ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 7.0
GETTING STARTED 1 1 GETTING TO KNOW THE WORK AREA 8 2 USING THE FILE BROWSER 35 3 BASIC PHOTO CORRECTIONS 52 4 WORKING WITH SELECTIONS 74 5 LAYER BASICS 99 6 MASKS AND CHANNELS 128 7 RETOUCHING AND REPAIRING 157 8 PAINTING AND EDITING 178 9 BASIC PEN TOOL TECHNIQUES 214 10 VECTOR MASKS PATHS AND SHAPES 249 11 ADVANCED LAYER TECHNIQUES 284 CONTENTS 12 CREATING SPECIAL EFFECTS 306 13 PREPARING IMAGES FOR TWO COLOR PRINTING 337 14 OPTIMIZING WEB IMAGES AND IMAGE MAPS 359 15 ADDING INTERACTIVE SLICES AND ROLLOVERS 398 16 CREATING ANIMATED IMAGES FOR THE WEB 437 17 SETTING UP YOUR MONITOR FOR COLOR MANAGEMENT 467 GETTING STARTED ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 7 0 DELIVERS POWERFUL INDUSTRY STANDARD IMAGE EDITING TOOLS FOR PROFESSIONAL DESIGNERS WHO WANT TO PRODUCE SOPHISTICATED GRAPHICS FOR THE WEB AND FOR PRINT INCLUDED WITH PHOTOSHOP 7 0 IS IMAGEREADY 7 0 AND ITS POWERFUL SET OF WEB TOOLS FOR OPTIMIZING AND PREVIEWING IMAGES BATCH PROCESSING IMAGES WITH DROPLETS IN THE ACTIONS PALETTE AND CREATING ROLLOVERS AND GIF ANIMATIONS PHOTOSHOP AND IMAGEREADY COMBINED OFFER A COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR DESIGNING GRAPHICS FOR THE WEB ABOUT CLASSROOM IN A BOOK ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 7 0 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK IS PART OF THE OF CIAL TRAINING SERIES FOR ADOBE GRAPHICS AND PUBLISHING SOFTWARE DEVELOPED BY EXPERTS AT ADOBE SYSTEMS THE LESSONS ARE DESIGNED TO LET YOU LEARN AT YOUR OWN PACE IF YOU RE NEW TO ADOBE PHOTOSHOP OR IMAGEREADY YOU LL LEARN THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AND FEATURES YOU LL NEED TO MASTER THE PROGRAMS AND IF YOU VE BEEN USING ADOBE PHOTOSHOP OR IMAGEREADY FOR A WHILE YOU LL ND THAT CLASSROOM IN A BOOK TEACHES MANY ADVANCED FEATURES INCLUDING TIPS AND TECHNIQUES FOR USING THE LATEST VERSION OF THESE APPLICATIONS AND FOR PREPARING IMAGES FOR THE WEB THE LESSONS IN THIS EDITION INCLUDE NEW INFORMATION ON USING THE FILE BROWSER DE NING CUSTOM WORKSPACES AND WORKING WITH THE POWERFUL NEW PAINTING ENGINE IN ADDITION EXISTING LESSONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO INCORPORATE NEW COMMANDS AND TOOLS SUCH AS THE NEW HEALING BRUSH PATCH TOOL AND PATTERN MAKER ALTHOUGH EACH LESSON PROVIDES STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING A SPECI C PROJECT THERE S ROOM FOR EXPLORATION AND EXPERIMENTATION YOU CAN FOLLOW THE BOOK FROM START TO NISH OR DO ONLY THE LESSONS THAT CORRESPOND TO YOUR INTERESTS AND NEEDS EACH LESSON CONCLUDES WITH A REVIEW SECTION SUMMARIZING WHAT YOU VE COVERED 1 PREREQUISITES BEFORE BEGINNING TO USE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 7 0 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK YOU SHOULD HAVE A WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR COMPUTER AND ITS OPERATING SYSTEM MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO USE THE MOUSE AND STANDARD MENUS AND COMMANDS AND ALSO HOW TO OPEN SAVE AND CLOSE LES IF YOU NEED TO REVIEW THESE TECHNIQUES SEE THE PRINTED OR ONLINE DOCUMEN TATION INCLUDED WITH YOUR WINDOWS OR MAC OS DOCUMENTATION INSTALLING ADOBE PHOTOSHOP AND ADOBE IMAGEREADY BEFORE YOU BEGIN USING ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 7 0 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK MAKE SURE THAT YOUR SYSTEM IS SET UP CORRECTLY AND THAT YOU VE INSTALLED THE REQUIRED SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE YOU MUST PURCHASE THE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 7 0 SOFTWARE SEPARATELY FOR SYSTEM REQUIRE MENTS AND COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS ON INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE SEE THE INSTALLREADME LE ON THE APPLICATION CD PHOTOSHOP AND IMAGEREADY USE THE SAME INSTALLER YOU MUST INSTALL THE APPLICATIONS FROM THE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 7 0 APPLICATION CD ONTO YOUR HARD DISK YOU CANNOT RUN THE PROGRAM FROM THE CD FOLLOW THE ON SCREEN INSTRUCTIONS MAKE SURE THAT YOUR SERIAL NUMBER IS ACCESSIBLE BEFORE INSTALLING THE APPLICATION YOU CAN ND THE SERIAL NUMBER ON THE REGISTRATION CARD OR CD SLEEVE STARTING ADOBE PHOTOSHOP AND ADOBE IMAGEREADY YOU START PHOTOSHOP AND IMAGEREADY JUST AS YOU WOULD ANY SOFTWARE APPLICATION TO START ADOBE PHOTOSHOP OR IMAGEREADY IN WINDOWS 1 CHOOSE START PROGRAMS ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 7 0 ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 7 0 OR IMAGEREADY 7 0 IN PHOTOSHOP IF YOU HAVE DELETED THE PREFERENCES LE THE ADOBE COLOR MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT APPEARS 2 CLICK CANCEL TO CLOSE THE ASSISTANT WITHOUT ADJUSTING THE MONITOR FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO CALIBRATE A MONITOR SEE LESSON 17 SETTING UP YOUR MONITOR FOR COLOR MANAGEMENT IN THIS BOOK 2 ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 7 0 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK TO START ADOBE PHOTOSHOP OR ADOBE IMAGEREADY IN MAC OS 1 OPEN THE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP FOLDER AND DOUBLE CLICK THE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP OR ADOBE IMAGEREADY PROGRAM ICON IF YOU INSTALLED THE PROGRAM IN A FOLDER OTHER THAN ADOBE PHOTOSHOP OPEN THAT FOLDER IN PHOTOSHOP IF YOU HAVE DELETED THE PREFERENCES THE ADOBE COLOR MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT APPEARS 2 CLICK CANCEL TO CLOSE THE ASSISTANT WITHOUT ADJUSTING THE MONITOR FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO CALIBRATE A MONITOR SEE LESSON 17 SETTING UP YOUR MONITOR FOR COLOR MANAGEMENT IN THIS BOOK THE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP OR ADOBE IMAGEREADY APPLICATION WINDOW APPEARS YOU CAN NOW OPEN A DOCUMENT OR CREATE A NEW ONE AND START WORKING INSTALLING THE CLASSROOM IN A BOOK FONTS TO ENSURE THAT THE LESSON LES APPEAR ON YOUR SYSTEM WITH THE CORRECT FONTS YOU MAY NEED TO INSTALL THE CLASSROOM IN A BOOK FONT LES THE FONTS ARE IN THE FONTS FOLDER ON THE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 7 0 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK CD IF YOU ALREADY HAVE THESE ON YOUR SYSTEM YOU DO NOT NEED TO INSTALL THEM IF YOU HAVE ATM ADOBE TYPE MANAGER SEE ITS DOCUMENTATION ON HOW TO INSTALL FONTS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ATM YOU CAN INSTALL IT FROM THE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 7 0 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK CD THIS PROCESS AUTOMATICALLY INSTALLS THE NECESSARY FONTS PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BECAUSE YOU DO NOT NEED TO INSTALL ATM IF YOU ARE RUNNING WINDOWS XP OR MAC OS 10 YOU CAN ALSO INSTALL THE CLASSROOM IN A BOOK FONTS BY COPYING ALL OF THE LES IN THE FONTS FOLDER ON THE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 7 0 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK CD TO THE FONTS FOLDER WITHIN THE FOLDER IN WHICH YOU INSTALLED PHOTOSHOP ON YOUR HARD DISK THIS MAKES THE FONTS AVAILABLE TO PHOTOSHOP BUT NOT TO OTHER APPLICATIONS 3 ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 7 0 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK