Photoshop CS3: Visual QuickPro Guide

Photoshop CS3: Visual QuickPro Guide

by Elaine Weinmann, Peter Lourekas
Released June 2008
Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
ISBN: 9780321579492

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Book description

This full-color Visual QuickPro Guide is a more advanced companion volume to the best-selling Photoshop CS3 Visual QuickStart Guide, from the same authors. This book takes the reader beyond the general and broad over view of Photoshop provided by the Visual QuickStart Guide, offering more focused tasks written in greater depth to help the reader master intermediate skills.  The Visual QuickPro Guide provides instructors with the more advanced tutorials that students need in order to master Photoshop, and which can prove to be a real time-saver for any teacher.

In the Visual QuickPro Guide, Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas cover many key areas in Photoshop that an intermediate user needs to know: a variety of methods for creating complex selections; specific steps to improve tone and color; in-depth tasks for retouching portraits; a closer look at combining images into composites; detailed steps for improving sharpening; creative use of tinting; applying fine art touches to an image; and steps for creative type treatments. Also included are sections on paths & shapes as well as actions, material best geared to intermediate readers.

Table of contents

  1. Copyright
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
    1. Why a “Pro” book on Photoshop?
    2. Is there a prerequisite to using this book?
    3. How this book is organized
      1. Chapter 1: Color Management
      2. Chapter 2: Bridge
      3. Chapter 3: Camera Raw
      4. Chapters 4 to 15: Photoshop
    4. The philosophy behind this Pro guide
    5. Our photos, or yours?
    6. You can have it your way
    7. Pep talk
  4. Register This Book!
  5. Instructors! Readers!
  6. Downloadable images
  7. 1. Color Management
    1. What is color management?
    2. Setting your camera to the Adobe RGB color space
    3. Calibrating your display
      1. Display types
      2. Understanding the calibration settings
      3. Buying a calibration device
    4. Choosing a color space for Photoshop
    5. Acquiring a printer profile
    6. Proofing a document onscreen
      1. Moving on
  8. 2. Using Bridge
    1. Downloading photos
    2. Taking a look at Adobe Bridge
      1. Features of the Bridge Window
    3. Choosing a workspace for Bridge
    4. Previewing thumbnails
    5. Rating and sorting thumbnails
    6. Using stacks
    7. Using Slideshow mode
    8. Opening files into Photoshop
    9. Developing a workflow for managing digital photos in Bridge
      1. Basic setup tasks
      2. A suggested workflow
    10. Working with metadata
    11. Searching for files
    12. Choosing preferences for Bridge
      1. General Preferences (Ctrl-K/Cmd-K) A
        1. Appearance
        2. Behavior
        3. Favorite Items
      2. Thumbnails Preferences B
        1. Performance and File Handling
        2. Details
      3. Playback Preferences
      4. Metadata Preferences
      5. Keywords Preferences
        1. Automatically Apply Parent Keywords
        2. Write, Read Hierarchical Keywords
      6. Labels Preferences
      7. File Type Associations Preferences
      8. Cache Preferences
      9. Inspector Preferences
      10. Startup Scripts Preferences
      11. Advanced Preferences
        1. Miscellaneous
        2. International
  9. 3. Camera Raw
    1. Why use Adobe Camera Raw?
    2. Choosing preferences for Camera Raw
    3. Opening files into Camera Raw
    4. The Camera Raw interface
    5. Choosing workflow options
    6. Cropping and straightening photos
    7. Correcting the white balance
      1. Adjusting the White Balance
    8. Correcting the exposure
      1. Correcting Underexposure
    9. Using the Tone Curve tab
    10. Reviving color
      1. Reviving Color in a Landscape
    11. Using the Detail tab
    12. Using the Split Toning tab
    13. Using the Lens Corrections tab
    14. Combining multiple exposures
    15. Retouching photos
    16. Using Camera Raw presets
    17. Processing multiple photos via Camera Raw
    18. Saving files via Camera Raw
    19. Working with photos as Smart Objects
      1. Scaling a Photo the Best Way
  10. 4. Using Photoshop
    1. Using the palettes
    2. Hiding and showing palettes
    3. Changing screen modes
    4. Tools on the Tools palette
    5. Changing the image size
      1. Changing the image size without resampling
      2. Changing the image size with resampling
    6. Choosing a file format
    7. Choosing a bits/channel mode
    8. Cropping an image
    9. Rotating an image
    10. Using the Layers palette
    11. Using fill and adjustment layers
    12. Choosing a mode for the History palette
    13. Making snapshots of history states
    14. Working with nonlinear histories
    15. Using presets
    16. Streamlining your workflow
      1. Keep your edits flexible
      2. Save, reuse, recycle
      3. Use context menus
      4. Keep a spare
      5. Keep a record
  11. 5. Selecting & Masking
    1. Choosing a selection method
      1. Select Irregularly Shaped Areas Based on Color or Tonal Values
      2. Select Straight-Edged or Geometric Areas
      3. Select Irregular Areas
      4. Create a Selection by Painting a Mask
      5. Create a Very Precise Selection
      6. Clean up or Modify a Selection
      7. Use Layer Masks
      8. Save Selections
    2. Using the Lasso tool
      1. Using a Feathered Lasso Selection for a Saturation Adjustment
    3. Using the Quick Selection Tool
      1. Using a Quick Selection to Isolate Part of a Layer
    4. Using the Magnetic Lasso tool
    5. Selecting complex shapes
    6. Using adjustment layer masks
    7. Selecting furry or feathered critters
    8. Creating a background for imagery
    9. Selecting hair in a portrait
    10. Using the Extract filter
    11. Moving imagery between files
    12. Using the Color Range command
      1. Selecting Highlight Areas for a Levels Adjustment
  12. 6. Color & Tonal Correction
    1. Using color samplers
    2. Using the Shadow/Highlight command
    3. Reducing noise
    4. Using the Curves command
    5. Increasing contrast by using the Curves command
    6. Neutralizing a color cast
      1. Fine-Tune a Color Correction Via Individual Channels in Curves
    7. Simulating a neutral density filter
    8. Dodging and burning
  13. 7. Retouching Portraits
    1. Correcting a color cast in a portrait
    2. Smoothing skin
    3. Creating a soft-focus portrait
    4. Making eyes look brighter
    5. Recoloring eyes
    6. Removing under-eye circles
    7. Changing lipstick color
      1. A Variation on Changing the Lipstick Color
    8. Lightening dark hair roots
    9. Using Liquify to trim or tighten
      1. Using Liquify to Tighten up a Chin
    10. Whitening teeth
    11. Removing blemishes
    12. “Curing” a sunburn
    13. Smoothing out small areas
  14. 8. Combining Images
    1. Tips for creating montages
    2. Aligning and blending shots of the same scene
      1. Using Auto-Blend Layers
    3. Erasing to an underlying layer
      1. Erasing Sky Behind Foliage
    4. Enlarging the canvas area
    5. Blending imagery via layer masks
    6. Using the Clone Source palette
      1. Adding Finishing Touches to a Montage
    7. Using the Vanishing Point filter
  15. 9. Sharpening
    1. Sharpening a whole image with the Unsharp Mask filter
      1. Suggested Unsharp Mask Filter Settings for Different Types of Images
      2. Sharpening Midtones with the Unsharp Mask Filter
    2. Enhancing details with the High Pass filter
    3. Sharpening areas selectively
    4. Using the Smart Sharpen filter
    5. Selecting edges for sharpening
    6. Sharpening edges
  16. 10. Tinting & Blending
    1. Layering gradients
    2. Lighting a background
    3. Desaturating colors selectively
    4. Tinting an image
      1. Another Image Tinted the Same Way
    5. Restoring color selectively
    6. Creating an infrared effect
      1. A Variation on the Infrared Effect
    7. Creating a duotone
      1. Choosing a file format for a duotone
  17. 11. Fine Art Media
    1. Creating brush tips from imagery
      1. Painting with a Brush Made from an Image
    2. Creating a sketch by using filters
      1. Creating a Line Art Sketch: A Variation on the Prior Exercise
    3. Simulating pastels
      1. Adding Line Work to the Pastel
    4. Turning a photo into a painting
    5. Creating a watercolor
      1. A Variation on the Watercolor Technique
  18. 12. Creative Type
    1. Tips for designing with type
    2. Using layer effects
      1. Using the Contour Option that’s Nested under the Bevel and Emboss Effect
    3. Using layer styles
    4. Applying layer effects to type
      1. Carving Letters in Stone
      2. Warping the Carved Letters
      3. Stamping Letters into Metal
      4. Making Type Look Like Rusted Metal
      5. Filling Type with a Rusted Metal Texture
      6. Embossing Leather
      7. Creating a Metallic Sheen Using Gradients
      8. Creating Metallic Type with Grommets
      9. Creating a Neon Sign
      10. Stamping a Product Name
    5. Applying filters and gradients to type
    6. Creating graffiti
      1. Making Drip Marks
    7. Corroding type
    8. Cutting up a rasterized type layer
      1. Putting Sections of Rasterized Type on Separate Layers
    9. Transforming type to fit onto a perspective plane
    10. Putting screened-back type on a bar
  19. 13. Paths & Shapes
    1. Converting selections to paths
    2. Using the Pen tool
    3. Using the Freeform Pen tool
    4. Working with paths
    5. Reshaping paths
    6. Recoloring paths
    7. Converting paths to selections
    8. Creating vector masks
    9. Working with vector masks
    10. Using the shape tools
    11. Recoloring shape layers
    12. Saving shapes
    13. Using shapes to create pixel areas
    14. Rasterizing shape layers
  20. 14. Actions
    1. Features of the Actions palette
    2. Recording actions
    3. Playing actions
    4. Editing actions
    5. Deleting commands and actions
    6. Saving and loading actions sets
  21. 15. Output for Print & Web
    1. Preparing a file for print output
    2. Printing from Photoshop
    3. Preparing a file for commercial printing
    4. Exporting Photoshop files to Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator
      1. Photoshop to Adobe InDesign
      2. Photoshop to Adobe Illustrator
    5. Exporting a silhouetted image from Photoshop
    6. Saving files in the TIFF format
    7. Saving files in the Adobe PDF format
    8. Saving files in the EPS format
    9. Optimizing files for the Web
      1. Image size
      2. File formats
    10. Previewing optimized files
    11. Optimizing files in the GIF format
    12. Optimizing files in the JPEG format
    13. Using the Adobe Media Gallery
    14. Using Zoomify

Product information

  • Title: Photoshop CS3: Visual QuickPro Guide
  • Author(s): Elaine Weinmann, Peter Lourekas
  • Release date: June 2008
  • Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
  • ISBN: 9780321579492