Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Studio Techniques

Name: Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Studio Techniques
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ISBN: 9780201716122

ISBN-10: 0201716127

ISBN-13: 9780201716122

Edition: 2nd 2001

Authors: Ben Willmore

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Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Studio Technique goes beyond rote instruction and provides the kind of personal insight and information that will truly help you understand and appreciate Adobe Photoshop. Author Ben Willmore, who has taught Photoshop to more than 6,000 users in his popular seminar, divides the book into three sections. Readers will start with the working foundations of Photoshop, learning the basic tools and palettes, and then move on to production skills, learning how to capture great scans and how to tweak images to perfection. Finally, Willmore explores the creative aspects of Photoshop, showing users how to blend images together, master colorizing techniques, and create advanced…

Book details

List price: $44.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Adobe Press
Publication date: 6/15/2001
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 576
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.442
Language: English



Introduction



Working Foundations



Tool and Palette Primer


Preparing Your Workspace


Working with Screen Modes


A Quick Tour of the Tools


Navigating Your Document


Picking Colors


Basic Editing Tools



Selection Primer


What Is a Selection?


Basic Selection Tools


Refining a Selection


The Select Menu


Quick Mask Mode



Layers Primer


How Do Layers Work?


Meeting the Layers


Leapin' Layers! More Tools and Toys


Done Playing Around?



Production Essentials



Resolution Solutions


Scanning


Display Onscreen


Printed Images


Digital Cameras


Optimal Settings


Post-scan Adjustments


Scaling Images in Other Programs



Line Art Scanning


Avoiding the Jaggies


Straightening the Image


Improving Definition


Converting to Line Art


Minimizing File Size


Converting to Bitmap



Optimizing Grayscale Images


Levels Is the Solution


The Histogram Gives You Feedback


Improve Brightness


Setting Up Your Images for Final Output


A Quick Levels Recap


Post-adjustment Analysis


Sharpening



Understanding Curves


With Power Comes Complexity


Take Curves for a Test Drive


Input and Output Numbers



Color Correction


The Genesis of Color


The Digital Version of Color


RGB: Don't Leave Home Without It


Use Gray to Fix Color?!?


Professional Color Correction



Channels


Channels Are Worth the Pain!


Three Varieties of Channels


Navigating the Channels Palette


Understanding Color Channels


Understanding Spot Channels


Understanding Alpha Channels


Use Extract to Select Complex Objects



Creative Explorations



Shadows


How to Think About Shadows


Four Shadow Types


RGB versus CMYK



Image Blending


Four Ways to Blend


Grouping Layers


Blending Sliders


Layer Masks


Layer Clipping Paths



Enhancement


Cooking With Pixels


Special Filter Effects


Painting with Filters


Liquify



Retouching


Rubber Stamp Tool


The Dodge and Burn Tools


The Sponge Tool


The Sharpen and Blur Tools



Type and Background Effects


6.0 Banishes Jaggy Text


Am I in a Page Layout Program?


Entering Text


Editing Text


Type Layers


Layer Effects


The Styles Palette


Photo-realistic Effects


Backgrounds and Textures


Repeating Patterns


Applying Dimension to a Photo



Web Graphics



Interface Design


Consistent Design Principles


Creating Interface Elements



Slicing and Rollovers


The Slice Tool


Creating Rollovers


Saving Your Image with Slices



Animation


Simple Animations


Text Warping


Other Text Transformations


Rollover Animations



Optimization


JPEG Compression


GIF Compression


Optimize in Photoshop or ImageReady?


And the Beat Goes On


Index