The Artist's Guide to GIMP, 2nd Edition: Creative Techniques for Photographers, Artists, and Designers
$35.60
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Book Synopsis: As a full-featured, free alternative to Adobe Photoshop, GIMP is one of the world's most popular open source projects. The latest version of GIMP (2.8) brings long-awaited improvements and powerful new tools to make graphic design and photo manipulation even easier—but it's still a notoriously challenging program to use.
The Artist's Guide to GIMP teaches you how to use GIMP without a tedious list of menu paths and options. Instead, as you follow along with Michael J. Hammel's step-by-step instructions, you'll learn to produce professional-looking advertisements, apply impressive photographic effects, and design cool logos and text effects. These extensively illustrated tutorials are perfect for hands-on learning or as templates for your own artistic experiments.
After a crash course in GIMP's core tools like brushes, patterns, selections, layers, modes, and masks, you'll learn:
- Photographic techniques to clean up blemishes and dust, create sepia-toned antique images, swap colors, produce motion blurs, alter depth of field, simulate a tilt-shift, and fix rips in an old photo
- Web design techniques to create navigation tabs, icons, fancy buttons, backgrounds, and borders
- Type effects to create depth, perspective shadows, metallic and distressed text, and neon and graffiti lettering
- Advertising effects to produce movie posters and package designs; simulate clouds, cracks, cloth, and underwater effects; and create specialized lighting
Whether you're new to GIMP or you've been playing with this powerful software for years, you'll be inspired by the original art, creative photo manipulations, and numerous tips for designers.
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The Artist's Guide to GIMP, 2nd Edition is the ultimate resource for photographers, artists, and designers looking to take their creative projects to the next level. With GIMP, you have a full-featured, free alternative to Adobe Photoshop, making it accessible to everyone. Say goodbye to expensive software and hello to unlimited artistic possibilities.
In this comprehensive guide, author Michael J. Hammel takes you on a step-by-step journey through GIMP, eliminating the need for tedious menu navigation. With hands-on tutorials and extensive illustrations, you'll quickly master the core tools and learn how to apply them in real-world situations.
Whether you want to enhance photographs, design eye-catching advertisements, or create captivating logos and text effects, The Artist's Guide to GIMP has got you covered. With Hammel's expert guidance, you'll explore a wide range of techniques, from cleaning up blemishes to simulating special effects like motion blurs and tilt-shift photography.
Web designers will especially love the section on creating navigation tabs, icons, buttons, backgrounds, and borders. With GIMP's powerful tools at your fingertips, you'll be able to bring your website designs to life in no time.
But it doesn't stop there. The Artist's Guide to GIMP also dives into type effects, teaching you how to create depth, shadows, metallic textures, and even neon and graffiti lettering. Unleash your creativity and make anything possible.
Advertising professionals will find this book invaluable as well. From movie posters to package designs, from realistic simulations to unique lighting effects, the possibilities are endless. Stand out from the crowd and create stunning visuals that leave a lasting impression.
Whether you're a GIMP newbie or a seasoned pro, The Artist's Guide to GIMP has something for everyone. Discover the power of this incredible software and unlock your artistic potential. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn from a true expert.
Get your copy of The Artist's Guide to GIMP, 2nd Edition today and start taking your creative projects to new heights.
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