[...]... One of the complaints of artists over the years has been that the digital medium does not allow them the flexibility that they have with traditional mediums One important aspect is the ability to move and rotate the canvas Traditional artists are used to working with their canvases and drawing boards in such a way that they can rotate and move them around to easily reach areas of the image that they... layer, the Adjustments Layers palette immediately switches to its properties See Figure 1.22 Chapter 1 ■ Poser and Photoshop Interface Overview Figure 1.18 Access the Curves adjustment layer Figure 1.19 Initial view of the Curves adjustment layer 15 16 The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide Figure 1.20 Access the expanded view of the Adjustment Layers palette Figure 1.21 The expanded view of. .. customers that will make their software part of the production pipeline They are discovering that software needs to be easy to use, inviting to work with, and compatible with other software packages These are critical pieces of the puzzle that both Smith Micro and Adobe have fulfilled 3D by nature is extremely time-consuming and often difficult to learn because the interface and the tools’ functions are... select an area on the image and then restrict Photoshop’s commands and tools to that region alone The next set contains the painting tools, including the Healing Brush tool, Paintbrush, Clone Stamp tool, Eraser tool, Burning and Dodging tool, Gradient tool, and the Smudging and Blurring tools (see Figure 1.9B) 8 The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide Figure 1.5 A view of Float in Windows mode... Figure 1.7 Example of the Paint tool being selected in the Tools bar Figure 1.8 The options for the Paintbrush tool Chapter 1 ■ Poser and Photoshop Interface Overview Figure 1.9 View of the Tools bar 9 10 The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide Next are the vector tools, which are for making shapes to use as outlines or for illustration purposes (see Figure 1.9C) The last set is the 3D tools,... 2 The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide As computer programs continue to develop, the companies that create them are beginning to understand the importance of an intuitive interface Today’s user demands that digital programs be easy to use and exciting to work with Photoshop is one of the most intuitive programs on the market in terms of a two-dimensional illustration, photographic, and. .. understanding of this new medium Chapter 1 Poser and Photoshop Interface Overview This chapter covers the following topics: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A brief overview of the Poser Pro and CS4 interfaces How to navigate in Poser Pro and CS4 Basic posing in Poser Pro A look at cameras in Poser Pro and CS4 A look at lighting in Poser Pro and CS4 A look at texturing in Poser Pro and CS4 Basic body-morph techniques in Poser. .. need with the new Rotate View tool, shown in Figure 1.2 Just activate it, and you have the ability to freely rotate your canvas and begin working at will In addition, the new interfaces provide a better way to access multiple images that are already opened within the CS4 interface Figures 1.3 and 1.4 show examples of the Arrange Document command in use 6 The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official... on one of the tabs and peel it off into the open portion of the document, and it will become a new window To add more tabs to the new window, you simply click on the one of the remaining tabs and drag it into the new document You will now have multiple documents with multiple tabs, as shown in Figure 1.6 Let’s take a look at the Tools bar If you click on the Paint tool, as shown in Figure 1.7, the options... that there is a new movement in art, and it is digital The creation of all visual art forms is available to the general public in the form of computer software This book will share some dynamic possibilities for creating with Photoshop CS4 and Poser Pro It is my hope this book will help you bring together both the creative and the technical approaches to creativity so that you will gain an understanding . ■ Poser and Photoshop Interface Overview 5 Figure 1.1 Photoshop interface The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide6 Figure 1.2 Applying the Rotate View tool Figure 1.3 A view of the Arrange Document command. concept dread the use of 3D applications because of the time needed to model the idea in 3D. To add to the frustration, one of the most difficult and tedious design concepts is the creation of 3D organic. overview of the Poser Pro and CS4 interfaces ■ How to navigate in Poser Pro and CS4 ■ Basic posing in Poser Pro ■ A look at cameras in Poser Pro and CS4 ■ A look at lighting in Poser Pro and CS4 ■