Mark Chen's `Creative Wedding Album Design' is a great book for all wedding (and not only wedding) photographers, no matter what is their level of mastery. It offers a combination of rare insight and hands on experience on numerous creative Photoshop ideas by leading its reader step by step through original techniques developed by the author in his career as a photographer and Adobe Photoshop expert.
The book is divided into ten creative projects, which are packed with useful tips and ideas. Following the author's instructions increased my understanding on how to use adjustment layers and masks to refine images, how to master soft brush technique or implement subtle yet powerful enhancements - just to name a few. It also gave me an idea of what it takes to create original and stylish wedding album collages.
In general, the book enables readers with useful tools so that they can make the best of their images not only in postproduction but also in preproduction planning. It is an eye opening read and guide, easy enough to follow even for a Photoshop novice. Being a photographer myself I found the book extremely helpful and would recommend it to anyone who might want to make their work exceptional and artsy.
Author(s): Mark Chen
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Amherst Media, Inc.
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 130
Tags: Библиотека;Досуг;Фотография;Обработка фотоизображений;Photoshop в фотографии;
Acknowledgements......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 4
About the Author......Page 8
Preface......Page 9
Things You Should Know While Using this Book......Page 10
What the Wise Man Says 1: Use the Cover Page as an Appetizer......Page 11
The Glow......Page 12
What the Wise Man Says 2: Meet the New Bugs on the Block......Page 13
The Vignette......Page 17
What the Wise Man Says 4: Changes in the Adjustment Layer Interface......Page 18
The Titles......Page 19
The Results......Page 20
What the Wise Man Says 5: You and Your Client as a Creative Team......Page 21
Prepare the Canvas......Page 22
The Galactic Hands......Page 23
The Ninth Planet Reinstated......Page 26
What the Wise Man Says 7: The Fuzzy Reality......Page 28
Comet Jelly Beans......Page 30
What the Wise Man Says 8: The Magnificent Magnetic Lasso......Page 31
The N Satellite......Page 33
The Caricature Gemini......Page 35
What the Wise Man Says 9: Brushes Are Your Friends......Page 36
The Results......Page 37
What the Wise Man Says 10: The Importance of Being Real......Page 38
The Main Attraction......Page 40
Interactions and Accessories......Page 44
The Results......Page 46
What the Wise Man Says 11: The Psychology of Album-Making......Page 47
Set Up the Stony Backdrop......Page 49
Frame the Bride......Page 50
Tweak for Perfection......Page 53
What the Wise Man Says 13: Profiling the Brightness with Histograms......Page 56
What the Wise Man Says 14: Colors Analyzed on a Wheel......Page 58
A Final Note......Page 60
PROJECT 5: A Thumbelina Montage......Page 61
The Preproduction Planning and Execution......Page 62
Bring in the Thumbelinas......Page 63
What the Wise Man Says 16: Always Keep More Than You Need......Page 64
Refine the Selections......Page 67
Mask the Hair......Page 71
Shrink the Thumbelinas......Page 73
What the Wise Man Says 17: Using the Histogram as a Gauge to Adjust an Image......Page 74
What the Wise Man Says 18: How We See Colors Through Black and White......Page 76
What is On Top Should Be On Top......Page 78
Let There Be Darkness......Page 79
What the Wise Man Says 19: What is a Shadow?......Page 80
The Results......Page 81
PROJECT 6: An Imaginary Space......Page 83
Prepare the Canvas......Page 84
Extend the Staircase......Page 85
Project the Murals to the Walls......Page 88
Soft Dropouts......Page 90
Add Texture......Page 91
The Results......Page 92
PROJECT 7: Faces on a Cake......Page 93
The Many Faces of a Cake......Page 94
Soft Dropout......Page 95
The Icing on the Cake......Page 96
Adding More Faces......Page 97
A Soft Cake is a Good Cake......Page 98
The Results......Page 99
PROJECT 8: Emotions in Motion......Page 100
Shall We Dance?......Page 101
What the Wise Man Says 20: A Soft Brush is a Good Brush......Page 102
Make Them Flow......Page 103
What the Wise Man Says 21: Photoshop Users Mustn’t Be Cheapies......Page 105
What the Wise Man Says 22: The More the Merrier? Not!......Page 107
And Now, It is My Pleasure to Introduce Mr. and Mrs......Page 108
Mask the Hair......Page 109
What the Wise Man Says 23: Layer Mask: The Master of Showing and Hiding......Page 110
Keep the Feet on the Ground......Page 111
The Results......Page 112
Prepare the Canvas......Page 113
Set the Stage for the Title......Page 114
Add the Title......Page 117
The Results......Page 118
PROJECT 10: Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall......Page 119
Expand the Wall......Page 120
How a Bride was Made......Page 122
The Results......Page 125
Conclusion......Page 126
Index......Page 127
