Wouldn’t it be great if you could have two of the world’s most accomplished and sought-after graphic artists sitting next to you at your computer as you navigate the infinite possibilities of Adobe Illustrator CS2? How to Wow with Illustrator CS2 is the next-best thing. Two Illustrator powerhouses—Ron Chan and Barbara Obermeier—both renowned graphic designers and trainers, have developed an effective way to help you reach your full creative potential. Ron and Barbara guide you step-by-step through real-world techniques, with an emphasis on uncompromising quality, last-minute flexibility, and go-home-at-night speed! You’ll learn tips and techniques on everything from sophisticated typography to commercial graphics approaches using Illustrator CS2. You’re given the inspiration and know-how at every stage of the creative process in order to learn How to Wow! This book begins with the essentials of Illustrator, including effectively working with layers and tools and integrating with other applications, and then moves on to innovative ideas for making your graphics and typography dazzle the eye. You’ll encounter fascinating techniques for giving your work that competitive, professional edge.
Explains how to use one-click techniques to enhance photographs, covering such topics as layers, scaling, frames, film grain, texture, patterns, and shadows.
Ready to learn not just the "how," but also the "why" behind the most powerful features of Photoshop? Adobe Photoshop CS2 Studio Techniques goes beyond conventional step-by-step instruction to deliver an under-the-hood understanding of the world's leading image-editing application. This award-winning, best-selling guide leads you through essential new features and useful techniques in a fun, easy-to-read format. Book jacket.
"This book begins with the basics for getting started with Adobe Photoshop CS2, including: digitising, resizing and enhancing images, working with layers, selections, painting and drawing tools, etc. Web specific tools and techniques are then introduced such as: image transparency, slicing, rollovers, animation, optimisation and saving images for use on the web. Many of these web techniques make use of Adobe ImageReady which is bundled free with Photoshop. Throughout the book, exercises and projects are included so you can immediately put into practice the skills that you learn. Exercise files can be downloaded for free, or purchased on CD." - back cover.
Scott Kelby and Felix Nelson (the creative team behind Photoshop User magazine) take their best-selling Photoshop Killer Tips books to a whole new level with their update for Photoshop CS2. Okay, why a book of nothing but tips? Because that's where all the really slick, really useful, and really fun stuff is. It's true! If we're looking through a book and we see the word "Tip" we're all immediately drawn to it, because we know we're about to learn something great. Maybe it's an undocumented keyboard shortcut, a hidden inside secret, or just a faster, better way to do something we do every day. The only problem with the tips in these books is that there are never enough of 'em. That is, until now. That's because this book is packed cover-to-cover, wall-to-wall with nothing but those cool Photoshop CS2 sidebar tips. Every tip is designed to make you work faster, smarter, and have more fun using Photoshop CS2. There are no detailed descriptions of CMYK separation set-ups, or long boring discussions on color management theory. It's just tips--short, sweet, and to the point. But we've done the "tip" idea one better, because every tip has a full-color graphic to make the tips even more accessible, even more fun, and even easier to use. Most importantly, to get in this book they've got to be "Killer Tips." The kind of tip that makes you smile, nod, and then call all your friends and "tune them up" with your new status as Photoshop guru. If you've wondered how the pros get twice the work done in half the time, it's because they know all the tips, and all the tricks. Now with this book, so will you.
Demonstrates the computer graphics program's newest features and offers advice integrating Photoshop CS2 with other applications, special effects, layering, lighting, and photograph repair.