本教程是由Lynda机构最新出品的Photoshop照片转换高级教程。

Photoshop是Adobe公司旗下最为出名的图像处理软件之一，集图像扫描、编辑修改、图像制作、广告创意，图像输入与输出于一体的图形图像处理软件，深受广大平面设计人员和电脑美术爱好者的喜爱。

CS5加入了全面改进后的高清视频渲染引擎Mercury，尤其是其视频处理软件Premiere Pro。Mercury可以利用显卡的图形处理能力加速对高清格式视频的编解码和播放，当然不是所有的显卡，由于和NVIDIA之前达成的协议，Mercury只 支持NVIDIA的显卡。

CS5的另一个亮点是新增了一款软件Flash Catalyst，这款新的软件将作为Flash的另一个选择专门为 设计师和美工量身定做，以挑战微软Expression Studio。

Lynda.com - Transforming a Photo into a Painting with Photoshop | 1.71 GB Duration: 4h 00m | Video: AVC (.mov) 960x540 15fps 300Kbps| Audio: AAC 48KHz 128Kbps 2ch

Learn to think like a painter in Transforming a Photo into a Painting with Photoshop and render images from photographs that look like they were created with oils or acrylics, using the latest digital artist's tools. Author and artist John Derry introduces the process of interpreting a photograph into a painted work of art. He begins by explaining his system of visual vocabularies, which describe how to replace the elements of an image with expressive painterly qualities, and also shares the custom brush sets and actions he uses to achieve these results in Photoshop. The course also covers working with filters, layers, effects, and more to add further detail and texture. Exercise files are included with the course.

Topics include:

* Understanding that resolution is in the brush strokes

* Understanding the subject

* Removing lens distortions

* Using the traditional paint color swatch set

* Making shadow and highlight adjustments

* Simplifying details with filters and Smart Blur

* Cloning layers

* Using custom actions

* Working with canvas texture

* Creating physical surface texture effects