Photoshop CS3 : Visual QuickPro Guide

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ISBN: 9780321553102 | 0321553101
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Copyright: 6/17/2008

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This full-color Visual QuickPro Guide is a more advanced companion volume to the best-selling Photoshop CS3 Visual QuickStart Guide, from the same authors. This book takes the reader beyond the general and broad over view of Photoshop provided by the Visual QuickStart Guide, offering more focused tasks written in greater depth to help the reader master intermediate skills. The Visual QuickPro Guide provides instructors with the more advanced tutorials that students need in order to master Photoshop, and which can prove to be a real time-saver for any teacher. In the Visual QuickPro Guide, Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas cover many key areas in Photoshop that an intermediate user needs to know: a variety of methods for creating complex selections; specific steps to improve tone and color; in-depth tasks for retouching portraits; a closer look at combining images into composites; detailed steps for improving sharpening; creative use of tinting; applying fine art touches to an image; and steps for creative type treatments. Also included are sections on paths & shapes as well as actions, material best geared to intermediate readers.

Introduction	p. iv
Color Management
What is color management?	p. 1
Setting your camera to the Adobe RGB color space	p. 2
Calibrating your display	p. 3
Display types, understanding the calibration settings, buying a calibration device	p. 3
Calibrate your display using a hardware device	p. 4
Choosing a color space for Photoshop	p. 6
Set the color space to Adobe RGB (1998)	p. 6
Install custom color settings as a preset for the Creative Suite	p. 7
Save custom color settings as a preset	p. 7
Acquiring a printer profile	p. 8
Proofing a document onscreen	p. 9
Simulate an inkjet print onscreen	p. 9
Proof colors for commercial printing	p. 10
Moving on	p. 10
Using Bridge
Downloading photos	p. 11
Download photos via Photo Downloader	p. 12
Taking a look at Bridge	p. 15
Choosing a workspace for Bridge	p. 16
Choose a predefined workspace for Bridge	p. 16
Customize the Bridge workspace	p. 18
Save a custom workspace	p. 18
Previewing thumbnails	p. 19
Rating and sorting thumbnails	p. 20
Using stacks	p. 21
Using Slideshow mode	p. 22
Opening files into Photoshop	p. 24
Developing a workflow for managing digital photos in Bridge	p. 25
Working with metadata	p. 26
View the metadata for a file	p. 26
Create, apply and edit a metadata template	p. 27
Add metadata to files manually	p. 28
Create and assign keywords	p. 29
Searching for files	p. 30
Choosing preferences for Bridge	p. 31
Camera Raw
Why use Adobe Camera Raw?	p. 33
Choosing preferences for Camera Raw	p. 34
Choose preferences for opening files	p. 34
Choose preferences for the Camera Raw plug-in	p. 35
Opening files into Camera Raw	p. 36
The Camera Raw interface	p. 37
Choosing workflow options	p. 38
Cropping and straightening photos	p. 39
Correcting the white balance	p. 40
Apply white balance adjustments	p. 40
Correcting the exposure	p. 42
Correct an underexposed photo	p. 42
Correct an overexposed photo	p. 44
Using the Tone Curve tab	p. 46
Reviving color	p. 48
Using the Detail tab	p. 50
Using the Split Toning tab	p. 53
Using the Lens Corrections tab	p. 54
Fix chromatic aberrations	p. 54
Correct or apply vignetting	p. 55
Combining multiple exposures	p. 56
Simulate two exposures with one photo	p. 56
Blend two exposures via a layer mask	p. 58
Retouching photos	p. 59
Remove spots with the Retouch tool	p. 59
Remove red-eye from a portrait	p. 60
Using Camera Raw presets	p. 61
Processing multiple photos via Camera Raw	p. 62
Synchronize the Camera Raw settings of multiple files	p. 62
Batch-process multiple photos via Bridge	p. 64
Saving files via Camera Raw	p. 65
Working with photos as Smart Objects	p. 66
Using Photoshop
Using the palettes	p. 68
Hiding and showing palettes	p. 70
Changing screen modes	p. 71
Tools on the Tools palette	p. 72
Changing the image size	p. 75
Choosing a file format	p. 76
Choosing a bits/channel mode	p. 77
Cropping an image	p. 78
Rotating an image	p. 79
Quick Summary: Choosing Colors	p. 80
Quick Summary: Using the Swatches palette	p. 81
Using the Layers palette	p. 82
Quick Summary: Using the Layers palette	p. 83
Using fill and adjustment layers	p. 84
Create a fill or adjustment layer	p. 84
Change the settings for a fill or adjustment layer	p. 84
Merge a fill or adjustment layer	p. 84
Create a layer group	p. 85
Create a layer mask for a layer group	p. 85
Choosing a mode for the History palette	p. 86
Making snapshots of history states	p. 87
Working with nonlinear histories	p. 88
Using presets	p. 91
Create a tool preset	p. 91
Create a preset	p. 92
Save all the presets currently on a picker as a new library	p. 92
Load a library of presets	p. 92
Use the Preset Manager	p. 92
Streamlining your workflow	p. 94
Selecting & Masking
Choosing a selection method	p. 96
Using the Lasso tool	p. 100
Using the Quick Selection tool	p. 101
Using the Magnetic Lasso tool	p. 102
Selecting complex shapes	p. 104
Using adjustment layer masks	p. 107
Selecting furry or feathered critters	p. 108
Creating a background for imagery	p. 110
Selecting hair in a portrait	p. 111
Using the Extract filter	p. 114
Extract a shape from its background	p. 114
Restore areas of extracted imagery	p. 116
Moving imagery between files	p. 117
Using the Color Range command	p. 118
Color & Tonal Correction
Using color samplers	p. 120
Place color samplers in a document	p. 120
Move a color sampler	p. 120
Remove a color sampler	p. 120
View color readouts on the Info palette	p. 121
Using the Shadow/Highlight command	p. 122
Reducing noise	p. 126
Using the Curves command	p. 127
Increasing contrast by using the Curves command	p. 128
Neutralizing a color cast	p. 130
Pinpoint a neutral gray in an image	p. 130
Neutralize a gray and remove a color cast with one click	p. 131
Fine-tune a color correction via individual channels in curves	p. 132
Simulating a neutral density filter	p. 134
Dodging and burning	p. 136
Retouching Portraits
Correcting a color cast in a portrait	p. 140
Smoothing skin	p. 142
Creating a soft-focus portrait	p. 146
Making eyes look brighter	p. 148
Recoloring eyes	p. 150
Removing under-eye circles	p. 152
Changing lipstick color	p. 154
Lightening dark hair roots	p. 156
Using Liquify to trim or tighten	p. 157
Whitening teeth	p. 160
Removing blemishes	p. 161
"Curing" a sunburn	p. 162
Smoothing out small areas	p. 164
Combining Images
Tips for creating montages	p. 165
Aligning and blending shots of the same scene	p. 166
Erasing to an underlying layer	p. 169
Enlarging the canvas area	p. 172
Blending imagery via layer masks	p. 174
Combine images into a composite	p. 174
Fade a layer from its center	p. 177
Refine the lighting on an image layer	p. 178
Quick Summary: Using the Move tool	p. 179
Using the Clone Source palette	p. 180
Using the Clone Stamp tool and the Clone Source palette	p. 180
Reposition the source overlay after you've begun cloning	p. 182
Using the Vanishing Point filter	p. 184
Sharpening
Sharpening a whole image with the Unsharp Mask filter	p. 190
Apply the Unsharp Mask filter	p. 190
Suggested Unsharp Mask filter settings for different types of images	p. 193
Sharpening midtones with the Unsharp Mask filter	p. 194
Enhancing details with the High Pass filter	p. 196
Sharpening areas selectively	p. 198
Using the Smart Sharpen filter	p. 199
Selecting edges for sharpening	p. 203
Sharpening edges	p. 207
Tinting & Blending
Layering gradients	p. 210
Lighting a background	p. 212
Desaturating colors selectively	p. 214
Tinting an image	p. 216
Apply a tint to an image	p. 216
Recolorize the highlights in a tinted image	p. 219
Restoring color selectively	p. 220
Creating an infrared effect	p. 222
Creating a duotone	p. 226
Create a duotone by using a preset	p. 226
Choosing a file format for a duotone	p. 228
Choose options for duotone printing	p. 228
Fine Art Media
Quick Summary: Using brushes	p. 230
Quick Summary: Shortcuts for changing tool settings	p. 231
Quick Summary: Painting techniques	p. 231
Creating brush tips from imagery	p. 232
Create a brush tip from an image	p. 232
Painting with a brush made from an image	p. 233
Creating a sketch by using filters	p. 235
Create a line art sketch	p. 238
Simulating pastels	p. 240
Create a pastel sketch	p. 240
Add line work to the pastel sketch	p. 242
Turning a photo into a painting	p. 243
Creating a watercolor	p. 246
Create a watercolor by using filters	p. 246
Create a watercolor with the Pattern Stamp tool	p. 248
Creative Type
Tips for designing with type	p. 253
Using layer effects	p. 254
Quick Summary: Layer effects	p. 254
Choose a contour for a layer effect	p. 256
Using layer styles	p. 257
Applying layer effects to type	p. 258
Create beveled type	p. 258
Carving letters in stone	p. 260
Warping the carved letters	p. 261
Stamping letters into metal	p. 262
Making type look like rusted metal	p. 264
Filling type with a rusted metal texture	p. 266
Embossing leather	p. 268
Creating a metallic sheen using gradients	p. 269
Create metallic type with grommets	p. 272
Creating a neon sign	p. 274
Stamping a product name	p. 276
Applying filters and gradients to type	p. 277
Illuminate type with gradients and a filter	p. 277
Create skywriting	p. 278
Apply the Wind filter to type	p. 279
Creating graffiti
Create graffiti	p. 280
Making drip marks	p. 281
Corroding type	p. 282
Cutting up a rasterized type layer	p. 284
Transforming type to fit onto a perspective plane	p. 286
Putting screened-back type on a bar	p. 288
Paths & Shapes
Converting selections to paths	p. 290
Using the Pen tool	p. 291
Using the Freeform Pen tool	p. 292
Trace part of an image using the Freeform Pen tool with its Magnetic option	p. 292
Choose options for the Freeform Pen tool	p. 293
Working with paths	p. 294
Save a Work Path	p. 294
Display or hide a path in the document window	p. 294
Move a path in the document window	p. 294
Duplicate a saved path	p. 294
Delete a saved path	p. 295
Reshaping paths	p. 295
Add segments to an existing, open path	p. 295
Transform an entire path	p. 295
Select a whole path	p. 296
Select anchor points on a path	p. 296
Deselect all the points on a path	p. 296
Reshape a path	p. 297
Recoloring paths	p. 298
Converting paths to selections	p. 299
Creating vector masks	p. 300
Create a vector mask using a new path	p. 300
Create a vector mask from an existing path	p. 300
Convert a layer mask to a vector mask	p. 301
Create a vector mask from type	p. 301
Working with vector masks	p. 302
Reposition a vector mask	p. 302
Reshape a vector mask	p. 302
Deactivate a vector mask	p. 302
Copy a vector mask to another layer	p. 302
Reverse the visible and hidden areas in a vector mask	p. 303
Discard a vector mask	p. 303
Using the shape tools	p. 304
Recoloring shape layers	p. 306
Saving shapes	p. 306
Using shapes to create pixel areas	p. 307
Rasterizing shape layers	p. 308
Actions
Features of the Actions palette	p. 309
Recording actions	p. 310
Playing actions	p. 311
Play an action on one image	p. 311
Exclude a command from playback	p. 311
Play an action on a batch of images	p. 312
Create a droplet for an action	p. 314
Editing actions	p. 315
Insert a Stop in an action	p. 315
Add a command or edit to an action	p. 316
Insert a menu item in an action	p. 316
Add a modal control for a command in an action	p. 317
Enable or disable all modal controls for an action	p. 317
Duplicate an action	p. 318
Rerecord an action using different dialog settings	p. 318
Change the settings for a command in an action	p. 318
Change the order of edits in an action	p. 319
Deleting commands and actions	p. 319
Saving and loading actions sets	p. 320
Output for Print & Web
Preparing a file for print output	p. 322
Prepare an RGB file for printing	p. 322
Apply output sharpening	p. 323
Printing from Photoshop	p. 324
Choose a paper size and orientation for inkjet printing	p. 324
Choose settings for an inkjet printer	p. 325
Turn off color management for your printer in Windows, and print the file	p. 328
Turn off color management for your printer in the Mac OS, and print the file	p. 329
Output a CMYK proof from an inkjet printer	p. 330
Preparing a file for commercial printing	p. 331
Exporting Photoshop files to Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator	p. 332
Exporting a silhouetted image from Photoshop	p. 333
Saving files in the TIFF format	p. 335
Saving files in the Adobe PDF format	p. 336
Save a file as a PDF using a preset	p. 336
Save a file as a PDF using custom settings	p. 337
Saving files in the EPS format	p. 339
Optimizing files for the Web	p. 340
Previewing optimized files	p. 341
Optimizing files in the GIF format	p. 342
Optimizing files in the JPEG format	p. 344
Using the Adobe Media Gallery	p. 345
Download the Adobe Media Gallery	p. 345
Create a slideshow for the Web using the Adobe Media Gallery	p. 346
View the slideshow in your default browser	p. 348
Save a Web gallery	p. 349
Upload a Web gallery	p. 349
Using Zoomify	p. 350
Index	p. 351
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