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The Photoshop CS / CS2 Wow! Book

by: Dayton, Linnea; Gillespie, Cristen

The Photoshop CS / CS2 Wow! Book

by: Dayton, Linnea; Gillespie, Cristen

ISBN 13:
9780321213457
ISBN 10:
0321213459
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 10/12/2006
Publisher: Peachpit Press
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Summary

This inspirational tome unlocks all of Photoshop CSUs mysteries. Using full-color, professionally designed Photoshop projects, the text carefully lays out recipes that can be followed to reproduce the works shown in its pages. Includes a CD-ROM with project files and examples.

Welcome to The Photoshop CS/CS2 Wow! Book

(5)

Picture This. . .

Anchors Aweigh!

Don't Miss the Wow DVD-ROM!

Bon Voyage!

Installing Wow Styles, Patterns, Tools & Other Presets

What's New in Photoshop CS/CS2?

(728)

The Creative Suite

Improvements to File Management & Workflow

Especially for Photographers

Other New Features

What's New in ImageReady?

Fundamentals of Photoshop

(38)

How Photoshop Thinks

Working with Photoshop

Working Smart

Recovering from Mistakes

Keeping Photoshop Happy

Getting Some Practice

Anatomy of a Photoshop File

(2)

Exercising Smart Objects

(5)

Exercising Layer Styles

(4)

Gallery

(6)

Essential Photoshop Skills

(34)

Making Selections

Selecting by Color

Selecting by Shape

Selecting by Shape and Color

Modifying Selections

Saving & Loading Selections

Masking

Blending

Transforming & Warping

Understanding Resampling

Sizing Up or Sizing Down

Quick Masking & Blending

(5)

Alicia Buelow Applies Different Strokes

(1)

Gallery

(7)

Getting In, Going Fast & Getting Out

(62)

Scanning

Digital Cameras

Camera Raw

Stock Photography

Pressure-Sensitive Tablets

Acquiring Images from PDFs

Managing Files

Automating

Actions

Scripts

File Formats

Video

William White Conquers ``Pepper Grain''

(7)

Digital Infrared

100

(17)

Mark Wainer Works the Percentages

117

(11)

Exercising File Browser/Bridge

128

(6)

Creating an Action To Animate a Video Clip

134

(4)

Exercising Video: From Video to Web or Print

138

(3)

Exercising Video: From Photoshop to Video

141

(3)

Gallery

144

(6)

Color in Photoshop

150

(94)

Color Modes

Color Depth

Choosing or Specifying Colors

Applying Color

Assessing Color

Adjusting Color

Getting Consistent Color

Sharon Steuer Channels William Randolph Hearst

186

(1)

Exercising Gradients

187

(5)

Duotones

192

(4)

``Styling'' a Photo

196

(4)

Quick Tint Effects

200

(11)

Laurie Grace & Don Jolley Garner Complements

211

(1)

From Color to Black & White

212

(4)

Russell Brown Sees in Black & White

216

(1)

Memory Economy in 16-Bit Mode

217

(4)

Controlled Recoloring

221

(8)

Adding Spot Color

229

(5)

Gallery

234

(10)

Enhancing Photos

244

(114)

Cropping

Correcting for Camera Distortion

Adjusting Tone & Color

Retouching Photos

Noise Reduction

Sharpening

Repurposing Photos

``Framing'' with Masks

260

(4)

Quick Filtered Frames

264

(2)

Quick Tone & Color Adjustments

266

(9)

Deeanne Edwards Coaxes a Little More from the Ocean

275

(1)

Exercising Lens Correction

276

(3)

Compensating for Camera-Related Distortion

279

(5)

Using a Spin Blur

284

(1)

Focusing Attention on the Subject

285

(6)

Exercising Lens Blur

291

(3)

Quick Attention-Focusing Techniques

294

(8)

Fixing a Problem Photo

302

(5)

Softening a Portrait

307

(4)

Quick Cosmetic Changes

311

(6)

Quick Coverups

317

(3)

Rod Deutschmann Lets His Fingers Do the Blocking

320

(1)

Bringing Out Detail

321

(5)

Quick Ways To Bring Out Detail

326

(8)

Softening the Focus

334

(4)

Hand-Tinting a Black & White Photo

338

(6)

Cristen Gillespie Turns Day into Night

344

(2)

Spectacular Lens Flare

346

(1)

Gallery

347

(11)

Painting

358

(58)

Painting in Photoshop

The Painting Tools

Brush Control Options

Choosing, Editing & Creating Brush Tips & Tools

Using a Tablet & Stylus

The Artists' Cloning Tools

The Filling Tools

``Painting'' with Filters & Actions

``Post-Processing'' a Painting

Watercolor Over Ink

370

(5)

Cher Threinen-Pendarvis Picks Some Winners

375

(1)

Painting ``Wet on Wet''

376

(5)

Quick Brush Tips

381

(3)

Pattern Stamp Watercolors

384

(4)

Art History Lessons

388

(6)

Cher Threinen-Pendarvis Extracts Color & Form

394

(1)

Exercising Wow Painting Tools

395

(2)

Bert Monroy Does Neon

397

(1)

Quick ``Painting'' with Wow Actions

398

(3)

Turpentine or Photoshop?

401

(1)

Gallery

402

(14)

Type & Vector Graphics

416

(72)

Type

Drawing

Editing Shapes & Paths

Aligning Paths & Shape Layers

Transforming Paths

Stroking & Filling Paths

``Softening'' Vector Art

Using Photoshop with Adobe Illustrator

Photoshop & Page Layout Programs

Exercising Type Layers

447

(5)

Don Jolley Demos an Antique Technique

452

(2)

Quick Neon Type

454

(2)

Exercising Drawing Tools

456

(4)

Designing for Scalability & Animation

460

(7)

Organic Graphics

467

(4)

Quick Filter Treatments

471

(3)

Coloring Clip Art

474

(8)

Gallery

482

(6)

Special Effects for Type & Graphics

488

(86)

Working with Layer Styles

Understanding Styles

Layer Style Components

Overlays

Lighting in Layer Styles

Shadows & Glows

Satin

Stroke

Bevel and Emboss

Blending Options

Enhancing Layer Styles

A Logo in Clear Color

509

(4)

Anatomy of Clear Color

513

(4)

Rusted & Pitted

517

(5)

Anatomy of ``Bumpy''

522

(3)

Custom Chrome

525

(6)

Anatomy of ``Shiny''

531

(3)

Custom Glass

534

(3)

Anatomy of Bevels

537

(3)

Carving

540

(6)

Crafting a Neon Glow

546

(5)

Quick FX: Wow Actions

551

(4)

Quick Backgrounds & Textures

555

(7)

Quick Seamless Patterns

562

(4)

Gallery

566

(8)

Putting It All Together

574

(100)

Composition Methods

Choosing & Preparing Components

Fitting an Element to a Surface

Using Photomerge

Operating on Several Layers at Once

Layer Comps

Reordering Layers

Merging & Flattening

Exercising Vanishing Point

588

(7)

Katrin Eismann Gives New Meaning to the Word ``Composite''

595

(1)

Adding Type to an Image

596

(8)

``Photomerging'' a Panorama

604

(6)

Reflections

610

(1)

Applying an Image to a Textured Surface

611

(4)

Applying an Image with Liquify

615

(5)

``Warping'' Graphics to a Surface

620

(8)

Swapping a Background

628

(7)

Building a Layout with Masks & Clipping Groups

635

(8)

Many Versions from One Template

643

(7)

Gallery

650

(24)

The Web & Animation

674

(60)

The Basic Workflow

Static Images for Graphics

Animations

Interactivity for Web Pages

Making a Web Photo Gallery

Quick GIF Optimizing

693

(3)

Quick Tweening

696

(1)

Geno Andrews Animates a ``Shape Shift''

696

(5)

Animating with Actions

701

(4)

Animating with Layer Comps

705

(5)

Animating Frame-by-Frame

710

(6)

Quick Button Rollovers

716

(5)

Creating Remote Rollovers

721

(8)

Gallery

729

(5)

Appendixes

734

(42)

Appendix A: Filter Demos

735

(15)

Bert Monroy Inserts His Own ``Watermark''

750

(1)

Appendix B: Wow Layer Styles

751

(17)

Appendix C: Wow Patterns

768

(6)

Appendix D: Artists and Photographers

774

(2)

Index

776

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0321213459

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