| |  | Books : Skin: The Complete Guide to Digitally Lighting, Photographing, and Retouching Faces and Bodies |  | | | | | | | | | |
List Price:$39.99
Our Price: $26.39
You Save: $13.60 (34%)
Prices subject to change.
Availability:Usually ships in 24 hours
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 775
EAN: 9780470047330
ISBN: 047004733X
Label: Sybex
Manufacturer: Sybex
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: October 16, 2006
Publisher: Sybex
Sales Rank: 9850
Studio: Sybex
Related Items:
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Achieving accurate skin tones is one of the most challenging tasks in digital photography. Master this challenge with professional photographer Lee Varis as he covers a range of skin: women and men, young and old, various tones, in-studio and outdoors, tattoos, and more. His step-by-step tutorials and before-and-after illustrations demonstrate various techniques for topics such as digital-specific lighting challenges and what can and cannot be done in post-process.
A free CD-ROM accompanies the book and contains sample image files to use while following the tutorials, plus equipment recommendations and technical reference materials that enhance and reinforce the instruction.
Order your copy of this practical guide today and get a complete start-to-finish approach to integrating everything from posing models to shooting and retouching candid scenes.
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Not as described
The book I ordered was listed as "new" on amazon.com, but when it arrived it had a crease on the front cover, similare to if the cover had been dog-eared.I kept the book because, after a string of bad experiences just like this one, I was sick of mailing things back, not being refunded the shipping cost, and essentially wasting money.Their shipping time was very quick, so that is a plus, but ultimatley, the book was not in the condition it was described as.
Rating:  - Skin, The Final Frontier
Skin, The Final Frontier.Skin is neither white nor black nor neutral grey. Lee Varis explain how to color correct skin. The one chapter on lighting is good enough IMHO to be the basis for another book. This book is fairly unique in its main subject and reason enough to buy it in addition to a general PhotoShop book. Fairly quick reading and well illustrated.
Rating:  - Thick book... tiny content
I did read all these great reviews and finally decided to buy this book.
To summarize - its rather disappointing.
Lighting? Not so great on it. Retouching? Beauty retouching technique (yes, no plurals) is pretty much "blur + brush".. With some texture to throw in.Sharpening technique (yes. No plurals again) - well.. not a lot of use - could be better done with LAB space. Most of colour discussion is about RGB space. Excuse me, what happened to CMYK and Lab? Bits about calibration... Read More
Rating: - skin
I'm floored by this book, there are things I never would have thought of! lots to learn and it's going to take a while... I'm really happy that he offers tips for older editions of ps b/c I don't have cs3 but I can still do everything he talks about b/c he explains how to do it with older editions too.... fabulous book, must have!!
Rating: - Insightful
I haven't read all the chapters yet, but so far the book has surpassed my expectations. It's easy to understand but aimed at those who want a deeper understanding of photography. I bought it for the purpose of learning more about accurate skin color in digital photography, but the book has much more in content, such as a good chapter on lighting and photographing people.
Skin: The Complete Guide to Digitally Lighting, Photographing, and Retouching Faces and Bodies | | | |
| | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 
2004-2007 Copyright © , All right reserved.
the website powered by web hosting. |
|
|
