Onstott - Enhancing Architectural Drawings and Models with Photoshop

Advance Praise for Enhancing Architectural Drawings and Models with Photoshop

Scott Onstott has a way with Photoshop and CADplain and simple. In fact, his ingenious insight is somehow always presented plain and simple so that the average user can fully comprehend the techniques he is trying to get across. Scotts years of teaching come into play here as he masterfully takes the reader from novice to expert as they traverse the pages of this book. His years of CAD experience and insight shine through as he has truly been therejust as the reader is nowand whether you are working in 2D or 3D, Scott has the answers. Scott Onstotts books are the first ones I pick up when I need to master a new software productand he never lets me down!

Lynn Allen, Autodesk Evangelist

This Photoshop book is unique because it specifically focuses on the use of Photoshop by architects, particularly the new 3D capabilities in the last few releases of Photoshop Extendedinformation that is hard to find elsewhere, even in the Photoshop documentation. It was illuminating and exciting to see what is now possible to do with 3D models in addition to 2D drawings in Photoshop! Scott Onstott brings together his extensive expertise and skills as an architect, technologist, artist, and author in crafting this book, which is written in a clear, concise, and engaging manner and amply supported by numerous illustrations. It starts from the basics of how to prepare a drawing or model within its native application for enhancement in Photoshop and goes on to cover all of the relevant features and functionalities that can be used, including the latest CS5 capabilities such as Content-Aware removal, enhanced selection controls, Puppet Warp, HDR Toning, Mixer Brush, the new Materials library, Repouss, and image-based lighting. Everything that you want to know about how to use Photoshop for enhancing architectural drawings and models is in this book.

Lachmi Khemlani, Ph.D., Founder and Editor, AECbytes

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Onstott, Scott.

Enhancing architectural drawings and models with photoshop / Scott Onstott.1st ed.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-470-91656-8 (pbk.)

1. Adobe Photoshop. 2. Architectural drawingComputer-aided design. 3. Architectural modelsComputer simulation. I. Title.

T385.O573 2011

720.285dc22

2010045652

ISBN: 978-0-470-91656-8 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-1-118-03506-1 (ebk)

ISBN: 978-1-118-03505-4 (ebk)

ISBN: 978-1-118-03507-8 (ebk)

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