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Special Features
The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- Photoshop for photographers
- Online design collectives unveiled
- Photoshop CS5 Extended in-depth

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring tutorials including:
- Create striking abstract designs
- CS5: Selections and the Puppet Warp tool explored
- Design futuristic pixel portraits

Special Features
The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- 12-page guide to digital painting in Photoshop CS5
- Better panoramas with Content-Aware Fill
- How Photoshop is used in the arc-vis industry

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring tutorials including:
- Create stunning typographic effects
- Master digital mixed media techniques
- Sequential art uncovered

Special Features
The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- In-depth look at the new features of Photoshop CS5
- Top ten young designers showcased
- Interview with Mike Campau

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring tutorials including:
- Use Photomatix to create HDR effects
- Paint with dynamic brushes
- Work with Photoshop and Maya

Special Features
The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- The latest trends in typography explored
- Colour manage your workflow
- Interview with Neil Duerden

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring tutorials including:
- Master displacement effects
- Create abstract graphics
- Learn the art of Japanese-style ink effects

Special Features
The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- Sony Alpha 850 pro-spec DSLR tested
- Olympus vs Panasonic hybrid challenge
- Sony Cybershot WX1 compact rated
- Plus lenses, books and accessories reviewed by the team

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring tutorials including:
- Discover how to fake the HDR look
- Get to gets with a host of Photoshop tools
- Perfect your images with post-production

Special Features
The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- Creative fashion – your designs on t-shirts, shoes and more
- Use your talents to design for a good cause
- Interview with Guy Seese

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring tutorials including:
- Head to head: T-shirt design challenge
- Master digital painting
- Technical illustration explained

Special Features
The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- The winners of our Create a Cover competition unveiled!
- Use 3D software with Photoshop
- Interview with Radim Malinic

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring tutorials including:
- Add texture to a 3D scene
- Create paintings with atmospheric lighting
- High- and low-key effects

Included in this issue

Special Features
The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- 25 sci-fi tips from the professionals
- Getting your first job
- Interview with Michael Zimmerman

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring tutorials including:
- Master photo illustration techniques
- Time-lapse animation in Photoshop CS4
- Mould water stock in photomanipulations

Included in this issue

Special Features
The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- Create the Steampunk-inspired cover
- Professional photoreal effects
- Student Showcase 2009

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring tutorials including:
- Design metallic typography
- Master Paths and the Pen tool
- Design malleable illustrations

Included in this issue

Special Features
The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- In-depth guide to motion graphics
- Getting your first commission
- Add depth to your photo manipulations

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring tutorials including:
- Using photo references
- Fantasy lighting effects
- Improve your painting skills

Special Features
The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- Retro graphics explored
- NEW! Industry section launches
- Two top artists go head to head

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring tutorials including:
- Professional retouching skills
- Edit video in Photoshop
- Master every cutout tool

Techniques
The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- Uncover matte-painting secrets
- Design website in Photoshop
- Interview with Massive Black

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring tutorials including:
- Pen tool masterclass
- Design a mixed-media montage
- Master the Dragan effect

Techniques
The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- Create the vexel cover image
- Make promotional merchandise
- Interview with Scott Lukowski

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring tutorials including:
- Concept art masterclass
- Build surreal photomontages
- Create spherical panoramas

Techniques
The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- Dynamic photo effects – create the cover image!
- Build the perfect portfolio
- Interview with Shane Mielke

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring tutorials including:
- Paint using real-media brushes
- Blend 2D and 3D objects in CS4 Extended
- Create dramatic exposure effects

Techniques
The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- Freelance survival guide – part one
- Interview with Mike Orduña
- Take your own stock photos

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring Masterclasses including:
- Build a robot from car photos
- Build professional photomontages
- Product illustrations from scratch

Techniques
The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- Master graphical art
- Interview with Derek Lea
- Protect your art online

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring Masterclasses including:
- Working in monochrome
- Create depth in your illustrations
- Using Photoshop’s displacement maps

Techniques
The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- Industry Insight: Photoshop trends of 2009
- Interview with Aaron Sims
- CS4 reviewed and rated

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring Masterclasses including:
- Create a realistic snow scene
- Fake HDR from one photo
- Design a Steampunk-inspired image

Techniques
All the latest and greatest techniques including:
- 50 artists design 50 covers
- 50 killer Photoshop tips
- Photoshop CS4 beta explored

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring Masterclasses including:
- Expert fashion retouching
- Matte-painting skills
- Paint a retro pin-up

Techniques
All the latest and greatest techniques inc:
- Photomontage blending skills
- Fake 3D in Photoshop
- The Liquify filter explores

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring Masterclasses inc:
- Digital painting from a photo
- Professional selective colouring
- Perfect skin tones

Techniques
All the latest and greatest techniques inc:
- The rules of fantasy art
- Using photo references in digital paintings
- Master the Calculations function

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring Masterclasses inc:
- Create an urban photomontage
- Add a silver effect to monochrome images
- Have fun with stock images

Creative Tutorials
Challenging & inspiring Masterclasses inc:
- Design a retro circus poster
- Mix vectors and photos
- Masking, layer styles and adjustment layers

Creative Tutorials
Challenging & inspiring Masterclasses inc:
- Fantasy painting with real-media brushes
- Expert illustration techniques
- Two artists go head to head

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques:
- Using photos as textures
- Advanced brush settings
- Split tones and key lighting

Creative Tutorials
Challenging & inspiring Masterclasses inc:
- Working with 3D renders
- Designing a spaceship
- Colourful photomanipulation

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques:
- Hollywood poster effects
- Paint digital portraits
- Top ten Photoshop problems solved

Creative Tutorials
Challenging & inspiring Masterclasses inc:
- Expert lighting techniques
- Illustrations with impact
- Create a Victorian street scene

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques:
- Master the Channels palette
- How to draw a golden-age comic-book hero
- Fantasy photomontage skills

Creative Tutorials
Challenging & inspiring Masterclasses inc:
- Create a cyborg
- Design a mixed-media montage
- Make a colourful spacescape

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- Create abstract art with fractals
- Paint a realistic pastel picture
- Selection tools explained

Creative Tutorials
Challenging & inspiring Masterclasses inc;
- Master street art
- Work with RAW files in Camera Raw
- Make your own brushes

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- Create concept illustrations
- Advanced features of the Actions palette
- Realistic soft-focus effects

Creative Tutorials
Challenging & inspiring Masterclasses inc;
- Master gothic art
- Design a deep-sea photomontage
- Paint with fire

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- Advanced photomontage tricks
- Build the ultimate Photoshop computer
- Take your Photoshop art outdoors

Creative Tutorials
Challenging & inspiring Masterclasses inc;
- Design original & intricate montages
- Paint a convincing bonfire scene
- Design a metalFX image

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- Speed up Photoshop with Preference settings
- Master the art of Pen and Vector design
- Create convincing wooden textures

Creative Tutorials
Challenging & inspiring Masterclasses inc;
- Create a film noir style image
- Turn photos into a surreal landscape
- Pay tribute to the style of Salvador Dali

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- Combine images with typography
- Incorporate fully editable 3D content
- Speed up workflow with handy layers tips

Creative Tutorials
Challenging & inspiring Masterclasses inc;
- Get inventive with custom brush presets
- Create Concept Art with Paul Gerrard
- Draw accurate portraits

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- Draw convincing clouds
- Understand ‘Blend If’ commands
- Build dramatic images from scratch

Creative Tutorials
Challenging & inspiring Masterclasses inc;
- Get creative with Kuler
- Master technical line art drawing
- Grasp Web 2.0 design

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- How to paint fur and wrinkles
- Master ‘Merge to HDR’
- Use Photoshop Extended’s new Measurement and Data tools

Creative Tutorials
Challenging & inspiring Masterclasses inc;
- Recreate oil paint effects
- Create metal effects and textures using rendered lighting
- Perfect character design

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- Working with the new Vanishing Point
- Create and preview multimedia for your phone with Device Central
- New blending options with Photomerge

Creative Tutorials
Challenging & inspiring Masterclasses inc;
- Create an antique sea chart using Bitmaps
- Comp your own watery landscape with John Uibel
- Spruce up your skateboard with our deck design Workshop

Also featured;
- Organise shots with Adobe Lightroom 1.0
- Wow potential clients with a winning portfolio
- Interview with Pete Harrison

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- Work with CS3’s Smart Filters
- Master a professional Photorealism style
- Edit JPEGs and TIFFs in the new Camera Raw

Creative Tutorials
Challenging & inspiring Masterclasses inc;
- Create globes from photos
- Design a piece of Pop art

Also featured;
- How to put on an exhibition
- How to find your unique Photoshop style
- Interview with Nicoletta Ceccoli

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- Applying Lighting renders
- Integrate Poser renders
- Professional retouching masterclass

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring Masterclasses including;
- Create a photomontage
- Design a lowlight landscape

Also featured;
- 2007 Graduate Showcase
- Photoshop CS3 and CS3 Extended update
- Win one of three work placements with McFaul

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- How to use the Art History brush
- Create an Americana-style illustration
- Give your images a screenprint look

Creative Tutorials
Easy-to-follow creative tutorials;
- Create an original playing card design
- Head to head: Radim Malinic and David Warner
- Design an original logo

Also featured;
- Interview with Mike Campau from SeventhStreet
- The ins and outs of copyright
- A round-up of perfect chairs for the overworked artist

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- How to incorporate shadows
- Correctly resize your images
- Comic art in the digital age

Creative Tutorials
Easy-to-follow creative tutorials;
- Master architectural perspective tricks
- How to create seamless patterns
- Drawing caricatures in CS2

Also featured;
- Interview with Apocryph
- Perfect software partners for Photoshop CS2
- Portfolios from Enrico Casarosa and Mad Monkey

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- How to use Gradients in illustration
- Using blur filters
- Photoshop in the fashion industry

Creative Tutorials
Easy-to-follow creative tutorials;
- Create street-style art
- How to replicate candlelight
- How to create convincing textures

Also featured;
- Photoshop CS3 Beta
- Interview with Gry Garness
- Portfolios from Jeff Miracola and Supertotto

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- Incorporating 3D into your art
- Get to grips with Smart Guides
- Setting up a home photo studio

Creative Tutorials
Easy-to-follow creative tutorials;
- Master cel-shade style art
- Comp together a detailed sci-fi scene
- Create neon lighting effects

Also featured;
- Interview with McFaul
- Making money from stock images
- A catch-up of AP artists featured in 2006

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- Making brush presets
- Perfect elaborate collage work
- Work with ‘Snap To Layers’

Creative Tutorials
Easy-to-follow creative tutorials;
- Creating a fantasy composite
- Perfect elaborate collage work
- Add texture to your images

Also featured;
- Interview with Chuck Anderson/NoPattern
- Gadgets and toys for the Photoshop artist
- Using typography in your designs

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- How to slice your images
- Perfect colour correction
- Import from Illlustrator

Creative Tutorials
Easy-to-follow creative tutorials;
- Complete Jerry Lofaro’s toy model tutorial
- Radically recolour landscapes
- Colour and shade line art with your airbrush

Also featured;
- Interview with Bob Elsdale
- The best monitors money can buy
- Professional merchandise from your work

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- Protect your images with watermarking
- Find or create stunning source imagery
- Get to grips with Photoshop scripting

Creative Tutorials
Easy-to-follow creative tutorials;
- Use toy models to make Photoshop art
- Master complex lighting techniques
- Perfect the art of character design

Also featured;
- Interview with Lara Croft creator, Toby Gard
- Power up with the best graphic cards
- Free CD with stock art, brushes and more

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- The techniques behind print perfection
- Designing recycled collages
- Top Photoshop shortcut tips

Creative Tutorials
Easy-to-follow creative tutorials;
- Create the Day After Tomorrow
- Design your own Manga-style artwork
- Reader Vs Pro – two artists go head to head

Also featured;
- Interview with Photoshop guru, Tim Marrs
- Create your own PDF presentations
- Free CD with stock art, brushes and more

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- How to make Photoshop work for you
- Create amazing outer space effects
- Combine exposures with CS2s Merge to HDR

Creative Tutorials
Easy-to-follow creative tutorials;
- Reveal your reality retouching skills
- Master amazing ink artwork
- Unleash the power of Dynamic Brushes

Also featured;
- The AP Photoshop Relay finale
- Make money using your Photoshop skills
- Free CD with stock art, wallpapers and more

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- Everything you need for Exp Adjustment
- Perfect your pixel art skills
- Make the most of Bridge extensions

Creative Tutorials
Easy-to-follow creative tutorials;
- Create knockout comic book artwork
- Master collages using a scanner and stencils
- Discover the art behind creating outer space

Also featured;
- The AP Photoshop Relay continues
- Behind the world’s biggest brands
- Free CD with photos, plug-ins and more

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- Colour correction between apps
- Banish blemishes with Spot Healing
- Present the perfect portfolio

Creative Tutorials
Easy-to-follow creative tutorials;
- Create stunning album artwork
- Master blending modes, 80s style
- Discover the art behind getting perspective

Also featured;
- The AP Photoshop Relay launches
- Six page design course special
- Free CD with photos, plug-ins and more

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- The definitive guide to CS2’s Vanishing Point
- Make the most of the new Warp feature
- Perfect fantasy lighting effects

Creative Tutorials
Easy-to-follow creative tutorials;
- Create art from your photographs
- Master the art of cool distressed effects
- Combine type and images for ultimate art

Also featured;
- Two designers: The Goddess Challenge
- The history of Photoshop, explained
- Free CD with photos, font files and more

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- Get organised with Lightroom
- Perfect layer effects
- Work smarter with Smart Objects

Creative Tutorials
Easy-to-follow creative tutorials;
- Create console art to be proud of
- Paint a portrait in Photoshop
- Apply texture to 3D elements

Also featured;
- Advanced Photoshop’s graduate showcase
- Unleash your potential with help from pro's
- Free CD with photos, fonts and more

Creative Tutorials
Easy-to-follow creative tutorials;
- Add texture to your work
- Turn photos into illustrations
- Create composites of photos

Also featured;
- What Photoshop can do for you
- Image-editing help and advice
- Free CD with plug-ins and more