Adobe Photoshop Master Class: The Essential Guide to Revisioning Photography

Adobe Photoshop Master Class: John Paul Caponigro, 2nd Edition is no ordinary book on Photoshop. It is a true master class by renowned artist and photographer John Paul Caponigro, in which he shares his insights and discoveries as a visual artist. Although the book contains step-by-step tutorials that deconstruct some of Caponigro¿s most inspirational photographic works, the emphasis is on technique and visual problem solving, enabling you to take the concepts and apply them to your own unique projects. Updated for Photoshop 7, the revised edition of this master class includes numerous new and revised chapters that explain how to achieve color accuracy and extend dynamic range, direct attention through focus, control atmospheric perspective, and more. You don¿t have to be a professional photographer to appreciate and learn from this beautiful and informative book¿Caponigro starts out with a section covering Photoshop essentials before moving on to more advanced artistic techniques.

John Paul Caponigro's art regularly appears in national and international exhibitions and publications. He writes columns for Photo Techniques, Step-By-Step, and PEI magazines as well as the Apple Computer Web site, and is a contributing editor for View Camera and Camera Arts magazines. He lectures frequently at universities, museums, conferences, and workshops around the world. Caponigro's clients include Adobe, Apple, Canon, Kodak, and Epson.