How to Use Adobe Photoshop 7, 3rd Edition

299 Pages·2002·26.77 MB·English

by  Daniel Giordan

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How to Use Adobe® Photoshop® 7 Acquisitions Editor
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Contents at a Glance
1 Getting Started with Photoshop 5
2 Optimizing Photoshop Projects 47
3 Selection Techniques 67
4 Converting Files 85
5 Working with Tone 105
6 Working with Color 121
7 Image Editing Basics 135
8 Drawing, Painting, and Filling with Color 149
9 Using Type 177
10 Using Paths 189
11 Working with Layers 203
12 Building Web Files 221
13 Special Effects 237
Glossary 263
Index 271
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Contents
1 4
Getting Started with Photoshop 5 Converting Files 85
Welcome to Photoshop and ImageReady 6 How to Save Files in Other Formats 86
How to Use the Toolbox 8 How to Optimize Color Files for Printing 90
How to Use the Menu Bars 10 How to Move Files from Mac to Windows 92
How to Use Photoshop and ImageReady How to Build GIF Files for the Web 94
Palettes 14
How to Optimize GIF Color Sets 96
How to Use the Photoshop Color Picker 16
How to Create a GIF Transparency 98
How to Select a Color 18
How to Build JPEG Files for the Web 100
How to Use Rulers, Grids, and Guides 20
How to Optimize Files with Variable
How to Specify Photoshop Color Models 22 Compression 102
5
How to Set Photoshop Preferences 28
105
Working with Tone
How to Set ImageReady Preferences 38
2 How to Measure and Compare Pixel Values 106
47
Optimizing Photoshop Projects How to Optimize the Tonal Range 108
How to Build a Contact Sheet 48 How to Improve Contrast with Curves 110
How to Use the File Browser 50 How to Use the Dodge, Burn, and Sponge
Tools 112
How to Use Multiple Views 52
How to Sharpen Images 114
How to Annotate Files with Text and Audio 54
How to Use Blur to Sharpen 116
How to Undo with the History Palette 56
How to Convert Images to Grayscale 118
How to Create Custom Tool Presets 58
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How to Use the Preset Actions 60 121
Working with Color
How to Create Custom Actions 62
How to Work with Color Variations 122
How to Set Up Batch Processing Options 64
How to Make Global Color Corrections 124
3
67 How to Correct a Range of Colors 126
Selection Techniques
How to Make Subtle Color Changes 128
How to Select Geometric Areas 68
How to Build Duotones for the Web 130
How to Use the Polygonal Lasso Tool 70
How to Build Duotones, Tritones, and Quadtones for
How to Select by Color Range 72
Print 132
How to Use Quick Mask 74 7
135
How to Select Areas Using Paths 76 Image Editing Basics
How to Modify Selections 78 How to Resize Images 136
How to Save and Load Selections 82 How to Add Canvas 138
How to Crop an Image 140
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How to Flip and Rotate an Image 142 11
203
Working with Layers
How to Silhouette an Image 144
How to Use the Heal Brush 146 How to Create and Move Layers 204
8 How to Link Layers 206
149
Drawing, Painting, and Filling with Color How to Group Layers 208
How to Paint an Image 150 How to Create Layer Sets 210
How to Erase an Image 152 How to Transform Layers 212
How to Erase a Background 154 How to Create Adjustment Layers 214
How to Use the History Brush 158 How to Add a Layer Mask 216
How to Use the Clone Stamp 160 How to Merge and Flatten Layers 218
How to Draw Graphic Shapes 162 12
221
Building Web Files
How to Build a Custom Brush 164
How to Fill with the Paint Bucket 168 How to Preview Files in Browsers and
Platforms 222
How to Use the Pattern Maker 170
How to Slice Images for the Web 224
How to Apply Gradients 172
How to Build Imagemaps 226
How to Create Custom Gradients 174
How to Build Filter-Based GIF Animations 228
9
177 How to Build JavaScript Rollovers 232
Using Type
How to Build a Web Gallery 234
How to Add Type to an Image 178
13
How to Create 3D Text 180
237
Special Effects
How to Create Typographic Style Sheets 182
How to Use Blending Modes 238
How to Build Filtered Text Effects 184
How to Build a Glow Effect with Stroke Path 240
How to Warp Text 186
How to Create Lighting Effects 242
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189 How to Apply a Radial Blur 244
Using Paths
How to Add Texture 246
How to Create a Straight-Edge Path 190
How to Add a Lens Flare 248
How to Create a Curved Path 192
How to Add Noise Texture 250
How to Edit a Path 194
How to Simulate Photo Grain 252
How to Convert a Path to a Selection 196
How to Distort an Image with Liquify 254
How to Stroke Paths 198
How to Create a Halftone Pattern 256
How to Create Clipping Paths 200
How to Apply a Ripple Effect 258
How to Brush In a Filter Effect 260
263
Glossary
271
Index
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About the Author
Daniel Giordanis an artist and designer who
works as the Design Director for AOL Web
Properties, coordinating the publishing designs for
online properties such as Netscape, CompuServe,
Mapquest, AIM, ICQ, and others. In addition to
this book, he has authored three other books on
Photoshop, including Using Photoshopand
Dynamic Photoshop.He has written other books
addressing subjects such as Dreamweaver, Kai’s
PowerTools, and general design subjects. Dan
writes a monthly column, “Giordan on
Photoshop,” for Digital Cameramagazine and is a
frequent contributor to Adobe Magazine.
With a master’s degree in fine arts, Dan also
paints and works with photography while
indulging an excessive interest in capturing every
moment of his son’s life on film.
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Acknowledgments Dedication
Where do I start here? So many thanks, so little This book is for Barb and Josh.
time….
Let me start by thanking everyone at Adobe for
building the software application most responsible
for the ongoing evolution and refinement in com-
puter graphics. Photoshop is the world’s most
popular design program, nothing else even comes
close.
I also want to thank Alice Martina Smith, Betsy
Brown, Elizabeth Finney, and the whole team of
editors and designers at Sams and Que Publishing.
When I start feeling like my part of the project is
overwhelming, I think about these people who are
juggling details and deadlines for up to 12 differ-
ent titles at a time—and all I have to worry about
is what’s on page 56.
Finally, I must thank God and my family for all
their support. Writing this book was a huge task
that consumed the overwhelming majority of my
time and attention. Even when I wasn’t writing, I
was thinking about content, solutions, and
upcoming deadlines. Although I’ve made every
effort to keep Barb and Josh in my sights, I’m sure
that my attention has slipped over the past few
weeks. Thank you, Barb, for putting up with the
schedule, my moods, and my absence. I thank God
every day for you and Josh, and I thank Him for
what He’s done for all of us.
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How to Use This Book
The Complete Visual Reference
Each part of this book consists of a series of short instructional tasks designed to help you understand the
information you need to get the most out of Photoshop.
Each task includes a series of
easy-to-understand steps
designed to guide you through
Click:Click the left mouse but-
the procedure.
ton once.
Double-click:Click the left
mouse button twice in rapid
succession.
Right-click:Click the right
mouse button once.
Selection:This circle highlights
the area that is discussed in the
step.
Keyboard:Type information or
data into the indicated loca- Each step is Extra hints that tell you
tion. fully illustrated how to accomplish a
to show you goal are provided in
how it looks most tasks.
onscreen.
Drag & Drop:Position the mouse
pointer over the object, click and
Drag hold the left mouse button, drag Screen elements (such as menus, icons,
the object to its new location, and windows, and so on), as well as things
release the mouse button. you enter or select, appear in boldface
Drop
type.
Continues
If you see this symbol, it means that the
task you’re in continues on the next
page.