Photoshop 7

by Bause, D.; Karnes, S.

• ISBN13: 9781585071067
• ISBN10: 1585071064
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Data Becker

Summary

The Fast Bytes Photoshop visual reference guide provides easy to follow steps to mastering all the basic Photoshop techniques. From basic image editing to website publishing, you'll get numerous time saving tips to this very powerful graphical editing software. Learn how to edit images and photos quickly and easily through the many colorful examples. Experiment with color manipulations, collages, transparencies and layering. If you can imagine it, you can create it with the Photoshop reference guide.
-- Clear and concise instructions with full color examples
-- Create special effects with transparencies and layering
-- Image and photo editing

Table of Contents

A quick introduction to Photoshop 7	9	(16)
Loading and managing images	9	(4)
Optimizing the image size and quality	13	(4)
Trimming and straightening images	17	(3)
Removing red eyes	20	(5)
Professional graphic effects with just a few clicks!	25	(24)
From a boring holiday photo to a cool painting in 5 steps	25	(4)
Breaking a picture into blocks	29	(5)
Wind-blown hair	34	(3)
Looking through a pane of glass	37	(3)
Adding motion to an image	40	(2)
Distributing an image to several layers	42	(3)
A new background	45	(3)
Your picture as a puzzle	48	(1)
Computer make-up for skin imperfections, image scratches, and so forth	49	(14)
Image correction in a flash	49	(3)
Retouching zits, and so forth	52	(2)
Repairing an airplane by copying image areas	54	(2)
After separation: Tearing up the pictures is no longer necessary!	56	(3)
Restoring grandma's family photo	59	(4)
Playing with colors	63	(19)
Freshening up dull colors	63	(2)
Adjusting the color range in the histogram	65	(4)
Great effects through overlaying colors	69	(4)
From new to old	73	(3)
A challenge: Coloring picture elements differently	76	(6)
Light and shadow for your images	82	(12)
Brightening or darkening image areas manually	82	(2)
Adding artificial lens flare	84	(1)
Various lighting effects	85	(2)
Faking a sunset	87	(3)
Lights off, spot on!	90	(1)
Making objects and people glow	91	(3)
Groovy Texts	94	(15)
A text inside a photo	94	(4)
A photograph in a text	98	(3)
Letters made of glass	101	(2)
Burning text	103	(3)
Freezing effects	106	(3)
Some examples of photomontages	109	(10)
Mutation: Doggy looks for the master	109	(3)
Flight over the desert	112	(7)
Pictures for the Internet	119	(12)
Saving pictures for the Internet	119	(3)
Segmenting images into slices	122	(1)
Optimizing individual slices differently!	123	(3)
Defining transparent image areas	126	(2)
Web gallery	128	(3)
Buttons and menu bars	131	(9)
Creating a navigation bar	131	(4)
Switching from Photoshop to ImageReady	135	(1)
Defining rollover effects	136	(4)
Animated images	140	(16)
Creating a banner	140	(6)
Inserting and animating text	146	(3)
Sample animation: The duck is melting!	149	(2)
At a glance: A few helpful key combinations	151	(5)
Index	156