PHOTOSHOP CS2
ABOUT THIS BOOK HOW THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED PART I: BREEZING THROUGH BASIC TRAINING PART II: EASY ENHANCEMENTS FOR DIGITAL IMAGES PART III: CREATING “ART” IN PHOTOSHOP PART IV: POWER PHOTOSHOP PART V: THE PART OF TENS CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS BOOK ICONS USED IN THIS BOOK HOW TO USE THIS BOOK EXPLORING ADOBE PHOTOSHOP WHAT PHOTOSHOP IS DESIGNED TO DO OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH PHOTOSHOP IF YOU DON’T HAVE SPECIALIZED SOFTWARE VIEWING PHOTOSHOP’S PARTS AND PROCESSES REVIEWING BASIC COMPUTER OPERATIONS PHOTOSHOP’S INCREDIBLE SELECTIVE UNDO INSTALLING PHOTOSHOP: NEED TO KNOW WHAT EXACTLY IS A DIGITAL IMAGE? THE TRUE NATURE OF PIXELS HOW MANY PIXELS CAN DANCE ON THE HEAD OF A PIN? RESOLUTION REVELATIONS RESOLVING IMAGE RESOLUTION FILE FORMATS: WHICH DO YOU NEED? FORMATS FOR DIGITAL PHOTOS FORMATS FOR WEB GRAPHICS FORMATS FOR COMMERCIAL PRINTING FORMATS FOR POWERPOINT AND WORD FOOD FOR THOUGHT: HOW THINGS WORK ORDERING FROM THE MENUS YOUR PLATTER FULL OF PALETTES THE TOOLS OF YOUR TRADE GET COOKIN’ WITH CUSTOMIZATION CLEARING THE TABLE: CUSTOM WORKSPACES SUGAR AND SPICE, SHORTCUTS ARE NICE SPOONS CAN’T CHOP: CREATING TOOL PRESETS SEASON TO TASTE: PHOTOSHOP’S SETTINGS STANDING ORDERS: SETTING THE PREFERENCES ENSURING CONSISTENCY: COLOR SETTINGS WHEN GOOD PROGRAMS GO BAD: FIXING PHOTOSHOP BRINGING IMAGES INTO PHOTOSHOP DOWNLOADING FROM YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA SCANNING PRINTS KEEPING YOUR IMAGES ORGANIZED CREATING A FOLDER STRUCTURE USING ADOBE BRIDGE RENAMING IMAGE ?LES EASILY PRINTING YOUR IMAGES CROPPING TO A SPECI?C ASPECT RATIO REMEMBERING RESOLUTION CONTROLLING COLOR USING PRINT WITH PREVIEW CONSIDERING COLOR MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS PRINTING ALTERNATIVES SHARING YOUR IMAGES ON THE INTERNET USING WEB PHOTO GALLERY E-MAILING YOUR IMAGES ADJUSTING TONALITY TO MAKE YOUR IMAGES POP HISTOGRAMS SIMPLI?ED USING PHOTOSHOP’S AUTO CORRECTIONS LEVELS AND CURVES AND YOU LEVEL-HEADED YOU! TONAL CORRECTIONS WITH THE EYEDROPPERS ADJUSTING YOUR CURVES WITHOUT DIETING GRABBING EVEN MORE CONTROL USING SHADOW/HIGHLIGHT CHANGING EXPOSURE AFTER THE FACT USING PHOTOSHOP’S TONING TOOLS WHAT IS COLOR IN PHOTOSHOP? COLOR MODES, MODELS, AND DEPTHS RECORDING COLOR IN YOUR IMAGE COLOR ADJUSTMENTS IN PHOTOSHOP WATCHING THE HISTOGRAM AND INFO PALETTES CHOOSING COLOR ADJUSTMENT COMMANDS WORKING WITH VARIATIONS MANUAL CORRECTIONS IN INDIVIDUAL CHANNELS THE PEOPLE FACTOR: FLESH TONE FORMULAS UNDERSTANDING THE RAW FACTS WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT RAW? WORKING IN RAW DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES? WORKING IN THE CAMERA RAW PLUG-IN TOOLS AND PREVIEW OPTIONS THE HISTOGRAM THE PREVIEW AREA WORK?OW OPTIONS THE SETTINGS POP-UP AND MENU THE ADJUST TAB THE DETAIL TAB THE LENS TAB THE CURVE TAB THE CALIBRATE TAB THE CAMERA RAW BUTTONS WHAT IS A SELECTION? FEATHERING AND ANTI-ALIASING MAKING YOUR SELECTIONS WITH TOOLS MARQUEE SELECTION TOOLS THE MAGIC WAND TOOL YOUR SELECTION COMMANDS THE PRIMARY SELECTION COMMANDS THE COLOR RANGE COMMAND SELECTION MODI?CATION COMMANDS TRANSFORMING THE SHAPE OF SELECTIONS THE MASK-RELATED SELECTION COMMANDS MASKS: NOT JUST FOR HALLOWEEN ANYMORE SAVING AND LOADING SELECTIONS EDITING AN ALPHA CHANNEL WORKING IN QUICK MASK MODE ADDING MASKS TO LAYERS MASKING LAYERS WITH VECTOR PATHS ADJUSTMENT LAYERS: CONTROLLING CHANGES ADDING AN ADJUSTMENT LAYER LIMITING YOUR ADJUSTMENTS MAKING PEOPLE PRETTIER GETTING THE RED OUT DIGITALLY THE DIGITAL FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH DIETING DIGITALLY DE-GLARING GLASSES WHITENING TEETH REDUCING NOISE IN YOUR IMAGES DECREASING DIGITAL NOISE ELIMINATING LUMINANCE NOISE FOOLING AROUND WITH MOTHER NATURE REMOVING THE UNWANTED FROM PHOTOS ELIMINATING THE LEAN: FIXING PERSPECTIVE ROTATING IMAGES PRECISELY COMPOSITING IMAGES: 1 + 1 = 1 UNDERSTANDING LAYERS USING THE BASIC BLENDING MODES OPACITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND LAYER MASKS CREATING CLIPPING GROUPS MAKING COMPOSITED ELEMENTS LOOK NATURAL SELECTING WITH EXTRACT VANISHING POINT! PUTTING TOGETHER IMAGES AUTOMATICALLY CREATING PANORAMAS WITH PHOTOMERGE COMBINING EXPOSURES FOR HDR IMAGES PIXELS, PATHS, AND YOU EASY VECTORS: USING SHAPE LAYERS YOUR BASIC SHAPE TOOLS THE CUSTOM SHAPE TOOL DE?NING YOUR OWN CUSTOM SHAPES CHANGING THE APPEARANCE OF THE SHAPE LAYER SIMULATING A MULTICOLOR SHAPE LAYER USING YOUR PEN TOOL TO CREATE PATHS UNDERSTANDING PATHS CLICKING AND DRAGGING YOUR WAY DOWN THE PATH OF KNOWLEDGE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PATHS PALETTE CUSTOMIZING ANY PATH ADDING, DELETING, AND MOVING ANCHOR POINTS COMBINING PATHS TWEAKING TYPE FOR A CUSTOM FONT WHAT ARE LAYER STYLES? USING THE STYLES PALETTE CREATING CUSTOM LAYER STYLES EXPLORING THE LAYER STYLE MENU EXPLORING THE LAYER STYLE DIALOG BOX LAYER EFFECTS BASICS OPACITY, ?LL, AND ADVANCED BLENDING SAVING YOUR LAYER STYLES ADDING STYLES TO THE STYLE PALETTE PRESERVING YOUR LAYER STYLES MAKING A WORD WORTH A THOUSAND PIXELS A TYPE TOOL FOR EVERY SEASON, OR REASON WHAT ARE ALL THOSE OPTIONS? TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR TEXT WITH PALETTES THE PALETTE MENUS — EVEN MORE OPTIONS PUTTING A PICTURE IN YOUR TEXT CREATING PARAGRAPHS WITH TYPE CONTAINERS SELECTING ALIGNMENT OR JUSTI?CATION READY, BREAK! HYPHENATING YOUR TEXT SHAPING UP YOUR LANGUAGE WITH WARP TEXT AND TYPE ON A PATH APPLYING THE PREDE?NED WARPS CUSTOMIZING THE COURSE WITH PATHS FINDING AND ADDING FONTS DOWNLOADING AND PURCHASING FONTS INSTALLING (AND REMOVING) FONTS: MAC INSTALLING (AND REMOVING) FONTS: WINDOWS DISCOVERING PHOTOSHOP’S PAINTING TOOLS PAINTING WITH THE BRUSH TOOL ADDING COLOR WITH THE PENCIL TOOL REMOVING COLOR WITH THE ERASER TOOL PICKING A COLOR WORKING WITH OTHER BRUSH-USING TOOLS FILLING, STROKING, AND DUMPING TO ADD COLOR USING GRADIENTS BROWSING THE BRUSHES PALETTE AN OVERVIEW OF OPTIONS CREATING AND SAVING CUSTOM BRUSH TIPS THE FILTERS YOU REALLY NEED SHARPENING TO FOCUS THE EYE UNSHARP MASK BLURRING IMAGES OR SELECTIONS USING THE LENS CORRECTION ?LTER CLEANING UP WITH REDUCE NOISE GETTING CREATIVE WITH THE FILTER GALLERY PUSH, PULL, AND TWIST WITH LIQUIFY DO I NEED THOSE OTHER FILTERS? BENDING AND BUBBLING CREATING CLOUDS RUNNING ON AUTO CREATING A PDF PRESENTATION COLLECTING THUMBNAILS IN A CONTACT SHEET SCANNING MULTIPLE PHOTOS IN ONE PASS SAVING PAPER WITH PICTURE PACKAGE READY, SET, ACTION! RECORDING YOUR OWN ACTIONS WORKING WITH THE BATCH COMMAND STICKING TO THE SCRIPT INTEGRATING PHOTOSHOP AND IMAGEREADY COMPROMISING QUALITY FOR SPEED OPTIMIZING WITH SAVE FOR WEB OPTIMIZING IN IMAGEREADY SLICING AND ADDING IMAGE MAPS CREATING SLICES: HOW AND WHY DESIGNATING LINKS WITH IMAGE MAPS CREATING ROLLOVER BUTTONS ADDING A ROLLOVER STATE SAVING A ROLLOVER BUTTON A MOVING EXPERIENCE: ANIMATION CREATING A BASIC ANIMATION ADDING FRAMES EASILY WITH TWEENING ADDING ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE EFFECTS SMOOTHING SKIN PERFECTLY FROM A PHOTO TO A PAINTING CREATING A SKETCH FROM A PHOTO CREATING SNOW OR RAIN THE GLASS TEXT EFFECT USEFUL TRICKS TO MAKE LIFE EASIER CHANGING PRODUCT COLORS IN A SNAP DELETING A PLAIN WHITE BACKGROUND MAKING DASHED AND DOTTED LINES QUICK AND EASY EDGE EFFECTS PROFESSIONAL-LOOKING CONTACT SHEETS NEW TOYS: HARDWARE EXTRA CAPABILITIES: SOFTWARE TEN REASONS YOU SHOULD SHOOT PIXELS SHOOTING DIGITAL FOR YOUR WORK SHOOTING DIGITAL FOR YOURSELF SHOOTING DIGITAL FOR THE REST OF US