Digital Drawing for Landscape Architecture: Contemporary Techniques and Tools for Digital Representation in Site Design

Digital rendering is more efficient, flexible, and fast than traditional rendering techniques, causing offices to adapt digital rendering techniques into their daily workflow. Deconstructing the Design Image explores specific techniques, like creating digitally rendered plans, perspectives, and diagrams. This full-color guide provides proven techniques for the new features in Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended and Acrobat Professional, but professionals with older versions can still take full advantage of the content. Design students and professionals will enhance their skills though this unique combination of contemporary methods with traditional rendering techniques. 320 pp.

Table of Contents:

• Computing Basics.
• Digital Media Applications.
• Work Space.
• Analog and Digital Rendering Comparisons*.
• Basic Overview of Digital Concepts.
• Digital Drawings in the Design Process.
• Setting up the Document.
• Base Imagery and Scaling.
• Hand Drawn Linework.
• Source Imagery/ Entourage.
• Setting up an Illustrator Drawing.
• Linework in Illustrator.
• Custom Linework.
• Text and Leaders (Project: Add Title, Description, and Labels to Diagram).
• Exploded Axonometric Diagrams.
• Importing PDF Linework.
• Applying Color to a Plan Rendering.
• Shading Techniques.
• Creating Textures.
• Plan Symbols with Smart Objects.
• Managing Large Photoshop Files.
• Creating a Section Elevation.
• Creating a Base for a Perspective Drawing.
• Developing Atmospheric Perspective.
• Camera Match 3d Object to Site Photo.
• Create a Photoshop Perspective Collage.
• Developing a Perspective Image in Photoshop from a 3d Model.