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Digital Character Painting Using Photoshop CS3 (Graphics Series) | 
 enlarge | Author: Don Seegmiller
Publisher: Charles River Media
Category: Book
List Price: $49.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 40992
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 1584505338
Dewey Decimal Number: 006
EAN: 9781584505334
ASIN: 1584505338
Publication Date: August 28, 2007
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Product Description
Digital Character Painting Using Photoshop CS3 is a brilliantly illustrated, full-color book that combines both the fundamentals of character design and the skills of digital painting. Completely updated using Photoshop CS3 as the primary tool, the book details how to create characters that elicit specific emotions and how to beautifully render those characters by applying conventional painting skills to digital tools. Written for both the seasoned professional and aspiring artist alike, Digital Character Painting Using Photoshop CS3 explores the key principles of design and reveals how to enhance traditional skills and apply them to digital art for use in games, film, animation, and other commercial productions. Using practical tutorials, the book covers basic skills such as value, edges, color, texturing, and light, and then moves on to teach in-depth techniques on specific features including eyes, face, clothing, hair, and fur. Whatever your skill level, you will discover practical ideas and techniques to apply to your craft and to help you improve and create masterful works of digital art! Features: - Presents a completely updated, beautiful, full color guide to character design and computer art using Photoshop. - Provides practical insights into how to master Photoshop CS3 as a powerful painting tool, including how to customize the brushes to achieve the best possible results. - Focuses on learning artistic skills that can be applied to a variety of 2D and 3D programs, with an emphasis on Photoshop CS3. - Teaches how to combine traditional artistic values with today's graphics software. - Includes a CD-ROM with the figures and files for the tutorials in the book, along with a QuickTime movie showing how a painting is created.
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 Techniques I can use... April 1, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've been using Photoshop Elements for a few years as a way to digitize my drawn illustrations and then finish the work on the computer. The techniques described in Mr. Seegmiller's book have solved a number of problems for me, even though I am using the simplified "Elements" program. Although it is a thick "manual" type of book, the techniques are thoroughly explained in easy to understand language.
Thanks to Don Seegmiller for adding a new dimension to my artwork.
 Photoshop WOW February 24, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I fell in love with Photoshop as a digital paint program a number of years ago. The effects available through Photoshop give you the versatility of physical media with no mess and much greater ability to edit your compositions as you work.
This is not a book for someone who just wants to use Photoshop for manipulating existing images. (Though you'd certainly have a chance to pick up a few pointers from this book.) This is definitely for someone who wants to create images "from scratch" using Photoshop's amazing array of tools and effects. As such, it helps if you have some previous art training (though you don't have to be an expert, the author does give intermediate level painting tips.)
It also helps if you have at least a basic working knowledge of Photoshop. However, I do mean basic. This book is so well laid out that if you have ever worked in Photoshop before, you should have little trouble following along. The author takes you through a series of exercises and gives clear step by step instructions and tips.
The author's experience as an art instructor really shows through in the clarity of the explanations. I was even able to follow the examples while sitting in a chair reading the book - not even opening Photoshop! I can't say that about some other books I've read on this topic.
I strongly recommend this book to artists looking for tips and inspiration for using Photoshop!
 I returned this book February 24, 2008
17 out of 20 found this review helpful
I returned this book it was so bad.
The title is misleading. This book looks repurposed from another book by the author with just some new screen shots. The techniques in Photoshop are dated and don't correspond with current recommendations. Instead of using Version Cue or History or Layer Comps or a host of many of the new features, the author recommends lots of saves with different names. As one reviewer said, the CS3 on the title is a joke.
Although there is some useful information for absolute beginners on lighting, chapters detailing the personality and history of the character are not necessary for a book titled Digital Character Painting Using Photoshop CS3. I wanted techniques on painting the textures and creating realistic compositions, not rehashed Photoshop basics or tutorials I could find on the web.
rubbish February 23, 2008
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
waste of time - you will learn more from the web - author spent more time going over literature to make the pages of his book seem fuller - trust me - avoid - the title of CS3 is so misleading - you would expect more from sucha bold title.....
Message to the Author - try harder and be truthful to the readers .... over and out
Good Stuff February 1, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Great Book. Knowing some things about Photoshop beforehand will help with this book. He does give brief descriptions of the tools but his focus is on digital painting. Which is where this book shines. It is clearly written, shows different techniques and is very informative. One of the best how to books I've bought. It even beats some courses I have taken. If digital painting is what you want to learn more about, this is perfect.
Excellent book.
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