Chapter 1. The Tao of Dynamic Workflow

Figure 1.1. Before.

Figure 1.2. The final result.

Practice doesn’t make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. You first have to practice at practicing.

—Vince Lombardi

This chapter deals with how to analyze an image and develop a dynamic, image-specific workflow, so that you can achieve in the print the image as you conceptualized it. I will place special focus on image mapping and how to do basic lighting in Photoshop. I will also take a broader look at how to approach images and think about them. ...

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