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Wedding Album Design with Adobe Photoshop

Год: 2010
Автор: Mark Chen
Жанр: CG Photoshop
Издательство: Amherst Media, Inc
ISBN: 978-1-58428-261-7
Язык: Английский
Формат: PDF
Качество: Отсканированные страницы
Интерактивное оглавление: Нет
Количество страниц: 129
Описание: If you were getting married a century ago, the only photos you could get would be shot in a studio. They would probably have been taken on a large view camera. You and your guests would appear stiff because the shutter had to stay open for a while, so the photographer needed everyone to stay still. Consumer cameras, like the Kodak Brownie, were there, but they were no competition for the professional’s equipment. If you were a studio owner back then, the business would have been very secure, wouldn’t it?

As technology advanced, consumer cameras became easier to use and produced increasingly high-quality images. Soon, the bride’s Uncle Bob started to walk up and down the aisle, providing free, amateur photographic services. Uncle Bob might have done a good job, or he might have lost all the shots-either way, business became harder for the studios. Should I move on to the digital era, when you see two-dozen wedding guests photoraphing with megapixels totalling in the neighborhood of 300? The good old das are gone.

Here is how a studio can survive in the digital era: it needs to do what the consumer can’t do. That means a studio needs to have great artistry and technique. The digital technology may have greatly expanded the domain ofconsumer photography (also known by an even scarier term: “pro-sumer” photography), but it has also broadened the possibilities for professional artists. Among the new possibilities, I would like to talk about the creativity that happens after the shutter is clicked: the process known as postproduction. For nearly twenty years, Photoshop has dominated the market as the industry’s standard for digital-image post-production. This sophisticated program, with its robustness in image manipulation, is a dream come true for graphic artists. In this book, I want to show you how Photoshop can be used in creating wedding album pages. The emphasis is creativity. Unlike many Photoshop books in the market that emphasize techniques, teaching Photoshop as if it were Microsoft Office, this book will help you learn technique as a way to create a piece of art. Ten projects of different levels of complexity, encompassing different skill sets, are demonstrated in great detail. These projects are album pages that can go into socallecl “flushmount” albums - that is, albums that do not use mattes. These book like albums, sometimes referred to as magazine-style albums, have a photo covering the entirety ofeach page. Where as some projects are for the album covers, they are mostly cross-page, split-panoramic page designs. The purpose of this book is to inspire you with creativity and to enable you with techniques. Photoshop CS4 is used in the demonstrations, but most of the techiques introduced are version-independent, so you can follow along even if you are on a different version. VVhile the book title suggests that this is a guide for professionals in the trade, Photoshop users in other fields will find the creativity and techniques universal. Turning my Houston-based business, Mark Chen Photography (vwvw.MarkChenPhotography.com), into a graphic~design powerhouse is my strategy for success in the 21st century. It could be yours, too. This book will show you what it takes.
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About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Introduction
Things You Should Know While Using this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
I What the Wise Man Says 1: Use the Cover Page as an Appetizer . . . . . . . . .10
PROJECT 1: A Glimpse Into a Dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
COMPLEXITY LEVEL‘ Low
TECHNIQUES INVOLVED: Adjustment Layers. Layer Masks, Creative Type Effects
Canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
The Glow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
I What the Wise Man Says 2: Meet the New Bugs on the Block . . . . . . . . . . . .12
I What the Wise Man Says 3: Regrettable Procedures vs.
Nondestructive Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
The Vignette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
I What the Wise Man Says 4: Changes in the Adjustment Layer Interface . . . .17
The Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Text Glow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
The Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
PROJECT 2: A Cosmic journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
COMPLEXITY LEVEL: High
TECHNIQUES INVOLVED: Selections/Layer Masks, Channel-Selection Conversion. Trans-
form/Warp, Filter Effects, Adjustment Layers
I What the Wise Man Says 5: You and Your Client as a Creative Team . . . . . . .20
Prepare the Canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
The Galactic Hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
I What the Wise Man Says 6: Selections vs. Layer Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
The Ninth Planet Reinstated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
I What the Wise Man Says 7: The Fuzzy Reality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Comet Ielly Beans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
I What the Wise Man Says 8: The Magnificent Magnetic Lasso . . . . . . . . . . . .30
The N Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
The Caricature Gemini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
I What the Wise Man Says 9: Brushes Are Your Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
The Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
PROJECT 3: The Making of a Bride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
COMPLEXITY LEVEL: Low
TECHNIQUES INVOLVED: Soft-Brush Technique, Layer Masking
I What the Wise Man Says 10: The Importance of Being Real . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Prepare the Canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
The Main Attraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Interactions and Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
The Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
PROJECT 4: The Architectural Wonder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
COMPLEXITY LEVEL: Medium
TECHNIQUES INVOLVED: Selection, Layer Masking, Layer Blending Modes, Adjusting
Brightness with Levels, Color Correction with Levels
I What the Wise Man Says 1 i : The Psychology of Album-Making . . . . . . . . . .46
Prepare the Canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Set Up the Stony Backdrop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Here Comes the Bride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Frame the Bride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
I What the Wise Man Says 12: Layer Blending Modes
are Full of Surprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Make it a Mural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Tweak for Perfection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
I What the Wise Man Says 13: Profiling the Brightness with Histograms . . . . .55
I What the Wise Man Says 14: Colors Analyzed on a Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
...........and other
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