Photoshop Fine Art Effects Cookbook: 62 Easy-to-Follow Recipes for Creating the Classic Styles of Great Artists and Photographers (O'Reilly Digital Studio)

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How would you like to create your own impressionist landscape, a van Gogh still life, or a surrealist Salvador Dali dream world? Or perhaps a classic Ansel Adams photograph of Yosemite or an authentic-looking 19th century Daguerrotype? You can do all of that and more with Photoshop Fine Art Effects Cookbook.

The book tells you all you need to know to turn your original digital photographs into images that mimic the styles of great photographers and painters. From advice on how to develop an eye for appropriate subject matter to 62 detailed recipes that demonstrate exactly how to create an "original" van Gogh, Vermeer, Edward Weston, or Andy Warhol (among others), this book is an authentic guide to understanding and simulating the work of great artists-and a whole lot of fun.

Analyzing the styles of great artists: format, composition, angles of view, color palettes, and image textures
Shooting for digital manipulation, working non-destructively, making your own brushes and patterns
Creating Daguerrotypes, cyanotypes, stop-motion photographs, cross-processed images, Polaroid transfers, and infrared effects
Mimicking photographic styles from the pre-Raphaelites and the Naturalists to Jerry Uelsmann and David Hockney
Exploring painting and printmaking techniques from Rembrandt to Warhol: Dutch portraits, 18th century landscape painting, Japanese woodblocks, Impressionism, Pointillism, Fauvism, Art Nouveau, Cubism, Futurism, Surrealism, and Pop Art

Packed with step-by-step instructions, an inspirational selection of full-color digital imagery, and authoritative information and advice, Photoshop Fine Art Effects Cookbook is the ultimate guide to creating convincing digital masterpieces in the styles of many of the world's greatest artists.

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Rhondda Boy.......2007-06-11

I would like to thank John Beardsworth for writing this book as it has given me much pleasure in replicating his creations and following his recipes are so easy. The quality of the printing of the book is superb.I look forward to hours of enjoyment making my own paintings.

Lots of errors.......2007-04-15

The concept is interesting & it is fun to try the different recipes, but many many errors mar the book. Also, some the instructions are less than clear.

Waste of money.......2007-04-04

There are many web sites with better information. Take a look on them.

Great recipes, easy steps, wonderful results........2006-07-09

This book puts you on the fast track to grafting the styles of famous artists into your own work through more than five dozen easy-to-follow recipes. Not surprisingly, you'll find yourself learning more than you originally expected to about Photoshop.

not-so-fast ..........2006-05-04

Earlier this year I reviewed what many will see as the companion volume to this book ("Photoshop Blending Modes Cookbook for Digital Photographers"), written by the same author. Unfortunately, the newer publication is less useful. It seems to have been written on a pretext that it's clever to be able to duplicate what traditional artists can do. This seems - from my own personal viewpoint - to be greatly undervaluing the power of Photoshop (and similar software). Practitioners of digital fine art should (really, constructively) be looking to explore what the principles of prior and traditional art can mean within a new domain.

Plus, the book gets off to a definitely poor start. The second and longer of two introductory sections is titled "The Tricks of the Trade". Well it would be better if just some of the "tricks" had been explained in full and more accurately. Say, how to make a selection in Photoshop from the best available precursor (a black-and-white alpha channel). Or say again, how to make tonal corrections to the original photograph using a luminance mask. Then again, the first (and shorter) of the introductory chapters, titled "The Artist's Eye", is just a teaser. This topic - pre-visualizing what can be achieved as an output image when composing the original photographic input - could have benefited from a much more detailed explanation/argument. Indeed, it could even merit an expansive concluding chapter (but the book doesn't have one of those at all ....). This is, after all, at the very core of what the user could harness to any given artistic objective.

Additionally, I think that it's strange that a book such as this simply makes no reference at all to what could be printed from the recipes it contains. Some of the finished (output) images might look quite intriguing as 3 by 5 inch reproductions in the book - but does the methodology hold up if you're targeting a 20 by 36 inch output (say) on a large format printer? And what to do if that's not the case? Finally, and in common with the earlier companion volume, this book suffers from strange and inconsistent layouts of screenshots and text, plus all sorts of technical and editing omissions/errors (which include, for example, having the wrong screenshot in the wrong recipe - see p.108).

Mapas Abiertos: Fotografia Latinoamericana, 1991-2002

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Mapas Abiertos: Fotografia Latinoamericana, 1991-2002

Manufacturer: Lunwerg Editores
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Fotografia Digital a Todo Color: Manuales Users, en Español / Spanish (Manuales Users)

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Fotografia Digital a Todo Color: Manuales Users, en Español / Spanish (Manuales Users)
Daniel Benchimol
Manufacturer: M P Ediciones S.A.
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ASIN: 9875262218

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En la actualidad, tomar una fotografía puede parecernos algo normal y poco impresionante. Sin embargo, fueron necesarios algo más de 170 años de desarrollo de la técnica fotográfica para llegar a la creación de las modernas cámaras digitales. Esta tecnología cuenta con enormes ventajas: el nuevo sistema de almacenamiento permite guardar miles de imágenes sin un mayor costo económico; es posible visualizar las fotografías en el mismo instante de haber realizado la toma, compartirlas con conocidos por Internet y retocarlas con la PC antes de efectuar una impresión en papel. En este manual, encontrará 320 páginas A TODO COLOR con una práctica guía que lo ayudará a conocer todos los componentes que conforman una cámara digital y, así, decidir cuál será el equipo más conveniente. Además, las técnicas empleadas por los profesionales para la toma de las mejores fotografías: nociones de formato y encuadre, iluminación, enfoque, perspectiva y punto de vista, la regla de los tercios, y mucho más. También, los secretos de Photoshop para retocar y mejorar notablemente la calidad de las imágenes y crear impresionantes fantasías visuales.

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buen libro, MALA TRADUCCION.

Fotografia Digital Para Dummies
Julie Adair King
Manufacturer: For Dummies
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ASIN: 0764568183

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¡Cobertura actualizada de las últimas cámaras y programas!

Su fácil y divertida guía para conocer el mundo de la fotografía digital

Las cámaras digitales se ponen mejor – y más baratas. ¿Pero por dónde comenzar? En esta amistosa guía, Julie Adair King le da justo lo que necesita. Ella le dice cómo seleccionar el equipo correcto. Ella revela los secretos para tomar las mejores fotos digitales. Y ella le muestra cómo utilizar los programas de edición de fotos para realzar cualquier foto digital.

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buen libro, MALA TRADUCCION........2007-07-16

El libro esta bien. La traduccion es pesima, parece hecha por esos software que traducen y luego retocada por alguien, o tal vez hecha por alguien que no habla español como lengua materna. Le he pedido a amazon devolver el libro y lo comprare nuevamente en ingles.

Historia General De La Fotografia/ General History of Photography

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Historia General De La Fotografia/ General History of Photography
Maria De Los Santos Garcia Felguera , Helena Perez Gallardo , and Carmelo Vega
Manufacturer: Ediciones Catedra S.A.
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Como hacer buenas fotografias: Elementos esenciales, tecnicas de composicion, apectos tecnicos

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Es simplemente una obra de arte por el valor de un libro.

Como hacer buenas fotografias: Elementos esenciales, tecnicas de composicion, apectos tecnicos
John Hedgecoe
Manufacturer: Blume
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ASIN: 8480764473

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The hands-on exercises in this back-to-basics manual teach amateur photographers the necessary skills for taking great photos. The mechanics of digital and conventional cameras, focus and shutter speed functions, lighting, and the fundamentals of composition are explored and illustrated with more than 300 professional photos. A final section offers details on the latest equipment and techniques.

En una serie de ejercicios prácticos y mas de 300 fotos, esta manual demuestra como desarrollar las distintas técnicas para tomar buenas fotografiás. La mecánica de la camera digital y convencional y las funciones están explorados. Al final incluye detalles del equipo y técnicas corrientes.

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Es simplemente una obra de arte por el valor de un libro........2007-08-05

Este libro encierra absolutamente todo lo que un buen Fotografo necesita saber, las tecnicas aqui usadas son perfectas, logicas y muy faciles de aplicar, esta muy bien explicado, y los resultados se ven. ES GRANDIOSO Y A MUY BAJO COSTO

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Manual Completo de Fotografia

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Versailles, Guide of the Tour of the Chateau and the Gardens

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Versailles, Guide of the Tour of the Chateau and the Gardens

Manufacturer: Mahé
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A delightful visual tour of Versailles through a wide collection of color photographs, oil paintings, and maps. Includes a comprehensive chronology from 1607 to 1986.

La Habana en mi corazón: 75 años de fotografía Cubana

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La Habana en mi corazón: 75 años de fotografía Cubana
Gareth Jenkins
Manufacturer: Chicago Review Press
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Havana casts its spell on all who visit. These 150 evocative black and white photographs, both recent and vintage, have been brought together to tell the story of this extraordinary city. They capture not just the stunning architecture but also the people, the music, the ageless traditions, and the turbulence and tenderness that is the real Havana. These never-before-published photographs come from an array of Cuban photographers including Osvaldo Salas, Alberto Figueroa, and Alberto Korda, among many others. Illuminating the soulful images are texts chosen from a wide variety of authors and observers, both Cuban and foreign, including Ernest Hemingway, Graham Greene, and Federico Garcia Lorca.

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The desire for a normal teenage life haunts Mi-Roo. While most people her age are having fun, Mi-Roo is stuck playing the role of student, homemaker, and full-time babysitter to her siblings. With a mother who is gone more than half the time and a twin brother who is truly a pain in the ass, when is Mi-Roo going to get her chance to just be a kid? The gripping drama of a latch key kid continues...

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50 Rules Just for Me.......2006-06-08

When I read this book I was just looking for something to help me get ideas for a comic I was working on. In the end I found another one of many of the books that I've come to love.

The story is basically about twins who turn out to be total opposites. The sister is responsible, doing well in school, and takes care of everyone in the house, including her father. Her brother is the total opposite. He sits around the house all day playing with the cat,oesn't really care how he does in school, and basically forces people to take care fo him. When he is forced to do any work he doesn't do much, such as when he has to babysit his little brother. He complains that he wants food and his brother ends up giving him cat food.

The story doesn't have much of a plot apart from the fact that is a life we all face. Falling in love, making friends, and trying to keep everything in tune, just basic life.

In the story you meet many interesting characters life the twins' older sister who is a comic artist, their younger brother who wants nothing more then be cute, and the twin brother's usually dark, but charming, cute friend who might have a thing for his best friend's sister.

Even though it basically has no plot the story is wonderful and something you will enjoy again and again.

A good book.......2006-05-02

I just finished this book, and I enjoyed just about every page. I'm more one for comedies, but although this one wasn't really funny in any way, it's still a good read. Unlike most manga, this one is actually the kind in which things happen that would happen in real life. All the time you're reading it, you almost feel like you're part of the story. That's how I felt anyways.

Revolts around TEENS as usual. .......2006-02-22

Manga may be big in Japan, but it seems to be for and all about TEENS, TEENS, TEENS.:P Even though this one takes place in Korea!

Read all about those amazing creatures called "teens"! They are all svelte, beautiful, and of course, white. We are all so fascinated by those wealthy white-bread young things who are more doe-eyed than slant-eyed, like true Asians are. And like ALL manga characters, they resemble supermodels and pop idols who live in big, magnificent houses - a dwelling so typical of most manga teens. No wonder Britney Spears and Paris Hilton have totally taken over the world!

Oh, and let's also share Japan's great interest in those mysterious, mystic places where TEENS go to, called "high school". Wow! Cool! At least those teen characters featured here don't have any magical or superpowers, though they do come in a "pair", like Luke and Leia. How original.

At least one of the girls looks like an overaged adult - the kind we really don't see much in manga anyway - that's exactly what happens to our gorgeous elf-like beings called "teens" once they pass a certain age. They become invisible housewives and salarymen!XP

Oh, and you have to be a TEEN to read that kind of stuff, too!

Pleasantly Surprised.......2005-06-10

If you're looking for a light-hearted manga book, 50 Rules is perfect! It's not very deep or meaningful and there isn't much of a plot, but it's very entertaining. It's the sort of manga you can read more than once!

I enjoyed it!.......2004-11-19

This is a great book. I recomend people to buy it. It is funny! I can't wait til the 2nd one comes out!

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