Best Practice: The Pros on Adobe Photoshop Book/DVD Package

Description

Best Practice: The Pros on Adobe Photoshop inspires readers to explore the creative process and technical skill behind the work of leading contemporary digital artists. Highlighting skillful digital designers, Best Practice features interviews with the artists and deconstructs individual pieces of their work into how-to steps that readers can experiment with. Full of industry advice and hot techniques, this richly visual four-color book reinforces the key design and illustration principles that every designer needs to know. Best Practice includes an initial review chapter to bring readers up to speed with Photoshop fundamentals to ensure their success with the chapters that follow.
* Showcases a diverse range of high-end contemporary professional artwork.
    * A special Digital Deconstruction feature breaks down complex designs from the artists into their individual components in order to isolate specific techniques.
    * DIY sections allow readers to "do it yourself," following the artist's design step by step in order to learn the key tools and functions of Adobe Photoshop
    * End-of-chapter projects reinforce the design concepts and techniques discussed with each designer.
    * An important chapter on printing ties the content together, from preparing images for use in page layout programs to softproofing and commercial printing.
    * Includes a DVD featuring informative interviews with the artists featured in the book as well as digital exercises files and tutorials demonstrating key concepts.

Basic Ingredients. Ray Vella. Cora Lynn Deibler. Karen Ahlschlager. Dave Devries. Mike Carter. Joanie Schwarz. Chris Spollen. Charlie Hill. Lane Dupont. Steve Grey. Roger Demuth. Preparing Files for Layout and Print.