


Paperback
Published: 28th May 2002
ISBN: 9780072195545
Number Of Pages: 364
The world’s most popular photo editing tool just got easier to use. This user-friendly step-by-step resource breaks down the full range of features and shows you how to become more productive in Photoshop, and even points out potential stumbling blocks for beginners.
Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
Introduction | p. xv |
Understanding the Photoshop Interface | p. 1 |
Learning the Photoshop Interface | p. 2 |
The Status Bar | p. 2 |
Cues from Cursors | p. 4 |
Tool Tips for Identification | p. 4 |
Context-Sensitive Menus | p. 4 |
Learning the Toolbox | p. 5 |
Choosing Colors | p. 6 |
Other Toolbox Options | p. 8 |
Learning the Options Bar | p. 9 |
Drop-Down Menus | p. 10 |
Using Palettes | p. 10 |
Minimizing and Closing Palettes | p. 10 |
Drop-Down Menus | p. 11 |
Dragging, Dropping, and Grouping Palettes | p. 11 |
The Palette Well | p. 11 |
Learning the File Browser | p. 12 |
The Power of the File Browser | p. 13 |
Changing Your View | p. 16 |
Creating a Layered Image | p. 19 |
Learning Layers | p. 20 |
The Layers Palette | p. 20 |
Changing the Layer Preview | p. 22 |
Creating a New File | p. 22 |
Creating a New Layer | p. 24 |
Creating a New Empty Layer | p. 24 |
Creating a New Layer by Copying | p. 25 |
Creating a New Layer by Duplicating | p. 26 |
Working with Layers | p. 27 |
Naming a Layer | p. 27 |
Filling a Layer | p. 28 |
Moving Layer Contents | p. 29 |
Changing the Opacity of a Layer | p. 30 |
Hiding a Layer | p. 30 |
Deleting a Layer | p. 32 |
Changing the Order of Layers | p. 32 |
Dragging Layers Between Images | p. 32 |
Exploring Blending Modes | p. 33 |
Locking the Transparency of a Layer | p. 36 |
Changing the Color of a Layer by Locking Pixels | p. 37 |
Creating Linked Layers | p. 37 |
Aligning Linked Layer Contents | p. 39 |
Organizing with Layer Sets | p. 39 |
Creating a Layer Set | p. 40 |
Adding Layers to the Layer Set | p. 40 |
Renaming and Color Coding Layer Sets | p. 41 |
Collapsing and Expanding Layer Sets | p. 41 |
Using Layer Sets | p. 41 |
Working with a Single Layer Within a Layer Set | p. 42 |
Merging Layers | p. 42 |
Merging Some, but Not All Layers | p. 42 |
Merging All Layers | p. 43 |
Saving a File | p. 43 |
Saving a File for the Web | p. 45 |
Saving a File for Print | p. 46 |
Setting Your Preferences | p. 49 |
Setting Up General Preferences in Photoshop | p. 50 |
Setting Preferences for File Handling | p. 53 |
Setting Preferences for Display and Cursors | p. 54 |
Setting Preferences for Transparency and Gamut | p. 56 |
Setting Preferences for Units and Rulers | p. 57 |
Setting Preferences for Guides and Grids | p. 58 |
Setting Preferences for Plug-Ins and Scratch Disks | p. 61 |
Setting Preferences for Memory and Image Cache | p. 62 |
Establishing a Working Color Space in Photoshop | p. 63 |
Saving Your Workspace | p. 64 |
Saving a Workspace | p. 64 |
Loading a Workspace | p. 64 |
Creating Selections | p. 65 |
Learning the Photoshop Selection Tools | p. 66 |
The Marquee Tools | p. 67 |
The Lasso Tools | p. 68 |
The Magic Wand Tool | p. 70 |
Learning Basic Selection Commands | p. 71 |
Modifying a Selection Using the Options Bar | p. 72 |
Options for the Marquee Tools | p. 72 |
Options for the Lasso Tools | p. 75 |
Options for the Magic Wand Tool | p. 75 |
Filling a Selection | p. 76 |
Stroking a Selection | p. 76 |
Moving a Selection | p. 77 |
Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Selections | p. 78 |
Cutting a Selection | p. 78 |
Copying a Selection | p. 78 |
Copying a Merged Selection | p. 78 |
Pasting a Selection | p. 78 |
Pasting into a Selection | p. 78 |
Cropping a Selection | p. 78 |
Modifying a Selection | p. 79 |
Selecting Color Range | p. 81 |
Growing a Selection | p. 82 |
Selecting Similar Areas | p. 82 |
Saving a Selection | p. 83 |
Loading a Selection | p. 83 |
Selecting Everything on a Layer | p. 84 |
Transforming a Selection | p. 84 |
Scaling a Selection | p. 85 |
Rotating a Selection | p. 86 |
Using the Transformation Option Bar | p. 87 |
Creating Additional Types of Transformations | p. 87 |
Skewing a Selection | p. 88 |
Distorting a Selection | p. 88 |
Adding Perspective to a Selection | p. 89 |
Acquiring Images | p. 91 |
Targeting your Image Size and Resolution | p. 92 |
Selecting an Image Size for the Web | p. 92 |
Selecting an Image Size for Video | p. 93 |
Selecting an Image Size for Print from the Desktop | p. 93 |
Selecting an Image Size for Commercial Printing | p. 94 |
Scanning an Image into Photoshop | p. 95 |
Resizing an Image | p. 97 |
Changing the Size of an Image | p. 97 |
Changing the Resolution of the Image | p. 98 |
Cropping a Scanned Image | p. 98 |
Cropping Using the Crop Tool | p. 99 |
Cropping Using a Selection | p. 100 |
Straightening a Crooked Scan | p. 100 |
Retouching a Photograph Using Tools | p. 100 |
Using the Clone Tool | p. 102 |
Using the Healing Brush Tool | p. 104 |
Using the Patch Tool | p. 104 |
Using the Dodge Tool to Lighten | p. 104 |
Using the Burn Tool to Darken | p. 105 |
Using the Sponge Tool to Intensify or Desaturate Colors | p. 105 |
Using the Smudge Tool to Blend | p. 105 |
Using the Sharpen Tool | p. 106 |
Using the Blur Tool | p. 106 |
Retouching a Photograph Using Filters and Commands | p. 107 |
One Hit Wonders--Auto Levels, Contrast, and Auto Color | p. 107 |
Applying the Unsharp Mask Filter | p. 108 |
Applying the Dust and Scratches Filter | p. 110 |
Adjusting Contrast and Color in a Photograph | p. 110 |
Adjusting Contrast in a Photograph Using Levels | p. 110 |
Adjusting Contrast in an Image with Layer Modes | p. 112 |
Adjusting Color and Saturation in a Photograph Using Variations | p. 113 |
Correcting Red Eye | p. 114 |
Colorizing a Black-and-White Photograph | p. 114 |
Using the Paint and Fill Tools | p. 117 |
Using the Paint and Eraser Tools | p. 118 |
Using the Paintbrush Tool | p. 119 |
Using the Pencil Tool | p. 120 |
Using the Eraser Tool | p. 121 |
Using the Background Eraser Tool | p. 121 |
Using the Magic Eraser Tool | p. 121 |
Selecting Options for the Paint Tools | p. 121 |
Using the Brush Preset Picker | p. 122 |
Adjusting Brush Presets | p. 125 |
Adjusting Options for Eraser Tools | p. 130 |
Options for the Eraser Tool | p. 131 |
Options for the Background Eraser Tool | p. 132 |
Options for the Magic Eraser Tool | p. 133 |
Learning the Liquify Tool | p. 133 |
Creating Gradients | p. 134 |
The Gradient Editor | p. 135 |
Creating a Custom Gradient | p. 136 |
Applying a Gradient | p. 138 |
Loading New Gradient Sets | p. 138 |
Gradient Options | p. 138 |
Creating Custom Pattern Fills | p. 141 |
Using the History Palette | p. 141 |
Going Back in Time with the History Palette | p. 142 |
Deleting a Single History State | p. 143 |
Adding Type | p. 145 |
Editing Type | p. 146 |
Type Options Bar | p. 147 |
Editing Existing Type | p. 151 |
Using the Character Palette | p. 151 |
Creating a Type Mask | p. 154 |
Creating Paragraph Text | p. 155 |
The Paragraph Palette | p. 156 |
Copying and Pasting Type from Another Application | p. 157 |
Finding and Replacing Text | p. 158 |
Spell Checking Text | p. 158 |
Rasterizing Type | p. 159 |
Rotating Type | p. 159 |
Changing the Opacity and Blending Mode of Type | p. 160 |
Sharing Files that Contain Editable Type | p. 160 |
Creating Wow with Layer Effects | p. 163 |
Creating Layer Effects | p. 164 |
Managing Layer Effects | p. 175 |
Hiding Layer Effects | p. 175 |
Copying Layer Effects | p. 176 |
Deleting Layer Effects | p. 176 |
Applying a Layer Style | p. 176 |
Creating a Layer Style | p. 177 |
Deleting a Layer Style | p. 178 |
Saving a Layer Style | p. 178 |
Loading Layer Styles | p. 178 |
Creating Special Effects with Filters | p. 179 |
Adding Artistic Effects | p. 180 |
Altering a Filter Effect | p. 185 |
Going Wild with Filters | p. 186 |
Creating Three Dimensional Effects | p. 186 |
Create 3-D Figures in Space | p. 188 |
Using Lighting Effects | p. 190 |
Creating Edge Effects | p. 193 |
Creating Graphics for the Web | p. 195 |
Understanding Goals for Web Graphics | p. 196 |
GIF vs. JPEG | p. 197 |
Creating a GIF File | p. 197 |
Getting Really Small with GIFs | p. 202 |
Creating a JPEG File | p. 202 |
Previewing Web Graphics | p. 204 |
Legibility and Web Graphics | p. 204 |
Creating a Transparent GIF | p. 205 |
Creating an Image Map | p. 207 |
Using the Image Map Tools | p. 207 |
Creating an Image Map from Slices | p. 209 |
Making Rollover Buttons | p. 210 |
Creating Simple Rollover Buttons | p. 210 |
Creating Secondary Rollovers | p. 211 |
Rollover States | p. 213 |
Creating an Animation | p. 213 |
Creating a Simple Animation | p. 214 |
Creating a Web Page Background | p. 215 |
Using the Pattern Maker in Photoshop | p. 217 |
Creating a Seamless Background by Hand | p. 219 |
Creating Simple Geometric Backgrounds | p. 220 |
Using Seamless Patterns | p. 222 |
Using the Shape and Pen Tools | p. 225 |
Using the Shape Tools | p. 226 |
Shape Layers | p. 228 |
Changing a Shape Layer to a Regular Layer | p. 229 |
Editing Shapes | p. 230 |
Combining Shapes | p. 232 |
Creating Shapes as Paths | p. 232 |
Creating Shapes as Bitmaps | p. 235 |
Creating a Custom Shape | p. 236 |
Creating a Custom Shape from Artwork | p. 236 |
Creating a Custom Shape from Type | p. 236 |
Using the Pen Tool | p. 237 |
Using Productivity Tools | p. 243 |
Creating Tool Presets | p. 244 |
Creating a Type Tool Preset | p. 245 |
Creating a Brush Tool Preset | p. 246 |
Cropping to a Set Size | p. 246 |
Saving and Loading Tool Presets | p. 249 |
Using the Preset Manager | p. 250 |
Deleting and Renaming Presets | p. 250 |
Changing the View for Presets | p. 252 |
Saving Subsets of Libraries | p. 252 |
Creating a Custom Document Size | p. 253 |
Using Annotations | p. 255 |
Adding a Text Note | p. 255 |
Recording an Action | p. 257 |
Creating a Simple Action | p. 257 |
Playing, Loading, and Editing Actions | p. 259 |
Using the Batch Command | p. 262 |
Creating a Droplet | p. 263 |
Creating a Web Gallery | p. 264 |
Creating a Contact Sheet | p. 266 |
Moving Between Applications | p. 271 |
Working with Adobe Illustrator | p. 272 |
Working with Linked Files | p. 272 |
Working with Photoshop Files in Illustrator | p. 273 |
Working with Illustrator Files in Photoshop | p. 276 |
Using Illustrator Artwork to Make a Custom Photoshop Shape | p. 279 |
Working with Adobe After Effects | p. 281 |
Importing a Photoshop File as a Composition | p. 282 |
Importing Photoshop Files as Footage | p. 282 |
Editing an Imported Photoshop File | p. 284 |
Working with Adobe LiveMotion | p. 284 |
Importing a Photoshop File into LiveMotion | p. 285 |
Working with Macromedia Flash | p. 285 |
Working with Microsoft Word | p. 287 |
Saving Graphics for Microsoft Word | p. 287 |
Importing Graphics into Microsoft Word | p. 289 |
Working with Microsoft PowerPoint | p. 289 |
Creating a Full Screen Graphic for PowerPoint | p. 290 |
Transparent Graphics and Animated Graphics | p. 290 |
Adding Graphics to PowerPoint | p. 290 |
Exporting Slides from PowerPoint | p. 290 |
Resources for Photoshop | p. 293 |
Learning More about Photoshop | p. 294 |
Laurie McCanna's Web Site | p. 294 |
Computer Arts Tutorials | p. 294 |
Designs by Mark Photoshop Tips | p. 295 |
Identifont | p. 295 |
Jay Arraich's Photoshop Tips | p. 296 |
Metallic Tutorials | p. 296 |
Production Graphics with Wendy Peck | p. 297 |
Team Photoshop Tutorials | p. 297 |
Download Goodies for Photoshop | p. 297 |
About.com Photoshop Downloads | p. 297 |
Acid Fonts | p. 297 |
Action Xchange | p. 297 |
Adobe Expert Center | p. 297 |
Cybia Freeware | p. 298 |
Deep Space Web | p. 298 |
Dingbat Pages | p. 299 |
FontFace | p. 299 |
FontFreak | p. 299 |
Photoshop Roadmap | p. 300 |
The Scriptorium | p. 301 |
V-Brush | p. 301 |
Connect with Photoshop Users | p. 302 |
Adobe's User-to-User Forums | p. 302 |
Comp.graphics.apps.photoshop and alt.graphics.photoshop | p. 303 |
Photoshop Beginner's Group | p. 304 |
Photoshop Discussion List by E-mail | p. 304 |
Graphic Cafe Mailing List | p. 304 |
Search for Photoshop Answers | p. 304 |
Try Out Commercial Plug-ins | p. 304 |
Adromeda Software | p. 304 |
Alien Skin Software | p. 305 |
AutoFX Software | p. 306 |
Extensis Software | p. 306 |
Flaming Pear Software | p. 307 |
Nik Software | p. 307 |
Panopticum Software | p. 308 |
Procreate Software | p. 308 |
Sapphire Innovations Software | p. 308 |
Vertigo 3d Software | p. 309 |
Browse Copyright Information | p. 309 |
Ten Big Myths about Copyright Explained | p. 310 |
U.S. Copyright Office--Copyright Basics | p. 310 |
Adobe Article on Copyright Questions | p. 310 |
Copyright FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) | p. 310 |
Solving Common Photoshop Problems | p. 313 |
Solve Performance Problems | p. 314 |
Get Unstuck | p. 319 |
Quick Tricks | p. 327 |
Index | p. 331 |
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ISBN: 9780072195545
ISBN-10: 0072195541
Series: HTDE S.
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 364
Published: 28th May 2002
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 19.1
x 1.9
Weight (kg): 0.69