Visual Alchemy · the Fine Art of Digital Montage by McIntyre, Catherine -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Preface Dedication INTRODUCTION

Digital manipulation as a medium of expression

THEMES

Finding your subject Themes

BEAUTY AND IDEA INFLUENCES INSPIRATION

The influence of practice The influence of environment

SUBJECTS

The portrait The nude The landscape Architecture The natural world Still life Myth Abstraction Absence

COLLECTING SOURCE MATERIAL

Taking source photographs Treasure hunting Finding a model—portraits and nudes Photographing portraits and the nude Anatomy Still life—making your own subjects Building an archive Interiors Taking it outside Public and private collections Found photographs Non-photographed input—scanning and filters Using drawing and painting

METHOD

Technique Resolution and image quality Creating a background Selection Avoiding selection Evolution Shadows and light Combining textures Translucency Cloning Developing your image Practice Saving it and final touches

COMPOSITION

Proportion Geometry Gestalt theory Symmetry and asymmetry Complexity Focal point Achieving perspective Framing

COLOR

Color and space Color and mood Color gamuts Color contrast The absence of color–monochrome, sepia and color tints

TEXTURE

Finding textures Reflections and refractions Pattern Microscope to telescope—playing with scale Using texture

TONE

High- and low-key images Tonal contrast

INVERSIONS

Color and tone inversions Solarization Orientation

DISTORTIONS DEVELOPING YOUR IMAGE

Developing style When is a picture finished? Struggling for ideas?

THE FINISHED IMAGE

Archiving Getting your work “out there” Agents Permissions and copyright issues

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Acknowledgements Model release form Further looking and reading Contributing artists Index