Digital Character Painting Using Photoshop CS3 (Graphics Series)

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Customer Reviews:

Good Stuff [Posted on 2008-02-01]
Great Book. Knowing some things about Photoshop beforehand will help with this book. He does give brief descriptions of the tools but his focus is on digital painting. Which is where this book shines. It is clearly written, shows different techniques and is very informative. One of the best how to books I've bought. It even beats some courses I have taken. If digital painting is what you want to learn more about, this is perfect.
Excellent book.

rubbish [Posted on 2008-02-23]
waste of time - you will learn more from the web - author spent more time going over literature to make the pages of his book seem fuller - trust me - avoid - the title of CS3 is so misleading - you would expect more from sucha bold title.....

Message to the Author - try harder and be truthful to the readers .... over and out

I returned this book [Posted on 2008-02-24]
I returned this book it was so bad.

The title is misleading. This book looks repurposed from another book by the author with just some new screen shots. The techniques in Photoshop are dated and don't correspond with current recommendations. Instead of using Version Cue or History or Layer Comps or a host of many of the new features, the author recommends lots of saves with different names. As one reviewer said, the CS3 on the title is a joke.

Although there is some useful information for absolute beginners on lighting, chapters detailing the personality and history of the character are not necessary for a book titled Digital Character Painting Using Photoshop CS3. I wanted techniques on painting the textures and creating realistic compositions, not rehashed Photoshop basics or tutorials I could find on the web.

Photoshop WOW [Posted on 2008-02-24]
I fell in love with Photoshop as a digital paint program a number of years ago. The effects available through Photoshop give you the versatility of physical media with no mess and much greater ability to edit your compositions as you work.

This is not a book for someone who just wants to use Photoshop for manipulating existing images. (Though you'd certainly have a chance to pick up a few pointers from this book.) This is definitely for someone who wants to create images "from scratch" using Photoshop's amazing array of tools and effects. As such, it helps if you have some previous art training (though you don't have to be an expert, the author does give intermediate level painting tips.)

It also helps if you have at least a basic working knowledge of Photoshop. However, I do mean basic. This book is so well laid out that if you have ever worked in Photoshop before, you should have little trouble following along. The author takes you through a series of exercises and gives clear step by step instructions and tips.

The author's experience as an art instructor really shows through in the clarity of the explanations. I was even able to follow the examples while sitting in a chair reading the book - not even opening Photoshop! I can't say that about some other books I've read on this topic.
I strongly recommend this book to artists looking for tips and inspiration for using Photoshop!

Techniques I can use... [Posted on 2008-04-01]
I've been using Photoshop Elements for a few years as a way to digitize my drawn illustrations and then finish the work on the computer. The techniques described in Mr. Seegmiller's book have solved a number of problems for me, even though I am using the simplified "Elements" program. Although it is a thick "manual" type of book, the techniques are thoroughly explained in easy to understand language.

Thanks to Don Seegmiller for adding a new dimension to my artwork.

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