Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop CS2

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SAMS Teach Yourself Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 in 24 Hours
By Carla Rose, Kate Binder
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Publisher: Sams Publishing
Pub Date: May 13, 2005
Print ISBN: 0-672-32755-4
Pages: 528

Table of Contents | Index
Create works of art using your computer, Adobe Photoshop CS 2 and Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop CS 2 in 24 Hours. Learn the
basics of Photoshop with a minimum of jargon from market-leading author, Carla Rose. Her conversational, friendly approach will make
Photoshop seem less intimidating and more manageable to learn. With Carla's help, you will learn to: Select color modes Use
paintbrushes and art tools Use layers, masks and paths Use artistic filters Apply special effects to pictures Enhance and repair
photosMaster the world's leading image editing and manipulation tool with this accessible yet detailed, step-by-step tutorial.
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SAMS Teach Yourself Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 in 24 Hours
By Carla Rose, Kate Binder
...............................................
Publisher: Sams Publishing
Pub Date: May 13, 2005
Print ISBN: 0-672-32755-4
Pages: 528

Table of Contents | Index
Copyright
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
We Want to Hear from You!
Reader Services
Introduction
Conventions Used in This Book
Part I. Getting Started
Hour 1. The Basics
Finding Your Way Around
The Toolbox
Tool Options Bar
What's on the Menus?
Setting Preferences
Summary
Workshop
Hour 2. Opening and Saving
Working with Files
Saving Your Work
Undoing and Redoing
Summary
Workshop
Hour 3. Making Selections
The Selection Tools
The Selection Menu
Selecting Large Areas
Cutting and Copying
Cropping
Summary
Workshop
Hour 4. Transformations
Resizing
Rotating
Flipping
Selection Transformations
Warp and Liquify
Summary
Workshop
Hour 5. Color Modes and Color Models
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Color Models
The Modes and Models of Color
Color Bit Depth and Why It Matters
Summary
Workshop
Hour 6. Adjusting Color
Adjusting by Eye with Variations
Making Other Adjustments
Adjustment Layers
Understanding Channels
Summary
Workshop
Hour 7. Paintbrushes and Art Tools
The Brushes Menu
The Painting Tools
Summary
Workshop
Hour 8. Digital Painting
Foreground and Background Colors
Selecting Colors
Blending Modes
Summary
Workshop
Hour 9. Moving Paint
Smudges
Focus Tools
The Toning Tools
Summary
Workshop
Part II. More Tools and Tricks
Hour 10. Advanced Painting Techniques
Simulating Different Media
Summary
Workshop
Hour 11. Layers
Using the Layers Palette
Working with Multiple Layers
Summary
Workshop
Hour 12. Using Masks
Applying Masks
Using Quick Mask
Layer Masks
Summary
Workshop
Hour 13. Paths
Creating Paths
Editing Paths
Using Paths
Summary
Workshop
Part III. Fun with Filters
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Hour 14. Filters That Improve Your Picture
Sharpen Filters
Blur Filters
Fading Filters
Summary
Workshop
Hour 15. Filters to Make Your Picture Artistic
Artistic Filters
Brush Strokes
Sketch Filters
Summary
Workshop
Hour 16. Filters to Distort and Other Funky Effects
Distort Filters
Pixelate Filters
The Stylize Filter
Combining Filters
Summary
Workshop
Part IV. Text Effects and Getting Plugged In
Hour 17. Adding Type to Pictures
The Type Tools
Setting Type
Creating Drop Shadows
Cutting and Filling Type
Adding Glows
Creating Bevel and Emboss Effects
Warping Text
Setting Type on a Path
Checking Your Spelling
Summary
Workshop
Hour 18. Special Effects and Useful Tricks
Glows
Lighting Effects
Reflections
Extracting Selections
Notepad
Contact Sheets and Picture Packages
Working Efficiently
Summary
Workshop
Hour 19. Photoshop Plug-Ins and Add-Ons
Where to Get Plug-Ins
How to Install Plug-Ins
Alien Skin's Eye Candy
Kai's Power Tools
Auto FX Photo/Graphic Edges
Flaming Pear
Genuine Fractals
Andromeda
Digimarc
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Summary
Workshop
Part V. Photo Repair and Enhancement
Hour 20. Compositing
Image Sources
Making One Picture from Two
Realistic Composites
Replacing a Background
Composites from Nothing
Photomerge
Summary
Workshop
Hour 21. Photo RepairBlack and White
Easy Fixes
Using the Eyedropper
Using the Clone Stamp
Healing Brush and Patch Tools
Cleaning Up a Picture, Step by Step
Applying Tints
Vignetting
Summary
Workshop
Hour 22. Photo RepairColor
Color Retouching
Removing
Summary
Workshop
Part VI. Picture Publishing on Paper and Otherwise
Hour 23. Printing and Publishing
Choosing a Printer
Preparing to Print
Printing the Page
Preparing the Image
Picking the Paper
Placing Photoshop Images in Other Programs
Summary
Workshop
Hour 24. Photoshop for the Web
Jumping into ImageReady
File Formats and File Size
Preparing Backgrounds
Building Animations
Web Photo Gallery
Creating Slices
Preparing Text for the Web
Emailing Your Pictures
Making Pages Load Faster
Summary
Workshop
Part VII. Appendix
Appendix A. Photoshop CS2 Palette Quick Reference
Navigator Palette
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Info Palette
Histogram Palette
Color Palette
Swatches Palette
Styles Palette
History Palette
Actions Palette
Layers Palette
Channels Palette
Paths Palette
Character Palette
Paragraph Palette
Animation Palette
Brushes Palette
Layer Comps Palette
Tool Presets Palette
Index
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Copyright
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All rights reserved. No part of this book shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic,
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respect to the use of the information contained herein. Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the
publisher and author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. Nor is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of
the information contained herein.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2004097756
Printed in the United States of America
First Printing: May 2005
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Dedication
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About the Authors
Carla Rose started her photography career at the age of 8 with a Brownie Hawkeye. A graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine
Arts in Boston, she has been a TV news photographer and film editor, as well as an advertising copywriter and graphic artist, before
discovering the Macintosh. She has written all or part of about thirty computer books, including Maclopedia, Adobe InDesign for the Mac,
Sams Teach Yourself Digital Photography in 14 Days, Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop 4 in 14 Days, The Whole Mac, Managing the
Windows NT Server, PageMaker 6.5 Complete, Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop 4 in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop 5 in
24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop 5.5 in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop 6 in 24 Hours, Mac Online, The First Book
of Macintosh, The First Book of PageMaker 4 for Macintosh, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Mac, Turbocharge Your Mac, and Everything
You Ever Wanted to Know About the Mac. She is a contributing editor toP hotoshop User magazine and has also written for publications
ranging from the Atlantic Fisherman to Adobe Magazine to The New Yorker. She lives near Boston, with her husband, audio guru Jay
Rose, and three large, friendly cats. She welcomes e-mail addressed to [email protected].
Kate Binder is a graphics expert who works from her home in New Hampshire. She has written articles on design tools and techniques,
publishing workflows, and photography for magazines including Publish, PEI, and Desktop Publishers Journal. Kate is also the author of
several books, including The Complete Idiot's Guide to Mac OS X, Easy Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, and Easy Adobe Photoshop Elements 3,
and she is the coauthor of several more books, including Microsoft Office: Mac v.X Inside Out, SVG for Designers, and Get Creative: The
Digital Photo Idea Book. To those interested in a successful career as a designer, photographer, or computer book writer, Kate
recommends acquiring several retired racing greyhounds (find out more about www.adopt-a-greyhound.orgshe finds her four
greyhounds extraordinarily inspirational. Kate can be reached via her website at www.prospecthillpub.com.
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Acknowledgments
Thanks most of all to Carla Rose, who laid the strong foundation on which this book is built. I also owe a great deal to my friends at
Sams, especially Laura Norman, who just keeps coming back for more.