Photoshop Blending Modes Cookbook for Digital Photographers : 49 Easy-to-Follow Recipes to Fix Problem Photos and Create Amazing Effects (Cookbooks (O'Reilly))

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Photoshop Blending Modes Cookbook for Digital Photographers : 49 Easy-to-Follow Recipes to Fix Problem Photos and Create Amazing Effects (Cookbooks (O'Reilly))

Author: John Beardsworth
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0596100205

$19.77

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Photoshop Blending Modes Cookbook for Digital Photographers : 49 Easy-to-Follow Recipes to Fix Problem Photos and Create Amazing Effects (Cookbooks (O'Reilly))
by: John Beardsworth

Editorial Review:

Layer blending modes have been part of Photoshop for years, but because they're not easy to understand at first glance, this immensely useful feature tends to get overlooked. Photoshop Blending Modes Cookbook for Digital Photographers is the only recipe-format book that covers blending modes specifically for digital photographers.
The book covers:
Changing hue, saturation, luminosity, and color
Correcting basic color shifts
Repairing highlights
Sharpening or softening focus
Adjusting lighting for subtle or dramatic effects
Controlling contrast
Creating surface effects and textures
Adding interest to landscapes and urban scenes
Enhancing portraits of children and adults
Simulating graphics arts techiques
and much more.
Unlike Photoshop's built-in filters, blending modes don't change the actual pixels that make up an image, so their effects are completely reversible. There are over 20 blending modes in Photoshop CS2, which range from those which darken and lighten images (such as Darken, Multiply, Lighten, and Screen) to modes that increase contrast (such as Overlay and Hard Light) and adjust color (such as Hue, Color. Luminosity, and Saturation).
In addition to covering each blending mode in detail, John Beardsworth, a London-based photographer and author, takes the reader through a whole collection of recipes that demonstrate how to use blending modes alone or in combination to fix problem photos, add subtle effects, and create dramatic images that are truly unique.
With clear, step-by-step instructions, real-world projects, an easy-to-follow format, and hundreds of full-color examples, Photoshop Blending Modes Cookbook for Digital Photographers is shows you how to use blending modes to achieve a wide range of image adjustments and special effects-without having to first learn everything there is to know about Photoshop.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

Photoshop Blending Modes Cookbook:

Outstanding contant the best of it's type. Easy to read and follow. A major contribution.

Blending modes cook book:

More for the advanced beginner, I have learned a lot about blending modes from this but I learned my Scott Kelby basics first.

Fair for the price:

This is not a book for beginners. Shows blending techniques and effects in a very focused way. Should only be considered by those who are indeed interested in these fields.

Great Book:

I guess it depends on how you learn. This book has recipes for various looks using Photoshop's Blending Modes. The examples generally include several different kinds of photos. The result is that you get to see what happens to photos of things, people, landscapes, etc. using the same or similar recipes. The author also tells you when he did things a little differently for one or two kinds of photos, and why.
I've seen a lot of this stuff before, but found that I learned a lot from how this book is laid... more info

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