Adobe Photoshop 7 Digital Darkroom,9781931841924

Adobe Photoshop 7 Digital Darkroom

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9781931841924
ISBN10: 1931841926
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-07-01
Publisher(s): Cengage Learning Ptr
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Summary

This practical volume focuses on the use of digital cameras combined with Photoshop software to create and print Web graphic designs.

Table of Contents

Introduction xiii
PART 1 Working with Digital Pictures 1(40)
Taking Pictures
3(16)
About Digital Cameras
4(1)
Low-Cost Cameras
5(1)
High-Performance Cameras
5(1)
Comparing Digital Cameras
6(1)
Features
6(1)
Cost
6(1)
Quality
7(1)
Using Camera Modes
7(1)
Picture-Taking Modes
7(1)
Record (Automatic) Mode
7(1)
Manual Mode
8(1)
Focus
9(1)
Aperture
9(1)
Shutter Speed
9(1)
Adding Filters
9(1)
Adding Lenses
10(1)
Macro
10(1)
Fish-Eye
10(1)
Motion-Capture Mode
11(1)
Playback Mode
11(1)
Image File Formats
12(1)
The JPEG File Format
13(1)
The TIFF File Format
13(1)
Taking a Great Picture
14(1)
Lighting the Subject
14(1)
Natural Lighting
15(1)
Tungsten Lighting
15(1)
Fluorescent Lighting
15(1)
Framing the Subject
15(1)
Composing a Picture
16(1)
Keep the Subject Off-Center
16(1)
The Rule of Thirds
16(1)
Composing with Color
17(1)
Taking Pictures of People
17(1)
Capturing Motion
18(1)
Loading Your Digital Images into Photoshop
19(10)
Obtaining Digital Images
20(1)
Downloading Images from a Digital Camera
20(1)
Connecting with Cables
20(1)
Using Storage Card Adapters
21(1)
New Download tools in Mac OS X and Windows XP
21(2)
Converting 35 mm Slides and Negatives to Digital Images
23(1)
Converting Print Images to Digital Images
23(2)
Browsing Images with the New File Browser
25(1)
Watermarking Your Images
25(4)
Viewing Picture Information and Setting Preferences
29(12)
Viewing and Changing a File's Size and Resolution
30(1)
Viewing a File's Type and Color Mode
31(1)
Viewing Color Settings for a File
32(1)
Setting Your Preferences
33(1)
Choosing General Preferences
33(1)
Changing Preferences for Handling Files
34(1)
Selecting Display and Cursor Preferences
35(1)
Adjusting Transparency and Gamut Preferences
36(1)
Setting Units and Rulers Preferences
37(1)
Customizing Guides, Grids, and Slices
37(1)
Configuring Plug-Ins and Scratch Disk Preferences
38(1)
Changing Image Cache Preferences
39(2)
PART 2 Photoshop 7 Basics 41(86)
Using Photoshop 7 Tools
43(12)
Anatomy of the Toolbox
44(1)
Selection Tools
44(1)
Image-Editing Tools
45(1)
Sampling Brushes and Palettes
45(1)
Navigating the Palette Windows
46(2)
Viewing a Picture with the Navigator Palette
48(1)
Viewing Color Settings with the Info Palette
49(1)
Handling Color with the Color, Swatches, and Styles Palette
49(1)
Editing Text with the Character Palette
50(1)
Organizing Text with the Paragraph Palette
51(1)
Replaying Events with the History Palette
51(1)
Automating Tasks with the Actions Palette
52(1)
Arranging Images with the Layers Palette
53(1)
Creating Masks with the Channels Palette
53(1)
Working with the Paths Palette
54(1)
Correcting Images
55(12)
Correcting Colors
56(1)
Channel Mixing-the Big Picture
56(1)
Replacing Specific Colors
57(1)
Balancing Colors
57(1)
Adjusting Tonal Levels
58(1)
Defining Tonal Range
58(1)
Changing Contrast and Brightness
59(1)
Embellishing Images
60(1)
Correcting the Image with the Patch or Healing Brush
60(2)
Using the Clone Stamp Tool
62(1)
Replacing Colors in an Image
63(1)
Cropping an Image
64(1)
Rotating an Image
64(1)
Straightening an Image
65(1)
Correcting the Horizontal Axis
66(1)
Enhancing Images with Filters and Effects
67(16)
What Are Plug-ins?
68(1)
Installing Plug-Ins
68(1)
Using Plug-Ins
68(1)
Filters
69(1)
Corrective Filters
70(1)
Destructive Filters
70(1)
Effects
71(1)
Stylize
71(1)
Distort
71(1)
Applying Effects and Filters
71(1)
Blur Filters
72(1)
Sharpen Filters
73(1)
Texture Effects
74(1)
Artistic and Sketch Effects
75(1)
Tint and Fade Effects
75(1)
Halftone Effects
76(1)
Combining Effects
77(1)
Applying Stroke Effects
78(1)
Brush Stroke Effects
78(1)
Sketch Effects
79(1)
Stylize Effects
79(1)
Adding 3D Effects
80(1)
Liquifying Images
81(2)
Creating Objects and Gradients
83(12)
Drawing with Photoshop Tools
84(1)
Creating Object Paths
84(2)
Editing Graphics with Bitmap Tools
86(1)
Levels Tool
86(1)
Smudge Tool
87(1)
Working with Foreground and Background Colors
88(1)
Choosing a Color
89(1)
Example: Applying a Color with the Swatches Palette
89(1)
Understanding Gradients
90(1)
Applying a Gradient
91(1)
Creating a Custom Gradient
92(3)
Combining Content with Layers
95(12)
Working with the Layers Palette
96(1)
The Background Layer
96(1)
Layers Palette Buttons
96(1)
Adding a New Layer into an Image
97(2)
Looking At Layer Properties, Blending Styles, and Merging
99(3)
Layer Masks
102(1)
Layer Mattes
103(1)
What's in a Layer Set?
103(1)
Using Adjustment and Fill Layers
103(1)
Correcting Colors
103(1)
Adjustment Layers
104(1)
Color Layers
104(1)
Previewing Color Adjustments
105(1)
Flattening All Layers
105(2)
Customizing Images with Masks
107(10)
Defining a Mask
108(1)
Creating, Hiding, and Showing Layer Masks
108(2)
Mask a Layer Using a Selection from Another Layer
110(1)
Editing or Deleting a Layer Mask
111(1)
Preparing a Channel To Define an Alpha Channel
112(1)
Selecting the Channel Content and Creating the Alpha Mask
113(2)
Creating a Quick Mask
115(1)
Copying Mask Content to Another Image
115(1)
Working with the Final Image
116(1)
Making Images Stand Out With Channels
117(10)
Working with Channels
118(1)
Navigating the Channels Palette
118(1)
Hiding, Displaying, and Duplicating Channels
119(2)
Adjusting Channel Content
121(1)
Cleaning Up a Channel
121(2)
Adding a Lighting Effect
123(1)
Dodging and Burning a Channel
124(1)
Using Filter Effects with Channels
125(1)
Adding Effects to a Channel Selection
125(1)
Adding Effects to an Entire Channel
126(1)
PART 3 Creating Complex Images 127(66)
Experimenting with Layers
129(14)
Integrating Layers with Blending Options
130(1)
Combining Content from Separate Images
130(1)
Applying Blending Options
131(1)
Working with Layer Sets
132(1)
Localizing Effects with Layers and Layer Sets
132(3)
Copying Layer Set Contents to Another Document
135(1)
Merging Layers in a Set
136(1)
Adjusting a Layer with a Filter
137(1)
Choosing a Layer Style
138(1)
Working with Layer Adjustments
138(1)
Adjusting the Image with Fill Layers
139(2)
Creating a Layer Clipping Group
141(2)
Creating Custom Masks
143(12)
Extracting an Image
144(1)
Adding a Mask to a Selection
145(1)
Creating a Gradated Mask
146(1)
Freezing, Warping, and Reconstructing the Picture
147(1)
Creating a Vector Mask
148(1)
Editing a Vector Mask
149(1)
Tweaking Masks with Mattes
150(1)
Fine-Tuning Your Layer or Channel Mask
151(1)
Using a Mask from One Image in Another Image
152(3)
Experimenting with Channel Operations
155(12)
Creating a Custom Channel
156(1)
Converting to Monochrome and Tinting an Image
156(2)
Creating a New Image Based on a Layer
158(1)
Creating a Duotone Image
158(2)
Creating a Spot Color Channel
160(2)
Feathering an Alpha Channel Mask
162(1)
Using the Apply Image Command
163(1)
Using Calculations with Channels
164(1)
Adjusting a Channel's Curve
165(2)
Combining Images to Create Animation
167(10)
Animating with Frames
168(1)
Preparing the Image to Animate
168(1)
Resizing with the Image Assistant
168(1)
Making a Frame for Each Layer
169(1)
Animating by Duplicating and Adjusting Frames
170(1)
Tweening
171(1)
Viewing Animation
172(1)
Adding Animation Effects
172(1)
Scaling and Distorting Images
173(1)
Saving the Animation for the Web
174(3)
Combining Images with Text
177(8)
Adding Text to Images
178(1)
Formatting Text
178(2)
Warping Text
180(1)
Rasterizing Text
181(1)
Filtering the Rasterized Type Layer
182(1)
Working with Masked Text and Type Layer Blending
182(1)
Applying a Text Mask to an Image or Another Layer
182(2)
Blending a Type Layer
184(1)
Automating Tasks
185(8)
Using One of Photoshop's Actions
186(1)
Creating Actions
187(1)
Batch Processing with an Action
187(1)
Using Photoshop's Automated Tasks
188(1)
Fitting Images
188(1)
Changing Image Modes
189(1)
Creating a Contact Sheet
190(1)
Using the Picture Package Feature
191(2)
PART 4 Publishing Pictures 193(36)
Optimizing Images for the Web
195(10)
Analyzing Web Elements
196(1)
Changing to Indexed Color Mode
196(1)
Optimizing Image Settings
197(1)
Working with Rollovers
198(1)
Creating a Rollover
199(1)
Saving Rollovers
200(1)
Slicing Up an Image
201(1)
Creating Slices
201(2)
Locking Slices
203(1)
Previewing Color for Mac and Windows Browsers
203(1)
Setting Macintosh Gamma
204(1)
Viewing Windows Gamma
204(1)
Saving Images for the Web
205(8)
Saving for the Web
206(1)
Saving a GIF Image
206(3)
Saving a JPEG Image
209(2)
Saving a WBMP Image
211(1)
Saving a Sliced Image for the Web
211(1)
Comparing Formats with ImageReady
212(1)
Putting Images Online
213(16)
Creating a Web Photo Gallery
214(1)
Generating a Web Photo Gallery Using Automated Tools
214(3)
Customizing Settings
217(1)
Putting Photos on the Web
218(1)
Embedding Images with HTML Code
218(2)
Identifying Tables and Frames
220(1)
Creating a Droplet to Resize Images
221(1)
Customizing Your Web Photo Gallery
222(1)
Changing Frame Sizes
223(1)
Customizing Page Banner Text
224(1)
Other Customizations
225(1)
Reviewing Photos with a Web Browser or ImageReady
225(1)
Working with FTP and Web Servers
226(3)
Appendix A Formats Supported by Photoshop 229(2)
Glossary 231(8)
Index 239

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