ABSTRACT

Have you ever struggled to make the vision in your mind come to life on your screen? Then this book can help you realise your goal. In this comprehensive revision of the best-selling How To Cheat in Photoshop, photomontage guru Steve Caplin shows you how to get optimum results in minimum time, by cheating your way to success.

As a professional digital artist, Steve knows all about creating great work under pressure. In this book he combines detailed step-by-step instructions with invaluable real-world hints, tips, and advice to really let your creativity run wild. Fully updated to cover the latest features in Photoshop CC, this invaluable resource shows exactly what methods Steve uses to create his own stunning imagery used in advertising, publishing, and print media, in a project-based approach that is sure to improve and inspire your own work.

chapter |2 pages

How to use this book

chapter 1|36 pages

Natural selection

chapter 2|42 pages

Transformation and distortion

chapter 3|24 pages

Hiding and showing

chapter 4|28 pages

Image adjustment

chapter 5|16 pages

Composing the scene

chapter 6|26 pages

Getting into perspective

chapter 7|30 pages

Light and shade

chapter 8|44 pages

Heads and bodies

chapter 9|34 pages

Shiny surfaces

chapter 10|28 pages

Metal, wood and stone

chapter 11|22 pages

Paper and fabric

chapter 12|40 pages

The third dimension

chapter 13|20 pages

Hyper realism

chapter 14|44 pages

Advanced techniques

chapter 15|13 pages

Print and the internet