Book description
Photoshop CS6 is truly amazing, but it can also be overwhelming if you’re just getting started. This book makes learning Photoshop a breeze by explaining things in a friendly, conversational style—without technical jargon. After a thorough introduction to the program, you’ll delve deep into Photoshop’s secrets with expert tips and practical advice you can use every day.
The important stuff you need to know:
- Learn your way around. Get a guided tour of Photoshop’s beautiful new workspace.
- Unlock the magic. Discover the most practical ways to use layers, channels, masks, paths, and other tools.
- Fine-tune your images. Learn techniques for cropping, retouching, and combining photos.
- Play with color. Drain, change, and add color; and create gorgeous black-and-whites and duotones.
- Be artistic. Create original illustrations and paintings, use text and filters effectively, and edit video clips.
- Share your work. Produce great-looking images for print and the Web.
- Work smarter and faster. Automate common chores and install plug-ins for complex tasks.
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Table of contents
- Photoshop CS6: The Missing Manual
- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- Foreword
- The Missing Credits
- Introduction
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One. The Basics
- 1. Photoshop CS6 Guided Tour
- 2. Opening, Viewing, and Saving Files
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3. Layers: The Key to Nondestructive Editing
- Layer Basics
- Managing Layers
- Layer Blending
- Layer Masks: Digital Masking Tape
- Using Smart Objects
- Layer Styles
- 4. Selections: Choosing What to Edit
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Two. Editing Images
- 5. Controlling Color with Channels
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6. Cropping, Resizing, and Rotating
- Cropping Images
- Resizing Images
- Content-Aware Scaling
- Rotating and Distorting
- 7. Combining Images
- 8. Draining, Changing, and Adding Color
- 9. Correcting Color and Lighting
- 10. Changing Reality: Removing and Repositioning
- 11. The Art of Sharpening
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Three. The Artistic Side of Photoshop
- 12. Painting in Photoshop
- 13. Drawing with the Vector Tools
- 14. Creating Artistic Text
- 15. The Wide World of Filters
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Four. Printing and the Web
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16. Photoshop and Print
- The Challenge of WYSIWYG Printing
- Resizing and Formatting Files
- Printing on an Inkjet Printer
- Printing on a Commercial Offset Press
- Printing on a Digital Press
- Printing Multiple Images
- Recap: Stress-Free Printing Tips
- 17. Photoshop and the Web
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16. Photoshop and Print
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Five. Photoshop Power
- 18. Working Smarter with Actions
- 19. Beyond Photoshop: Plug-Ins
- 20. Photoshop and Video
- 21. Using Adobe Bridge
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Photoshop CS6: The Missing Manual
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2012
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9781449316150
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