Sams Teach Yourself Adobe (R) Photoshop (R) CS4
Kate Binder
In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you?ll learn all the fundamental Photoshop CS4 skills you need to get great results?in digital photography, graphic design, painting, or anything else! Using this book?s easy, step-by-step approach, you?ll master Photoshop CS4?s revamped interface and powerful new shortcuts. You can also learn professional techniques for repairing damaged photos, creating great composites, black-and-white images, and web graphics, and a whole lot more!
Full-color figures and clear step-by-step instructions visually show you how to use Photoshop.
Notes, Tips, and Cautions provide related information, advice, and warnings.
Q&A sections, quizzes, and exercises help you build and test your knowledge.
Learn how to?
Master Photoshop CS4?s new tabbed interface, Application Frame, and Application Bar
Personalize your workspace to work more efficiently
Repair and retouch black-and-white and color images, no matter what condition they?re in
Make ?spot fixes? with Photoshop CS4?s improved toning tools
Achieve powerful artistry with Photoshop?s filters and effects
Master digital painting with Photoshop?s paintbrushes and other tools
Get your colors right, in both print and web applications
Transform your images using tools ranging from Flip and Warp to Liquify
Master professional-level features including layers, channels, and masks
Create outstanding typographic special effects
Prepare great web images for everything from online photo galleries to cellphones
Save time and get better results with Photoshop CS4?s latest enhancements
Kate Binder is a design and graphics expert who works from her home in New Hampshire. She has written articles on graphics, publishing, and photography for magazines including Shutterbug, Publish, eDigitalPhoto, PEI, and Desktop Publishers Journal. Kate is also the author of several books, including iMac Portable Genius, Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 in 24 Hours, Easy Mac OS X Leopard, The Complete Idiot?s Guide to Mac OS X, and Easy Adobe Photoshop 7.
Category: Graphics
Covers: Adobe (R) Photoshop (R) CS4
User Level: Beginning?Intermediate
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Höhe: 231 mm
Breite: 191 mm
Dicke: 36 mm
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978-0-672-33042-1 (9780672330421)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Kate Binder is a graphics expert who works from her home in New Hampshire, doing design and production for books, magazines, e-books, and websites. She is the author of several books, including iMac Portable Genius (Wiley, 2008), Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 in 24 Hours (Sams, 2008), Easy Mac OS X Leopard (Que, 2007), and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Mac OS X (Alpha, 2001). She is the coauthor of several more books, including Microsoft Office: Mac v.X Inside Out (Microsoft Press, 2002), SVG for Designers (McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media, 2002), and Get Creative: The Digital Photo Idea Book (McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media, 2003). To those interested in a successful career as a designer, photographer, or computer book writer, Kate recommends acquiring several retired racing greyhounds (find out more at www.adopt-a-greyhound.org); she finds her own pack of greyhounds extraordinarily inspirational. Kate can be reached via her website at www.prospecthillpub.com.
Introduction
Downloading the Book's Source Images
Conventions Used in This Book
PART I: Getting Started
HOUR 1: Exploring Photoshop Basics
Finding Your Way Around
What's on the Menus?
Setting Preferences
HOUR 2: Opening and Saving Files
Working with Files
Saving Your Work
Undoing and Redoing
Using Version Cue
HOUR 3: Making Selections
The Selection Tools
The Select Menu
Selecting Large Areas
Advanced Selection Techniques
Cutting and Copying
Cropping
HOUR 4: Specifying Color Modes andColor Models
Color Models
From Models to Modes
Color Bit Depth and Why It Matters
HOUR 5: Adjusting Brightness and Color
Evaluating Your Color Adjustment Needs
Adjusting by Eye with Variations
Making Other Adjustments
Preserving the Original with Adjustment Layers
Understanding Color Channels
Making Spot Fixes
Converting Color to Black and White
HOUR 6: Choosing and Blending Colors
Foreground and Background Colors
Specifying Colors
Blending Modes
PART II: Painting with Pixels
HOUR 7: Drawing and Combining Shapes
Drawing and Editing Shapes
Combining and Editing Shapes
Creating Your Own Shapes
HOUR 8: Different Ways to Paint
Making the Most of Brushes
Using Other Painting Tools
Using the Focus Tools
HOUR 9: Advanced Painting Techniques
Simulating Different Media
Painting from Your History
Using a Pressure-Sensitive Tablet
PART III: Photoshop Power Tools
HOUR 10: Using Transformations
Resizing
Rotating
Flipping
Skewing, Distorting, and Changing Perspective
Using Free Transform
Warping and Liquifying
HOUR 11: Creating Layered Images
Using the Layers Panel
Working with Multiple Layers
HOUR 12: Using Masks
Applying Masks
Using Quick Mask
Working with Layer Masks
HOUR 13: Using Paths
Creating Paths
Editing Paths
Using Paths
PART IV: Fantastic Filters
HOUR 14: Getting Started with Filters
Using the Filter Gallery
Applying and Editing Smart Filters
Combining and Fading Filters
HOUR 15: Applying Filters to Improve Your Picture
Sharpen Filters
Blur Filters
Noise Filters
HOUR 16: Applying Filters to Turn Your Picture into Art
Artistic Filters
Brush Strokes Filters
Sketch Filters
HOUR 17: Applying Funky Filters
Distort Filters
Pixelate Filters
Stylize Filters
PART V: Using Text and Special Effects
HOUR 18: Adding Type to Pictures
Using the Type Tools
Setting Type
Creating Special Effects with Type
Checking Your Spelling
HOUR 19: Taking Advantage of a Few Useful Tricks
Creating Special Effects
Making Notes
Printing Contact Sheets
PART VI: Repairing and Enhancing Your Photos
HOUR 20: Creating Composite Images
Making One Picture from Two (or More)
Tricks to Make Compositing Easier
Putting the Pieces Together with Photomerge
HOUR 21: Repairing Black-and-White Photos
Easy Fixes
Cleaning Up a Picture, Step by Step
Applying Tints
Vignetting
HOUR 22: Repairing Color Photos
Color Retouching
Editing a Picture's Content
PART VII: Publishing Your Pictures
HOUR 23: Printing and Publishing Your Images
Choosing a Printer
Preparing the Image
Printing the Page
Picking the Paper
Placing Photoshop Images in Other Programs
HOUR 24: Going Online with Photoshop
File Formats and File Size
Web Tricks
Sharing Your Photos Online
Creating Images for Phones and More
APPENDIX A: Photoshop CS4 Panel Quick Reference
3D Panel
Actions Panel
Adjustments Panel
Animation Panel
Brushes Panel
Channels Panel
Character Panel
Clone Source Panel
Color Panel
Histogram Panel
History Panel
Info Panel
Layer Comps Panel
Layers Panel
Masks Panel
Measurement Log Panel
Navigator Panel
Notes Panel
Paragraph Panel
Paths Panel
Styles Panel
Swatches Panel
Tool Presets Panel
APPENDIX B: A Quick Walk on the Extended Side
Working in 3D and Video
Taking Measurements, Counting Objects, and Analyzing Data
Exploring New Frontiers
Index
