Adobe Photoshop 5.5 and Adobe Illustrator 8.0: Advanced Classroom in a Book

by Adobe Creative Team

• ISBN13: 9780201659009
• ISBN10: 020165900X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Pearson P T R

Summary

If you've already mastered the basics of Adobe Photoshop 5.5 and Adobe Illustrator 8.0, then you're ready to move on to more challenging features and effects. Adobe Photoshop 5.5 and Illustrator 8.0 Advanced Classroom in a Book is full of exercises that incorporate advanced typography, image compositing, painting, and image-correction techniques. Not only does the book teach you how to use Photoshop and Illustrator for complex tasks such as gradients and masks, it also tells you when to use which program.Adobe's training experts created the book's self-paced lessons, which lead you through advanced projects that will sharpen your print, Web, and multimedia skills. The cross-platform CD that comes with it contains all the files you need to complete the lessons and provides hands-on experience in working with Photoshop and Illustrator at the professional level.

Table of Contents

Introduction
About Advanced Classroom in a Book	1	(1)
Copying the Advanced Classroom in a Book files	2	(1)
Restoring default preferences	3	(2)
Additional resources	5	(1)
Other learning resources	6	(4)
Preparing Images for Print or Web
Getting started	10	(1)
Basic image editing for both print and Web images	11	(6)
Preparing an image for print	17	(5)
Preparing an image for the Web	22	(14)
Shading and Blending
Choosing Illustrator versus Photoshop	36	(1)
Getting started	37	(1)
Shading and blending in Photoshop	38	(17)
Shading and blending in Illustrator	55	(11)
Acquiring Digital Images
General tips for acquiring images	66	(6)
Acquiring images via flatbed scanning	72	(10)
Acquiring digital photography	82	(4)
Acquiring Photo CD images	86	(5)
Acquiring elements from the Web	91	(5)
Capturing screens	96	(4)
Acquiring frames from video	100	(1)
About digital and analog-digital video files	100	(1)
General video issues affecting graphics	101	(1)
Acquiring frames from analog video	102	(5)
Acquiring frames from digital video	107	(9)
Advanced Masking
Getting started	116	(1)
Masking in Illustrator	117	(1)
Using the Pathfinder palette to cut away sections	117	(2)
Using compound paths with masks	119	(3)
Creating a compound mask	122	(1)
Putting the four quadrants together	123	(2)
Creating masks with the pen tool	125	(2)
Masking in Photoshop	127	(1)
Getting started	128	(1)
Extracting a mask	128	(3)
Masking with a path	131	(1)
Defringing a selection	132	(1)
Making a layer mask from a Color Range - selection	133	(2)
Using Quick Mask to fix the edges	135	(2)
Putting it all together with layers	137	(2)
Adding text and finishing the business card	139	(5)
Advanced Compositing
Getting started	144	(1)
Beginning the design	145	(1)
Using layer modes to blend	146	(2)
Setting the layer transparency display to white	148	(1)
Blending with layer masks	148	(3)
Using adjustment layers	151	(3)
Editing and managing masks	154	(3)
Importing a Photoshop image into Illustrator	157	(11)
Returning to Photoshop from Illustrator	168	(9)
Color Management and Distribution
Color management basics	177	(1)
Production workflow for a printed postcard	177	(1)
Getting started	178	(1)
Creating the postcard	178	(1)
Choosing an appropriate workspace in Photoshop	179	(7)
Editing the postcard image	186	(2)
Color-separating an image	188	(1)
Matching colors in different applications	188	(1)
Opening a file with an embedded profile	189	(1)
Color management in Adobe Illustrator	190	(3)
Finalizing the artwork in Illustrator	193	(3)
Matching color and assembling the artwork	196	(1)
Setting separation options	197	(2)
Preparing Illustrator graphics for use in other applications	199	(1)
Preparing Illustrator graphics for remote printing	199	(4)
Creating Web-based art	203	(5)
Optimizing Web-based art	208	(3)
Saving optimized images	211	(21)
Advanced Typography and Layout
Getting started	232	(1)
Setting up your document	233	(4)
Creating trim and fold marks	237	(3)
Defining bleeds	240	(3)
Applying a PANTONE color	243	(2)
Creating a tabbed price chart	245	(2)
Importing and styling text	247	(7)
Creating and applying a spot varnish	254	(1)
Printing tiled sections	255	(1)
Exploring on your own	256	(5)
Mastering the Pen Tool
About Bezier curves	261	(1)
Getting started	261	(2)
Drawing precise shapes	263	(6)
Adding color with the gradient mesh tool	269	(2)
Drawing natural shapes with the pen and pencil tools	271	(2)
Coloring the tulip with the pen tool and gradient mesh tool	273	(2)
Arranging your art in the Layers palette	275	(2)
Using the pen tool in Photoshop to create highlights	277	(1)
Transforming paths to add a shadow to the vase	278	(6)
Two-Color Print Projects
About channels	284	(1)
Getting started	285	(1)
Improving the image quality	286	(5)
Creating a duotone	291	(1)
Preparing to add a spot color	292	(1)
Adding a spot color	293	(1)
Adding definition to your colored object	294	(2)
Completing your poster in Illustrator	296	(5)
Preparing final files for printing	301	(1)
Making sure that two-color files print properly	302	(6)
Creating an Animated Web Ad Banner
Getting started	308	(1)
Setting up your document	309	(1)
Designing your banner	310	(4)
Specifying layers and exporting the artwork	314	(3)
Creating the animation and adding effects	317	(8)
Setting the animation's timing	325	(1)
Optimizing and exporting the banner	326	(3)
Exploring on your own	329	(6)
Animating With Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects
Getting started	335	(1)
Adding vector graphics to a raster image	335	(3)
Preparing Photoshop layers for animation	338	(9)
Making it move	347	(16)
Compressing the composition for video and the Web	363	(8)
Index	371	(8)
Project Designers	379