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Binding: Spiral-bound
Label: Frederick L Chipkin
Manufacturer: Frederick L Chipkin
Publication Date: 2007-05-01
Publisher: Frederick L Chipkin
Studio: Frederick L Chipkin
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: great support!
Comment: I bought a number of digital textile design books. This one is the most updated and simple in terms of the instructions. Also, the author is extremely accessible and available for support, questions and feedback. He was fantastic and very helpful!
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Summary: It is very complete
Comment: As a Graphic Designer, I made a research and bough four products that were supose to solve textil design, and this was the best, It gives you meny alternatives: also the seller stood beside me when nedded.
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Summary: step by step textile rendering instruction
Comment: I love this book! It saved me hours in learning specific aspects of textile design using photoshop - plus the author makes himself available for technical assists. Awesome.
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Summary: This book is an invaluable help
Comment: This book took me to an advanced level of textile design! It was like taking a course in textile design in college except you can actually do things when you're finished! I'm ecstatic that I found this book. I have learned many new techniques. The explanations are very clear, precise and complete! I recommend this wonderful book and I fell grateful that Mr. Chipkin generously shared his years of experience. It's a book for professionals, freelancers and an essential book for the students.
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Summary: Adobe Photoshop for Textile Design by Frederick L Chipkin
Comment: This is an excellent book for textile designers. Easy to follow and Frederick has been a pleasure to work with. Thanks again!
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Editorial Reviews:
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Adobe Photoshop for Textile Design (ISBN# 0972731709) is a tutorial on how to use Adobe Photoshop for Textile Design. This book will enable you to accomplish all the essential tasks of textile design using Adobe Photoshop. It will guide you through step by step techniques for creating color combinations, repeats, color reduction of a tonal (watercolor) design and simple woven effects. You'll also learn how to use layers to create quick color combinations. This book is self published by Origin inc.As equally important as the book itself is the CD that's included with the book. It contains practice images that correspond to the lessons in the book. These include weaves, images to color reduce, bodies & objects to photo drape and 36 pages of color charts so that you can match colors accurately. ------In his book Frederick shows you how to create repeats (square and half drop), how to color reduce a textile design (you'll learn that even a subtle watercolor design is easy to color reduce) and how to simulate woven effects. You will also learn how to create quick colorings and then how to place your designs into a fashion sketch or a photograph. ---Frederick Chipkin of Kew Gardens NY has earned inclusion in the 2004, 2005 and 2006 Edition of Who's Who in America. He is also included in the 2005 and 2006 Edition of Who's Who in the world. To be chosen for inclusion, candidates must have held a position of responsibility or have attained a significant achievement. Frederick is best known for his book "Adobe PhotoShop for textile design". A textile designer for Liz Claiborne, Bernard Chause, Manager CAD dept I Appel, Owner of Design Society, and most recently Owner of Origin inc. Textile Design studio, Fredericks career has spanned 20 years in the industry.
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