Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop CS4 in 24 Hours

Chapter 9. Advanced Painting Techniques

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Simulating Different Media

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Imitating Watercolor and Oil Paint

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Imitating Pencil, Charcoal, and Chalk

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Painting from Your History

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Using a Pressure-Sensitive Tablet

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As you learned in the last hour, Photoshop can do more than fix photos; it can also help you create images straight from your imagination. In this hour, we look at ways to make an image in Photoshop look as though it was drawn or painted with real-world ink, charcoal, or paint. If you’re already a skilled artist with conventional tools and materials, you’ll be intrigued ...