Publication Date:March 3, 2008 Availability:Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description This exciting and complete instructional package starts with the basics and progresses through step-by-step demos that take readers from line art to full, awe-inspiring color. Readers will get instruction on equipment, scanning, setting up pages, color theory, flatting, rendering, special effects, color holds, color separations, and even details on the business of becoming a professional colorist. The CD-ROM includes Photoshop tools and actions that artists can use to streamline their coloring work, plus sample Photoshop files so that readers can work along with the demonstrations.
ot exactly my style, but does its job well.June 18, 2010 Ann Foerster 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm currently working on a web comic. My one problem was properly scanning in my line work and coloring it for that matter. This book covers in-depth scanning for line work that doesn't need to be retraced in Photoshop, setting clean flats, and stylizing plus adding effects. This book uses Adobe Photoshop CS3, so you have been warned. There are homework assignments, little notes, and small quizzes to make sure a reader is getting the material okay. Sometimes the coloring looks a little blocky or it could have been blended better. Also, some of their rendering of people isn't the best. They encourage people to come up with their own solutions, but in some cases (especially concerning detailing) they have a certain set of specifics you need to follow for brush settings.
If I had one other qualm is that this book encourages people to take advantage of some Photoshop shortcuts. I for one am for trying to make something like as natural as possible or at least not look lazy. The book comes with a CD that even provides royalty free textures for people to use, but they look out of place depending on what look you're trying to go for. This is also where a huge stock of professional artists donated work for use in assignments. I guess a good way to put it is "sometimes it's painfully obvious it's digital".
That aside, it's a good book to use for starting out and with practice you can go beyond or do your own thing.
Not Just a Book, A Beginner's CourseApril 27, 2010 Blackwolf(Florida, USA) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I will add my voice to the glowing reviews of this book.
But, it isn't really just another "how to" book, it is a step by step course for the beginning colorist. The author also encourages the reader to expand on what he shows, and experiment, (some homework assignments actually are to experiemnt and experience for yourself which way works better) rather than lock you into a set way of doing things, or claiming to be the end all of coloring.
The pro and time saving tips alone are worth the price, add in the lessons and CD extras, it is worth much more than the purchase price.
I can't recommend this book enough for the subject, and wish there were others like it on other aspects of digital artwork.
Must have for learning digital coloring.April 14, 2010 Alan Lashbrook 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well written and thorough. Step by step instructions from scanning line drawings to printing the finished page. Worth the price alone for the included photoshop scripts.
Invaluable tool for learning the art of digital coloring.February 2, 2010 Lucas Nickerson(Portland, OR) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is exactly what anyone who wants to learn how to color any type of linework in photoshop. It reads a bit like a textbook and even includes homework sections so that you can practice what you've learned. The book comes with a CD-rom full of helpers including photoshop scripts, examples of linework, and background effect helpers. This book is a must have for anyone who is starting in this line of work.
Thorough and clear.December 2, 2009 JerseyGirl(New York, NY USA) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have been coloring for years, writing professionally for about 5 years, and teaching Photoshop coloring for the past two. I didn't think there would be much I could get from this book but I picked it up to see how the information was organized and presented.
There are a few points that I disagree with but overall, this is an amazing resource for beginner and intermediate colorists. I recommend it to all my students. I even learned some new tricks!
While it's true that much of this information can be found online, you can also find a lot of inaccurate info out there. And it's hard to find it all together like this, presented in a logical, clear, and straightforward manner. The writers have an instinctive awareness of when to hold back and not overwhelm the reader. The exercises build as the book progresses and if a reader does the assignments in the order they are presented, then they will learn a ton. At the end, all they will have left to do is practice.
I look forward to the next book from Brian and Kristy Miller.
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