Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended: Retouching Motion Pictures

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 593 pages
• Published by: Course Technology PTR
• Edition: 1st Edition March 14, 2008
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1598634615
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1598634617
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.5 inches
• Weighs: 3.4 pounds

Product Description
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended: Retouching Motion Pictures is a hands-on, tutorial-based guide filled with real-world examples that run the gamut from video restoration to visual and special effects, green screen and split screen composite work, and integration of 3D content from applications such as Luxology modo, 3D Studio Max, and Cinema 4D. New features are thoroughly documented, and the book is organized in a practical chronology, from importing digital video and other footage to your computer, to working with clips in Photoshop, to effects work, to rotoscoping and animation, to building complex composite work on layers, and finally to producing, exporting, and archiving your work. Written from a Photoshop user's point of view, Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended: Retouching Motion Pictures makes retouching video footage a clear, forthright, and foolproof endeavor. Learn what you need to know about NTSC and file format standards, fps rates, pixel sizes for digital video, and more to make the next logical move in your content creation work, while working in a favorite and familiar application.

About The Author
Gary David Bouton is the author of more than twenty computer graphics books, including the Inside Adobe Photoshop series.He is a seasoned illustrator and former advertising agency art director. Gary’s television commercial experience combined with his Photoshop knowledge has brought about this unique and accessible book for anyone who wants to make Photoshop retouching a moving art. The author’s long-time involvement with 3D modeling, rendering, and animation software also provides insight, and opens doors, to the Photoshop user who wants to add today’s CGI effects to video. In his spare time,Gary composes original music and is currently working with film editors to provide special effects for music videos.He and his wife also host TheBoutons.com, a forum for discussions on Photoshop, video, graphics, and audio software.

Reader Reviews
For someone who comes from a background in television commercials, Gary's book has proven to be nothing short of an elemental guide to performing many of the tasks we'd commission a film editor to do, all digitally, and all within the program we've used for print ads! "Retouching Motion Pictures" demonstrated to me the how-tos I needed to learn to get both analog and digital footage into my computer, how to trim out-takes, to smooth out the pacing and timing of cuts, and even how to perform compositing work. It's a highly technical book that manages to stay focused on what makes motion pictures so captivating--it's all about editing to better tell a story. Gary's tone is one of confidence in his craft with a generous open spirit, sitting right beside you, talking to you like an adult, and his analogies truly helped me understand and tie together all the disparate issues surrounding digital video. I originally bought his book to learn how to archive and restore home movies, but after the first 100 pages, this guy had me hooked on more ambitious things such as green-screening and special effects you evidently can create using Photoshop on a personal computer. The experience (yes, it's a total immersion head trip following the tutorials) has left me with the conviction that Madison Avenue and Hollywood are just locations; you can produce slick, professional, finished work right in your den! If you're more of a content creator than a spectator, get this book, get out a lot of sticky notes, and completely rock with this key to unlocking the video potential in Photoshop.