How to Cheat in Photoshop: Creating Photorealistic Montages - The Art of Creating Photorealistic Montages [Illustrated] (Paperback)

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"The layout is crystal clear and the information useful and inspiring."
Katrin Eismann
'Steve Caplin's book has best-seller written all over it.'
Martin Evening, Professional Photographer and Author
'Steve Caplin's computer skills make a powerful contribution to problem-solving editorial illustration. His creativity can make the unlikely, even the impossible, look credible.'
Tom Reynolds, Design Director, The Sunday Times Magazine
'a superb set of step-by-step how-to guides for achieving photorealistic montages from the master himself. By "cheating," Caplin means quick, easy-to-grasp shortcuts to impressive ends. The book shows you how to create many effects, using a gallery of Caplin's commissioned montages - the finished pictures alone are almost worth buying this book for. A must for all montagers.'
Simon Jary, Editor MacWorld
'Shows you how to exploit features and be more creative in less time, covering just about everything you could want to do in Photoshop. The book's credentials are clear - many of the examples and case studies are taken from real-world commercial projects. There's a goldmine of practical and downright useful tips, tricks and step-by-step workthrough in this book.'
Keith Martin, MacUser, Sept 2002.

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"...this book is fascinating and Steve is unquestionably the master in his field." - Amateur Photographer

"Brilliant illustrations, step-by-step instructions and packed full of tricks from one of the finest masters of them all." Tom Ang

"An invaluable guide to creating impressive montages from your digital photographs. Composed primarily of step-by-steps, this tome is packed with useful shortcuts and time saving tips." - What Digital Camera

"A must-have for all Photoshoppers" - www.total-image-nation.co.uk

"Covering all the major techniques, author Steve Caplin takes you on an intriguing and insightful journey through the realms of the digital montage." - Advanced Photoshop

"Its 376 pages, plus CD, are crammed with colourful instruction on making your dull, unexciting snaps look altogether different...It should be required reading for anyone using Adobe's image tweaking tool in a semi-pro environment." - MacUser

"You'll find plenty of fun in the author's offbeat lessons and examples which explore the program's hidden powers. What makes CHEAT so unique are the gems that other volumes simply don't cover. The juiciest bits that real artis hunger for are here. So dig in, dig deep, and Shop yourself mad." www.dingbatmag.com

"Not brand new, but the latest edition of a classic. Steve Caplin has the rare gift of being able to make complex techniques seem perfectly straightforward and logical. " Computer Arts Projects, December 2006

On the previous edition:

'...written in a succinct and accessible style. Each chapter is self-contained with every spread taking the reader on a step-by-step guide to one particular technique. The real strength of the book lies in Caplin's use of the 'real world' examples. The Cheat of the title refers to shortcuts. Unlike some other writers, Caplin is aware of the concept of deadlines, as his workman-like approach to the subject shows.'
British Journal of Photography

'a superb set of step-by-step how-to guides for achieving photorealistic montages from the master himself. By "cheating", Caplin means quick, easy-to-grasp shortcuts to impressive ends. The book shows you how to create many effects, using a gallery of Caplin's commissioned montages - the finished pictures alone are almost worth buying this book for. A must for all montagers.'
Simon Jary, Editor MacWorld

'Shows you how to exploit features and be more creative in less time, covering just about everything you could want to do in Photoshop. The book's credentials are clear - many of the examples and case studies are taken from real-world commercial projects. There's a goldmine of practical and downright useful tips, tricks and step-by-step workthrough in this book.'
Keith Martin, MacUser

'A great book - even if just using Photoshop Elements! This book is a MUST HAVE for anyone with Photoshop Elements or the full version. While it is not possible to do everything shown in the book, at least 80% can be done straightaway using Elements and much of the rest can be done with work arounds or a bit of lateral thought. There are some cracking ideas and projects to get busy with, with Caplin's work being recognisable from many Magazines and Newspapers.'
Amazon.co.uk customer

'Well-written, insightful and beautifully illustrated throughout.' Digital Creative Arts

'The book is beautiful in color, very clear in structure and filled with real life examples...I highly recommend this book.'
www.photocrack.com

'A great book to help you add realistic shadows, highlights and perspectives to your creations.'
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"Subtitled 'The Art of Creating Photorealistic Montages,' Steve Caplin produces a worthwhile book and a CD that contains QuickTime video clips showing many of the projects illustrated. Cleverly designed and copiously illustrated, this is a wonderful book that includes a chapter called 'Heads and Bodies' which covers the digital 'guillotine effect' of mixing and matching bodies and heads." -Joe Farace, Shutterbug --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   14 of 14 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Get serious with Photoshop with a stunning set of tutorials!, 11 Mar 2004 By  P. Kilgour (Livingston, Scotland.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    This review is from: How to Cheat in Photoshop: The Art of Creating Photorealistic Montages (Paperback) Yet again Steve Caplin has produced a masterpiece. Following on the huge success of the first edition of How To Cheat In Photoshop, Steve has yet again put together a truly all inspiring collaboration of meaningful and useful tutorials using the world's most renowned graphics package, Photoshop. This is the ONLY book to date that I have come across so far that gives you a clear understanding of the Pen Tool. After reading this section, you'll be making selections with this tool with greater ease. Then there's a tutorial on Curves and Unsharp Mask. It's a god send ! How To Cheat In Photoshop 2nd Edition is an invaluable tool in showing you the techniques used by the master of photo montage himself, Steve Caplin. Steve has regularly been commissioned by the Sunday Telegraph and various other well established magazines for his work. He also writes a regular column for Mac magazine. He also does lectures on Photoshop around the world. To top it all off, Steve even runs his very own forum where you can freely post your work, or ask Steve questions on how to improve your image. He'll tell you exactly as he sees it and advise you what technique/s to use to better you work if it needs improving. I have bought various books on Photoshop including titles such as Most Wanted 1 + 2 and in my opinion this one even tops them .. Bye it, you'll never look back! Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   24 of 25 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Best Computer Graphics Book ever., 14 Oct 2002 By  micpool "micpool" (Leeds UK) - See all my reviews With this book I achieved the mastery of layer masks and linking and many other technical complexities, which had eluded me for two years, in one evening. The examples tutorials are really fun to do and are immediately applicable to current projects. Its so good it makes me want to remake nearly all the photomontages I have ever done using the techniques in the book. The illustrations and print quality are superb. The enclosed CD has a lot of material for the tutorials but sadly some of the best examples do not have tutorial artwork on the CD (probably for copyright reasons?). I can't imagine any photoshop user being disapointed with this book Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   10 of 10 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable desktop companion!, 23 Feb 2004 By  David Asch - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    This review is from: How to Cheat in Photoshop: The Art of Creating Photorealistic Montages (Paperback) I bought the first edition a while back and have had it to hand ever since. I have just bought the second edition and, whilst it contains the same content as its previous incarnation, Steve has added a lot of new techniques, including some incredibly simple, yet effective effects. This book isn't the definitive guide to Photoshop and doesn't claim to be. Its aim is to show people time saving techniques and illustrative design ideas and does just that in a clear, informative and at times, humourous way. There are plenty of tutorials to play around with, the source images are all on the accompanying CD, which also has a great selection of high quality stock photos. The case studies and chapter interludes are a great insight into the world of commercial montage illustration. I have learned a great deal from this book and I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to know how to construct and manipulate photos, whether it be for personal or business use. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review › See all 20 customer reviews...		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars Top notch tutorial Like many masters of their craft, Caplin is equally at ease explaining the basics as he is dealing with advanced topics. Read more Published on 6 Mar 2007 by dodgeman69 3.0 out of 5 stars Don't expect any aesthetic revelations I'm frankly surprised by the number of 5 star reviews for this book. It admittedly contains a lot of great advice how to put together montages in Photoshop, but it also lacks a... Read more Published on 22 Oct 2006 by Magnus Lewan 5.0 out of 5 stars Top Guide This book guides and tutors in many different aspects of photoshop, you can drop in and try any part or return and practice, it give great projects to do and there is an added... Read more Published on 9 Oct 2006 by David Urquhart 5.0 out of 5 stars Packed with useful advise It is obvious that this book is written by a very competent author. He throws in a lot of real world examples of the tricks he describes. Read more Published on 8 Oct 2006 by M. Albrecht 5.0 out of 5 stars Please, please, PLEASE buy this book I'm a Graphics student, money is tight, so when I buy a book from Amazon I try and make sure I get a book that is well reviewed and comes recommended. Read more Published on 29 Sep 2006 by Mr. T. Sheldon 5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Book Squeezed between the covers of this book is an enormous amount of essential information about how to do just about everything with Photoshop with a little bit of Illustrator... Read more Published on 12 Jul 2006 by David A. Huss 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent This book is absolutely fantastic. Easy to follow, hard to put down. It's techniques are applicable regardless of which software you use. Published on 7 May 2006 by Benjamin Ash 5.0 out of 5 stars The King of the castle! More to this book than meets the eye Having spent an entire afternoon sifting through 50 photoshop books (many using poor quality black and white postage stamp sized photos with pages and pages of forgettable... Read more Published on 7 May 2006 by Michael Sinclair 5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Photoshop Book This book is perfect for anyone wanting to create great looking affects on photoshop, without having to know everything. Read more Published on 9 Oct 2005 by nrelectrical 5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best out there! I've purchased many 'how to'books on Photoshop, and Steve Caplin's 'How to cheat in Photoshop' is the closest book to hand, when I'm using PhotoshopCS. Read more Published on 6 Nov 2004 by Mark King Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews › See all 20 customer reviews...

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