Photoshop CS For Dummies

ISBN: 0764543563
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2006
Pages: 221

Authors: Deke McClelland, Phyllis Davis

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Table of Contents
BackCover
Photoshop CS For Dummies
Introduction
About This Book
How This Book Is Organized
Conventions Used in This Book
Icons Used in This Book
How to Use This Book
On the Web
Part I: Getting the Basics Down
Chapter 1: Introducing the Two Faces of Photoshop
The Two Functions of Photoshop
It s New It s Improved
Chapter 2: Getting to Know the Interface
Giving Photoshop the Electronic Breath of Life
Working with Windows
Switching between Photoshop and the Finder
Opening Up Your Toolbox
Talking Back to Dialog Boxes
Maneuvering through Menus
Playing Around with Palettes
Saving Palette and Toolbox Locations
Getting Productive with Tool Presets
Chapter 3: Using Photoshop for the First Time
Creating a New Image
Creating and Deleting Document Presets
Opening Images
Importing Images into Photoshop
Saving Your Work
Viewing Your Image On-Screen
Tools for Precision
Adding Notes to Your Image
Closing an Image
Shutting Down Photoshop
Part II: The Care and Feeding of Pixels
Chapter 4: Sizing and Resizing Images
Screen Pixels versus Image Pixels
Image Size, Resolution, and Other Tricky Pixel Stuff
Resolving Resolution Issues
Introducing the Image Size Dialog Box
Playing It Super-Safe: Using the Resize Image Command
Changing Page Size Using Canvas Size
Cropping an Image
Chapter 5: Introducing Color
Introducing Vector- and Pixel-Based Imaging Programs
Understanding Pixel Color Basics
Photoshop Color Management
Choosing Colors
Going Grayscale
Chapter 6: Going to Hard Copy
This May Be All You Need to Know about Printing
Setting Paper Size and Page Orientation
Choosing a Printer
Understanding Professional Printing Options
Creating and Printing a Contact Sheet
Printing Picture Package Prints
Creating PDF Presentations
Photoshop and Offset Printing
Part III: Selections and Layers
Chapter 7: Making Selections
Learning the Ropes
Throwing Lassos
Selecting Rectangles, Squares, Ellipses, and Circles
Wielding the Wand
Working with Selections
Chapter 8: Working with Layers
Layer Basics
Introducing the Layers Palette
Creating a New Layer
Linking Layers
Creating Layer Sets
Creating Layer Comps
Transforming Layers
Advanced Layer Techniques
Adding Layer Styles for Amazing Effects
Part IV: Basic Editing
Chapter 9: Adjusting Color and Tone
Automatic Color Enhancements
Levels
Color Balance
Using Variations to Make Color Corrections
Replace Color
Brightness and Contrast
Making Specialized Adjustments
Color Correction Tools
Chapter 10: Creating Composite Images
Considerations when Cutting, Copying, and Pasting between Two Images
Creating Clones
Blurring and Sharpening
Chapter 11: Using Filters
A Few Fast Filter Facts
The Filter Gallery
Sharpening the Details with the Unsharp Mask Filter
Having Fun with Filters
Fading Filter Effects
Making Taffy with the Liquify Command
Part V: Using Your Virtual Paintbrush
Chapter 12: Painting 101
The Brushes Palette and Brush Preset Picker
Using the Brushes Palette
The Smudge Tool
Using the Color Replacement Tool
Creating a Panorama or Photo Montage
Chapter 13: Coloring Inside the Lines
Putting Down Newspaper before You Paint
Dribbling Paint from a Bucket
Applying Color to Selection Innards
Using the Fill Command
Creating Gradients
Using the Stroke Command
Chapter 14: Changing History and Erasing Pixels
Undoing the Last Operation
The Revert Command
The Powers of the Eraser
Adjusting Your Eraser
Erasing Using the Pencil Tool
Introducing the History Palette
Introducing Snapshots
Erasing and Restoring History
Part VI: Heavy-Duty Photoshop
Chapter 15: Using Masks and Channels
Introducing Channels
Using Alpha Channels
Introducing Layer Masks
Creating an Interesting Layer Mask
Chapter 16: Using Paths and Shapes
Making Shapes
Working with Shape Layers
A Path Primer
Path Manipulation Basics
Reshaping and Transforming Paths
Chapter 17: Adding and Manipulating Type
Introducing the Type Tools
Choosing the Right Type Tool for the Job
Putting Your Words On-Screen
Working with Type
Warping Type for Cool Effects
Putting Editable Text on a Path
Converting Editable Type to Pixels
Converting Editable Type into Shapes and Paths
Creating Type-Shaped Selections
Creating Great Text Effects
Part VIIL: Photoshop for Webbies
Chapter 18: Spinning Graphics for the Web
What s New in ImageReady CS
Introducing the ImageReady CS Window
Web Image Basics
Saving Web Files
Exporting an Image in Flash SWF Format
Creating Type for the Web
Chapter 19: Slicing and Dicing Images
What s in a Slice?
Creating Slices
Working with Slices
Image Maps
Previewing Your Image in a Browser
Part VIII: The Part of Tens
Chapter 20: Ten (Or So) Filters You Can Use to Create Fast Effects
Artistic Filters
Sketch Filters
Stylize Filters
Chapter 21: Ten Things to Do with Your Photoshop Masterpiece
Printing and Dispersing
Ordering Prints and Making Books
Placing Your Image into PageMaker or InDesign
Placing Your Image into Illustrator and FreeHand
Adding Your Image to a PowerPoint Presentation
Making a Desktop Pattern
Turning Your Face into a Mouse Pad
Making a Slide Show
Posting Your Image on the Internet or an Online Service
Assembling a Private Collection of Images
Color Plates
Color Plate 5-2
Color Plate 5-3
Color Plate 8-1
Color Plate 8-2
Color Plate 8-3
Color Plates 8-4 and 8-5
Color Plate 9-1
Color Plate 9-2
Color Plate 9-3
Color Plate 9-4
Color Plate 9-5
Color Plate 9-6
Color Plate 11-1
Color Plate 11-2
Color Plate 12-1
Color Plate 15-1
Color Plate 15-2
Color Plate 17-1
Color Plate 17-2
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_Z
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Sidebars