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# 100% Photoshop: Create stunning artwork without using any photographs 1st Edition

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- **What is this?** 100% Photoshop: Create stunning artwork without using any photographs 1st Edition by steve caplin
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## Customer Reviews

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    100% Photoshop
  

*by A***Y on Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2010*

I purchased this book with great expectations, since I really enjoy working in Photoshop and looked forward to learning more about creating original images without photo references or merely modifying a photograph.There is good information in this book, but I don't think there is anything spectacular in here. In fact, I found many of the images to be curiously flat. The colors are dull, and there is little life to them.Too many of the images seem to have a flat brownish or grayish cast to them, which kills any life. The Deep Space image feels flat; the sun/star looks too much like the image it is, not like a real star; and there is something "off" about the planetary lighting. Again, the colors seem very flat and lifeless. Same flat color problem in the Desk Drawer, as if seen through dingy glasses (I wear glasses) under a 40-watt bulb.The fantasy art piece is uninspiring--a poorly done demonic figure; it's not "fantasy" just cheap horror.Some of the individual parts of the In the Attic items are very well done and interesting (the guitar, for example), but other parts had me scratching my head: the draped sheet is unrealistic and amateurish (has Mr. Caplin done any live drawing, looking at how cloth actually drapes?) and again, the over all effect is dull and uninteresting. I also doubt that such a weak lightbulb would cast some of the light and create some of the deep shadows he has produced in this image.The Great Outdoors is anything but. Shadows are wrong, the greens are all terribly flat (if you look at real trees and grass there is a lot more variation in the greens) and the sky does not look real. The stone texture on the ruined house is too sharp, many of the edges too clean, and the grays all too much in one tonal range. There is no life in this image.The final piece suffers from many of the same things all the previous images suffer from: flat color, unrealistic appearance (the red cloth) and general dullness.I think the author knows Photoshop, and there are definitely some useful techniques in this book, but there are other Photoshop artists out there who do a much better job and create a much more realistic feel from scratch in Photoshop (check out the work of Bert Monroy!)Note: if I could I'd actually give this book 3 1/2 stars; it's better than the 3, but not worth a 4.

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    Buy it, but don't buy the Kindle version
  

*by L***G on Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2011*

The content of this book is fantastic, but the Kindle version is terrible. The description notes that it has been "optimized for larger screens", and I do have a Kindle DX, so I decided to take a chance. Big mistake!!For one thing, the author has very cleverly added superscripts to his instructions for example "Switch to the Burn tool12" with the 12 indicating that you can go to page 12 if you need more info about the burn tool. Unfortunately 1) page syncing isn't turned on for this book and 2) the 12 isn't linked so you can't jump there. Not having the superscripts linked tells me whoever set this up for the Kindle either wasn't very knowledgeable or wasn't paid to do anything beyond the minimal basics, which means "optimized" was a very poor and misleading choice of words.The 2nd major problem is too many of the screen shots of settings aren't legible, even on my DX, even when zooming in on them. There has to be a better way to handle this for eBooks! The file size is huge, so if your Kindle is able to do wi-fi, you'll want to download when you're in range using that instead of Whispernet. That tells me someone made some effort to include rather large size screenshots, but the resolution is still so poor, it wasn't worth the effort.The final and obvious problem is the lack of color; I knew that would be an issue when I made my decision, so I'm not so annoyed by that one. Sometimes the author mentions the color of the shape you're working on; sometimes he doesn't.Having said all that, I got about 10% of the way through the book when I decided I liked the content too much not to keep reading. This book is the real deal when it comes to creating wood textures and metallic effects and so forth.

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    Add some helpful hints please
  

*by R***D on Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2014*

Steve,This book answers many questions for using Photoshop, but left me wanting more.  For instance:1. Why the healing brush leaves awful smudges sometimes or picks up and plants pieces you don't want in the photo retouch.2. Layers could be better explained too, especially when dealing with imbedded articles you don't want in your picture, how to get rid of without ruining your artwork.3. Don't assume that individuals know how to use Photoshop, after 3 years I still don't understand the nuances of filters, view and window left me frustrated that I could not control what the program was doing.  And with the upgrade of Photoshop 6, many additions and moves make it hard to figure out where the commands went.  The Help window isn't much help.A few tricks of the trade would greatly enhance the program, such as if you accidentally turn on the caps lock, your cursor becomes almost invisible, it took me 3 hours to figure it out.Otherwise I am finding that many of your tips and how tos are very enlightening and have helped greatly with my projects.And lastly, my husband did not purchase your book, I did, the art student.

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