Designers, photographers, and artists use Photoshop to create fantastic and realistic images
for illustrations, fine art, and editorial content. Whether they're landscape or portrait photographers, illustrators
or fine artists, masking and compositing are essential skills to master for combining images to the extent that
it is impossible to tell where one image stops and the other one begins.
In this completely revised edition of her best-selling guide to masking and compositing, Photoshop artist and educator
Katrin Eismann--along with compositing experts Sean Duggan and James Porto--takes readers through numerous step-by-step
examples, highlighting the tools and techniques used for masking and combining images. Featuring work by leading
artists and photographers, this book focuses on the techniques used to create compelling compositions, including
making fast and accurate selections, mastering Photoshop's masking tools, and implementing the concept and photography
from start to finish.
The book addresses working with Photoshop's selection tools; selecting and maintaining fine details and edges;
and working with difficult image elements, such as cloth, hair, or translucent objects. All-new photographic examples,
updated instruction to cover the latest version of Adobe Photoshop, and an expanded section on shooting photographs
for composite work make this a must-have guide for anyone interested in photographing and creating professional
composite images.