Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Studio Techniques

by Willmore, Ben

• ISBN13: 9780201716122
• ISBN10: 0201716127
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback w/CD
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Pearson P T R

Summary

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 type effects. Throughout the book, Willmore explains complex features and jargon in simple, understandable terms. The companion CD contains sample images to work with throughout each lesson, as well as demo plug-ins and software.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xiii
Part I Working Foundations
Tool and Palette Primer	3	(48)
Preparing Your Workspace	4	(5)
Working with Screen Modes	9	(3)
A Quick Tour of the Tools	12	(2)
Navigating Your Document	14	(3)
Picking Colors	17	(8)
Basic Editing Tools	25	(26)
Selection Primer	51	(40)
What Is a Selection?	52	(2)
Basic Selection Tools	54	(13)
Refining a Selection	67	(3)
The Select Menu	70	(11)
Quick Mask Mode	81	(10)
Layers Primer	91	(34)
How Do Layers Work?	92	(1)
Meeting the Layers	93	(9)
Leapin' Layers! More Tools and Toys	102	(15)
Done Playing Around?	117	(8)
Part II Production Essentials
Resolution Solutions	125	(20)
Scanning	127	(2)
Display Onscreen	129	(1)
Printed Images	130	(3)
Digital Cameras	133	(2)
Optimal Settings	135	(6)
Post-scan Adjustments	141	(1)
Scaling Images in Other Programs	142	(3)
Line Art Scanning	145	(18)
Avoiding the Jaggies	147	(2)
Straightening the Image	149	(1)
Improving Definition	149	(3)
Converting to Line Art	152	(4)
Minimizing File Size	156	(1)
Converting to Bitmap	157	(6)
Optimizing Grayscale Images	163	(22)
Levels Is the Solution	164	(5)
The Histogram Gives You Feedback	169	(1)
Improve Brightness	170	(1)
Setting Up Your Images for Final Output	171	(5)
A Quick Levels Recap	176	(1)
Post-adjustment Analysis	177	(1)
Sharpening	178	(7)
Understanding Curves	185	(24)
With Power Comes Complexity	188	(7)
Take Curves for a Test Drive	195	(9)
Input and Output Numbers	204	(5)
Color Correction	209	(38)
The Genesis of Color	210	(2)
The Digital Version of Color	212	(5)
RGB: Don't Leave Home Without It	217	(4)
Use Gray to Fix Color?!?	221	(2)
Professional Color Correction	223	(24)
Channels	247	(44)
Channels Are Worth the Pain!	248	(2)
Three Varieties of Channels	250	(2)
Navigating the Channels Palette	252	(1)
Understanding Color Channels	253	(8)
Understanding Spot Channels	261	(7)
Understanding Alpha Channels	268	(9)
Use Extract to Select Complex Objects	277	(14)
Part III Creative Explorations
Shadows	291	(20)
How to Think About Shadows	292	(1)
Four Shadow Types	293	(15)
RGB versus CMYK	308	(3)
Image Blending	311	(44)
Four Ways to Blend	312	(3)
Grouping Layers	315	(4)
Blending Sliders	319	(8)
Layer Masks	327	(15)
Layer Clipping Paths	342	(13)
Enhancement	355	(52)
Cooking With Pixels	356	(35)
Special Filter Effects	391	(4)
Painting with Filters	395	(3)
Liquify	398	(9)
Retouching	407	(22)
Rubber Stamp Tool	409	(7)
The Dodge and Burn Tools	416	(6)
The Sponge Tool	422	(1)
The Sharpen and Blur Tools	423	(6)
Type and Background Effects	429	(44)
6.0 Banishes Jaggy Text	430	(1)
Am I in a Page Layout Program?	431	(1)
Entering Text	432	(1)
Editing Text	432	(11)
Type Layers	443	(3)
Layer Effects	446	(3)
The Styles Palette	449	(1)
Photo-realistic Effects	450	(5)
Backgrounds & Textures	455	(6)
Repeating Patterns	461	(4)
Applying Dimension to a Photo	465	(8)
Part IV Web Graphics
Interface Design	473	(28)
Consistent Design Principles	474	(10)
Creating Interface Elements	484	(17)
Slicing and Rollovers	501	(14)
The Slice Tool	502	(4)
Creating Rollovers	506	(5)
Saving Your Image with Slices	511	(4)
Animation	515	(10)
Simple Animations	516	(4)
Text Warping	520	(1)
Other Text Transformations	520	(2)
Rollover Animations	522	(3)
Optimization	525	(18)
JPEG Compression	526	(2)
GIP Compression	528	(1)
Optimize in Photoshop or ImageReady?	529	(14)
And the Beat Goes On	543	(2)
Index	545