Visual Alchemy: Fine Art of Digital Montage - Focal Pressfrom Visual Alchemy: Fine Art of Digital Montage - Focal Pressexplores author Catherine McIntyre's sources of inspiration as well as her methods, offering an aesthetic guide to composition, color, texture and all of the other means of communication that artists have at their disposal. While these concepts and techniques make use of Photoshop, they will apply to any digital imaging program and indeed to any medium, whether traditional or digital. Featuring McIntyre's own art as well as that of artists around the globe, Visual Alchemy is an invitation to discover the artistic possibilities of picture making through digital montage.

Author: Catherine McIntyre    Softcover, 240 Pages    Date Published: December 2013    Guide to Creative Image Compositing    Based on Digital Photography Workflow

Introduction
Themes
Beauty and Idea
Influences
Inspiration
Subjects
Collecting Source Material
Method
Composition
Color
Texture
Tone
Inversions
Distortions
Developing Your Image
The Finished Image
Frequently Asked Questions
Further Looking and Reading
Contributing Artists

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