Photoshop for Digital Production

Adobe Photoshop® is the preferred, industry-standard software for photo manipulation and graphics creation, but using it effectively for projects in production is key. Learning the tools inside and out will help develop the knowledge, efficiency and workflow for creating your next masterpiece or for your project's success. This DVD unfolds the myriad of tools and production techniques for compositing, color correcting, masking, digital painting, photo-collage and design. This DVD contains an overview of the most commonly used tools in production, and then applies them with added techniques to real-world projects. The DVD also addresses program management issues that are essential for today’s "generalist" or 2D/3D production artist.

• Masking
• Selections
• Compositing
• Digital Painting
• Color Correcting
• Photo-Collage
• Layer Techniques
• Workflow Customization

Chapters: Disk One
1. Basics and Actions
2. Brushes and Presets
3. Adjusting Layers and Styles
4. Selections
5. Raster and Vectors
6. Creating Graphics
7. Digital Painting

Chapters: Disk Two
1. Render Pass Compositing
2. Sky Replacement Part 1
3. Sky Replacement Part 2
4. Texture Collage Part 1
5. Texture Collage Part 2

• Product Code: DPA01
• ISBN: 1-59762-976-6
• UPC: 805366012731
• Duration: 410 minutes
• Formats: DVD-ROM, Mac or PC only

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Dave Pasciuto

Art Director

Dave Pasciuto has been working professionally in the entertainment industry for 15 years on many projects for film, television, video games, web, print and illustration. Early in his career, Dave spent 8 years in the video game industry as a Lead Artist on several popular titles including: Electronic Arts NBA Live '96, '99 and 2000, PGA Tour '96, '98 and several "old school, pixel-pushed” games for Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, and Game Gear platforms. After making the move to Hollywood, Dave continued his training at Gnomon School of Visual Effects as a Certificate Student which led him into the world of film and television. For several years he worked as a 3d artist, designer, compositor and animator for several production studios including Reality Check Studios and New Wave Entertainment. Some various projects include: Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, Jersey Girl, 50 First Dates, Toon Disney, Super Bowl XXXVIII Stadium Open, Real-D, HBO, CBS, ABC, ESPN, FOX Sports, Dell, Disney and various other clients. Later Dave became involved with artist training as an instructor at Gnomon School of Visual Effects. After working in Hollywood for 7 years, he has returned to Chicago doing effects, motion design and compositing at Sol Design FX and Arc Worldwide.  Most recently Dave jumped back into the video game industry as a Lead Environment artist at EA Chicago (closed) and has transitioned into the Lead Concept Artist at Robomodo, who shipped their first project, Tony Hawk: Ride last Christmas.