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Creative Photoshop Lighting Techniques (A Lark Photography Book)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Lark Books (2004-05-28)
ISBN: 1579905382
EAN: 9781579905385
Dewey Decimal #: 006.686
Paperback: 192 pages
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
From bringing sunshine into cloudy day pictures to creating underwater effects, photographers can add realistic drama to their images with Photoshop. The techniques are all here, brilliantly illustrated and explained in this bestselling guide--now updated for the next version of Adobe Photoshop with new instructions and screen grabs. Find out about light sources; different types of light, such as candlelight and neon; manipulating light; and color temperature. Replicate classic studio lighting setups, and give portraits a touch of Hollywood glamour. Abundant information on shadows, projections, reflections, special effects, shortcuts for Mac and Windows, filters, and third-party plug-ins, make this is a must-have.
"You'll be both inspired and informed with a new arsenal of techniques."--eDigitalPhoto
"Higgins has written the comprehensive guide to creative lighting in the age of digital photography."--Digital Camera
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Customer Reviews
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Interesting techniques but instructions lacking
Rating  (2)
Date: 2008-03-01
There are a number of interesting techniques that you can try here but I found the instructions to be lacking. You would get through some of the steps only to find that the book doesn't explain how to do certain adjustments. Could be a bit more descriptive. I found this disappointing.
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Great
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-10-04
This book has great step by step instructions, really easy to follow. With pictures to help you along the way!
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2nd Edition! - What did you update Barry?
Rating  (1)
Date: 2007-06-30
I went through both the 1st and 2nd editions and all of the text is the same and the example photos are all the same (some of the screen shots and pictures print better and some worse in the 2nd edition). The only differences are in the appenidix dealing with shortcuts!
I think the author (and publisher) have done a grave disservice to their customers by claiming this is an update!
What will you do for the Photoshop CS3 update?
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Good techniques but lacks photos to help you practice
Rating  (3)
Date: 2007-01-29
Overall, this book shows a lot of neat tricks into special effects. The downfall of this, is there are absolutely no pictures the consumer can practice on. This book is suited for intermediate, and not novice. The step by step instructions can be confusing if you don't know where the tools are located. In addition, some of the pictures are next to each other, and it would be helpful if the step by step instruction labeled which picture belonged to each step; this causes confusion. I believe that teaching should be hands on. It would really be nice if the CD with pics were included so the person reading could follow it more clearly.
If this book had a CD, then I would give it 5 stars, but it doesn't.
the techniques shown are suited for those specific pics.
If you are a beginner or novice, I do not recommend this book. I have 10 years experience as a graphic design, and although I understand what the author is saying and writing, there are some areas that are confusing and not detailed enough.
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Save your money and learn to light...
Rating (2)
Date: 2006-06-06
7 out of 8 customers found this reveiw helpful
Looking at the images in this book is akin to watching a bad magician at work: the secret "moves" are anything but. Some of the effects like fire and smoke are obviously fake. Others, like casting shadows from blinds and plants are less so, but still "feel" wrong in the way the shadows often have the wrong density and falloff, or fail to follow the curves and shapes of foreground objects.
If you're serious about your photography, I'd advise getting a good book on lighting by someone like Barrister, and learn to light for real. Many of the "effects" presented in the book can be done in seconds with some rudimentary equipment and a little practice.... or you can spend hours in PS "perfecting" an image that, like the magician's tricks, fools no one but himself.
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Retail Price: $29.95
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