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Posted on 24/06/08 10:43:43 AM
Steve Caplin
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Coming soon: Art & Design in Photoshop


It's with tremendous pleasure that I'm announcing the imminent publication of my new book, Art & Design in Photoshop. I've been working on this for over a year, partly in response to posts on this forum.

Although it's clear that most visitors to this site - at least, those who participate in the Friday Challenge - have a sound working knowledge of Photoshop, there have often been occasions when the wrong typeface has been used, or when an image doesn't flow as well as it should due to an awkwardness in composition. I've mentioned some of these briefly in the weekly round-ups, but there's much more to be said.



Art & Design in Photoshop begins with typography, explaining the importance and relevance of choosing the right font, with examples of how using an incorrect font can produce the wrong impression in the viewer. This chapter also looks at customizing film logos, font smoothing, and creating intertwined monogram letters.



Chapter 2 deals with the principles of design: the Rule of Thirds, the correct use of the horizon, flow and balance in an image. Why does it matter which way people face in your images? How do we focus viewers' attention? Why are diagonals so important to designers? Answers to all your design questions!



The Contemporary Design chapter looks at how to achieve currently popular design techniques, from stencil graffiti to The Simpsons. It also takes in such disparate styles as pixel art, steampunk, digital grids, and iPod advertising art.



The Poster Design chapter looks at posters of all kinds - from Victorian playbills and boxing promotion, Art Deco and Bauhaus through to contemporary movie posters - horror, art house, comedy, science fiction, film noir, and more.



The Works on Paper chapter deals with all kinds of paper-based design, including ransom notes, bank checks, medieval manuscripts, certificates, postage stamps and album covers.



Chapter 6 deals with books and magazines: from horror comics to news weeklies, from glossy monthlies to Victorian periodicals. Pulp fiction, thrillers, chick lit, history and technical books, kids' books, adolescent fiction - all are covered in this chapter.



The chapter on Great Works of Art shows how to emulate the painting styles of artists from Gainsborough to Francis Bacon, from Warhol to Matisse, from Roy Liechtenstein to Salvador Dali. It explores how to turn your photographs into works by these artists, as well as how to create work in their styles from scratch.



Chapter 8 looks at packaging: how to design pharmacy cartons, cereal boxes, wine labels, and so on. It also deals with techniques for creating three-dimensional packaging from flat artwork, including wrapping artwork around cans.



The Any Other Business chapter is a mixed bag of artefacts not covered elsewhere in the book, showing how to create credit cards and stone-carved lettering, stained glass windows and enamel pin badges, neon and bling, and more. This chapter also looks at some of the cardinal errors made in web design, to help you avoid falling into the traps.



Finally, the book wraps up with an at-a-glance explanation of the most common tools and techniques in Photoshop - a handy 16-page reference guide to make sure everyone's brought up to speed.

Where most Photoshop books are concerned purely with technique, Art & Design in Photoshop explains the design process itself: it's as much "why to" as "how to", and is designed to complement How to Cheat in Photoshop. The book includes a CD-ROM containing project files for the tutorials, as well as all the fonts you'll need to complete the examples.

I've invited readers of Art & Design in Photoshop to post any questions on this forum, so this section will be devoted to dealing with issues relating to that book - and to the design process in general.

Art & Design in Photoshop will be published in September 1.

Posted on 24/06/08 10:51:45 AM
Nick Curtain
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Looks really comprehensive Steve. I look forward to seeing it and hope it does well for you. If it's as good as the others, then I'm sure it will.

Nick

Posted on 24/06/08 11:23:44 AM
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Just the book I'm looking for!

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Posted on 24/06/08 11:54:12 AM
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Re: Coming soon: Art & Design in Photoshop
Just what Im looking for. Looks terrific Steve.

Posted on 24/06/08 8:10:39 PM
Paul 2007 thru 2010
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Re: Coming soon: Art & Design in Photoshop
Sounds interesting. I think it would be a great help to me.

My only hope is it's not printed in the same style as the HTCIP books. i.e. read across both pages then go down and read across again. When holding the book in bed it's easier to read one whole page then change grip and read the facing page, then turn over and carry on.

Posted on 24/06/08 8:39:09 PM
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Re: Coming soon: Art & Design in Photoshop
Paul 2007 thru 2010 wrote:
My only hope is it's not printed in the same style as the HTCIP books. i.e. read across both pages then go down and read across again.


Er... maybe I can get a special edition printed up...

I find this format clearest when working on a computer - you can prop the book up, read the top row then read the bottom row. But delighted to hear HTCIP is your bedtime reading - hope it doesn't give you nightmares!

Posted on 25/06/08 00:34:06 AM
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Re: Coming soon: Art & Design in Photoshop
Looks really interesting, Please let us know when it will be available on Amazon.


Posted on 25/06/08 05:43:30 AM
vicho
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Re: Coming soon: Art & Design in Photoshop
the book cover so much interesting information..
wonder how many pages it has..

Posted on 25/06/08 2:07:09 PM
Babybiker
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WOW! This looks great. This one will definately be sitting on the Computer Desk on the first week of September. (But it is so far away!... It's so unfair of you Steve to tease us and make us wait over 2 months!!!)

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Posted on 25/06/08 4:24:00 PM
Steve Mac
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Re: Coming soon: Art & Design in Photoshop
Congrats Steve! Can't wait to see it!

Posted on 25/06/08 6:30:43 PM
Deborah Morley
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Congratulations Steve. Looks like a certain addition to the library.
Do you have time to sleep?!

Posted on 25/06/08 8:45:25 PM
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Coming soon: Art & Design in Photoshop
Steve Caplin wrote:
... Art & Design in Photoshop will be published in September 1 ...


One copy sold!

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Posted on 27/06/08 11:38:53 AM
katew
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Re: Coming soon: Art & Design in Photoshop
This absolutely *has* to go on my list!!

Posted on 27/06/08 11:54:36 PM
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Looks like a great book. (maybe my wrist will be better by Sept and I can actually USE photoshop again.) Thanks for the preview!
Neil

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Posted on 28/06/08 10:47:31 AM
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Re: Coming soon: Art & Design in Photoshop
Looks like I'll have something nice to read when I return to Sweden in October for anothr 2 months!

Posted on 29/06/08 00:45:23 AM
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Re: Coming soon: Art & Design in Photoshop
I'm waiting for it. It's interesting. Could I order it from Amazon right now? Please let me know. Thanks

Posted on 01/07/08 02:31:52 AM
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Re: Coming soon: Art & Design in Photoshop
I am waiting in line.

Posted on 02/07/08 10:50:16 PM
Maja
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Re: Coming soon: Art & Design in Photoshop
Exactly what I was looking for, I really cannot wait.

Posted on 09/07/08 03:23:28 AM
DanLundberg
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Re: Coming soon: Art & Design in Photoshop
I'm one of those old-timers who naturally reads down the left-hand page and then moves to the right-hand page. But if the steps are clearly numbered, I can find my way around other arrangements. (Reading a manual in bed without a PC to try each step does not compute, however.)

Regardless of the layout, the content looks awesome! The incorporation of text into Photoshop projects tends to get short shrift. (On the plus side, no text means no typographical [to be polite] errors.) I'm excited to learn techniques to move beyond photo-realism and into graphic arts.

Posted on 11/07/08 11:30:48 AM
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Re: Coming soon: Art & Design in Photoshop
For all those who were asking if it is on amazon, it is for pre-order. Which I've just done. Looking forward to reading it Steve, cheers. Regarding layout, I'm also a bedtime reader of these books, but think the layout is great.
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