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In this full-color guide to Adobe Photoshop 4.0 for Windows and Macintosh, author Sherry London provides hands-on tips for creating all sorts of textures, including Brick, Ceramic, Fish Scales, Grass, Linen, Metal, Pearls, Rice Paper, Sea Foam, Water, and Wood. The book is organized alphabetically by texture name, and with a gallery of the textures at the back of the book, it's easy to find just what you're looking for. The book is fine for all sorts of user, from new to accomplished; London even covers Photoshop basics in her introduction. A hybrid CD-ROM comes with demo versions of Adobe Photoshop, Fractal Design Detailer, and third-party filter software, as well as stock photos and textures.
From Library Journal
London's interesting book begins with a quick overview of Photoshop basics and then leads the reader off into the world of texture creation from the perspective of a real fabric artist. London shows a texture example and walks the reader through the creative steps and reasoning behind the creation. Foster uses the same approach, but the examples are for background patterns, buttons, and other widgets for use on webbed windows. Both offer excellent illustrated explanations of real-world uses for Photoshop.
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