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Essential Photoshop 6 for Web Professionals

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ISBN-10: 0130323780

ISBN-13: 9780130323781

Edition: 2nd 2002

Authors: Brad Eigen, Micah Brown, Dan Livingston

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Now, master Photoshop 6's powerhouse Web capabilities fast, by building a complete Web magazine site that solves today's most common Web design problems! Essential Photoshop 6 for Web Professionals teaches Photoshop-based Web graphics hands-on, through concise, real-world projects -- starting with basic skills, then incrementally introducing far more sophisticated techniques. Thoroughly updated for Photoshop 6, the book covers everything from Web vector graphics applications to the latest ImageReady 3.0 toolset. Start with the basics: layers, text, drawing, rulers, selections, and correcting mistakes. Alter photos and images for the Web via cropping and sizing; brightness, contrast, and…    
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Book details

List price: $29.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 8/20/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Introduction
The Big Project
Overview
What Is the Big Project?
Jumping In with the Basics
Task: Learning the Basics
Creating a New Document
Layer Basics
Paint Bucket and Color
Creating and Editing Text
Drawing Lines and Shapes
Rulers, Guides, Moving, and Linking
Selecting and Modifying Selections
Correcting Mistakes with the History Palette
Altering Photos and Images
Cropping Images
Sizing Images and Layers
Fading Effects
Task: Cleaning Up Celebrity Pictures
Altering Color with Brightness and Contrast
Mastering the Rubber Stamp Tool
Fudging by Smudging
Lightening with the Dodge Tool
Altering Color with the Lasso and Variations
Other Methods of Color Adjustment
Resizing for the Web
Sharpening with the Unsharp Mask
You Made the Deadline!
Filters and Effects
Introduction to Effects
Making Cool Drop Shadows
Creating Buttons with a Bevel
Four Types of Bevel and Emboss
Introduction to Filters
Blur
Sharpen
Style Effects
Rasterize It
Texturize It
Warp It
Advanced Rubber Stamp Tool
Advanced Altering Photos
Advanced Rubber Stamp Tool
Creating Duotones--Adding Color to Black and White Images
Using Hue and Saturation
Color Balance
Creating Background Images
Using Levels
Cleaning Up Previously Printed Materials
Why Optimize Your Images?
Making Images Web-Ready
Why Optimize Your Images
GIF versus JPEG File Formats
New PNG Formats
Transparency and Matting
Interlacing
A Whole New Way of Making an Image Web-Ready
Speedy Web Previews
Web Safe Colors and Dithering
Creating Multiple-Image Layouts for Reference
The Art of the Cut
Why You Need to Cut Up Your Image
Preparing Your Image for the Cut
Placing the Guidelines
Making the Cut
Optimizing Individual Slices
Slice Effects in ImageReady
Image Maps
Animation
GIF or JPEG Reminders
Animation--Yes You Can Do It!
Introduction to Animation
Creating the Layers for Animation
The Animation Palette in ImageReady
Timing and Viewing Animations
Looping
Optimizing and Saving Animations
Tweening
Saving Animations as QuickTime Movies
Opening and Importing Animations and Movies
Tips and Tricks
Using Lower-Resolution Images
Image Sizing in HTML
Defining Patterns
Checking Your Work
Photoshop Tools Reference
Using the Tool Options Bar
Marquee Tools
Move
Lasso Tools
Magic Wand
Crop
Slice
Airbrush
Paintbrush
Pencil
Stamp Tools
History Brush
Art History Brush
Eraser
Background Eraser
Magic Eraser
Gradient Tools--Linear, Radial, Angular, Reflected, Diamond
Paint Bucket
Focus Tools--Blur, Sharpen, Smudge
Toning Tools--Dodge, Burn, Sponge
Path Selection Tools
Type Tool Dialog Box
Pen Tools--Pen, Magnetic Pen, Freeform Pen, Add-Anchor-Point, Delete-Anchor-Point, Direct Selection, Convert-Anchor-Point
Shape Tools
Annotations Tool
Audio Annotations Tool
Eyedropper Tool
Color Sampler Tool
Measure Tool
Hand Tool
Zoom Tool
Mode Change Tool
Viewing Mode Tool
Jump To
ImageReady 3.0 Tools
Filters Reference
Artistic Filters
Blur
Brush Stroke Filters
Distort Filters
Noise Filters
Pixelate Filters
Render Filters
Sharpen Filters
Sketch Filters
Stylize Filters
Texture Filters
Video Filters
Other Filters
Index