Digital Painting in Photoshop

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-240-81114-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 621 g

Have you ever considered using Photoshop to create fine art?Photoshop is usually used for enhancing photos, but this extremely powerful software package is capable of so much more. Every feature, from brushes to background, can be customised and optimised for artistic effect. With a little guidance from a pro, your photoshop results can go from competent retouching of images to visually stunning re-interpretations of them, turning everyday pictures into breathtaking works of art.In this beautiful and inspiring book, acclaimed artist, author and lecturer Susan Bloom shows you how to do just that. Starting with the fundamentals: creating your own artistic brushes and textured papers virtually, she goes on to demonstrate how to create a variety of classic artistic styles in Photoshop, with chapters on watercolours, pastels, charcoal and oil. Further chapters cover illustration techniques in photoshop, and using third-party software to create painterly effects.While the results are highly polished and realistic, this is not a book written specifically for artists. The techniques are aimed squarely at the Photoshop user looking to broaden their pallette, with emphasis on altering photographs to create artwork, rather than creating artwork from scratch. Beautifully written, clearly laid out, and guaranteeing inspiring results, this book is a must-have for every Photoshop user.

Zielgruppe

General and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ruddick Bloom, Susan

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung Fotobeabeitung und Bildbearbeitung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter One Introduction to the Concept of Digital PaintingChapter Two ? Basic Tools for Painting in PhotoshopChapter Three Charcoal Drawings in PhotoshopChapter Four Pastel Drawing in Photoshop Chapter Five Painting with Watercolors in Photoshop Chapter Five Painting with Oil Paints in Photoshop Chapter Six Illustration Techniques in PhotoshopChapter Seven Painting effects using Third-Party Software as Photoshop Plug-insGlossaryIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Susan Ruddick Bloom is a Professor of Art and Chair of the Department of Art and Art History at McDaniel College in Maryland. She has a BFA and an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and is well known for both her traditional wet darkroom alternative processes and her digital darkroom work. Sue has been teaching digital classes since the beginning of Photoshop and has used a Mac from the very first one on the market (128K, with a screen the size of an index card). Trained in drawing, painting, and printmaking, she was at one time a courtroom artist for television and newspapers. Her painterly skills enhance her photographic ones, and her images frequently combine techniques. Sue's work has been exhibited and collected widely.