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Издательство: Friends of Ed
Дата выхода: февраль 2009

Whether you are new to Photoshop and want to produce some startling and impressive effects quickly, or you are a professional designer looking for inspiration and ground-breaking techniques to push your work to a new level, this book is for you. We\'ve teamed up with top professionals from Eyeland Studio to show you how the experts do it. We\'ve been ruthless while editing this book: any effects that didn\'t make the grade were cut. We wanted to have only the best in this compact volume - speed and efficiency were a criteria not just for the effects, but for the book as a whole. Every full color page is precious and we didn\'t want to waste a single one. From the Introduction: As the Web has expanded the role of Photoshop beyond it\'s...

Издательство: Friends of Ed
Дата выхода: апрель 2002

Away from corporate, client-led commissions, in the personal \'side\' projects of designers, the real possibilities of ubiquitous tools like Photoshop and Illustrator can be discovered. "You have to bend filters, push them to their limits, and tweak them out in order to get something new. I think it\'s important to wrestle full-on with these things, otherwise you risk producing lifeless and boring results." - Jemma Gura The 4x4 Project invited four groundbreaking designers celebrated for their experimental work to create new works around the central theme of Light and Dark. Jemma Gura (aka lentil) is the creator of Prate.com Sean Donohue is the creator of Goingonsix.com Nick Higgins is a professional illustrator based in the UK...

Издательство: Friends of Ed
Дата выхода: январь 2002

Forget school math class, Flash math is about fun. it\'s what you do in your spare time - messing around with little ideas until the design takes over and you end up with something beautiful, bizarre, or just downright brilliant. It\'s a book of iterative experiments, generative design; a book of inspiration, beautiful enough to leave on the coffee table, but addictive enough to keep by your computer and sneak out while no-one\'s looking so you can go back to that Flash movie that you were tinkering with \'til 3 o\'clock this morning. In New Masters of Flash the designers told us about themselves and deconstructed their finest effects. Well this time we\'ve gathered the best in one book and simply asked them to go away and do what they...

Издательство: Friends of Ed
Дата выхода: февраль 2002

Perhaps one of the finer values that you\'re likely to find in a crowded market, for a mere 30 bucks, Foundation Flash 5 will give you an excellent tutorial that brings you through almost every usable feature of Flash 5. Of course, being a true walk-through of Flash\'s features, this means that it won\'t serve you particularly well as a future reference or as a resource for advanced Flash users--but, who cares? For the beginner, you\'ll find it hard to beat the information that\'s presented here. Unlike the abundance of so-called "tutorials" that you\'ll find in the computer book industry, Foundation Flash 5 is a true tutorial--it goes step-by-step through the myriad features of Flash, and expects you to follow diligently. This isn\'t an...

Издательство: Friends of Ed
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2000

If you\'ve never used Macromedia Flash before, this is the book for you. It uses a series of structured exercises to give you the broad, solid foundation knowledge you need to start your exploration of Flash from scratch. Foundation Flash MX uses a proven sequential, detailed, and accessible tutorial style to progressively build your skills. This book will give you the secure footing you need when you reach for the next handhold. This book focuses relentlessly on the core skills that you need to get you started on your journey: understanding the interface; familiarizing yourself with the creative tools and their capabilities; grasping the relationships between a Flash movie\'s graphical, multimedia, text. and code ingredients; gaining...

Издательство: Friends of Ed
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2002

Learning by doing is always good, especially if you have good role models to follow. As part of the publisher\'s "Showing It" series, this book brings together 19 of the most innovative designers who are working in motion graphics, and gives them lots of page room to talk about their work in general, their inspirations (movies, games, etc.), and how they created some of their best projects. Some of the best-known participating artists include Tomasz Jankowski of Mondo.com, Todd Purgason of Juxt Interactive, Eric Jordan of 2advanced.com, and Irene Chan of Eneri.net. Following along is easy; large screen shots and step-by-step narratives guide readers through each process--often telling not just how to do a particular something, but also...

Издательство: Friends of Ed
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2000

This book will show you how to combine the power of Photoshop 7 and Illustrator 10 to take your creative and production skills to new heights. Find out the best way to use them in tandem, with a seamless workflow, for stunning results in your print and web output. The book looks at how the programs work together to help you create great graphics with practical demonstrations of projects you are likely to encounter in your work. You\'ll learn advanced techniques for working with layer blending modes, the latest tools and new file formats such as SVG, along with color management, animation, printing, web-publishing, and integration with other programs. This book is not for Photoshop and Illustator novices - it\'s called "Advanced" because...

Издательство: Friends of Ed
Дата выхода: август 2002