Adobe Photoshop CS/CS2 Breakthroughs,9780321334107

Adobe Photoshop CS/CS2 Breakthroughs

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780321334107
ISBN10: 0321334108
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-01-01
Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
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Summary

Adobe Photoshop is industry standard digital image software and users are hungry for solutions to their myriad concerns--from how best to manage the program's sometimes unwieldy interface to how to use the new Vanishing Point tool. Photoshop guruDavid Blatnerhas scoured the online forums, interviewed Adobe engineers, and gathered together answers to over 200 of the most-commonly asked questions. Written in a sassy, fun-to-read style, this book tackles every major Photoshop problem with a lay-it-on-the-line solution. Adobe Photoshop CS/CS2 Breakthroughs is for anyone who has been using Photoshop long enough to realize that the solution to their problems isn't always as obvious as one would expect.

Table of Contents

Introduction xv
How to Read This Book xvi
For More Information xvi
Acknowledgements xvii
Photoshop Essentials
1(28)
First Things First
4(3)
Getting To Know You
4(1)
Teaching Yourself Photoshop
5(2)
Upgrading Smoothly
7(3)
Migrating Your Plug-ins
7(1)
Migrating Actions
7(1)
Migrating Your Preferences
8(1)
Migrating Workspaces
9(1)
Controls and Menus
10(2)
Make UI Text More Readable
10(1)
Your Keyboard, Your Way
10(1)
Search for the Missing Shortcut Card
11(1)
Roll Your Own Menus
11(1)
Windows and Palettes
12(8)
Making Arrangements for Your Palettes
12(2)
Customize the Status Bar
14(1)
Navigate the Seas of Photoshop
14(1)
Organize Multiple Windows
15(1)
Preserve Windows when Zooming
16(1)
The Big Screen Experience
16(1)
Change the Window Background Color
17(1)
One Document, Two Views
18(1)
Synchronize Multiple Windows
18(1)
When Print Size...Isn't
19(1)
Monitors
20(1)
Fun with Multiple Monitors
20(1)
Tools
21(2)
Match Color Across Monitors
21(1)
Reveal the Multiple Personalities of a Tool
21(1)
Keep Your Options Open
22(1)
Give Tools a Memory
22(1)
Editing Objects
23(2)
A More Precise Cursor
23(1)
Adjust Numbers Easily
23(1)
Take the Fast Lane through Dialog Boxes
24(1)
Context Menus are Your Friend
24(1)
Handling Documents
25(4)
Open Multiple Documents at Once
25(1)
Reducing File Size
25(1)
Renaming Many Files at Once
26(1)
Backing Up Your Preferences File
27(1)
Observe and Control Memory Usage
28(1)
Getting the Picture
29(20)
Creating and Opening Files
32(2)
New Document Secrets
32(1)
Making Your Own Document Presets
32(1)
Opening Digital Camera Photos
32(1)
Opening Images That Don't Want to Open
33(1)
Become a Screen Shot Gunslinger
34(1)
Exploring Camera Raw
34(8)
The Deeper Meaning of Camera Raw
34(1)
When an Image Isn't in the Camera Raw Club
35(1)
Department of Redundancy Dept.?
36(1)
Cracking the Camera Raw Code
36(2)
Raw Files Cooked to Order
38(1)
Mixing Up a Big Batch
39(1)
Door #1, #2, #3... or #4?
40(1)
Jane, Stop This Crazy Thing!
41(1)
Scanning
42(7)
Scanning Essentials
42(1)
Batch Scan Directly into Photoshop... Not!
42(2)
Turn a Negative into a Positive
44(1)
Scanning Line Art
45(2)
Descreening a Scan
47(1)
Mystery of the Awful Black-and-White Scans
48(1)
Image Editing Basics
49(38)
All About Resolution
52(6)
Don't Forget Your Resolutions
52(1)
Finding Out the File Resolution of an Image
53(1)
Kenneth, What's the Effective Resolution?
54(1)
To Resample or Not to Resample
55(1)
Going Bicubic
56(1)
Image Size vs. Canvas Size
57(1)
Resizing a Batch of Variously Sized Images
57(1)
Cropping
58(6)
Keeping What You Cropped
58(1)
Removing Perspective With the Crop Tool
59(1)
Living on the Edge
60(1)
Cropping with the Marquee Tool
60(1)
Cropping in Camera Raw
61(1)
Frame and pixel aspect ratios
62(1)
Changing the Frame Aspect Ratio
62(1)
Changing the Pixel Aspect Ratio
63(1)
Selection Strategies
64(14)
Lasso Like a Cowboy
64(1)
Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso
64(1)
Polygon Lasso and Magnetic Lasso Tips
65(1)
Selecting by Color or Tone
65(1)
Selecting by Threshold
66(1)
Selecting from a Channel
67(1)
Remove a Difficult Background
68(2)
Sculpting Selections with Masks and Channels
70(1)
Edit a Selection as a Quick Mask
70(1)
Convert between Mask, Selections, and Channels
71(1)
Convert between Selections and Layer Masks
72(1)
Comparing Channels to Layer Masks
73(1)
Scaling, Rotating, or Distorting a Selection Marquee
74(1)
Spreading Out or Pulling In Selections
74(1)
Using a Selection as a Line Instead of an Area
75(1)
Blurring the Edge of a Selection
75(1)
Transferring a Selection to Another Document
76(1)
Selecting with Pen Tool Paths
77(1)
Amazing Transformations
78(5)
Using Selections to Save Multiple Crops
78(1)
Rotating a Layer vs. the Entire Document
78(1)
Rotating an Image the Fast, Precise Way
78(2)
Rotating in Camera Raw or Bridge
80(1)
Instant, Direct Straightening
80(1)
Transforming with Total Freedom
81(1)
Correcting Lens Distortion
82(1)
Duplicate Anything
83(4)
Duplicate an Entire Document
83(1)
Duplicate Layers
84(1)
Duplicate a Path or Shape
84(1)
Create a Step-and-Repeat Layout
84(3)
Correcting Images
87(38)
Evaluating an Image
90(4)
Who's on First?
90(1)
Checking an Image for Surface Defects
90(1)
Scrolling with a Laptop Keyboard
91(1)
Persistent Spots on Digital Camera Images
91(1)
Reading a Histogram
91(2)
Checking for Clipping
93(1)
Using the Info Palette
94(1)
Making Global Corrections
94(10)
Removing Defects with Filters
94(2)
Correct Quickly with Auto Color
96(1)
Calibrating and Profiling Your Monitor
97(1)
The Curves Dialog Box in Five Minutes or Less
98(2)
Enhance Shadow and Highlight Details
100(1)
Punch Up an Image with Blending Modes
101(1)
Change Blending Modes with Shortcuts
101(1)
Blending Modes: Justify Your Existence
102(2)
Making Local Corrections
104(5)
Heal, Spot, Heal!
104(1)
Using Selections to Control Filters
105(1)
Dodge and Burn with Overlay Mode
105(1)
The Magic of Layer Masks
106(2)
Merge Edits by Changing History
108(1)
Maintaining Image Quality
109(2)
Keep Your Adjustments Neutral
109(1)
Don't Bring the Noise
109(2)
Preserve Options with Adjustment Layers
111(1)
Productivity Perks
111(5)
Why Isn't the Future Here Yet?
112(1)
Moving Corrections to Other Images
112(1)
Using a Batch Action to Copy Corrections
112(1)
Storing Favorite Adjustment Layers
113(1)
Make Do with Low-Resolution Images
114(1)
Preserving a Document's History
114(1)
Using the Measure Tool
115(1)
Sharpening
116(4)
Basic Sharpening with Unsharp Mask
116(1)
Better Sharpening with Smart Sharpen
117(1)
Suppress Digital Noise when Sharpening
118(1)
The Stages of Sharpening
119(1)
Actions and Batches
120(5)
I'd Like to See the Menu, Please
120(1)
Run Actions on a Batch of Images
120(1)
Cropping a Batch of Images
121(1)
Protect Originals From a Few Bad Actions
122(1)
Avoiding Batch Processing Errors
123(1)
Getting Some Good Keyboard Action
123(2)
Working with Layers
125(16)
Managing Layers
128(4)
Choice Selections
128(1)
The Search for the Missing Link
128(1)
Total Pixel Lockdown
129(1)
Keeping Options Open
130(1)
Conserving History with Layer Comps
131(1)
Aligning Layers
132(1)
Smarter than Your Average Guide
132(1)
Together We Can Rule the Document
132(1)
We Are All Lined Up
132(1)
Layer Masks
133(4)
Making Sense of Masks
133(1)
Create Transparency with a Layer Mask
133(1)
Create Transparency with a Vector Mask
134(1)
When a Layer is a Mask
135(1)
Masking Adjustment Layers
135(1)
Softening Mask Edges
136(1)
One Mask to Rule Them All
136(1)
Combining Images
137(4)
Remix Your Images
137(1)
Stitching Small Images Into One Big Image
138(1)
Identify Identical Layers
138(1)
Merging and Flattening Layers
139(2)
Working with Type
141(14)
Creating and Editing Type
144(3)
It's Not Just Bits
144(1)
Create Area or Point Type
144(1)
Getting a Handle on the Handles
145(1)
Import Text from Other Programs
145(1)
Moving Text Between Documents
146(1)
Quickly Select Ranges of Text
146(1)
Change Type Defaults
146(1)
Make Your Exit
146(1)
Get Set with Type
147(8)
Previewing and Selecting Fonts
147(1)
Format Type En Masse
148(1)
Stroking Type Outlines
148(1)
Smoothing Type for Screen Display
149(1)
Setting Type for Web Pages
149(1)
Convert Type to a Selection
150(1)
Type Along a Path
150(1)
Warp a Type Layer
151(1)
Improving Word and Letter Spacing
152(1)
Preserving Vector Type in Other Programs
153(1)
Locating Adobe's Mystery Fonts
154(1)
Enhancing Creativity
155(26)
Brushes
158(2)
Harden or Soften a Brush Edge
158(1)
Design Your Own Brush
158(1)
Opacity, Layers, and Brushes
159(1)
Take a Tablet, You'll Feel Better
159(1)
Filter Fun
160(4)
Add a Drop Shadow
160(1)
Apply a Filter Again
161(1)
Create a Halftone Screen Effect
161(1)
Create an Adjustable Texture
162(2)
Rectilinear Distortions
164(1)
Add Curved or Custom Distortions
164(1)
Perspective and Distortion
164(5)
Have a Little Perspective
166(1)
Help New Arrivals Fit In
167(2)
Darkroom Adventures
169(7)
Create a Sepia Tone
169(1)
Create a Duotone
170(1)
Solid Colors in Duotones
170(1)
Outsource Your Color
171(1)
Apply a Traditional Photo Filter
171(1)
Simulate Infrared Film Images
172(1)
From Color to Grayscale
173(1)
Grayscale via Hue/Saturation
174(1)
Crunch Down Converted Images
175(1)
Camera Raw Image for Color and Grayscale
175(1)
Paths and the Pen
176(5)
Drawing the Path or Shape You Want
176(1)
Select Shapes and Paths
177(1)
Save and Name Paths
178(1)
Hide or Deselect Paths
178(1)
Paint with Shapes and Paths
179(1)
Paste Paths from Illustrator
179(2)
Keeping Color Consistent
181(14)
Setting Up Color
184(3)
Your Monitor, Your Profile
184(1)
Set Up Color Settings
184(2)
Create a Color-Neutral Work Area
186(1)
Synchronize Color Across the CS2 Suite
187(1)
Previewing Color Output
187(3)
Simulate Printed Color On Screen
187(1)
Check for Out of Gamut Colors
188(1)
Before and After, Side by Side
189(1)
Color Space Conversions
190(5)
Convert from RGB to CMYK
190(1)
Boost Shadows for Print
191(1)
Convert Colors for the Web
192(1)
Assign Versus Convert to a Profile
193(1)
Embedding Profiles
193(1)
Locate and Install Profiles
194(1)
Organizing and Finding Images
195(20)
Building Your Bridge
198(4)
Getting Up to Speed
198(1)
Express Document Delivery
198(1)
Bridge Crossings
199(1)
Use Multiple Bridge Windows
200(1)
Tile Windows Semi-Automatically
201(1)
Annotating and Organizing
202(6)
Organize with Keywords
202(1)
Remove Keywords for Multiple Images
203(1)
Metadata vs. Keywords
203(1)
Annotating IPTC Core Metadata
204(1)
Apply Metadata in Bulk
205(1)
Streamline Metadata Templates
206(1)
Annotate Now, Relax Later
207(1)
Fast File Finding
208(3)
Find Files with Bridge
208(1)
Save Searches as Collections
208(2)
Find Photos with Spotlight (Mac OS X)
210(1)
Production Practices
211(4)
Batch Process Images from Adobe Bridge
211(1)
Archive Camera Raw Images
211(1)
Preserve Bridge Settings for Posterity
212(3)
Printing, Saving, and Exporting
215(30)
Printing
218(8)
Preview a Print Job
218(2)
Centering a Print on Paper
220(1)
Save Paper on Test Prints
221(1)
Printing Two Or More Per Page
221(1)
Preparing Screen Shots for a Press
222(2)
Color-Managed Printing
224(2)
Where Do Printer Profiles Come From?
226(1)
Images for Other Programs
226(12)
Import Photoshop Documents Directly
226(1)
Control Photoshop Layers from InDesign
227(1)
Import Photoshop Images into Illustrator
228(1)
Trace Photoshop Documents in Illustrator
229(1)
Compress Images Down to Size
229(2)
Enable Previews for Other Programs
231(1)
Store Multiple Variations in One File
232(2)
Save to Unavailable File Formats
234(1)
Saving a Copy of a Document
235(1)
Make Photoshop Backgrounds Easy to Remove
236(1)
Around the Office
237(1)
Make a Multiple-Page Document
237(1)
Using an Online Service
237(1)
Images for the Internet
238(4)
Prepare Graphics for the Web or E-Mail
238(1)
Web-Safe Colors: Safe, or Out?
238(1)
Create Animations for the Web
238(1)
Create Slices for the Web
239(1)
Create Web Galleries
240(1)
Preserve EXIF and Other Metadata in JPEG Files
241(1)
It's Showtime!
242(3)
Make Images Look Good on TV
242(1)
Present a Live Slide Show
242(2)
Create a Slide Show to Send Out
244(1)
Index 245

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