Photoshop CS3 Photo Effects Cookbook, Second Edition

53 Easy-to-Follow Recipes for Digital Photographers, Designers, and Artists

By Tim Shelbourne
December 2007
Pages: 176
ISBN 10: 0-596-51504-9 | ISBN 13: 9780596515041
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With 53 easy-to-follow recipes, Photoshop CS3 Photo Effects Cookbook shows you how to use Photoshop CS3 to simulate classic camera and darkroom techniques and special effects-without making you first learn Photoshop inside and out. Packed with hundreds of full-color images, step-by-step instructions, and many practical tips, this book-and Adobe Photoshop CS3-are all you need to create professional graphic art effects from almost any image source.
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Whether you're just getting getting into Photoshop or have been using it for a while, you know that it's a many-faceted application that can be somewhat overwhelming to master. With 53 easy-to-follow recipes, Photoshop CS3 Photo Effects Cookbook shows you how to use Photoshop CS3 to simulate classic camera and darkroom techniques and special effects--without making you first learn Photoshop inside and out.

The book covers:
  • Using the improved Vanishing Point, Lens Blur, and Black & White filters
  • Creating graphic art effects: posterization, watercolor, pen and ink
  • Working with lighting effects: neon glows, lens flares, fire and flame effects
  • Simulating natural phenomena: rain, snow, and lightning
  • Adapting traditional techniques: film grain, contrast masks, hand-tinting, cross-processing
  • Adding motion blurs and other special effects
  • Assembling multi-layered images and photomontages

    • Packed with hundreds of full-color images, step-by-step instructions, and many practical tips, this book-and Adobe Photoshop CS3- are all you need to create professional graphic art effects from almost any image source.


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    Photoshop AWAKENED - Finally the BOOK I've been waiting for!!!,  September 09 2008
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    Submitted by Brian D. Watters   [Respond | View]

    I noticed this new book on the shelf at my favorite book store, and flipped it open to find an amazing selection of visual and verbose tutorials in an easy to understand style of teaching which covers many of the classic effects I have painstakingly attempted to create through trial and error in my 11 years of using Photoshop.

    Creating realistic fire using only elements shipped with Photoshop, such as Blending Layers, Cloud Filters and eraser brushes, explained in such a fashion that I felt silly for not having considered this before.

    Although the book gives a web site address where I can download the practice files used in the tutorials, I felt the true test would be to use my own images, and I was not disappointed in the lease.


    Changing a sunny daytime scene to surreal night time scene, or snow covered winter storm scene, or rainy lightening scene were too much to pass up. So with camera in hand here are my before and after images:


    <url>http://www.new.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1804046&l=eacba&id=744126279</url>


    <url>http://www.new.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1804043&l=ffb62&id=744126279</url>


    <url>http://www.new.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1804044&l=a2fe5&id=744126279</url>


    <url>http://www.new.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1804045&l=6df0c&id=744126279</url>


    and all four in one:

    <url>http://www.new.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1804042&l=6a77f&id=744126279</url>

    There's allot of exceptional tutorials here, 53 to be exact, and simulating natural phenomena are just a few.


    The price is what got me. Most books of this caliber are double the price.
    I'm giving this puppy 5 stars, and will definitely be looking for more titles once I'm done.
    - Brian D. Watters
    Here's my public portfolio for the Realistic Fire Sample and some of my other works:

    <url>http://www.photoshopuser.com/members/portfolios/view/gallery/1164901</url>
    <img>http://www.photoshopuser.com/members/portfolios/files/uploads/1164901/full/oops.jpg</img>



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    "With 53 easy-to-follow recipes, Photoshop CS3 Photo Effects Cookbook shows you how to use Photoshop CS3 to simulate classic camera and darkroom techniques and special effects — without making you first learn Photoshop inside and out. Packed with hundreds of full-color images, step-by-step instructions, and many practical tips, this book — and Adobe Photoshop CS3 — are all you need to create professional graphic art effects from almost any image source."
    -- Jennifer Apple, PhotoshopSupport.com


    "I’ve seen several books on Photoshop effects over the years...but Photoshop CS3 Photo Effects Cookbook by Tim Shelbourne ranks right up there among the best. What I like about it is its grounding in old-school techniques such as painting and film photography, knowledge of various scientific and historical facts that help the lessons achieve true realism, and a mastery of Photoshop tricks that are unexpected but very effective."
    -- Jeremy Schultz, Designorati


    "Photoshop is a complex beast, and figuring out how to achieve a particular effect can be almost impossible. Tim Shelbourne's Photoshop CS3 Photo Effects Cookbook shows exactly how to accomplish 53 common image effects, from the experienced mind of an artist."
    -- Jay Nelson, Design Tools Monthly



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    "Packed with hundreds of full-color images, step-by-step instructions, and many practical tips, this book — and Adobe Photoshop CS3 — are all you need to create professional graphic art effects from almost any image source."
    --Jennifer Apple, PhotoshopSupport.com