"More Than One Way to Skin a Cat: Create Eye-Popping Effects Using Aviary (Without Paying for Photoshop!)" shows you how to create humorous and imaginative images using Phoenix, a powerful yet simple browser-based image editor from Aviary.com. You'll start with the basics of Phoenix, learning about the features, tools, and layering systems you'll use to complete the tutorials in the book. Once you have a grasp of Phoenix, you'll work through some beginner tutorials that include simple effects such as colorization, face swapping, creating lighting and shadows, and even liquifying. From there you'll learn how to enhance those photos you have lying around, with helpful tips and instructions on retouching skin, cross-processing images, and even how to turn your photograph into a comic book panel or a Warhol-like image. You can use your new skills to create your own amazing images, from the humorous to the thought-provoking, applying them to photographs, or try your hand at the images in the final chapter full of tutorials. "More Than One Way to Skin a Cat" shows anyone with an imagination how to create fun and unique images.
Author(s): Meowza Katz
Edition: 1
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 336
Contents......Page 8
Introduction......Page 11
1 Phoenix Basics......Page 14
Phoenix Tools......Page 15
Understanding Layers......Page 19
Making Selections......Page 23
2 Basic Tutorials......Page 28
Casting Shadows......Page 29
Matching Shadows......Page 33
Matching Lighting......Page 37
Background Cloning......Page 41
Layer Masks......Page 45
Three Ways of Color Replacement......Page 49
Precision Selection......Page 53
Lighting Effects......Page 57
Surface Reflections......Page 61
Motion Blur......Page 65
Perspective Sign......Page 69
Changing Skin Color......Page 73
Creating Lightning......Page 77
Foggy Day......Page 81
Snowy Day......Page 85
Rainy Day......Page 89
Flood......Page 93
Day to Night......Page 97
In the Clouds......Page 103
Behind Glass......Page 107
Tattoo Art......Page 111
Graffiti......Page 115
Face Swap......Page 119
Liquify—Melting......Page 123
Liquify—Displacement......Page 127
Liquify—Texturizing......Page 131
Clowning Around......Page 135
Coloring Line Art......Page 139
3 Sprucing Up Photography......Page 144
Enhancing Saturation......Page 145
Borders......Page 147
Dodge & Burn......Page 153
Compositional Cropping......Page 157
Cross Processing......Page 161
Selective Desaturation......Page 165
Selective Inversion......Page 169
Aging a Photo......Page 173
Photo Retouching......Page 177
Coloring Hair......Page 183
Enhancing Eyes......Page 187
Warhol-izing......Page 191
Turning a Photo into a Comic Book Panel......Page 195
Miniaturizing......Page 199
4 Fun with Phoenix......Page 204
Lemon Car......Page 205
Chocolate......Page 211
Aliens!......Page 215
Aging a Person......Page 221
Animal Hybrids......Page 227
Edible Architecture......Page 231
Gender Bending......Page 237
Flying Cars......Page 243
Toiletbot......Page 249
Inanimate Objects......Page 255
Unzipped......Page 259
Fire!......Page 265
Water......Page 269
S-s-smokin’......Page 273
Chrome......Page 277
Stone......Page 281
Canvas Earth......Page 285
Robot Frog......Page 291
Animal Dress-Up......Page 295
Creating an MP3 Player......Page 301
Anatomy Scramble......Page 307
Creating a Sea Monster......Page 311
Cyborg......Page 317
Dragons......Page 323
B......Page 330
D......Page 331
H......Page 332
L......Page 333
R......Page 334
T......Page 335
Z......Page 336
