Advanced Photoshop CS3 Trickery & FxCharles River Media graphicsGraphics series

Advanced Photoshop CS3 Trickery & FX is a completely updated edition of this specialized book for Photoshop users wishing to go beyond the basics. It takes digital artists to the next level of creativity by teaching them how to blend their artistic talent seamlessly with the powerful tools of Photoshop CS3. The book is packed with full color photos showing before-and-after touch-up examples and demos of the amazing new features of Photoshop CS3. Using a mixture of fun and practical projects, users learn how to transform ordinary photos into incredible special effects and digital creations. This edition also includes more real-world projects to illustrate practical uses of Photoshop’s tools. The book assumes a fundamental level of skill with Photoshop and builds upon those skills by helping users learn how and why Photoshop does what it does. Throughout the book users learn to work with Photoshop tools that come with Photoshop, but aren’t used on a regular basis, and are therefore not covered in depth in general purpose Photoshop books. With this knowledge, users can to take on new challenges and work though the practical, fun tutorials throughout this book. All of the core tools of Photoshop CS3 used for effects are put to use in hands-on projects as users learn new techniques for creating realistic and fantasy effects!