Photoshop Fine Art Effects Cookbook: 62 Easy-to-Follow Recipes for Creating the Classic Styles of Great Artists and Photographers (O'Reilly Digital Studio)

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How would you like to create your own impressionist landscape a van Gogh still life or a surrealist Salvador Dali dream world? Or perhaps a classic Ansel Adams photograph of Yosemite or an authentic-looking 19th century Daguerrotype? You can do all of that and more with Photoshop Fine Art Effects Cookbook. The book tells you all you need to know to turn your original digital photographs into images that mimic the styles of great photographers and painters. From advice on how to develop an eye for appropriate subject matter to 62 detailed recipes that demonstrate exactly how to create an "original" van Gogh Vermeer Edward Weston or Andy Warhol (among others) this book is an authentic guide to understanding and simulating the work of great artists-and a whole lot of fun. Analyzing the styles of great artists: format composition angles of view color palettes and image textures Shooting for digital manipulation working non-destructively making your own brushes and patterns Creating Daguerrotypes cyanotypes stop-motion photographs cross-processed images Polaroid transfers and infrared effects Mimicking photographic styles from the pre-Raphaelites and the Naturalists to Jerry Uelsmann and David Hockney Exploring painting and printmaking techniques from Rembrandt to Warhol: Dutch portraits 18th century landscape painting Japanese woodblocks Impressionism Pointillism Fauvism Art Nouveau Cubism Futurism Surrealism and Pop Art Packed with step-by-step instructions an inspirational selection of full-color digital imagery and authoritative information and advice Photoshop Fine Art Effects Cookbook is the ultimate guide to creating convincing digital masterpieces in the styles of many of the worlds greatest artists.