Press Release
September 9, 2005
"Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio": Insider's Tips and Techniques for Pro Photo Retouchers
Sebastopol, CA--The next best thing to a mentor, Commercial Photoshop
Retouching: In the Studio (Honiball, O'Reilly, US $44.95) is a collection
of real-world, straight-from-the-trenches advice on the practical
commercial applications of retouching with Adobe Photoshop.
This one-of-a-kind guide to professional photo retouching and compositing
delivers insider techniques and seasoned advice from someone who retouches
photographs for a living and has been doing so for more than 20 years.
"The examples in this book are the types of things I might be asked to do
for a client on any given day," says author Glenn Honiball.
"Professional artists need to create professional-looking retouched images
in the most efficient and realistic way," continues Honiball. To make that
happen, he gives professionals--or those who just want their images to
look professionally crafted--the tools, tricks, and know-how to save time
and minimize stress while achieving the perfect balance of imagination,
efficiency, and technique.
Commercial Photoshop Retouching begins with an introduction to the
day-to-day life, typical project workflow, and studio of a professional
retoucher. It continues with in-depth guidance on various types of image
manipulation (basic corrections and enhancements, changing colors,
extending backgrounds, etc.) and concludes with special advice on
preparing images for "unusual" mediums, such as billboards, newspapers,
and product packaging.
The practical, immediate Photoshop solutions in this book help readers
prepare and perfect images that are unbelievably sharp and polished--but
don't look at all retouched. Honiball shows production artists how to
successfully:
Manipulate light and create realistic-looking shadows
Enhance basic reality to make flat, dull images come alive with texture and color
Create something from nothing, adding elements or images that only exist in their (or their client's) imagination
Use special colors effectively so that their output is what they and their client expect
Make seamless composites, adding a realistic quality to even the most fantastic images
Solve resolution issues for images to be used on a grander scale than originally intended
Honiball inspires readers with his creative sensibility and offers up all
his favorite tools, skills, and carefully honed techniques for
consistently outstanding, commercial-quality retouching. Notes, sidebars,
and full-color images throughout the book illustrate Honiball's lessons
and support his incomparable technical and artistic guidance. The book
even offers advice on finding work, building a portfolio, and running a
successful retouching business--from initial concept meetings to working
smoothly with suppliers to getting the final image approved by a highly
satisfied client.
Additional Resources:
Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio
Glenn Honiball
ISBN: 0-596-00849X, 272 pages, $44.95 US, $62.95 CAN
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