Adobe Master Class: Advanced Compositing in Photoshop: Bringing the Impossible to Reality with Bret Malley (2nd Edition)

He offers valuable words of wisdom on camera settings, lighting, color theory, image composition, and perspective. Next, he presents a series of Photoshop exercises that walk you throughout blending layers seamlessly, creating atmosphere, artfully distorting shapes, working with textures, and more. In Adobe Master Class: Advanced Compositing in Photoshop, Second Edition, Bret Malley helps you create stunning imagery with the newest versions of Photoshop, and take your compositing skills beyond anything you’ve ever imagined -- even if you’re already an experienced Photoshop user! Malley offers an exceptionally strong grounding in Photoshop’s most powerful tools and techniques for seamlessly combining images. Through hands-on projects, you’ll learn to create vivid images of imaginary worlds, often by layering and skillfully blending dozens -- or even hundreds -- of images. From your first planning sketches to your final finishing touches, this entertaining book will help you push your abilities and make images of breathtaking creativity.. You&rsq

Also part of his artwork is documentary filmmaking, 3D photography, and music composition. He also likes to abide by some conventions from time to time. . Bret Malley is an award winning digital artist living in Portland, OR along with his wife and new baby boy.   Bret is also an Irish bodhran drummer, hiker, juggler, snowboarder, traveler, didgeridoo player, and

"What a great book! Bret's writing is helpful" according to Amazon Customer. What a great book! Bret's writing is helpful, practical, incredibly well thought out, and entertaining! If you really want to take your Photoshop skills to the next level, this is the book you need. Working through these detailed and easy to follow tutorials definitely helped me build my skill set in Photoshop. I really hope. Best book on photocompositing and photoshop in general Bret Malley's book "Advanced Compositing in Photoshop" is the best book out there for explaining complex concepts. I'm a fortunate student of Bret's, having sought out his expertise after taking too many photoshop classes from people who could cover the basics, but lacked the in depth skills that Bret knows inside and out. T. Triggers the Imagination Superb guide. It details possibilities that I didn't know were possible. Excellent reference to have on hand.

  Bret is also an Irish bodhran drummer, hiker, juggler, snowboarder, traveler, didgeridoo player, and cat lover. He has an MFA in Computer Art from Syracuse University and teaches photography, design, and Photoshop among other things to university and college students of all levels and backgrounds. He also likes to abide by some conventions from time to time. . As a computer artist, he is crazy about digital tools and art making of all kinds and especially working in Photoshop, his ultimate favorite of all applications. Also part of his artwork is documentary filmmaking, 3D photography, and music composition. But those things are not that relevant to this book, so ignore those. Bret sometimes wonders why people often mention their pets in these kinds of third person descriptions. About the AuthorBret Malley is an award