Synopses & Reviews
Explore all the creative ways you can use Photoshop to enhance your images
Want to get the red out of a subject's eyes? How about restoring an old photo? Or adding text and shapes to an image? With this guide, you quickly find out how to do it all and get the most out of Photoshop. Each minibook shows you how to use the cool features that Photoshop has to offer so you can create stunning images and graphics.
Get your feet wet dive into the basics of Photoshop and become familiar with the desktop, menus, panels, and key tools
Create a work of art use the drawing and painting tools to make your images pop with gradients, patterns, text, and more
Blend it all create and edit layers; then enhance them by applying different blend modes, opacity settings, and styles
Put a mask on become a pro working with channels and masks and then take advantage of filters and distortions
Looking better than ever gain the skills to fix flaws and imperfections to improve your images
Open the book and find:
Steps for cropping an image and adjusting the size
How to make selections with the Marquee and Lasso tools
Tips on compositing with multiple layers
Ways to enhance images using blending modes
Filtering techniques to smooth defects and sharpen soft areas
Hints for repairing images with healing and toning tools
How to prep your graphics for printing
Techniques for creating and editing type
8 Books in 1
Photoshop Fundamentals
Image Essentials
Selections
Painting, Drawing, and Typing
Working with Layers
Channels and Masks
Filters and Distortions
Retouching, Restoring, and Printing
Synopsis
- What the book covers: Photoshop fundamentals, getting to know the tools panel, viewing and navigating images, customizing the workspace, specifying size and resolution, choosing color modes and file formats, using and managing color, creating actions, making selections, modifying and transforming selections and paths, painting and drawing with Photoshop, creating and editing type, creating and managing layers, playing with opacity and blend modes, getting jazzy with layer styles and clipping groups, working with smart objects, using channels, working with masks, making corrections with filters, distorting with the liquify command, making adjustments with levels and curves, repairing with focus and toning tools, fixing flaws and removing what’s not wanted, prepping graphics for print, using Photomerge and merge to HDR pro, creating contact sheets and picture packages, prepping graphics for the Web, and more. Includes both Windows and Mac coverage.
- Series features: Information presented in the straightforward but fun language that has defined the Dummies series for twenty years.
Synopsis
Everything you need to know about Photoshop CS6 packed into one For Dummies guidePhotoshop is the world’s most popular image editing software, with more than four million users worldwide. Professional photographers, graphic designers, and web designers as well as photo hobbyists need to learn the fundamentals and master the newest features of Photoshop CS6. This complete all-in-one reference makes it easy, with eight self-contained minibooks covering each aspect of Photoshop.
- Helps you familiarize yourself with the latest Photoshop tools and features and find your way around the desktop, menus, panels, and more
- This full-color guide includes eight self-contained minibooks: Photoshop Fundamentals; Image Essentials; Selections; Painting, Drawing, and Typing; Working with Layers; Channels and Masks; Filters and Distortions; Retouching, Restoring, and Printing
- Covers all the basics for beginners as well as advanced techniques, like managing color, modifying and transforming selections and paths, making corrections with filters, using the liquefy command, trying out Photomerge and merge to HDR pro, preparing graphics for print or the web, creating contact sheets and picture packages, and more
From Photoshop fundamentals to dynamic digital imaging techniques, Photoshop CS6 All-in-One For Dummies has your creative needs covered.
About the Author
Barbara Obermeier is principal of Obermeier Design, a graphic design studio in California specializing in print and web design. She is currently a faculty member in the School of Design at Brooks Institute.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1Book I: Photoshop Fundamentals 7
Chapter 1: Examining the Photoshop Environment 9
Chapter 2: Getting to Know the Tools Panel 27
Chapter 3: Starting, Finishing, and Getting It on Paper 41
Chapter 4: Viewing and Navigating Images 61
Chapter 5: Customizing Your Workspace and Preferences 101
Book II: Image Essentials 129
Chapter 1: Specifying Size and Resolution 131
Chapter 2: Choosing Color Modes and File Formats 151
Chapter 3: Using and Managing Color 177
Chapter 4: Time Travel — Undoing in Photoshop 207
Chapter 5: Creating Actions for Productivity and Fun 221
Book III: Selections 235
Chapter 1: Making Selections 237
Chapter 2: Creating and Working with Paths 257
Chapter 3: Modifying and Transforming Selections and Paths 281
Book IV: Painting, Drawing, and Typing 301
Chapter 1: Painting and Drawing with Photoshop 303
Chapter 2: Filling and Stroking 331
Chapter 3: Creating and Editing Type 349
Book V: Working with Layers 383
Chapter 1: Creating Layers 385
Chapter 2: Managing Layers 419
Chapter 3: Playing with Opacity and Blend Modes 439
Chapter 4: Getting Jazzy with Layer Styles and Clipping Groups 457
Book VI: Channels and Masks 493
Chapter 1: Using Channels 495
Chapter 2: Quick-and-Dirty Masking 513
Chapter 3: Getting Exact with Advanced Masking Techniques 527
Book VII: Filters and Distortions 547
Chapter 1: Making Corrections with Daily Filters 549
Chapter 2: Applying Filters for Special Occasions 575
Chapter 3: Distorting with the Liquify Command 603
Book VIII: Retouching, Restoring, and Printing 615
Chapter 1: Enhancing Images with Adjustments 617
Chapter 2: Repairing with Focus and Toning Tools 663
Chapter 3: Fixing Flaws and Removing What's Not Wanted 675
Chapter 4: Prepping Graphics for Print 699
Bonus Chapters On the Web
Bonus Chapter 1: Prepping Web Graphics BC1
Bonus Chapter 2: Slicing Web Images BC29
Bonus Chapter 3: Other Sources of Information BC43
Bonus Chapter 4: Using Photomerge and Merge to HDR Pro BC51
Index 715