![]() ![]() This is one of the more useful chapters of the book because she goes into details of features like the Quick Mask that I had never seen in other books, and she shows how combining it with a Gaussian Blur can give you a visual of what feathering will do. Unfortunately I didn't but there were some in-depth discussions of topics like feathering that I hadn't seen elsewhere that proved to be valuable. I got excited about this chapter because I expected to learn some cool new concepts. Chapter 2: Selection Strategies and Essentials Of course, CS3 & CS4 has introduced new preferences, but many still apply. Some of these choices are likely to be controversial, but for the newbie it is helpful to know what the impact is of changing some of these settings. This chapter begins by whetting your appetite by showing you what is possible from master retouchers like Mark Beckelman, and the origin of what we do in Photoshop with examples by the great Jerry Uelssmann who did amazing composites in the darkroom WITHOUT Photoshop!įrom there the chapter goes into detail as to what Eismann sets her preferences to in Photoshop. ![]() Here's my thoughts on each chapter of this book: Chapter 1: The Creative Process and Configuring Photoshop The real questions are - Should you read this book? and Is this really the best resource to learn about masking? Read on to get my 2 cents. It covers some very challenging things to mask using a lot of images and complex scenarios that you'll find in the real world. Katrin Eismann's book, while a bit outdated due to advancements in Photoshop CS2 - CS4, but it is one of the more comprehensive books on the subject of masking. Of course if it were that simple, there wouldn't be a need for an entire book on the subject. This is effectively what a mask is - it is feature that tells Photoshop what to show from the current layer (using White) and what to show from the layer beneath (using Black). If you were to cut out a hole on a top sheet of paper, you'd see the content of the paper underneath it. Basically the way it works is that images in Photoshop stack one on top of another like sheets of paper. This book was published back in 2005, which is a LONG time in the software industry, but surprisingly there are few books that cover this important topic in such depth.įor the uninformed, Masking is one of the most important things you should learn in Photoshop, but it can also be very complex to master. ![]()
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