Amherst Media 2010, softcover, 8 1/2 x 11", 128 pages, color illustrations

Pairing photographic creativity with digital-manipulation techniques, this unique manual teaches the use of Photoshop® to design artful, distinctive, and compelling wedding albums. Showing that the artistic process need not stop at the click of the shutter, the steps for album creation are detailed—reviewing the images, forming a story line, and conveying the tale through well-designed montages. Offering 10 projects with varying levels of complexity and covering diverse skill sets, step-by-step techniques are demonstrated with detailed screen shots. Strategies for designing album covers are also included, and a companion website features downloadable practice files for easy review. Highlighting the sophistication and robustness found in image manipulation, this dynamic guide inspires and enables while emphasizing the marketable edge of adding imaginative graphic design capabilities to any photo studio business.

Features:
* Using Adjustment Layers to precisely refine your images
* Working with Layer Masks to create seamless collages
* Adding creative type effects
* Techniques for making more efficient and accurate selections
* Understanding how channels and selections can work together
* Adjusting perspective to create more dimensional compositions
* Refining the brightness and color balance with Levels
* Implementing Layer Blending Modes for more convincing illusions
* The importance of pre-production planning on post-production success
* Applying and combining filters for subtle enhancement
* Tips for applying gradients, the Liquify filter, and much more!