Photoshop 5 Bible: Gold Edition employs graphically rich material, well-thought-out tutorials, and artist interviews to give Photoshop users a complete and often inspiring look at the photo-and-image-manipulating software's capabilities. In addition, the book makes the gold standard with the inclusion of two CD-ROMs with images, utilities such as filters, artist biographies, and further Photoshop documentation.

Attractive to Photoshop users of all levels, Gold Edition begins with four fairly rudimentary chapters covering the fundamentals of the software usage--including navigating the user interface--and introductions to many of its tools. Beyond this section, the book focuses on demonstrating specific task, tool, and feature groups such as retouching, layers, and special effects.

In the section dedicated to special effects, the book illustrates processes such as color correction and making composite images by using sample photographs in conjunction with an adjustment of the related software component. This way, readers actually see the differences the adjustments should make instead of simply getting a description of the change.

Inspiration infuses the text with full-color glossy images and interviews with the artists who created them. One of the best chapters is "Inventing Photo-Realistic Worlds." Focused on Eric Chauvin, an Industrial Light and Magic alumnus and freelance film and television matte painter, the chapter discusses how Chauvin uses Photoshop on Babylon 5 projects. Chauvin also walks through the process work he did on the digitally enhanced rerelease of the first three Star Wars films.

With its stunningly produced images, hands-on learning style, and abundant input from computer graphics industry all-stars, Photoshop 5 Bible: Gold Edition delivers comprehensive and valuable reference material. --Ryan Kuykendall

Book Description
With brand-new sections on cutting-edge Photoshop techniques used by leading computer graphics professionals around the world, plus 270 pages of stunning color artwork, this new edition of the internationally acclaimed Photoshop 5 Bible is truly the gold standard in Photoshop reference books. Once more, digital graphics guru Deke McClelland delivers the most comprehensive, informative, and entertaining coverage of Photoshop you'll find anywhere -- complete with all the insider secrets and tricks you need for state-of-the-art graphic design.

Book Info
Your ultimate guide to Photoshop. Complete with all the insider secrets and tricks you need for state-of-the-art graphic design. Two CD-ROMs included.

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The Ultimate Guide to Photoshop With brand-new sections on cutting-edge Photoshop techniques used by leading computer graphics professionals around the world, plus 270 pages of stunning color artwork, this new edition of the internationally acclaimed Photoshop® 5 Bible is truly the gold standard in Photoshop reference books. Once more, digital graphics guru Deke McClelland delivers the most comprehensive, informative, and entertaining coverage of Photoshop you'll find anywhere — complete with all the insider secrets and tricks you need for state-of-the-art graphic design. "If Deke McClelland is writing a book about Photoshop, I don't even have to see it to know I want it." — Russell Preston Brown, Senior Creative Director, Adobe Systems, Inc. International Bestseller! More than 500,000 copies in print 2 CD-ROMs with 500MB of cutting-edge artwork, plus exclusive, fully-functional plug-ins developed exclusively for PhotoShop Bible from:Alien SkinAndromedaPlus complete information on key Photoshop 5.5 enhancementsBoxTop SoftwareUleadDigital FrontiersShareware programs are fully functional, free trial versions of copyrighted programs. If you like particular programs, register with their authors for a nominal fee and receive licenses, enhanced versions, and technical support. Freeware programs are free, copyrighted games, applications, and utilities.

About the Author
In 1985, Deke McClelland oversaw the implementation of the first Macintosh-based production department in Boulder, Colorado. He later graduated to be artistic director for Publishing Resources, one of the earliest all-PostScript service bureaus in the United States. These days, Deke is the author of the best-selling computer titles Macworld® Photoshop® 5 Bible and Photoshop® 3 For Windows® 95 Bible (both published by IDG Books Worldwide), which have combined sales worldwide of more than 500,000 copies, making them the best-selling guides of any kind on computer graphics. Other best-selling titles include CorelDraw™ 8 For Dummies®, PageMill™ 2 For Dummies® (both IDG Books), and Real World Illustrator 7 (Peachpit Press). His newest title, Photoshop® 4 Studio Secrets™ (IDG Books), chronicles the work of 16 of the world's most prominent computer artists. When not writing books, Deke serves as contributing editor for Macworld and Publish magazines and hosts the cable TV computer series "Digital Gurus" (now in its fourth season). Deke has written more than 40 books and hundreds of magazine articles about graphics, electronic publishing, and multimedia. His work has been translated into more than 20 languages, including Portuguese, Slovenian, and Thai. In 1989, Deke won the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Computer Book. Since then, he has received honors from the Society for Technical Communication (1994), the American Society of Business Press Editors (1995), and the Computer Press Association (1990, 1992, 1994, and 1995). Other recent titles include FreeHand™ 8 Bible, Photoshop® 5 For Macs® For Dummies®, and Web Design Studio Secrets™ (all published by IDG Books).

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