Book description
This bestselling guide from authors Elaine Weinmann and Peter
Lourekas has been the go-to tutorial and reference book for
photography/design professionals and the textbook of choice in
college classrooms for decades. This edition includes their
trademark features of clear, concise, step-by-step instructions;
hundreds of full-color images; screen captures of program features;
and supplemental tips and sidebars in every chapter.
New and updated Photoshop CC features are clearly marked with
bright red stars in both the table of contents and main
text.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
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1. Color Management
- Launching Photoshop
- Photoshop color
- Introduction to color management
- Calibrating your display
- Choosing a color space for Photoshop
- Synchronizing color settings among Adobe applications
- Customizing the color policies for Photoshop
- Installing and saving custom color settings
- Acquiring printer profiles
- Changing a document’s color profile
- 2. Creating Files
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3. Bridge
- Launching Adobe Bridge
- Downloading photos from a camera
- Features of the Bridge window
- Choosing a workspace for Bridge
- Previewing images in Bridge
- Opening files from Bridge into Photoshop
- Customizing the Bridge window
- Saving custom workspaces
- Resetting the Bridge workspaces
- Assigning keywords to files
- Rating and labeling thumbnails
- Rearranging and sorting thumbnails
- Filtering thumbnails
- Using thumbnail stacks
- Managing files using Bridge
- Searching for files
- Creating and using collections
- Exporting the Bridge cache
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4. Camera Raw
- Why use Camera Raw?
- Opening photos into Camera Raw
- The Camera Raw tools A
- Cropping and straightening photos
- Choosing default workflow options
- Using the Camera Raw tabs
- Using the Basic tab
- Using the Tone Curve tab
- Using the Detail tab
- Using the HSL/Grayscale tab
- Using the Adjustment Brush tool
- Using the Split Toning tab
- Using the Lens Corrections tab
- Using the Effects tab
- Using the Graduated Filter tool
- Using the Radial Filter tool
- Using the Spot Removal tool
- Saving and applying Camera Raw settings
- Synchronizing Camera Raw settings
- Converting, opening, and saving Camera Raw files
- 5. Workspaces
- 6. Panels and presets
- 7. Pixel Basics
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8. Layer Essentials
- Creating layers
- Selecting layers
- Restacking layers
- Creating layer groups
- Deleting layers and groups
- Hiding and showing layers
- Repositioning layer content
- Changing the layer opacity
- Using the lock options
- Choosing Layers panel options
- Filtering listings on the Layers panel
- Merging layers
- Flattening layers
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9. Selections & Masks
- Creating layer-based selections
- Using the Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee tools
- Using two of the lasso tools
- Deselecting and reselecting selections
- Deleting or filling a selection
- Moving a selection border
- Moving selection contents
- Using the Quick Selection tool
- Using the Magic Wand tool
- Inverting a selection
- Using the Color Range command
- Hiding and showing the selection border
- Creating a frame-shaped selection
- Selecting in-focus areas of a photo
- Saving and loading selections
- Refining selection edges
- Using Quick Masks
- Creating layer masks
- Editing masks
- Working with masks
- 10. History
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11. Using Color
- Choosing colors in Photoshop
- Using the Color Picker
- Choosing colors from a library
- Using the Color panel
- Using the Swatches panel
- Using the Eyedropper tool
- Copying colors as hexadecimals
- Choosing a blending mode
- Creating a Solid Color fill layer
- Creating a Gradient fill layer
- Creating and editing a gradient preset
- Using the Gradient tool
- Creating custom and scripted patterns
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12. Adjustments
- Creating adjustment layers
- Editing adjustment layer settings
- Saving adjustment presets
- Merging and deleting adjustment layers
- Editing an adjustment layer mask
- Using the Histogram panel
- Applying a Levels adjustment
- Applying a Brightness/Contrast adjustment
- Applying a Photo Filter adjustment
- Applying an auto correction
- Applying a Color Balance adjustment
- Applying a Hue/Saturation adjustment
- Applying a Vibrance adjustment
- Applying a Curves adjustment
- Applying a Black & White adjustment
- Tinting an image via a Gradient Map adjustment
- Applying the Merge to HDR Pro command
- Screening back a layer using Levels
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13. Combining Images
- Using the Clipboard
- Drag-copying a selection on a layer
- Drag-copying a selection or layer between files with the Move tool
- Drag-copying layers between files via the Layers panel
- Creating a layered document from file thumbnails
- Creating embedded Smart Objects
- Editing embedded Smart Objects
- Replacing an embedded or linked Smart Object
- Creating linked Smart Objects
- Working with linked Smart Objects
- Combining multiple “exposures”
- Fading the edge of a layer via a gradient in a layer mask
- Aligning and distributing layers
- Using the Clone Stamp tool and the Clone Source panel
- Using the Photomerge command
- Using Smart Guides, ruler guides, and the grid
- 14. Painting
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15. Retouching
- Using the Replace Color command
- Using the Color Replacement tool
- Whitening teeth or eyes
- Using the Red Eye tool
- Using the Healing Brush tool
- Using the Spot Healing Brush tool
- Healing areas with the Patch tool
- Smoothing skin and other surfaces
- Retouching by cloning
- Applying a Content-Aware fill
- Using the Content-Aware Move tool
- Removing an image element with the Patch tool
- 16. Refocusing
- 17. Fun with Layers
- 18. Filters
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19. Type
- Creating editable type
- Selecting type
- Recoloring type
- Changing the font family and font style
- Using Adobe Typekit
- Converting type
- Changing the font size
- Applying kerning and tracking
- Adjusting the leading
- Shifting type from the baseline
- Inserting special characters
- Applying paragraph settings
- Formatting type with paragraph and character styles
- Transforming the bounding box for paragraph type
- Screening back type
- Rasterizing a type layer
- Putting type in a spot color channel
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20. Layer Styles
- Layer effect essentials
- Applying a bevel or emboss effect
- Applying a shadow effect
- Applying the Stroke effect
- Applying the Gradient and Pattern Overlay effects
- Copying, moving, and removing layer effects
- Changing the layer fill percentage
- Applying layer styles
- Creating layer styles
- Applying multiple layer effects
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21. Vector Drawing
- Creating shape layers with a shape tool
- Changing the attributes of a shape layer
- Selecting shape layer paths
- Isolating a shape layer
- Working with multiple shapes
- Creating vector masks
- Working with vector masks
- Drawing with the Freeform Pen tool
- Saving, displaying, selecting, and repositioning paths
- Drawing with the Pen tool
- More ways to create paths and shapes
- Reshaping vector objects
- Working with paths
- 22. Actions
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23. Presentation
- Creating a vignette
- Adding an artistic border
- Creating a PDF presentation of images
- Creating and using layer comps
- Creating a PDF presentation of layer comps
- Importing video clips into Photoshop
- Adding video tracks to a timeline
- Changing the length, order, or speed of a clip
- Playing or reviewing a video
- Splitting a clip
- Adding transitions to video clips
- Adding still images to a video
- Adding title clips to a video
- Applying adjustment layers and filters to a video
- Keyframing
- Adding audio clips
- Rendering clips into a movie
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24. Preferences
- Opening the Preferences dialogs
- General Preferences (A, next page)
- Interface Preferences (A, next page)
- Sync Settings Preferences B
- File Handling Preferences (A, next page)
- Performance Preferences (A, next page)
- Cursors Preferences A
- Transparency & Gamut Preferences B
- Units & Rulers Preferences A
- Guides, Grid & Slices Preferences A
- Plug-ins Preferences (A, next page)
- Type Preferences B
- Experimental Features Preferences
- Preferences for Adobe Bridge
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25. Print & Export
- Proofing document colors onscreen
- Outputting a file to an inkjet printer
- Preparing a file for commercial printing
- Getting Photoshop files into Adobe InDesign and Illustrator
- Saving a file in the PDF format
- Saving a file in the TIFF format
- Saving multiple files in the JPEG, PSD, or TIFF format
- Generating image assets from Photoshop layers
- Using the Package command
- Appendix. Syncing Photoshop settings via the Creative Cloud
- Index
- Photography credits
Product information
- Title: Visual Quickstart Guide: Photoshop CC 2014 release
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2014
- Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
- ISBN: 9780133980608
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