeing the End Result	4	(10)
Catch the Light	4	(2)
Make Pictures	6	(1)
Think Creatively	6	(1)
Fill the Frame	7	(1)
Take Horizontal and Vertical Pictures	8	(1)
Provide a Sense of Place	8	(2)
Look for Details	10	(1)
Tell a Story	10	(2)
Use Time to Your Advantage	12	(1)
Envision the End Result	13	(1)
Seeing More Possibilities with Photoshop	14	(17)
Compose the Scene	14	(7)
See the Color of Light	21	(1)
Have Fun with Frames and Type	22	(9)
Image-Enhancement Artistry	31	(28)
Jump into Easy Image Enhancements	32	(6)
Let the Sun Shine In	38	(2)
Draw Attention to a Subject	40	(2)
Enhance Landscapes	42	(4)
Saving Face	46	(6)
Enter the Layer Mask	50	(2)
Only the Shadows Know	52	(7)
Creative-Image Artistry	59	(54)
All About Hue	60	(4)
Move the Clock Ahead	64	(4)
After Midnight	68	(4)
Speed-Aging a Photograph	72	(2)
Control the Weather	74	(2)
Filter Transformation	76	(4)
A Note Paper Effect	80	(4)
Create a Pinhole Camera Effect	84	(4)
Create a Basic Montage	88	(6)
Liquify Reality	94	(4)
Reflecting on an Image	98	(6)
A Quick Pencil Sketch	104	(4)
Posterize an Image	108	(5)
Advanced-Image Artistry	113	(66)
Creative Explorations	114	(4)
Art History Brush 101	118	(4)
An Illuminating Lighting Effect	122	(4)
Black-and-White and Beyond	126	(10)
Go Beyond the Visible Light Spectrum	133	(3)
Color and Black-and-White Together	136	(2)
Hand-Color a Black-and-White Image	138	(6)
Intensify Action	144	(8)
Earn Your Photoshop Wings	150	(1)
Saddle Up for More Action	151	(1)
Saving the Lion King	152	(4)
Create an Artistic Montage	156	(8)
The Evolution of an Image	164	(4)
The Never-Ending Quest	168	(6)
Variations on a Theme	174	(5)
The Photographic Image	179	(16)
See the Story	180	(8)
Environmental Portraits	180	(1)
Know the Subject	181	(1)
Capture the Peak of Action	182	(1)
Posed Portraits	183	(1)
Compose Carefully	184	(1)
Don't Settle for Less	184	(1)
Be Patient	185	(1)
Be Prepared	186	(1)
Be There	187	(1)
See Beyond the Frame	188	(7)
Think Slide Show	188	(1)
Create a Sense of Depth	188	(2)
Be on the Lookout	190	(1)
Get Lucky!	190	(2)
Have Fun!	192	(1)
Fasten Your Seatbelts	192	(3)
Index	195