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Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: Creative Effects Training DVD

Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: Creative Effects

Learn how to take your skills to the next level. This Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: Creative Effects training DVD is the ultimate in comprehensive learning for the discerning professional.

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Introduction

Welcome
Using the exercise files

1. Adding Light

2. Adding Shadows

Selecting an object and creating a drop shadow
Creating and modifying directional shadows
Adding point-of-contact shadows and creative color
Removing a subject from a white background
Adding a directional shadow
Rotating a subject and shadow
Rotating and creating a pattern

3. Adding Motion

Adding radial motion blur
Panning motion blur
Adding extreme motion blur

4. Adding Film Grain

Adding grain with the Noise filter
Adding grain with the Film Grain filter
Using the Exposure 2 plug-in
Using the Nik Color Efex plug-in
Applying infrared and grain with Exposure 2

5. Creating Vintage Effects

Creating a distressed effect
Creating aged style and color
Using texture and blending

6. Creating Photographic Effects

Creating a soft-focus effect
Simulating diffused printing with soft focus
Applying soft focus and channel blur
Applying creative color and diffusion
Creative tip 2: Taking creative risks
Introducing infrared
Applying infrared tone and glow
Applying infrared tone, infrared glow, and creative color
Introducing solarization
Applying solarization and color

7. Lens Blur and Focus

Deconstructing the Lens Blur effect
The Lens Blur effect in action
Lens blur and masking
Applying lens blur to portraits

8. Vanishing Point

Adding graffiti to a single plane
Adding reflections to multiple planes

9. Creative Layer Blending

Wisdom pt. 1: Layer blending
Wisdom pt. 2: Working with type
Memories: Applying shortcut keys for layer blending
Daydreaming: Exploring more blend modes
Infinite: Layer blending with color and texture
Flamenco: Creative workflow and layer blending
Blending layers to enhance a portrait
Blending a photo onto a vintage TV set
Blending with type layers
Combining vertical images into a horizontal layout

10. Combining Multiple Images

Combining depths of field
Adding a new sky to an image
Combining foreground and sky
Creative tip 3: Transcending your genre
Adding clouds and creative color
Applying Photomerge to create a panoramic photo
Using Auto-Blend layers to extend depth of field

11. Image Combination Project: Athlete

Combining multiple frames
Modifying color and tone
Cropping to correct edges
Using the amazing Content-Aware Scaling

12. Image Combination Project: Architecture

Combining interior and exterior exposures
Aligning multiple exposures
Increasing drama and visual interest

13. Composite Inspiration

Websites: Photoshop composite inspiration
Inspiration pt. 1: Background
Inspiration pt. 2: Airplane
Inspiration pt. 3: People and finishing touches

14. Creating a Realistic Composite

Composite project overview
Masking multiple images together
Extending the canvas and adding elements
Enhancing the main elements
Cleaning up the background
Final adjustments and image review

15. Applying Border and Edge Effects

Building custom frames with a mask
Using custom brushes to create edge effects
Using sample frames
Using the PhotoFrame plug-in
Applying a prebuilt frame

16. Working with Creative Actions

Introduction to Photoshop actions
Adding texture with actions
Finding and loading actions
Using rule-of-thirds actions
Applying the Puzzle action

17. Simplicity Project

Simplifying with selections
Masking and cloning

18. Strength Project

Enhancing muscles
Adding zoom and modifying color
Adding more zoom
Blending with a displacement map

19. Speed Project

Cleaning up the original image
Removing small details
Making subtle color and tone enhancements
Adding motion blur
Modifying motion blur
Changing color
Darkening a background
Sharpening and creating layer comps

20. Plug-In Resources

Two favorite plug-ins
Getting creative with plug-ins

Conclusion

Goodbye

Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: Creative Effects Info

Title Information.

In Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: Creative Effects, Chris Orwig flexes the muscles of this powerful program to create unique and eye-catching photographic effects. A passionate photographer, Chris demonstrates how to enhance images through adding light for emphasis, adding drop and directional shadows, and using motion blur and film grain creatively. He also covers how to add a distressed look to create a vintage-style photograph, use infrared and solarization, apply creative layer blending, and much more. The course culminates with a step-by-step look at some real-world projects that utilize the techniques. Exercise files accompany the course. . Close »

Instructor : Chris Orwig

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