Photoshop 7 Down and Dirty Tricks

Updated for the latest version of Photoshop, Photoshop 7 Down & Dirty Tricks is packed cover to cover with step-by-step tutorials on the coolest Photoshop 7 effects. The book is not another rehash of masking, pixels, and file formats or resolution--it's nothing but the cool stuff that will make your client's (or boss's) jaw drop.

Scott Kelby is Editor-in-Chief of Photoshop User magazine, President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, Training Director for the Adobe Photoshop Seminar Tour, and one of the leading seminar instructors in the country today

Suspicious Characters (Cool Type Effects)

6

(38)

Instant 3D Type

8

(3)

Gel Type Made Easy

11

(2)

Type on a Circle

13

(3)

Putting an Image into Type (Clipping Group)

16

(2)

Stroke Effects on Type

18

(6)

Mondo Cool Light Burst

24

(4)

Carved in Stone

28

(4)

Totally Distressed Type Effect

32

(4)

Type R Us

36

(2)

Carved Wood Type

38

(3)

Semi-transparent Type

41

(3)

Drop Zone (Drop Shadow Techniques)

44

(18)

Matrix Shadow Effect

46

(2)

Perspective Shadow

48

(3)

Perspective Cast Shadow

51

(3)

Grouping Shadows Effect

54

(2)

Shadow in Motion

56

(2)

Mapping Your Shadow

58

(3)

Transparent Glow Type

61

(1)

Maximum Exposure (Photographic Effects)

62

(40)

Visual Color Change

64

(2)

Depth of Field Effect

66

(2)

Blending Images for Instant Collages

68

(2)

Adding Motion Effects

70

(2)

Backscreening Effect

72

(2)

Studio Tarp Technique

74

(2)

Mapping a Texture to a Person

76

(3)

Montage from One Image

79

(3)

Focusing Attention

82

(2)

Soft-edged Portrait Background

84

(2)

Photoshop Tattoos

86

(3)

Faking Transparency

89

(2)

From Snapshot to Car Ad

91

(3)

From Snapshot to Movie Poster

94

(5)

Colorizing Black & White Images

99

(3)

Full Metal Jacket (Metal and Chrome Effects)

102

(30)

Cover Chrome

104

(3)

White Chrome

107

(3)

Ultimate Chrome

110

(4)

Chrome Double Stroke Effect

114

(3)

Going for the Gold

117

(3)

Terminator Titanium

120

(4)

Reflective Chrome Gradient

124

(4)

Liquid Metal

128

(4)

Dirty Dancing (Down and Dirty Tricks)

132

(34)

Giving Depth to a Page

134

(3)

Wrapping Type Around a Globe

137

(3)

Halftone ``Pop Dots'' Effect

140

(2)

Glassy Reflections

142

(5)

TV Scan Lines Effect

147

(2)

Navigation Tabs

149

(4)

Oscar Starbrights

153

(2)

Adding Flames to Anything

155

(2)

Raised Edge Inner Shadow Effect

157

(3)

Putting an Image in a Monitor

160

(2)

Getting ``Gelly'' with Buttons

162

(4)

Commercial Break (Advertising Effects)

166

(32)

Torn Out of a Photo

168

(4)

Popping from an Image

172

(2)

Creating 3D Packaging

174

(3)

Backlit Photo Backgrounds

177

(4)

Illustrator Arc Trick

181

(4)

Spotlight Effect

185

(3)

Comment Balloons

188

(2)

Transparent TV Type

190

(2)

Painting Away Color

192

(2)

Sparkle Trail

194

(4)

Face Off (Hi-tech Interface Design)

198

(38)

Designing the Core of Your Interface

200

(4)

Creating Your Core Interface Using Shapes

204

(2)

Adding Textures to Your Interface

206

(2)

Creating Wires

208

(2)

Embedding Objects into Your Interface

210

(2)

Navigation Bar (from Previous Technique)

212

(2)

Interface Pipes

214

(3)

Screw Heads

217

(5)

Hi-tech Tubes

222

(4)

Steel Riverts

226

(2)

Brushed Metal

228

(2)

Hi-tech Grids

230

(2)

Yummy Metal Web Buttons

232

(4)

Saturday Night Special (Special Effects)

236

(38)

Stretched-pixel Backgrounds

238

(2)

Electric Type

240

(2)

Ripped Edge Technique

242

(2)

Multicolor Glow

244

(2)

Metallic Glass Effect

246

(4)

Credit Card from a Photo

250

(4)

Colorizing Line Art

254

(2)

Painting Using a Photo as Your Guide

256

(2)

Giant Plasma Screen

258

(2)

Photo to Line Art Morph

260

(2)

Wire Frame Effect

262

(2)

3D Cubes

264

(2)

Blending a Logo into a Photo

266

(2)

Instant Star Field

268

(2)

Water Drops

270

(4)

Index

274

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