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Focal Press Adobe Photoshop CS4 Books

Focal Press Photoshop books cover Photoshop for digital photography, layers, automation, black & white imaging, digital painting, printing, video, creative photoshop and photomontage.

  1. The Adobe Photoshop CS4 Layers Book

    Harnessing Photoshop's most powerful tool

    By Richard Lynch, Richard Lynch

    MasterPhotoshop CS4 with this visual, hands-on guide to using layers, under the expert guidance of digital imaging specialist Richard Lynch. Layers, Photoshop's most powerful feature, is the core of a nondestructive image-editing workflow.Step-by-step instructions and practical examples illustrate…

  2. Printing with Adobe Photoshop CS4

    By Tim Daly

    This essential resource is the only guide you'll ever need to printing with Photoshop. Acclaimed author and photographer Tim Daly brings a wealth of experience to this under-resourced topic, covering every aspect of the printing process using Photoshop. Not content with simply covering the software…

  3. Black and White in Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop Lightroom

    A complete integrated workflow solution for creating stunning monochromatic images in Photoshop CS4, Photoshop Lightroom, and beyond

    By Leslie Alsheimer, Bryan O'Neil Hughes

    Black and white photography has come a long way in the digital world. This comprehensive reference will help you maximize your workflow with coverage of all of the relevant new features of Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom 2, including every stage of the black and white process from capture to printing.…

  4. Creative Photoshop CS4

    Digital Illustration and Art Techniques

    By Derek Lea

    If you are a digital artist, illustrator, cartoonist, graphic artist, designer, or serious hobbyist looking for new and interesting ways to use Photoshop, this is the book for you! You already know how to use Photoshop as an image editing tool; now, challenge yourself and discover the more artistic…

  5. Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: The Ultimate Workshop

    By Martin Evening, Jeff Schewe

    Professional commercial photographer and digital imager Jeff Schewe (based in Chicago, USA) has teamed up with best-selling Photoshop author Martin Evening to create this goldmine of information for advanced Photoshop users.Building on Martin Evening's successful Adobe Photoshop for…

  6. How to Cheat in Photoshop CS4

    The art of creating photorealistic montages

    By Steve Caplin

    Do you want to let your creativity run wild in Photoshop, but don't know where to start? Are you having trouble getting your ideas out of your head and onto the screen? Do you need your photomontages to look convincing... and fast? Nobody knows more about how to work quickly under pressure and…

  7. 100% Photoshop

    Create stunning illustrations without using any photographs

    By Steve Caplin

    Just when you think you've learned all that you could ever know about working in Photoshop, digital artist and photomontage king Steve Caplin comes along with yet another masterful method for creating incredible works of art in Photoshop. This time, he'll show you how to create complete images,…

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