-Fix exposure, focus, and color problems
-Add special effects such as motion blur, lens effects, and surface texture
-Improve portraits: remove red eye, wrinkles, and blemishes
-Add and remove objects, use lighting effects, restore faded and damaged photos
-Give new shots a vintage, old-fashioned look
-Create posterized and hand-tinted images
Photoshop Photo Effects Cookbook by Tim Shelbourne.
Readers can simulate classic camera and darkroom techniques without having to learn Photoshop inside and out. Hundreds of full color examples cover:
-Create graphic art effects: posterization, watercolor, pen and ink, woodcut
-Lighting effects: neon glows, lens flares, fire, and flame effects
-Simulate nature: rain, clouds, rainbows, lightning, and snow
-Adapt traditional techniques: film grain, contrast masks, hand-tinting
-Simulate textures like stone, metal, glass, and plastic
-Make mattes, vignettes, frames, borders, signatures
-Assemble multi-layered images and photomontages
Photoshop Filter Effects Encyclopedia Cookbook by Roger Pring.
A comprehensive practical reference that provides step-by-step instructions for using filters that produce stunning effects including:
-Creating selective focus and simulating motion blur
-Adding special lens and filter effects
-Working with artificial lighting and modifying day for night
-Simulating textures and making flat objects three-dimensional
-Creating multi-layered images and photomontages
Photoshop Blending Modes Cookbook,by John Beardsworth.
The only recipe format book to cover blending modes specifically for digital photographers. The book covers:
-Changing hue, saturation, luminosity, and color
-Correcting basic color shifts and repairing highlights
-Sharpening or softening focus, adjusting lighting, and controlling contrast
-Creating surface effects and textures
-Adding interest to landscapes and urban scenes
-Enhancing portraits of children and adults
All cookbooks are approximately 176 pages and retail for $29.95. Check Amazon for Discounts up to 35%.
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