Adobe Photoshop Unmasked: The Art and Science of Selections, Layers, and Paths
Adobe Photoshop Unmasked: The Art and Science of Selections, Layers, and Paths
ISBN: 0321441206
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 93
Pages: 93
Authors: Nigel French
- Adobe Photoshop Unmasked: The Art and Science of Selections, Layers, and Paths
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Selections
- Defining Our Terms
- Using the Selection Tools
- Refining Selections
- Selecting with the Pen Tool
- The Pen Tools
- Drawing with the Pen Tool
- Using the Paths Palette
- In Summary
- Chapter 2. Channels
- About Channels
- Using the Channels Palette
- Using Quick Mask to Paint Selections
- Masking Tips
- Fine-Tuning Color Selections
- Selectively Editing with Channels
- Creating a Duotone
- Using Spot Color Channels
- In Summary
- Chapter 3. Layers
- About the Layers Palette
- Managing Layers
- Working with Layer Styles
- The Land of Happy Accidents: Layer Blending Modes and Opacity
- Experimenting with Multiple Compositions Using Layer Comps
- Nondestructive Editing with Smart Objects
- Useful Layer Techniques
- In Summary
- Chapter 4. Layer Masks
- Layer Mask Essentials
- Creating a Simple Composite
- Combining Textures
- Choking a Mask
- Looking Through (and Breaking Out of) the Top Layer
- Blending Shape and Texture
- Blending Different Exposures
- Replacing Parts of an Image
- Creating Painterly Effects
- Selective Filtering
- Adding Custom Borders
- Creating Panoramas
- Isolating a Subject with a Cutout
- Combining Soft and Sharp Selection Edges
- Making a Pop-Out
- Vector Masking Sharp Edges and Curves
- Masking with Transparency
- In Summary
- Chapter 5. Adjustment Layers
- Adjustment Layers: Reasons to Be Cheerful
- ...and a Couple of Caveats
- Things to Know About Adjustment Layers
- Using Curves to Select Tone and Color
- Balancing Exposure
- Removing a Color Cast
- Applying Curves to Adjustment Layer Masks
- Selecting and Shifting Color with HueSaturation
- Boosting Color
- Colorizing Images
- In Summary
- Chapter 6. Channel Masking
- Creating a Channel Mask: The Basics
- Creating a Channel Mask: The (Practical) Details
- Refining the Mask
- Extracting Subjects
- In Summary
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
Adobe Photoshop Unmasked: The Art and Science of Selections, Layers, and Paths
ISBN: 0321441206
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 93
Pages: 93
Authors: Nigel French