Step into the world of Photoshop mastery by learning the advanced features of Photoshop 7 with "Photoshop 7: Mastering Artistic Design." You'll soon be achieving stunning results by using Photoshop with a variety of artistic mediums such as photography, line drawings, graphics, and Web design. Eighteen full-color projects, each with step-by-step instructions, will guide you through the process of producing visually stimulating Photshop creations. Also, each project is introduced with a two-page spread that shows an exploded view of the layers of the final work of art. A CD with a full set of source images is included.
Features

• Animating Images
• Applying filter and color effects
• Combining image sources
• Composing objects with 3-D graphics programs
• Using transparent source images with the Internet

• Project 1 - Using Various Layers in Composition Mode
• Project 2 - Shadow Effecting with the Alpha Channel
• Project 3 - Applying Filter and Color Effects
• Project 4 - Etching with the Alpha Channel
• Project 5 - Expressing Colors
• Project 6 - Creating Material Effects and Showing Natural Backgrounds
• Project 7 - Applying Reflections and Other Light-Based Effects
• Project 8 - Modifying Images to Produce Different Mediums
• Project 9 - Distorting and Altering Images to Create Shadows
• Project 10 - Combining Image Sources
• Project 11 - Creating High Quality Black and White Posters
• Project 12 - Composing Objects using 3-D Graphics Programs
• Project 13 - Constructing Complicated Shapes
• Project 14 - Using transparent Souce Images with the Internet
• Project 15 - Producing Black and White Images with Sketching
• Project 16 - Crafting Your Own Image Source
• Project 17 - Combining Text Sources and Images Using Painter
• Working with Other Graphic Tools
• Art Gallery