Adobe Photoshop ELEMENTS for Textile Design

Welcome to a wonderful world of fun and creativity! This book was written to answer a need for a simple, affordable yet complete design program that could be used to create textile designs. Adobe Photoshop Elements answers this need to perfection. With its tremendous selection of design tools to work with you will find that Photoshop Elements can tackle the most challenging design projects. In the book Adobe Photoshop Elements for Textile Design you will learn such fundamental skills as color reduction of a textile design, recoloring a textile design, repeats (square and half-drop), photo draping (texture mapping) bodies, and creating plaids. You will also be taught numerous tricks that will give you the skills to conquer the most demanding design projects. As you go through this book you will be literally taken by the hand while you are being introduced to all the aspects of designing textiles with this wonderful program.----- The CD that is included with this book will give you the images, weaves and photographs you need to practice with. Besides practice images there are also color charts to help you match colors accurately and quickly. The practice designs on the CD will give you the varied experiences you will need to be comfortable in any design situation (apparel, home furnishings, textile converter) -----Because of his talent, innovations and successes Mr. Chipkin has been included in the biographical publications Who's Who in America since 2004 and Who's Who in the World since 2005. A textile designer for Liz Claiborne, Bernard Chaus, Manager CAD dept. I Appel, Owner of Design Society Textile Design studio, and most recently Owner of Origin inc. Textile Design studio, Fredericks career has spanned 25 years in the industry.