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Sybex Demonstrates How Photoshop® Can Bring CAD Drawings to Life: Enhancing CAD Drawings with Photoshop
01/19/2005
San Francisco, CA, January 19, 2005 — Sybex, the industry-leading CAD publisher with over 28 years of experience and commitment, announces the release of Enhancing CAD Drawings with Photoshop. It is the first book to explain how Photoshop can be used to transform CAD drawings into dynamic, attractive presentational pieces. Readers will begin by mastering the basic Photoshop concepts and tools. Then they'll delve into sophisticated illustrating and compositing techniques.
"Most architects find that traditional CAD drawings are not the ideal medium for sharing their visions with clients," says Dan Brodnitz, Publisher at Sybex. "We wanted to create an innovative book that would show architects what they can achieve by applying artistic Photoshop techniques to their line drawings. While Enhancing CAD Drawings with Photoshop will likely appeal to the artist in them, we hope that it will also empower architects to win bids and wow clients."
"If you're an architect looking to get the most out of Photoshop, look no further," says George Omura, author of Mastering AutoCAD 2005 and AutoCAD LT 2005. "Enhancing CAD Drawings with Photoshop is a killer book."
Use Photoshop to Enliven CAD Drawings and Improve Graphical Communications
Enhancing CAD Drawings with Photoshop uses practical tutorials to lead readers step-by-step through each process. A full-color insert featuring before-and-after images is certain to inspire them with ideas and solutions. This book was designed for a broad audience — it can be used by anyone with a CAD program that outputs the industry-standard .dwg file format.
Inside, readers will learn how to:
- Plan a work flow to ensure consistent color printing
- Work in the digital darkroom and hone retouching skills
- Extract entourage objects from photographs and use them in architectural illustrations, renderings, plans, and elevations
- Enhance line drawings with color, pattern, gradient, transparency, and shadows
- Dress up basic elevations using Photoshop's layer style effects, reflection and refraction, and entourage
- Transfer 3D objects from Autodesk VIZ into image layers in Photoshop
- Make objects look realistic using layers and clipping groups
- Transform 3D models into pencil sketches, watercolors, and paintings
- Share digital work with clients via prints, e-mail, the Web, and slideshows
- Protect and catalog intellectual property
The companion CD features sample files, scripts, and videos that illustrate important techniques from each chapter. It also includes valuable software, such as AutoLISP and MAXScript utilities, the free Acrobat Reader, and a trial version of Photoshop CS.
About the Author
Scott Onstott is a consultant, former university CAD professor, and a long-time Sybex author and technical editor. He has contributed to more than a dozen books on AutoCAD, Photoshop, and VIZ, most recently co-authoring Mastering VIZ 2005. Scott also publishes CAD-related video learning courses, including "Photoshop for Architects".
About Sybex
Sybex Inc. pioneered the field of computer book publishing when it was founded in 1976. For 28 years, Sybex has remained an autonomous force and sustained a widely recognized reputation for developing quality, original books on significant technologies. Recognized as the industry leader on various subjects, Sybex has sold more CAD-related books than any other publisher. Sybex has principal offices in Alameda, California, and London, United Kingdom, and maintains an international market with its books being distributed and translated around the world.
