Photoshop CS Savvy
Photoshop CS Savvy
ISBN: 078214280X
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 355
Pages: 355
- Table of Contents
- BackCover
- Photoshop CS Savvy
- Introduction
- Photoshop CS Savvy: Who Should Use This Book
- Making the Most of Photoshop CS Savvy: What s Inside
- How to Reach the Author
- Part I: Photoshop Core
- Chapter 1: The Foundations of Photoshop
- Image Technology
- Mosaics
- Painting
- Impressionism
- Printing
- Photography
- Collage
- Photomontage
- The Web
- Photoshop
- Chapter 2: What s New in Photoshop CS
- System Requirements
- File Browser
- Photography Features
- Video Features
- Design and Production Features
- Increased Automation
- Other New Photoshop Features
- Image Ready Web Enhancements
- Chapter 3: The Nature of the Beast
- The Anatomy of a Digital Image
- Color Channels
- Working in Photoshop
- Creating New Documents
- Saving Files
- Duplicating a Photoshop Document
- Understanding File Formats
- Platform Compatibility
- Software Compatibility
- Chapter 4: Navigation: Know Where to Go
- Launching the Program
- Using Photoshop s GUI
- Accessing Menus
- Viewing Documents
- Organizing Your Workspace
- Working with Palettes
- Displaying an Image
- Using Rulers, Guides, and Grids
- Chapter 5: Setting Up Photoshop
- Modifying Photoshop s Settings
- Restoring Preferences
- Allocating Memory
- Setting Preferences
- Utilizing the Preset Manager
- Calibrating Your Monitor
- Chapter 6: Making Selections
- The Power of Masking
- Using Selection Tools
- Applying Selection Techniques
- Hands On 1: Making Selections
- Getting Started
- Moving the Mannequin
- Selecting a Head
- Selecting the Eyes
- Selecting a Nose
- Selecting the Mouth
- Adding a Mustache
- Selecting the Eyebrows
- Choosing the Hair
- Selecting and Duplicating the Ears
- Creating the Tie
- Cropping the Image
- Adding a Background
- Chapter 7: Layering Your Image
- Creating the Illusion of Depth
- Using the Layers Palette
- Creating New Layers
- Blending Layers
- Working with Layer Styles
- Working with Type Layers
- Consolidating Layers
- Chapter 8: Working with Type
- Type in Photoshop
- Typography 101
- Using the Type Tools
- Applying Character and Paragraph Specifications
- Warping Text
- Rasterizing Type
- Using the Spell Checker
- Using the Find and Replace Text Command
- Hands On 2: Layers and Type
- Arranging Layers
- Using Layers to Create and Edit
- Entering Type in a Bounding Box
- Entering Type On a Path
- Merging Layers and Flattening the Image
- Chapter 9: Drawing Paths
- What Is a Path?
- The Path Tools
- Drawing Paths
- Editing Paths
- The Paths Palette
- Using Paths to Apply Color
- Converting Paths
- Importing and Exporting Paths
- Using Vector Masks
- Using Clipping Paths
- Creating Lines and Shapes
- Chapter 10: Creating and Applying Color
- Painting with Paint and Pixels
- Understanding Digital Color
- Choosing Colors
- Introduction to Brushes
- Using the Painting and Editing Tools
- Making and Applying Gradients
- Creating Patterns
- Filling and Outlining
- Chapter 11: Altered States: History
- Undoing What You ve Done
- Using Photoshop s Time Machine
- Looking at History Options
- Working with Snapshots
- Editing History States
- Hands On 3: Painting, Paths, and History
- Painting the Main Character
- Creating the Background
- Using a Pattern Fill Layer to Build Up the Water
- Chapter 12: Using Channels and Quick Mask
- Understanding Photoshop Channels
- Looking at the Channels Palette
- Editing Channels
- Performing Channel Operations
- Using Quick Mask Mode
- Hands On 4: Channels
- Selecting the Chickens
- Saving and Cleaning Up the Alpha Channel
- Duplicating and Modifying the Channel
- Filtering and Adjusting the Selection
- Chapter 13: Sizing and Transforming Images
- What Is Resolution?
- Determining Resolution
- Getting Help with Resizing Images
- Using the Crop Tool
- Trimming an Image
- Sizing the Canvas
- Rotating the Canvas
- Transforming Your Image
- Chapter 14: Image Capture and Digital Photography
- Scanners and Digital Cameras
- Scanning Images
- Digital Photographs vs. Scanned Images
- Editing 16-Bit Images
- Taking Better Pictures with Digital Cameras
- Digital Panoramic Photography
- Opening Camera Raw Images from Digital Cameras
- Part II: Photoshop Color
- Chapter 15: Color Management and Printing
- Color Management - A Brief History
- The Color Working Space
- A Window into a Window
- The YinYang of Color
- Color Settings
- Advanced Color Settings
- Previewing in CMYK
- Printing from Ink-Jet Printers
- The Printing Dialogs
- Preflight Checklist
- Chapter 16: Adjusting Tonality and Color
- Measuring Tonality and Color
- Making Quick Adjustments
- Working with Levels
- Adjusting Curves
- Applying a Photo Filter
- Adjusting ShadowHighlight
- Balancing Color
- Using Adjustment Layers
- Applying the Unsharp Mask Filter
- Chapter 17: Modifying and Mapping Color
- Altering Hue and Saturation
- Matching Colors
- Replacing Color
- Rearranging Colors
- Creating Digital Halftones
- Hands On 5: Image Size, Transformation, and Color Adjustment
- Choosing a Color Space
- Cropping the Image
- Sizing the Image
- Adjusting Levels
- Correcting Color with Curves
- Adjusting Shadow and Highlight
- Applying the Photo Filter
- Removing Noise
- Matching Color
- Replacing Color Manually
- Applying USM
- Converting the Image to CMYK
- Chapter 18: Duotones and Spot Color
- Why Use Duotones?
- What Are Duotones?
- Working with Duotone Mode
- Adjusting Duotone Curves
- Using Spot Color Channels
- Printing Duotones and Spot Color
- Hands On 6: Duotones and Spot Color
- Adjusting Curves
- Part III: Photoshop Savvy
- Chapter 19: Photo Retouching
- Problems with Old Photographs
- Scanning Old Photographs
- Removing Dust and Scratches
- Adding Missing Elements
- Adjusting Contrast
- Making a Digital Archive
- Hands On 7: Restoring a Color Photograph
- Adjusting Contrast and Color
- Cloning Out Artifacts
- Removing the Scratch
- Restoring a Scratched Area
- Using a Filter to Remove Dirt
- Replacing the Shoulder
- Coloring the Grass
- Coloring the Ribbon
- Chapter 20: Using Filters
- Filter Basics
- Constructive Filters
- Destructive Filters
- Effects Filters
- Render Filters
- Other Filters
- The Liquify Filter
- The Pattern Maker
- Chapter 21: Making Difficult Selections
- Making Selections with Color Channels
- Working with Color Range
- Selecting Out-of-Gamut Colors
- Extracting Images
- Chapter 22: Advanced Layer Techniques
- Working with Layer Masks
- Seamless Compositing
- Using Clipping Masks
- Casting Shadows
- Creating Multiple Versions with Layer Comps
- Hands On 8: Advanced Layers
- Placing the Parrot in a Window
- Placing the Crane in a Window
- Casting the Penguins Shadows
- Matting and Placing the Flamingo
- Using Vector Masks
- Creating a Clipping Mask
- Using Layer Comps
- Chapter 23: Automating the Process
- Creating and Applying Actions
- Using Automation Operations
- Using Other Automation Commands
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Chapter 24: Overlay Techniques
- Layer-Based Compositing
- Excluding Colors
- Channel-Based Compositing
- Part IV: Photoshop, WWW, and DV
- Chapter 25: Web Design with Photoshop and ImageReady
- Web Features in Photoshop
- ImageReady
- Designing Page Elements
- Choosing Web File Formats
- Saving for the Web
- Optimizing Images in ImageReady
- Chapter 26: Creating Dynamic Web Elements
- Creating Image Maps in ImageReady
- Using Photoshop to Prepare Animations
- Creating a GIF Animation in ImageReady
- Creating SWF Animations in ImageReady
- Working with Rollovers in ImageReady
- Using Data Sets in ImageReady
- Embedding Metadata
- Hands On 9: Web Design and ImageReady
- Opening the Ballerina Image
- Creating a Background
- Entering the Type
- Adding the Logo
- Adding the Animation Images
- Slicing the Image
- Animating the Images
- Creating an Image Map
- Creating a Rollover
- Creating a Remote Rollover
- Previewing the Page
- Optimizing the Images
- Web Authoring Alternatives
- Chapter 27: Photoshop and Digital Video
- Brief Insight into Nonlinear Editing
- Exploring Video Formats
- Preparing Photoshop Images for Digital Video
- Working with Alpha Channels for Compositing
- Understanding Title-Safe Areas for Video
- Pulling It All Together in After Effects
- Appendix A: Plug-Ins
- Eye Candy 4000
- Image Doctor
- The Microsoft Impressionist Filter (Windows Only)
- Appendix B: Online Resources
- Websites
- Newsgroups
- Glossary
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Index
- Index_B
- Index_C
- Index_D
- Index_E
- Index_F
- Index_G
- Index_H
- Index_I
- Index_J
- Index_K
- Index_L
- Index_M
- Index_N
- Index_O
- Index_P
- Index_Q
- Index_R
- Index_S
- Index_T
- Index_U
- Index_V
- Index_W
- Index_X
- Index_Y
- Index_Z
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Sidebars
Photoshop CS Savvy
ISBN: 078214280X
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 355
Pages: 355