Learn alongside industry professionals who have taken their Photoshop skills to a professional level. Creative professionals share their coveted tips and tricks that have streamlined their creative process and brought them to the height of their careers. Learn alongside professionals from diverse disciplines, such as photo retouching, motion graphics and video, 3D computer graphics, digital illustration, and graphic design. Photoshop Best Practices takes a deep dive into the workflows, tools, and techniques, used by Photoshop professionals to create the highest quality results.Filled with relevant screen captures and imagery, readers can follow along and begin adopting these techniques and workflows into their own projects. In addition to this, the author gives useful sidebars to add information on specific tools, their function, workspaces, keyboard shortcuts, actions, scripts, and other important workflow considerations. Advanced users will walk away from this book with new inspiration and the technical expertise to take their skills to the next level. Photoshop Best Practices gives users of all levels a quick and easy way to advance their Photoshop skills.What You’ll Learn:The application of workflows and processes to real-world scenariosA better and more advanced understanding of entire feature set of PhotoshopThe application of Photoshop in specific creative industriesWho This Book Is For:This book is for readers looking to advance their Photoshop skills, especially those with an interest in both creative processes and efficient workflows.
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IntroductionChapter 1Photoshop Interface OverviewGoal: Familiarize basic user with Menus, workspaces, and toolsChapter 2: Photo Retouching-Interview with Carrie Beene, fashion retoucherRetouching workflowTips and techniquesKeyboard shortcuts, actions, workspace and tool customizationChapter 3: Photo Compositing Workflow with Jeff Shaffer, authorCompositing workflow and files organizationLayers and layer groupsMasking and Smart Objects, Smart FiltersChapter 4: Motion Graphics and Video Prep- Interview with Animation graphics professionalCompositing and animation workflowFile preparation, importing and animatingPlug-in usage, alpha channelsChapter 5: 3D graphics- Interview with 3D animation professional3D workflow in PhotoshopTexture maps, displacement maps, etc.Plug-ins and import to multiple 3D applicationsChapter 6: Digital illustration workflow-interview with professional illustratorIllustration workflowCustom brushes, use of mixer brush in PhotoshopImport/export to IllustratorChapter 7: Web design-interview with professional web designerWeb design workflowTemplate creation, use of Generator in PhotoshopExport to Dreamweaver and other coding applicationsChapter 8: Review and SummaryAcknowledgements/Credits/Copyrighted image usage
Jeff Shaffer is a photographer, video producer and Adobe Certified Instructor teaching Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere and After Effects. He has over 25 years of experience working in advertising, corporate, and graphic design projects. Jeff has taught Digital Photo and Video Workflow at the School of Visual Arts, MPS Graduate program in New York City, as well as trained a wide variety of clients in the corporate, government, and media arenas.
