Photoshop CS Timesaving Techniques For Dummies
1st Edition
Published on 10. May 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
424 pages
978-0-7645-6782-7 (ISBN)
Description
* Veteran author Phyllis Davis provides readers with a comprehensive overview of Photoshop, the industry standard software package for image creation, correction, and enhancement
* Breaks topics into easily-understood, hands-on, insider techniques that give readers the most efficient means of completing a task
* Designed to encourage quick reading, with two-column format and multiple screen shots in each technique, plus an enticing thirty-two-page color insert
* Explores intermediate and advanced topics, ranging from creating custom brushes and painting to working with channels, correcting color and tone, using curves and levels, and applying advanced blending mode techniques
* Breaks topics into easily-understood, hands-on, insider techniques that give readers the most efficient means of completing a task
* Designed to encourage quick reading, with two-column format and multiple screen shots in each technique, plus an enticing thirty-two-page color insert
* Explores intermediate and advanced topics, ranging from creating custom brushes and painting to working with channels, correcting color and tone, using curves and levels, and applying advanced blending mode techniques
Reviews / Votes
"...offers a different perspective by looking at productivity boosters...the accessible tone means this book is unlikely to confuse..." (iCreate, No.12, 2004) "...Approachable guide...ideal if you want pointers without wading through blocks of text..." (PC Home, November 2004) "...ideal if you want pointers without wading through blocks of text" (Web Pages Made Easy, August 2004) "...well written, easy to follow... beginner to intermediate Photoshop users are sure to find something to learn." (PC Utilities, No 54, 2004) "...Davis does a sterling job of explaining many of the program's complex areas with style, panache...and simplistic writing style." (Digital Camera Buyer, No. 24, 2004)More details
Edition
1., Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Foster City
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Illustrations
Illustrations (some col.)
Dimensions
Height: 22.6 cm
Width: 20.3 cm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7645-6782-7 (9780764567827)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Phyllis Davis is a writer, graphics and Web designer, teacher, and software expert. She is the author of many well-known books about design software.
Content
Introduction.
Part I: Making Photoshop Work for You.
Technique 1: Organizing Image Files and Managing Projects.
Technique 2: Creating Custom Palette Groups and Workspaces.
Technique 3: Assigning Custom Keyboard Shortcuts.
Technique 4: The Last Word about Color Management.
Technique 5: Making Image Editing Easier.
Technique 6: Creating Your Own Tool Presets.
Technique 7: Moving Back in Time: Getting Rid of Mistakes.
Technique 8: Creating Actions.
Technique 9: Automating Photoshop Functions.
Part II: Getting Images Into and Out of Photoshop.
Technique 10: Importing Images Using a Scanner.
Technique 11: Getting Professional Results with the Camera Raw Format.
Technique 12: Using Tablets and Pressure-Sensitive Devices.
Technique 13: Printing to a Desktop Printer.
Technique 14: Getting Files Ready for Offset Printing.
Part III: Using Layers to Save Time, Protect Your Work, and Create Cool Images.
Technique 15: Working with and Organizing Layers.9
Technique 16: Getting to Know Layer Comps.
Technique17: Enhancing Images with Blending Modes.
Technique 18: Transforming Images, Layers, and Selections.
Technique 19: Going Transparent with Opacity and Fill.
Technique 20: Creating Great Effects with Layer Styles.
Technique 21: Recoloring with Fill Layers.
Technique 22: Working with Adjustment Layers.
Part IV: Painting and Coloring to Enhance Your Images.
Technique 23: Everything You Ever Needed to Know about Creating Brushes.
Technique 24: Creating a Painting by Using an Image.
Technique 25: Painting Back in Time.
Technique 26: The Big Color Swap Meet.
Technique 27: Recoloring with Gradients.
Technique 28: Creating Custom Patterns.
Technique 29: Filling and Painting with Patterns.
Part V: Restoring and Retouching Images for Quick, Beautiful Results.
Technique 30: Enhancing Tone and Color.
Technique 31: Be Your Own Plastic Surgeon.
Technique 32: Getting Rid of Red Eye.
Technique 33: Adding Professional Photo Filter Effects.
Technique 34: Creating Grayscale Images: Your Choices and the Results.
Technique 35: Coloring and Tinting Black and White Photographs.
Technique 36: Stitching Photos to Create Panoramas.
Part VI: Amazing Fast Filter Effects.
Technique 37: Accenting with Sharpening or Blurring.
Technique 38: Painting Watercolors with Filters.
Technique 39: Making Images Look Like Pressed Tin.
Technique 40: Creating Photo Silkscreens.
Technique 41: Sketching with Filters.
Technique 42: I've Been Framed!
Technique 43: Dunking Images in Liquid.
Part VII: Super Type Effects.
Technique 44: Shadow Type.
Technique 45: Knock-Out Type.
Technique 46: Pouring Liquid Metals.
Technique 47: Going Up in Flames.
Technique 48: Going Translucent: Clear Type and Jelly Type.
Part VIII: Transforming Images Using Channels and Masks (It's not as hard as you think!).
Technique 49: Working with Layer Masks.
Technique 50: Using Layer Masks to Create Fade Ins and Outs.
Technique 51: Grouping Layers into Clipping Masks.
Technique 52: Working with Channels.
Technique 53: Individual Channel Adjustments.
Technique 54: Mixing Color with Channels.
Part IX: Creating Flashy, Professional Web Graphics.
Technique 55: Getting to Know ImageReady.
Technique 56: Slicing Web Graphics.
Technique 57: Optimizing and Saving Images for the Web.
Technique 58: Creating Image Maps.
Technique 59: Making Your Graphics Rollover.
Technique 60: Making GIF Animations.
Technique 61: Creating Background Tiling for Web Pages.
Part X: The Scary (Or Fun) Stuff.
Technique 62: Installing Plug-Ins.
Technique 63: Enhancing Your Images with Auto FX Software.
Technique 64: Loading New Libraries.
Index.
Part I: Making Photoshop Work for You.
Technique 1: Organizing Image Files and Managing Projects.
Technique 2: Creating Custom Palette Groups and Workspaces.
Technique 3: Assigning Custom Keyboard Shortcuts.
Technique 4: The Last Word about Color Management.
Technique 5: Making Image Editing Easier.
Technique 6: Creating Your Own Tool Presets.
Technique 7: Moving Back in Time: Getting Rid of Mistakes.
Technique 8: Creating Actions.
Technique 9: Automating Photoshop Functions.
Part II: Getting Images Into and Out of Photoshop.
Technique 10: Importing Images Using a Scanner.
Technique 11: Getting Professional Results with the Camera Raw Format.
Technique 12: Using Tablets and Pressure-Sensitive Devices.
Technique 13: Printing to a Desktop Printer.
Technique 14: Getting Files Ready for Offset Printing.
Part III: Using Layers to Save Time, Protect Your Work, and Create Cool Images.
Technique 15: Working with and Organizing Layers.9
Technique 16: Getting to Know Layer Comps.
Technique17: Enhancing Images with Blending Modes.
Technique 18: Transforming Images, Layers, and Selections.
Technique 19: Going Transparent with Opacity and Fill.
Technique 20: Creating Great Effects with Layer Styles.
Technique 21: Recoloring with Fill Layers.
Technique 22: Working with Adjustment Layers.
Part IV: Painting and Coloring to Enhance Your Images.
Technique 23: Everything You Ever Needed to Know about Creating Brushes.
Technique 24: Creating a Painting by Using an Image.
Technique 25: Painting Back in Time.
Technique 26: The Big Color Swap Meet.
Technique 27: Recoloring with Gradients.
Technique 28: Creating Custom Patterns.
Technique 29: Filling and Painting with Patterns.
Part V: Restoring and Retouching Images for Quick, Beautiful Results.
Technique 30: Enhancing Tone and Color.
Technique 31: Be Your Own Plastic Surgeon.
Technique 32: Getting Rid of Red Eye.
Technique 33: Adding Professional Photo Filter Effects.
Technique 34: Creating Grayscale Images: Your Choices and the Results.
Technique 35: Coloring and Tinting Black and White Photographs.
Technique 36: Stitching Photos to Create Panoramas.
Part VI: Amazing Fast Filter Effects.
Technique 37: Accenting with Sharpening or Blurring.
Technique 38: Painting Watercolors with Filters.
Technique 39: Making Images Look Like Pressed Tin.
Technique 40: Creating Photo Silkscreens.
Technique 41: Sketching with Filters.
Technique 42: I've Been Framed!
Technique 43: Dunking Images in Liquid.
Part VII: Super Type Effects.
Technique 44: Shadow Type.
Technique 45: Knock-Out Type.
Technique 46: Pouring Liquid Metals.
Technique 47: Going Up in Flames.
Technique 48: Going Translucent: Clear Type and Jelly Type.
Part VIII: Transforming Images Using Channels and Masks (It's not as hard as you think!).
Technique 49: Working with Layer Masks.
Technique 50: Using Layer Masks to Create Fade Ins and Outs.
Technique 51: Grouping Layers into Clipping Masks.
Technique 52: Working with Channels.
Technique 53: Individual Channel Adjustments.
Technique 54: Mixing Color with Channels.
Part IX: Creating Flashy, Professional Web Graphics.
Technique 55: Getting to Know ImageReady.
Technique 56: Slicing Web Graphics.
Technique 57: Optimizing and Saving Images for the Web.
Technique 58: Creating Image Maps.
Technique 59: Making Your Graphics Rollover.
Technique 60: Making GIF Animations.
Technique 61: Creating Background Tiling for Web Pages.
Part X: The Scary (Or Fun) Stuff.
Technique 62: Installing Plug-Ins.
Technique 63: Enhancing Your Images with Auto FX Software.
Technique 64: Loading New Libraries.
Index.