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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Photoshop Finishing Touches

Peachpit Press | 1 edition | July 15, 2006 | 384 pages | English


About the Book
Imagine - your Photoshop masterpiece is almost complete, but you need a last, little something for that finishing touch. A border effect perhaps, or maybe a color treatment to add some “pop.” This book is all about adding a finishing touch to your images, including frames, artistic effects, dramatic lighting effects, combining color with black and white, and much more. You’ll learn how to create special effects in very flexible, editable ways that are just the tip of the iceberg, giving you countless possibilities. This book gives you the basic ingredients and encourages you to experiment and cook up your own incredible variations. With its unique, visual Table of Contents, jump-in-anywhere layout, and stand-alone techniques, you can immediately start adding that special polish and pizzazz to your photos.


About the Author
Dave Cross is involved in all aspects of the training that is provided to National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) members, including the content of seminars, conferences and workbooks. He also creates the very popular weekly QuickTime-based tutorials that appear on the members website. Dave is an Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop CS2 and a Certified Technical Trainer.
Prior to joining the NAPP, Dave lived in Canada and trained thousands of users across North America. Dave co-authored the Photoshop World Dream Team Book, Volume One, and is the author of the Photoshop CS2 Help Desk Book. Dave writes the “Classic Effects” and “Beginners Workshop” columns for Photoshop User magazine, teaches at the Photoshop World Conference & Expo and is the Lead Instructor for the Photoshop Seminar Tour. He is also featured on a series of DVDs such as Best of Photoshop User, Photoshop CS2 for Beginners, and Photoshop CS2 Layer Techniques.
In his spare time Dave is the Graphics Editor for LAYERS magazine and enjoys freaking out his Florida co-workers by wearing shorts to work every day, simply “because he can”. Dave lives in Odessa, Florida with his wife Marlene and children Stephanie and Michael.



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43 Cool Photo Frames, Borders and Edges Photoshop Tutorials

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Picture Pop Out




Creating Photo Borders In Photoshop With Masks And Filters



Leaves Photo Frame



Make Photo with border



Cut Up Photo Edges



Combine Illustrator and Photoshop to create a border effect



Different styles of photo borders using different filters



Cool Edges



Create a Custom Border



Grunge Borders



Create soft border around image



Classic wooden frame



Folded photo effect



Polaroid collage



Photo transfer edge effect



Out of bounds effect



Festive photo frame



Vintage photo corners



Realistic film frame



35mm slide frame effect


Vintage polaroid effect



US postage stamp effect



Halftone edge effect



Vintage greeting card



Creating photo borders with displacement maps



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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Perfect Composition for Digital Photography: The art of shooting great photographs

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2.5 Hour Photography Video


Learn how to see and shoot!

Have you ever marveled at the work of skilled photographer’s and thought, “I wish I was talented like like that?” Guess what! All of the superstars started where you are. These things can be taught!

This video teaches you how to transform your photography! Your images will instantly become more powerful and engaging. In addition to teaching you the rules of composition, Tim shows you why the rules work, and when to break them! This video takes you through the steps of seeing, designing, and executing the final composition. Learn how your shutter speeds, f-stops, and lens length are crucial to composing your photo. Never take a boring shot again.

Tim Cooper has been travelling all over the nation for a decade, helping thousands of photographers hone their craft. For the first time ever, Tim sat down in his studio and captured the magic on this video. As you watch, Tim’s plain English style will cause you to understand composition and realize, it’s not all luck and natural talent that captures great photos.



Lessons Include:

  • Discover how to take your photos from snapshots to photographs
  • Learn how to make a photograph rather than take one
  • Discover how your vision interprets works of art
  • Establish a workflow for composing your scenes
  • Understand the effects of sharpness in your photos
  • Find out how to make your images more expressive
  • Learn the visual distractions and attractions
  • Learn what to do with bright subjects
  • Learn how to compose high contrast subjects
  • Polish up on basic compositional elements
  • See how lines affect your compositions
  • Explore subject and camera movement
  • Realize the power of negative space
  • Discover how to place your images within the frame
  • Get an introduction to visual weight and balance
  • Explore photographic symmetr
  • Learn the origin of the rule of thirds
  • Discover how color contrast can boost impact
  • Determine which lens to use for which scenes
  • Explore perspective and positioning


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INSTRUCTOR: TIM COOPER

Tim Cooper began his career as a commercial and assignment photographer working with clients such as The North Face, Vasque boots, 3M and The International Heart Institute. His editorial and commercial photographs have appeared in Travel & Leisure, New York Times Magazine, Outdoor Photographer, Fly Rod & Reel, Northern Lights and Private Clubs as covers, advertising, art and editorial illustration.

In addition to commercial work, Tim has also been involved with the Rocky Mountain School of Photography since 1993. He has taught workshops, classes, seminars, as well as held the position of Director of Education,
Director of the Black and White Program and Director of Digital Imaging. Tim currently teaches various workshops, classes and seminars for the school in addition to consulting on both photographic and digital technologies. Tim is co-author of the book Complete PhotoshopCS3 for Digital Photographers.


What will you learn?




1. An introduction to composition, and an overview of how our vision perceives art



2. This section shows you how to guide your viewers eye through a photograph.



3. An overview of the elements of composition and how they apply to photography



4. This segment shows you how to place subjects within the frame



5. An in depth look at wide, normal and long lenses, and how they affect our composition



6. F-stops and shutter speeds and how you can use them to produce more creative compositions



7. This segment explores the importance of positioning, camera location and perspective.



8. Tips and hints on portraiture and landscape photography plus some easy to avoid pitfalls