The PhotoshopWorld Dream Team Book, Volume 1

by Kelby, Scott; Ames, Kevin; Andrews, Geno; Bauer, Peter; Brown, Daniel E; Brown, Russell Preston; Cross, Dave; Davis, Jack; DiVitale, Jim; Giordan, Daniel; Harlan, Rod; Harrington, Richard; Kost, Julieanne; Monroy, Bert; Morriso

• ISBN13: 9780735714212
• ISBN10: 0735714215
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: New Riders Press

Summary

PhotoshopWorld. It's where each year the most gifted, brilliant, and creative Photoshop gurus in the world gather to share their latest techniques, the newest tips, and their slickest Photoshop tricks with members of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP). These eager Photoshop users come from as far away as Singapore, Australia, Europe, Japan, Africa, China, and dozens of other countries around the world just to learn from this "dream team" of photographers, designers, educators, videographers, and creative geniuses. Now, they've come together again, here in the first book of it's kind that brings this PhotoshopWorld Instructor Dream Team together--but this time they're teaching you. Within its pages, you'll learn their secrets--their latest tips, tricks, tutorials and techniques using Adobe Photoshop CS. This is a truly unique opportunity to learn one-one-one from the same famous names you see up on the big PhotoshopWorld stage. You'll learn from world-reknown gurus like Photoshop User Editor Scott Kelby, Author of Photoshop Studio Techniques Ben Willmore, Award-winning digital photographer Jim DiVitale, Pioneering Photoshop illustrator and artist Bert Monroy, Photoshop Hall of Famer Jack Davis, Fashion Photography Guru Kevin Ames, Photoshop User Creative Director Felix Nelson, Adobe's own Julieanne Kost, Adobe Photoshop Seminar Tour Leader Dave Cross, and many more. Plus you'll get a behind-the-scenes look at what it's like being at PhotoshopWorld, (the after hour events, panels, parties, art competitions, the expo floor--the works) and what it's like learning from the best and brightest minds in the digital imaging industry today. This is your chance to learn from the "Dream Team" yourself and become a part of very special legacy, and learn techniques that can only be shared here, in this unique book featuring today's Photoshop masters, and tomorrow's Photoshop legends.

Table of Contents

Dream Team Acknowledgements	xiv
Foreword	xvii
About Napp	xviii
About Photoshopworld	xix
Photoshopworld Live	xx
Photoshopworld Posters	xxiii
Keynote	xxv
Photoshop Midnight Madness	xxvii
Photoshop Hall of Fame	xxviii
Photoshop Wars	xxxi
The Tech Expo	xxxiii
Guru Awards	xxxv
Ghosts and Memories	1	(14)
Kevin Ames
Real-Time Visualization	1	(2)
Ghosts and Memories	3	(6)
Day and Night, Night and Day	9	(6)
Working with Spot-Color Channels	15	(12)
Geno Andrews
Spot Color Adventures	15	(2)
The Simple Two-Color Job: A Black-and-White Photo with Pantone (Reflex Blue) Type	17	(5)
White Flash with Three Spot Colors: Richer Black-and-White Images in Silkscreening	22	(5)
Help Desk Live! Photoshopworld's Top Questions	27	(12)
Peter Bauer
The Breadth and Depth of Photoshop	27	(2)
Top Help Desk Questions	29	(10)
Photoshop Is Behaving Badly: How can I get back to work?	29	(4)
How do I reduce digital noise?	33	(1)
Can I preview fonts in Photoshop?	34	(1)
What scan resolution should I use?	35	(4)
Pushing Pixels: Using Photoshop to Create a Product Makeover	39	(12)
Daniel Brown
Retouching and Beyond with Photoshop	39	(1)
Pushing Pixels	40	(11)
Lesson 1	40	(1)
Lesson 2	41	(1)
The Resolution Audio Project	42	(9)
Panoramas Gone Bad!	51	(14)
Russell Preston Brown
Go Where No Photoshop User Has Gone Before!	51	(1)
When Panoramas Go Bad: A True Story	52	(13)
The Strange Case of the Mismatched Skies	52	(2)
Incredible Secrets of the Photomerge	54	(4)
Trouble in the Tulip Garden: Using the Healing Brush, Patch Tool, and Perspective Crop for Final Touch-ups	58	(4)
Putting It All in Perspective: The Final Crop	62	(3)
Stop Working So Hard Making Selections!	65	(14)
Dave Cross
There You Have It	65	(1)
Selections: There is an Easier Way	66	(13)
The Overall Approach	66	(13)
Creative Focus with the Lens Blur Filter	79	(14)
Jack Davis
Ramblings of an Elated Mind	79	(2)
Creating a Depth Mask for the Lens Blur Filter	81	(6)
Exploring the Lens Blur Dialog	87	(6)
Iris Settings	88	(1)
Specular Highlights	89	(1)
Noise	89	(1)
Quest for Blur	90	(3)
Collaborating on Digital Image Creation	93	(12)
Jim DiVitale
The Digital Advantage for Photographers & Designers	93	(2)
Digital Photography: Control Over the Creative Process	95	(10)
Explorations in Organic Symmetry	105	(14)
Daniel Giordan
Is It Ever ``Done''?	105	(2)
Explorations in Organic Symmetry	107	(12)
Using Photoshop for Video Work	119	(12)
Rod Harlan
An Interview with Rod Harlan	119	(2)
Broadcasting Photoshop	121	(10)
Back in the Day...	122	(1)
The Conversion Process	123	(1)
Preparing Graphics for Television Using Photoshop 7 and Earlier	123	(1)
Preparing Graphics for Television Using Photoshop CS	124	(2)
Video Safe Areas	126	(1)
Using Photoshop's De-Interlace Filter to Repair Video Images	126	(5)
Making DVD Menus	131	(16)
Richard Harrington
How to Get Ahead in Video or Fry Trying	131	(2)
Creating a DVD Menu	133	(14)
Why Does It Have to Be So Hard?	133	(1)
Get Your Stuff Together	134	(1)
Prepare Movie Assets	134	(1)
Using Still Frames from Video in Your Menu Design	135	(1)
Using Photos in Your Menu Design	136	(1)
Making Backgrounds from Stills	137	(1)
Make Your Own Title Safe Guides	138	(1)
The Split in the Road	139	(1)
Keep It Moving	139	(1)
In After Effects: Let There Be Motion	140	(4)
The End?	144	(3)
Faking Studio Shots with Photoshop	147	(12)
Scott Kelby
Opening Thoughts	147	(1)
Creating Your Own Studio Shots	148	(11)
Dramatic Studio Backgrounds	148	(6)
Studio Shot #2	154	(5)
Building an Addition to Your Photoshop	159	(12)
Julieanne Kost
The Creative Challenge	159	(1)
The Basic Premise: Bits and Bytes Aren't the Final Project	160	(11)
The Project	161	(10)
Photorealism Techniques	171	(14)
Bert Monroy
Painting with Photoshop	171	(2)
Creating a Sign with Metal Letters and Neon Tubes	173	(12)
In the End	183	(2)
Photoshop Power for Digital Portrait Photographers	185	(12)
Todd Morrison
A Decade in the Life of a Pixel-Crazed Baby Photographer	185	(2)
Bringing Back the Look of Film	187	(6)
Part 1---Don't Be Afraid of the Curves	187	(2)
Part 2---Adjustment Layer Vignette	189	(2)
Danger: Sharp Objects Ahead (Digital Soft Focus)	191	(2)
Hip to Be Square: Square Crop from a Vertical Image Trick	193	(4)
Color Management Incantation	197	(12)
Chris Murphy
How About a Car or Mini-Van?	197	(1)
Color Management Incantation	198	(11)
Proof Colors	198	(3)
Printing	201	(3)
Prepare for the Web	204	(5)
Photo Realistic Illustration Techniques	209	(20)
Felix Nelson
Is It Real, or Is It Photoshop?	209	(1)
Photorealism in Photoshop	210	(19)
Using Highlights to Add Depth and Reveal Shapes	210	(7)
Nothing Is Perfect	217	(2)
Double Your Pleasure	219	(10)
Photoshop and Acrobat Workflow: Capturing, Correcting, Protecting, and Distributing Your Images	229	(16)
Taz Tally
My Passion Outside of the Digital Realm	229	(2)
The Meat	231	(14)
Set a Specific Goal	231	(1)
Production Chores	232	(1)
The Steps	232	(13)
Removing Glass Glare	245	(16)
Eddie Tapp
Become One with the Gray Obis of Digital	245	(2)
Glass Glare Project	247	(11)
Save, Save, and Save Again!	258	(1)
Moral of the Story	259	(2)
A Cinematic Approach to Digital Still Photography	261	(16)
Vincent Versace
Why to Photoshop	261	(1)
Anatomy of a Photograph: Stardust	262	(15)
Using Adobe Photoshop to Do Classic Studio Lighting	262	(1)
Why To	262	(1)
How To	263	(14)
The Photoshop Creative Cookbook: Filters and Blending Modes	277	(19)
Ben Willmore
Bad Television and Photoshop---the Perfect Combination	277	(2)
Photoshop Filters for all Ages	279	(10)
How to Think About Blending Modes	279	(3)
Filters	282	(1)
Creating Textures	283	(4)
The Filter Gallery	287	(1)
An Example	288	(1)
Bad Television and Photoshop---the Perfect Combination	289	(7)
Index	296