Chapter 1. The Tao of Dynamic Workflow

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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 place special focus on image mapping and how to do basic lighting in Photoshop. I also take a broader look at how to approach images and think about them. This lesson is about ...

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