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The "how to" part gets a bit thin as the book progresses | How to Cheat in Photoshop CS3: The art of creating photorealistic montages (How to Cheat in) | Steve Caplin

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	• How to Cheat in Photoshop CS3: The art of creating photorealistic montages (How to Cheat in) Steve Caplin Focal Press, 2007 - 416 pages average customer review:based on 26 reviews view larger image
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How to cheat in photoshop CS3

We checked MANY photoshop books out of the library and only bought two and this is one. Love it. It comes with a cd with all the pictures that they walk you through so you can practice the steps yourself. Awesome

Serendipitous

I knew from the title that this book had a lot of cool special effects, and it does. What I wasn't expecting was the very pragmatic tutorial on artistic communication: how to tell a story by the relative placement of objects/people in a picture, or the slant of the eyes, etc. And, yes, you can actually turn a people's eyes (or their entire heads!) with some neat, easy, amazing tricks. I just didn't know some of this stuff was even possible. Definitely not a book full of stuff you've seen already.

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The "how to" part gets a bit thin as the book progresses

This book starts out with excellent descriptions of how to accomplish the effects (assuming some knowledge of how PS works). I enjoyed using the techniques on my photos. And then about halfway through he seemed to get tired of pesky details of instruction and simply says "do this, then this" with not even a hint or menu illustration for clarification. Some end results include his notes that "I did this to add realism" with no instruction whatsoever. The first half of the book--great. The second half, more like his showing off his prowess with PS. However, simply the knowledge that some of the later stuff *can* be done is inspiring enough to induce me to spend hours figuring out just how.

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Cheating at Photoshop CS3

This book reminds me of having cliff notes during high school. It takes you to the point without confusion. It covers a vast number of things that interest me in my photography business.

Good but not what I was specting

They explanations are sometimes not easy to follow. Or it's me? You can try it yourself.

With his in-depth knowledge of the little-known secrets used by the pros to produce awardwinning illustrations, Steve is THE go-to guru for professional designers, graphic artists, illustrators, retouchers and students of design media and illustration who want to create photorealistic effects using Photoshop. Updated for Photoshop CS3, this must-have resource unlocks your creativity and helps you save time in the software so you can spend more time creatively. The book is also relevant to any version of Photoshop. * Create convincing smoke effects and make effective explosions the simple way * Take years off someone's appearance * Turn a photograph of someone looking straight into the camera into a different perspective with the entire head (not just the eyes) * Modify a statue so it looks like a living person or paint hair directly on any surface * Produce the perfect cutout in the shortest time with Photoshop CS3's new Quick Selection tool... and more

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