Tutorial revew: Enhancing and Environmental Portrait with Photoshop
One of the ways in which I keep my Adobe training current is by subscribing to Lynda.com, which has more insanely useful tutorials than you could ever watch in your life. I’ve decided it would be fun to post reviews of the tutorials, plus it might help with my retention.
Chris Orwig’s tutorials often focus on photo retouching, which plays a very useful role in cover design. This short tutorial (just over an hour) covers a full color portrait converted to a distressed sepia-tone image. Not with the click of a one-size-fits-all button, but with complete, discerning control every step of the way.
My favorite tutorial highlights:
-Using the Photoshop CS6 content-aware patch tool for removing a distracting logo from a t-shirt
-Removing a distracting element from the background of the composition
-Adding film grain with a mask made from the red channel’s luminosity so it looks more integrated than adding it in a solid field
-Leading the viewer’s eye around the composition by use of light and dark. (I think many cover designers could learn a lot from this!)
You can watch a few of the segments, such as the patch tool, even if you're not a member, at the Lynda.com website.
Chris Orwig’s tutorials often focus on photo retouching, which plays a very useful role in cover design. This short tutorial (just over an hour) covers a full color portrait converted to a distressed sepia-tone image. Not with the click of a one-size-fits-all button, but with complete, discerning control every step of the way.
My favorite tutorial highlights:
-Using the Photoshop CS6 content-aware patch tool for removing a distracting logo from a t-shirt
-Removing a distracting element from the background of the composition
-Adding film grain with a mask made from the red channel’s luminosity so it looks more integrated than adding it in a solid field
-Leading the viewer’s eye around the composition by use of light and dark. (I think many cover designers could learn a lot from this!)
You can watch a few of the segments, such as the patch tool, even if you're not a member, at the Lynda.com website.
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Johanna wrote: "And I wanted you to know how delighted (ok — hyped) I was when I earlier today discovered the JCP Books 2012 Cover Art Callery book on http://jcpbooks.com!..."Oh! I'm so happy you took the time to let me know! I've gotten very little feedback on that ebook and I was beginning to think maybe it was a waste of time to produce. Thank YOU!
Jordan wrote: "Johanna wrote: "And I wanted you to know how delighted (ok — hyped) I was when I earlier today discovered the JCP Books 2012 Cover Art Callery book on http://jcpbooks.com!..."Oh! I'm so happy you..."
I posted the link to it on Josh's GR site, so there might be more feedback coming your way in the near future... ;)
I woke up early to read it. But I'm kinda rabid that way. I think it is so innovative, that it might take time for people get it, Quadruple delights when folks get their hands--eReaders--on it and take a look.
Johanna wrote: "I posted the link to it on Josh's GR site, so there might be more feedback coming your way in the near future... ;) "Thanks so much! :D
Urbanista wrote: "I think it is so innovative, that it might take time for people get it"LOL, that's what my hubris says every time I strike out with a concept!!
And I wanted you to know how delighted (ok — hyped) I was when I earlier today discovered the JCP Books 2012 Cover Art Callery book on http://jcpbooks.com!
It's STUNNING. I've always admired your cover art, but to have all the covers "bind" together with your comments — well, THANK YOU. I found your comments about the covers absolutely fascinating. It's wonderful to get a "behind the scene" glimpse of the cover art I like so much. And from now on when I want to spend a moment with something beautiful, I'll just take out my iPad and look at those lovely covers. Did I already say "Thank you"?!