Photoshop Studio with Bert Monroy

by Bert Monroy

Book Overview

Bert Monroy dissects the techniques that he's developed over the years to create photorealistic images. The text provides tips and techniques on Photoshop Studio. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735712468
• ISBN13: 9780735712461
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: New Riders Publishing
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Paint in Photoshop!

Bert is a great artist and teacher. I took a class from him, and learned so much, but couldn't absorb it all at once. This book allows you to learn his techniques at your own pace, and will give you the confidence to start creating images from scratch in Photoshop, or add painting techniques to your image manipulation. Highly recommended for intermediate to advanced Photoshop users and all artists.

Tim Robertson MyMac.com Book Review

Photoshop Studio is like a taking a ride with a Photoshop master for a few hours at a time, and learning the tricks of the trade. Bert Monroy does some really amazing things in Photoshop (and Illustrator), and guides you step by step on how he did it. From creating window blinds to creating handles on a photo-realistic filling cabinet, this book is filled with great pictures and easy to read language many Photoshop users will find useful. (I should mention, though, that while you can create the great looking scenes Bert did in Photoshop, why would you want to? I mean, with 3D software so low in price today, you can get even more realistic graphics with a program such as Strata than you can with Photoshop. In MUCH less time. But Bert Monroy is an artist, and Photoshop is his tool, so this is more a practical thought on my end, and has no bearing on the quality of this book or the techniques applied therein.) The book itself is well written, though I particularly enjoyed the beginning of the book in which the reader gets a glimpse of Bert÷s studio. I would die for a studio like that, let me tell you! Photoshop Studio is as much a picture book, as it is a written one. On almost every page is a picture of what he is writing about, how to do it, and all in clear color. (And the screen snapshots all show Bert is using Mac OS X!)Photoshop Studio is a class act. Well put together, well-written, and easy to follow. I enjoyed the time I spent with this book, and if you are into Photoshop, you will too.MacMice Rating: 5 out of 5...

The Best from the Best

Of all of the Photoshop authors that are out there, I believe that none can surpass Bert Monroy when it comes to creating photo-realistic images. If you're new to Photoshop, this isn't the book for you. If you want to learn how to restore old photos this isn't the book for you. If you want to learn how to take your Photoshop experience to the next level in the area photo-realism or if you have been seeking a book that gets your creative juices flowing then just click the buy button now. Throughout this full-color coffee table style are beautiful illustrations plus enough detailed instruction that I was able to do them (and I assumed I would not be able to do most of them since I am not an "artist".) More than a book, Bert has produced an instant classic that we can only hope will see many future editions.

5 Stars for excellence

I bought my first Bert Monroy book, The Official Adobe Photoshop Handbook, back in 1991. Co-written with David Biedny, it was the bible for Photoshop version 2.0. Eleven years later, I have three Monroy titles on my bookshelf. Photorealistic Techniques with Photoshop and Illustrator (1999) which remains one of my all time favorites and now his latest, Photoshop Studio. Why do I find these books so valuable? Because the books are more than paper creations. They reflect insight and intellect. They are delivered in full color -- not just cold text -- and they offer the artist the proof that wonderful things can happen with the digitals tools now available. It is said that just knowing something is possible is half the battle of doing a difficult thing. Viewing Bert's examples lets you know that yes! it's possible and that you can go even further. More than just fancy pictures - there is information. Bert covers The Art of Brush Making, Lights and Shadows, Creating Textures, Reflections and more. As a working artist, I come to this book with expectations - and Monroy delivers. I recommend this book for the intermediate and advanced users of Photoshop 7. Beginners building a library of Photoshop resources would do well to add this to their shopping list.

The All Time BEST Techniques for Photoshop and Illustrator

I normally sell off older versions of books as I buy updated ones from the same authors since so much is repeated. With Bert Monroy that is NOT the case. If he wrote a book a week I would keep every one, but he would never do that unless he had something of substance to write about.This book not only gives fantastic examples of how to use advanced illustrative techniques in Photoshop 7 but also goes into Illustrator techniques. What makes Bert's writing so important is he shares the things that make his own work stand out, and he shares it with the reader in a fun and easy style. For instance, he suggests you always create paths in Illustrator. This gives you much more delicate and precise lines as opposed to the line tool in Photoshop which can never give you a line smaller then a pixel. Then, instead of placing or opening the path in Photoshop, he strongly recommends pasting between the two programs. Here he is passing on a lesson that is so simple yet so powerful it will change the look of your work from this point forward. That is just Mr. Monroy's style.Good luck in your future work, with this book by your side you will not need much luck though!Leslie