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Digital Photography Special Effects
Digital Photography Special Effects, by one of the world's leading photographers, is the ideal manual for beginners and experts, packed with ideas for making and manipulating digital images. From simple image enhancements or 'beauty treatments' to the creation of entire landscapes and surreal new worlds, Digital Photography Special Effects will put
at your fingertips all the knowledge, the software and the imaging techniques you will ever need. Michael Freeman not only puts all the essential skills within easy grasp of beginners, but reveals real insider tips that will give those already in the industry a leading edge. More than just a step-by-step guide to achieving a stunning gallery of images, this book is also a touchstone of inspiration and ideas from one of the world's experts in the field.
Contents:
Hardware
Your Camera * Computers and Storage * Monitors and Peripherals
Software
Image-editing programs * Effects suites and plug-ins * DIY or off-the-shelf? * Stitchers * 3-D programs * Managing your library
Basic Techniques
Selective focus * Composite focus * Flare * Lens distortion * Colour control * Black and white
Light Effects
Glow, halos and coronas * Diffusion * Sunlight and spotlight * Polarization * Day for night
Atmospheric Effects
Sky * Clouds * Mist and Moods * Flames * Pyrotechnics
Textural Effects
Organic textures * Shiny stuff * Water * Bump maps, embossing * Tiling
Distortion
Pushing pixels * Melting * Displacement mapping * Morphing
Compositing
Ghosting * Blending * Seamless composites
Stylizing
Colourizing * Colour stylization * Fragmentation
Immersive Imagery
Scene photography
Telling a Story
Cause and Effect * Compressing Time
Makeup and Prosthetics
Beauty Treatment * Alternative views
Photorealism
Enhancement * Alteration
Surrealism
Free association * Dream Imagery * Revolutionary Objects
Other Worlds
Extra terrestrial views * Space
Conceptual Imagery
Symbols * More symbols * Generics * Abstracts
Glossary * Index * Bibliography, Weblinks and Further Information
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