Beginner S Guide To Digital Painting In Photoshop Elements

The Beginners Guide series is back with a clear and comprehensive look at working in Adobe's Photoshop Elements.

The Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting series continues with the Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop: Sci-fi and Fantasy.

A step-by-step guide to digital painting in Photoshop that covers the fundamental aspects in an accessible and comprehensive fashion.

Following the very successful Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop, this latest book explores techniques used in character creation.

Express yourself on a digital canvas Imagine flying through an inky night sky tethered to a red, heart-shaped balloon. Now imagine expressing that dream artistically. With Digital Expressions you can take ordinary photos and, with the help of Adobe Photoshop Elements, voice your flights of fancy. Digital Expressions guides you through 25 digital art projects created with Photoshop Elements. With this easy-to-follow guide, you'll get inspired to tackle all kinds of digital mixed-media techniques using stock photography, custom brushes, textured backgrounds and your own digital photos. Use your digital palette to: Manipulate single images by adding texture layers, color fills and text Re-create the look of traditional art like drawings and abstract paintings Build collages using transparent layers and photo filters Blend seamless montages with various effects Incorporate your own traditional art into digital works Mixed-media artists, art journalers and scrapbookers alike can turn the ordinary into extraordinary! Express yourself in digital form as you learn to master creative digital art techniques. Please note that the digital version of this book does not include the bonus CD.

When you open Adobe Photoshop for the first time, it's easy to click around in confusion for a minute and then reach for your freelancer's phone number instead. Trust us, you're not alone in this. It's an incredibly powerful design software with a lot going on, including a wealth of tools that can seem overwhelming at times. But Photoshop isn't just for the professionals. While there are many programs and tools available for artists to use, one of the most popular digital painting tools is Adobe Photoshop. This book may be a great help, especially for beginners, in creating basic shapes and drawings and to familiarize them with the program. Inside, you will learn: - Learning the Basics of Photoshop - Basic Principles in Creating 3D Images for Beginners - Basic Shapes (circle, rectangle, cylinder, hexagon) - Simple Shading Tricks - Creating Human Portrait using Adobe Photoshop - Some Examples of Human Portrait (standing man, sitting woman) - Creating Animal Portrait using Adobe Photoshop - Some Examples of Animal Portrait (running cheetah, bug, dinosaur) - Important Tricks and Reminders in Creating Images using Adobe Photoshop

New to Photoshop Elements? Learn everything you need to know to make your pictures perfect with Absolute Beginner's Guide to Adobe Photoshop Elements 2. The book covers all aspects of the software (including the new features "borrowed" from the new Photoshop 7), offering you quick and easy explanations on controlling the software for the results you want. Photoshop Elements provides easy access to powerful editing tools and connects users to online output services as well as options for Web and print output. Absolute Beginner's Guide to Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 shows the beginning user how to maximize all these features and more!

Featuring many of the powerful tools found in Adobe Photoshop (but a a bargain price), Photoshop Elements enables photographers to fix any problem to make photos look their best. This book enables photographers to learn how to make the most of this powerful software, following simple lessons that make learning Elements quick and easy!