Fotografias

Creative

Wedding Album Design
with

Adobe Photoshop
®

®

Step-by-Step Techniques for Professional Digital Photographers

Mark Chen
Amherst Media
®
PUBLISHER OF PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS

Dedication

To Olive and Marcia, my unrelenting supporters.

Thanks to Janice Geddes, Shauna Couri, Krista Kaulfus, Steve Snyder, Dragos Dorobantu, Angula Malone, Ronald Johnson, TrungAcknowledgements mates. High fives to all of you.

Huynh, Graham Feld, Christy Newman, Debbie Medrano, Erik Xydis, Kara Hueni, Matthew Crawford, Rosie Israel, Sonny Preston, Terrhan Dial, Clayton Carnes, Kame Khadivian, and Gigi Arendt, who photographed numerous weddings with/for me. You are my teamThanks to Laura Javier. You are an apprentice who inspires.

or bad; some of you fall unconscious, whichprompts me to make funnier jokes. All of you make me a better teacher.

Thanks to all my Photoshop students. Some of your eyes twinkle with enlightenment; some of your questions make me look good

View the companion blog to this book at: http://weddingalbumdesign-chen.blogspot.com/ Check out Amherst Media’s other blogs at: http://portrait-photographer.blogspot.com/http://weddingphotographer-amherstmedia.blogspot.com/

Copyright © 2010 by Mark Chen. All rights reserved. All photographs by the author unless otherwise noted. Published by: Amherst Media, Inc. P.O. Box 586 Buffalo, N.Y. 14226 Fax: 716-874-4508 www.AmherstMedia.com Publisher: Craig Alesse Senior Editor/Production Manager: Michelle Perkins Assistant Editor: Barbara A. Lynch-Johnt Editorial Assistance from: Sally Jarzab,John S. Loder, Carey Anne Maines ISBN-13: 978-1-58428-261-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2009903889 Printed in Korea. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopied, recorded or otherwise, without prior written consent from the publisher. Notice of Disclaimer: The information containedin this book is based on the author’s experience and opinions. The author and publisher will not be held liable for the use or misuse of the information in this book.

Table of Contents

About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..8

Introduction

Things You Should Know While Using this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
What the Wise Man Says 1: Use the Cover Page as an Appetizer

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PROJECT 1: A Glimpse Into a Dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
COMPLEXITY LEVEL:

Low Adjustment Layers, Layer Masks, Creative Type Effects

TECHNIQUES INVOLVED:

Prepare the Canvas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 The Glow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
What the Wise Man Says 2: Meet the New Bugs on the Block What the Wise Man Says 3: Regrettable Procedures vs. Nondestructive Procedures

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The Vignette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
What the Wise Man Says 4: Changes in the Adjustment Layer Interface

The Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Text Glow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .19 The Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

PROJECT 2: A Cosmic Journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
COMPLEXITY LEVEL:

High Selections/Layer Masks, Channel-Selection Conversion, Trans-

TECHNIQUES INVOLVED:

form/Warp, Filter Effects, Adjustment Layers

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