A Fine-Photoshop-Art Collection

Ventana book/CD-ROM set guides today's most innovative artists

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., November 7, 1994--Ventana Press, publisher of the
bestselling classic desktop design primer Looking Good in Print and the
ground breaking Gray Book, is pleased to announce the release of an
inspirational volume for computer artists. A new multimedia title,
Photoshop f/x, Mac Edition, by Cathy Abes with a foreword by Kai Krause,
is Ventana's most ambitious design project yet, featuring dozens of
full-color case studies and two galleries of full-page images brilliantly
displaying the broad range of computer-generated art produced in Adobe
Photoshop.

The enclosed CD-ROM features a "virtual artist," an animation reenacting
the creation of two pieces of art that appear in the book. In addition,
the CD contains a free copy of popular tools, filters and image
collections, as well as full-featured interactive demos of Specular
Collage, Infini-D and Andromeda 3D Filter from Series II. Also included
are discounts offering hundreds of dollars off the demonstrated products.

The book's Online Companion, located on Ventana Online's World Wide Web
site, includes an archive of filters, tools and utilities that can be
downloaded for use in Photoshop; a digest, searchable by keywords, of
questions and answers posted on Internet-based mailing lists; and hot
links to various pieces of art found on the Internet. The URL for the
Online Companion is http://www.vmedia.com/vvc/onlcomp/photoshopfx.html.

Photoshop f/x is divided into three main sections: a software overview and
two galleries. The overview's three chapters focus on exploiting Photoshop
3.0's new features, applying special effects with third-party filters that
run within Photoshop and using stand-alone programs with Photoshop. Each
chapter uses case studies to show the wide range of effects that can be
produced with a little ingenuity and experimentation.

The Step-by-Step Gallery consists of images accompanied by extensive
step-by-step tutorials showing the illustration in progress and describing
specific techniques developed by each artist. Dramatizing the striking
imagery that results from combining artistic vision with computer
technology, the Gallery section showcases compositions from award-winning
artists who have produced notable work for major movies, national
magazines, and book and compact disk covers, and who have exhibited their
work in galleries in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York and elsewhere.

"Photoshop f/x contains examples of every style of image--from commercial
illustration to fine art, from photo collages to digital
paintings--representing over 30 top artists," said Abes. "Primarily an
'idea book,' Photoshop f/x demonstrates a broad range of possibilities: it
vividly shows what you can do with Photoshop by revealing the tricks and
techniques behind these sophisticated real-world images

Photoshop f/x is 352 pages, illustrated in full color, with CD-ROM and an
Online Companion. ISBN: 1-56604-179-1. Suggested retail price: $39.95.

Cathy Abes writes Macworld magazine's Expert Graphics column and other
graphics-related articles, and has interviewed and written about many of
the most talented and recognized Macintosh artists working today. She also
organized and directed the 1991 and 1992 Macworld World-Class Awards and
has developed and moderated graphics-related panels for Macworld Expo in
San Francisco and Boston.

Ventana Press and Ventana Online are divisions of Ventana Communications
Group, Inc., a diversified publisher of computer-related information
tools. Ventana Online supports VCG products with Internet-based content
and context. Ventana Press publishes books and other materials that help
computer users become more productive, including The System 7.5 Book, The
Mac Internet Tour Guide, Mosaic Quick Tour, Voodoo Mac, Advertising From
the Desktop and The Presentation Design Book. All titles are available in
bookstores and by writing Ventana Press, PO Box 2468, Chapel Hill, N.C.
27515; by calling Ventana's toll-free order line, 800/743-5369; by faxing
Ventana at 919/942-1140; by sending email to orders@vmedia.com; or via the
World Wide Web at http://www.vmedia.com/index.html.

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