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Photoshop How-To: Retouching Images with Bert Monroy, Part 2
The difference between a realistic-looking digital scene and an obvious composite lies in the details, specifically shadows, highlights, and color. In Part 2 of Bert Monroy's lesson on retouching images, learn how to do these essential tasks and more.
Written by Bert Monroy on September 29, 2004
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This story is excerpted from "Commercial Photoshop with Bert Monroy, published by New Riders.
In the first part of this excerpt from his book "Commercial Photoshop with Bert Monroy," Photoshop artist extraordinaire Bert Monroy showed his image-retouching techniques for repositioning elements, adding content, cleaning up highlights, and eliminating items while enhancing others.
In this second part of the retouching chapter, Bert covers adding shadows, color, motion and other ways to change the mood of a scene.
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Excerpted from "Commercial Photoshop with Bert Monroy" © 2004 New Riders Publishing. Reproduced by permission of Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as New Riders. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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How come Creativepro can't make small PDFs?
I appreciate the free tutorials, however, I have a question. If you guys are supposed to be "Creative Pros" how come you don't know how to make a PDF for the web? This is rediculous. If I were there I would show you how very easy it is to make a pdf for the web. Come on! It's easy.
oops --- that was 896kb not 896 mb
36 page brochure was only 896kb not 836mb. Opps, LOL. InDesign produces very small pdfs.
Excellent Tips By A True Artist
It is very, very generous to provide Bert's expertise & experience. Thank you!
I agree with the other response, the PDF is rather bloated!
And perhaps, maybe include a printed coupon in the PDF, to purchase the entire book at your local bookstore, for the Peachpit, Amazon, Borders, web site prices?
sorry for complaining
Heck. I thought it over and I am just happy to get free tutorials. That, however, doesn't prevent the PDF sizes from getting under my skin (sorry). For example I just made a proof for a 36 page brochure that came to only 896mb. Images and color on every page. Of course it might have something to do with the fact I use InDesign CS.
Sorry for being a thorn.