Photoshop Type Effects Visual Encyclopedia
New Riders, June, 2002.
Trade Paperback, 190 pages.
ISBN: 0735711909
As exciting as animated graphics, flash and
original artwork are, it is important not to
overlook the importance of typography.
Displaying your headings, topics or menus
with good, clear visual effects can really make
a section of a website or important elements of
your sales brochure stand out and draw a
reader's eye. This book helps
show you how to create numerous professional-looking
type effects using Photoshop, and teaches you the fundamentals
so you create many more effects on your own.
The book includes hundreds of
stunning type effects
such as Frosty, Into the Fire, Pond Life, Slippery
When Wet, Warped Type, Genuine Antique and
Polished Chrome. Each effects is explained
through simple instructions and screen shots.
The book also includes an introduction section which
provides a quick overview of the fundamentals involved
in creating type effects.
The appendix includes information on all the
built-in Photoshop filters, as well as some of the best
third-party filters. The accompanying CD-ROM
contains the effects shown in the book.
The Photoshop Type Effects Visual Encyclopedia
is an excellent guide that no graphic designer,
Photoshop user or web developer should do
without.
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This review was published in the September, 2002 of The Internet Writing Journal.
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