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Art & design

WE’VE SEEN THAT ELEMENTS is more than capable of creating photomontages, tidying up and enhancing photos and applying stunning effects. Now let’s explore another branch of image creation: digital art and design.

In this chapter we’ll be conjuring chrome spheres over a seascape, creating a wanted poster, making a neon sign, putting together a vintage-style movie magazine cover and much more. You’ll also find the project to create the portrait from the front of this book.

As with the projects throughout the book, these are all techniques that can be used as is, or repurposed for your own requirements.

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