Photoshop 6.0 Down & Dirty Tricks - Scott Kelby - 2000 - Paperback - NAPP Pubishing Inc.

Photoshop 6.0 Down & Dirty Tricks
by Scott Kelby

OVER 300 OF THE HOTTEST NEW TRICKS, TIPS, AND TECHNIQUES IN ONE MONDO COOL BOOK!

If you're ready to learn the funk and not the junk; if you want to get down and start creating the effects that you see in national magazines, on television, and on the World Wide Web; and if you're ready to get dirty with the inside secrets for creating those eye popping special effects that everyone wants to know - this book is for you!

For the first time ever, nationally-known Photoshop guru Scott Kelby unlocks the secrets of the most closely guarded Photoshop effects in a simple step-by-step method. With nearly 700 full-color images, you'll see exactly how it is all done, and the book is written so clearly and is so easy to follow, you'll immediately be able to create all of these special effects yourself. You'll be learning:

* Realistic-looking chrome and metallic effects
* Type effects that will knock them out!
* How to create those dazzling Web interfaces
* Cool 3D effects, using Photoshop's own filters
* Photographic techniques that will make you look like a pro
* The most popular Photoshop Web effects
* Shadow techniques that the pros really use
* Instant texture and background effects
* Amazing paint and brush tricks
* The most requested advertising effects

Not only is this book full of the hottest new effects but it is also packed with creative ideas, layouts, and design techniques that will help you unleash your own creativity. Plus it includes so many Photoshop tips and shortcuts, they would make a great book just by themselves - but it's all here, in the only book of it's kind.