Jacquelin Vanderwood

May 1, 2001

Hey everyone! If you want to sharpen your skills as a Photoshop and Image Ready web contortionist and animator, this new book on the current versions of the Adobe software will get you up and going in no time. Just follow the book step-by-step to gain design skills you thought you already possessed. It's a great book. As a matter of fact, the whole New Rider "Magic" series on different software is great. You'll enjoy doing each tutorial. After you have completed a tutorial, the book gives you more ideas on new designs and animations to create. Every page is in color which makes learning quicker and easier. For you individuals that already know Photoshop and Image Ready, there are one-liner instructions to speed you on your way. Every project has pictures for each step to show you exactly what to do. 

Here's what you'll learn in this book:

Creating Custom Layer Styles
Editing Built-in Layer Styles for Realism
Creating Custom Patterns from Nothing
Vertical Micro-Tiles
Seamless Photo Tiles and Custom Patterns
Creating and Editing Custom Shapes
Creating Custom Brushes
Working with Photos-Retouching and Painting with Styles
Warped Images for Images Map Animation
Animating with Light
Animating Text on a Curve
Warping Wet Text Animation
Jitter Bug Text
Motion Text
Splash Announcement-Sprayed Text
Rubber Rollover Buttons with Text
Transparent Plastic Windows
Animated Attention-Getters
Boing! Pop-up Announcement Splash
Image Maps, Tables, Rollovers in Image Ready
Image Optimization in Image Ready
The Tools and Palettes of Photoshop and Image Ready A-Z
JavaScript-Making it Move

Also accompanying this book is a CD full of the examples mentioned above. It also comes with custom presets, 3rd party plugins, javascript examples, menu support, and project files.

Check out New Riders web site for this book. It's a great accompaniment to your Photoshop knowledge base. It's well worth the money and time spent on it. Enjoy!

Copyright 2001, Jacquelin Vanderwood, All Rights Reserved