Chapter 24: Overlay Techniques


Overview

One of Adobe Photoshop s greatest strengths is its capability to combine images. In Chapters 7 and 22 you became savvy to the potential of compositing with layers and how selected areas can be accurately positioned and superimposed. Images from multiple sources can be collaged together, their transparency can be precisely tuned with layer masks, and their shapes can be altered with clipping masks. You saw in Chapters 6 and 21 that, like layers, alpha channels can also be combined. The process of combining images from multiple sources takes many forms and is one of Photoshop s most useful features. In this chapter, you re going to look at industrial-strength image compositing.

You will learn about the following:

  • Superimposing images to enhance their quality

  • Creating artistic effects by applying images

  • Using calculations to combine complex selections




Photoshop CS Savvy
Photoshop CS Savvy
ISBN: 078214280X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 355

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