Book description
The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn
Adobe® Photoshop® CC (2014 release)
Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on
software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training
program does–an official training series from Adobe Systems
Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product
experts.
Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book contains 14 lessons that
cover the basics, providing countless tips and techniques to help
you become more productive with the program. You can follow the
book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that
interest you.
In addition to learning the key elements of the Photoshop
interface, this completely revised CC (2014 release) edition covers
new features, including Generator, 3D printing, linked Smart
Objects, Blur Gallery, smarter Smart Guides, Perspective Warp, and
more.
Purchasing this book gives you access to the downloadable lesson
files you need to work through the projects in the book, and to
electronic book updates covering new features that Adobe releases
for Creative Cloud customers. For access, goto
www.peachpit.com/redeem and redeem the unique code provided inside
this book.
“The Classroom in a Book series is by far the best training
material on the market. Everything you need to master the software
is included: clear explanations of each lesson, step-by-step
instructions, and the project files for the students.”
Barbara Binder,
Adobe Certified Instructor
Rocky Mountain Training
Table of contents
- How to Get Your Lesson Files
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Getting Started
- 1. Getting to Know the Work Area
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2. Basic Photo Corrections
- Strategy for retouching
- Resolution and image size
- Opening a file with Adobe Bridge
- Straightening and cropping the image in Photoshop
- Adjusting the color and tone
- Using the Spot Healing Brush tool
- Applying a content-aware patch
- Repairing areas with the Clone Stamp tool
- Sharpening the image
- Review questions
- Review answers
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3. Working with Selections
- About selecting and selection tools
- Getting started
- Using the Quick Selection tool
- Moving a selected area
- Manipulating selections
- Using the Magic Wand tool
- Selecting with the lasso tools
- Rotating a selection
- Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso tool
- Selecting from a center point
- Resizing and copying a selection
- Cropping an image
- Review questions
- Review answers
- 4. Layer Basics
- 5. Quick Fixes
- 6. Masks and Channels
- 7. Typographic Design
- 8. Vector Drawing Techniques
- 9. Advanced Compositing
- 10. Painting with the Mixer Brush
- 11. Editing Video
- 12. Working with Camera Raw
- 13. Preparing Files for the Web
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14. Producing and Printing Consistent Color
- Preparing files for printing
- Getting started
- Performing a “zoom test”
- Identifying out-of-gamut colors
- Adjusting an image
- Converting an image to CMYK
- About color management
- Specifying color-management settings
- Proofing an image
- Saving the image as a CMYK EPS file
- Printing a CMYK image from Photoshop
- Review questions
- Review answers
- 15. Printing 3D Files
- Appendices
- Index
- Production Notes
Product information
- Title: Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book® (2014 release)
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2014
- Publisher(s): Adobe Press
- ISBN: 9780133924619
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