Master VISUALLY^TM Adobe« Photoshop«, Illustrator«, Premiere«, and AfterEffects«

by Michael S. Toot; Sherry Willard Kinkoph

• ISBN13: 9780764536687
• ISBN10: 0764536680
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Visual

Summary

Complete visual reference covering most used features of Photoshop, Illustrator, AfterEffects, and Premiere! Real-world design examples and hundreds of screenshots. Includes information about how to use Photoshop(r) - the world-class image editing software - to retouch, enhance, color-correct, and apply special effects, and take advantage of enhanced color management, an expanded Actions palette, and the ability to create editable vector shapes and text. Draw and edit detailed illustrations in Illustrator(r), with its versatile transparency capabilities, blending modes, powerful object and layer effects, editable text, and other innovative features. Use AfterEffects to efficiently produce motion graphics and visual effects for film, video, multimedia, and the Web. Finally, MV Adobe DV Collection shows readers how to use Premiere to edit digital video with new support for DV on the Windows platform and cross-platform support for all of the leading Web video formats.

Author Biography

<B>Michael Toot</B> is a Seattle-based consultant and author, writing about both desktop Web applications and middleware technology. Prior to consulting he was a senior program manager and senior product manager at Attachmate Corporation and Digital Equipment Corporation, developing enterprise middleware solutions for Fortune 2000 customers. Before working full-time in the computer industry he was a litigation defense attorney. When not writing books he can be found reading, renovating a 94-year-old home with his wife and two cats, or sailing on Puget Sound.

Table of Contents

I PHOTOSHOP.

1) Getting Started with Photoshop.

2) Working with Selections.

3) Working with Color.

4) Working with Layers.

5) Applying Filters.

6) Adding and Manipulating Type.

7) Saving and Printing Images.

II ILLUSTRATOR.

8) Getting Started w