| Description |
xxviii, 513 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Preface: How one-on-one works -- Lesson 1: Open And Organize -- What is photoshop? -- Opening an image -- Organizing and examining photos -- Using metadata -- Batch renaming -- Lesson 2: Highlights, Midtones, And Shadows -- Brightness, contrast, and levels -- Automatic image correction Adjusting brightness levels -- Correcting with curves -- Compensating for flash and backlighting -- Lesson 3: Correcting Color Balance -- What are hue and saturation? -- Fixing a color cast -- Tint and color -- Colorizing a grayscale image -- Correcting with camera raw -- Lesson 4: Making Selections -- Isolating an image element -- Selecting regions of continuous color -- Quick selection and refine edge -- Selecting an irregular image -- Drawing precise curves -- Lesson 5: Crop, Straighten, And Size -- Whole-image transformations -- Order in which we work -- Auto crop and straighten -- Straightening a crooked image -- Using rotate view with the crop tool -- Resizing an image -- Lesson 6: Paint, Edit, And Heal -- Essential eight, plus three -- Three editing styles -- Coloring scanned line art -- Adding fills and textures -- Improved editing tools -- Healing and patching -- Lesson 7: Creating And Applying Masks -- Seeing through photoshop's eyes -- Using the color range command -- Refining a selection with a with mask -- Working with the masks palette -- Defining a mask from scratch -- Putting the mask in play -- Lesson 8: Focus And Filters -- Subterfuge of sharpness -- Sharpening an image -- Gaussian blur and median -- Applying free-form distortions -- Lesson 9: Building Layered Compositions -- Benefits and penalties of layers -- How to manage layers -- Arranging and modifying layers -- Importing, transforming, and warping layers -- Masks, knockouts, and luminance blending -- Working with layer comps -- Aligning layers and blending photographs -- Content-aware scaling -- Lesson 10: Text And Shapes -- Vector-based duo -- Creating and formatting text -- Drawing and editing shapes -- Bending and warping type -- Lesson 11: Styles And Specialty Layers -- Amazing world of dynamic edits -- Layers attributes versus layers -- Adding layer effects -- Applying strokes and glows -- Simulating reflections with bevel and emboss -- Fixing problem effects -- Creating and modifying adjustment layers --Working with smart objects -- Nondestructive smart filters -- Lesson 12: Printing And Output -- Local printing versus commercial reproduction -- RGB versus CMYK -- Printing to an inkjet printer -- Preparing a CMYK file for commercial reproduction -- Packaging multiple images from the bridge -- Index |
| Summary |
From the Publisher: Master the fundamentals of Photoshop CS4 and then some with One-on-One, Deke McClelland's unique and effective learning system. Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One includes step-by-step tutorials, more than five hours of DVD-video demonstrations, and hands-on projects to help you improve your knowledge and hone your skills. Once you read about a particular technique, you can see how it's done first-hand in the video. The combination is uniquely effective. Whether you're new to Photoshop or a creative professional interested in the groundbreaking features of CS4, Deke's conversational style and carefully structured lessons guide you easily through the program's fundamental and advanced concepts and techniques. More than 850 full-color photos, diagrams, and screen shots illustrate every key step. With this book, you will: Learn at your own speed with 12 self-paced tutorials. Master Photoshop's workflow and file handling features. Try out techniques and best practices with engaging real-world projects. Discover how Bridge and Camera Raw can help you optimize digital photos. Create beautiful multilayered documents, including posters and flyers. Test your knowledge with multiple-choice quizzes in each chapter, and more. Written and produced by a Photoshop expert with well over 20 years of experience, Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One simulates a classroom environment that provides one-on-one attention as you proceed from lesson to lesson. You'll learn to use Photoshop faster, more creatively, and more efficiently than you thought possible |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Includes DVD |
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DVD-ROM System requirements: PC, 2Ghz or faster porcesor; Windows XP with service pack 2 or Windows Vista with service pack 1. MAC, Power PC G5, multicore Intel or better processor; Mac OS X v. 10.3.11 or later. Both platforms: Photoshop CS4, QuickTime 7.4.5 or later, 1GB RAM, 1.5GB free hard disk space, 16-bit color video setup capable of 1024 x 768 resolution, DVD-ROM drive (disc will not oerpate on set-top DVD player of CD-ROM drive) |
| SUBJECT |
Adobe Photoshop. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91104658
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| Subject |
Computer graphics.
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Photography -- Digital techniques.
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| Author |
Lynda.com (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780596521899 |
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0596521898 |
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