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Steve Romaniello
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Acknowledgments
Writing a book of this kind is by no means a solitary venture. It would have been impossible
to produce Photoshop 7 Savvy without the efforts and support of many friends who gave
freely of their time and expertise. First of all, thanks are owed to my agent, David Fugate at
Waterside Productions Inc., for representing me with integrity and finesse. Much gratitude to
the editorial and production team at Sybex: particularly acquisitions and development editor
Bonnie Bills, whose encouragement and drive kept me on track; Dennis Fitzgerald,
production editor, who carefully inventoried and organized the book's contents; and editors
Donna Crossman, Jim Compton, Brianne Agatep, Carol Henry, and Pete Gaughan, whose
ample experience helped me craft ideas and images into a real manuscript. My thanks to my
technical editor, Stephen Marsh, for his vast knowledge and insistence on precision and
attention to detail. I'm grateful to Amy Changar, Caryl Gorska, and Maureen Forys for their
aesthetic vision in designing this book and laying out its pages, and to Dan Mummert and
Kevin Ly for helping to compile the CD. I am extremely grateful to those who contributed
material to the book, including Photoshop masters Imo Baird, Rich Morgan, Ramona Pruitt,
and Cyndee Wing. All shared their experience and expertise in several of the chapters. Thanks
to Peter Bradshaw of ColorVision for providing calibration hardware and software. Thanks to
my artist friends-Liisa Phillips, who provided inspiration; Andrew Rush, Chris Mooney, and
my daughter Leah, who provided images for the book; and Seth Schindler and Carol Peterson
Beech, whose encouragement helped me through some tough moments. Thanks to all of my
colleagues at Pima Community College, but particularly Frank Pickard, Dennis Landry, and
Dave Wing, who provided continual moral support, and Mary Leffler, who provided technical
support. I also want to thank the many students I've taught over the years. I'm sure that I have
learned as much or more from them as they have from me. My gratitude to Adobe Systems
and the beta support team, who helped me leap over some of the hurdles by providing the
Windows and Macintosh beta versions of the software early in the process. Thanks to Image
Stock, Corel, PhotoDisk, ImageIdeas, and Eclectic Collections for providing images from
their CD libraries. And thanks to Alien Skin Software for providing the cool Eye Candy plug-
ins on the CD. Thanks especially to my wife Rebecca and daughter Leah for their unwavering
patience and support.
The Image Transformed
I introduced my last book, Mastering Photoshop 6, which this book is based upon, by
presenting a brief chronology of the development of photography and its importance to
modern culture. It has been 18 months since the release of Photoshop 6 and here I am again
looking for the words to describe a profound technological phenomenon.
The photographer has been the primary recorder of events since the early 19th century. A
photograph captures fleeting moments of time and commits them to film, paper, or pixels.
Photographic images have been altered for many reasons: to conceal or fabricate evidence, to
discredit or accuse, to promote a political agenda. Let's not forget that images have also been
altered for less sinister ends. Like the cosmetic surgeon, the airbrush artist routinely removed
unwanted wrinkles and hair, photos were optically enhanced in the darkroom in the process of
preparing them for publication, and of course, artists have found the photograph fertile ground
for fantasy and experimentation.
From the introduction of computer graphics in the 1960s and the evolution of imaging
software in the '70s and '80s, to the release of a powerful, personal, mainstream image-editing
package called Adobe Photoshop in the early '90s, the image has become a far more fluid
reality accessible to anyone with a personal computer. In Photoshop 7 Savvy, you will find
everything you need to know to use this powerful program to create and alter images for print,
multimedia, and the World Wide Web.
Photoshop 7 Savvy: Who Should Use This Book
The immense popularity of Adobe Photoshop is in part attributable to the fact that it enables
us to alter the reality of images. And who, after all, can resist the temptation to change the
nature of what we see? Photoshop 7 Savvy is for anyone who has ever unconsciously
scribbled a mustache on a face in a magazine while talking on the telephone. It's for those of
us who take photographs, draw, paint, and cut and paste pictures. It's for computer artists,
graphic designers, Web designers, and printers. It is intended to help master the software, at
whatever level you may be in the learning curve.
A Systematic, Comprehensive Approach
The focus of Photoshop 7 Savvy is to present a complete and organized guide to the tools and
operations of Adobe's amazing image-editing software. It is intended to offer descriptions,
explanations, and techniques that will make all aspects of the software more accessible and
familiar to you without oversimplifying or "dumbizing" the information. How you work in
Photoshop will be defined by your specific output goals. The book explores the basic concepts
that are fundamental to your understanding of the digital image. Each chapter contains
information to help you master the Photoshop skills you need. Most chapters contain step-by-
step modules, and are interspersed with Hands On projects, which will further enhance your
capabilities so that you can ultimately apply the techniques to your own images.
Photoshop is an enormous software package with the capability to perform almost any
imaging operation. When you consider the number of operations that Photoshop can execute,
and how they might be combined, the image-editing possibilities become infinite. Making this
information understandable and, above all, interesting to you, is the intent of Photoshop 7
Savvy.
How to Become Photoshop Savvy
The Master in the art of living makes little distinction between work and play, labor and
leisure, mind and body, education and recreation, love and religion. He simply pursues his
vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or
playing. To him he is always doing both.
-ZEN APHORISM
Becoming Photoshop savvy is more than learning where the tools and operations are and how
to use them. The real knowledge comes from being able to creatively apply what you know.
Although Photoshop is used by scientists and engineers for image manipulation and color
correction, the majority of end users are interested in expressing visual ideas. Photoshop gives
them the power to paint, color, synthesize, collage, composite, manipulate, and distort the
reality of their pictures and fulfill the potential of their artistic vision.
Photoshop is like all visual art forms, in that the best work is created with love, passion, focus,
and skill. The fundamentals of design, composition, and color apply to digital images just as
they do to traditional drawings, paintings, and graphics. The basic principles of design are
balance, proportion, unity, direction, and emphasis. Great images are balanced in that they
carry an appropriate weight within a given space. The viewer's eye can move from one
element to another with fluid ease. The proportional relations of elements create an optical
rhythm throughout the composition that the viewer can sense, which effectively
communicates the content of the image. The image is unified by a strong cohesive force that
holds it together. The eye moves in a determined direction and does not wander aimlessly
around looking for a place to rest. Elements are structured in a visual hierarchy, which
emphasizes them in the order of their importance. The mood, color scheme, and ambiance are
relevant to the content and message of the image.
Along with a cognizance of the importance of design, an innate sensitivity to the formal
elements of the image-color, light, shadow, form, and perspective-is imperative. The
knowledge of the potential and the limitations of the tools that are needed to produce the
desired results are also critical. Pay attention to the minutest of details with the realization that
the photographic image is relentless in its seamless portrayal of reality.
Finally, becoming Photoshop savvy means a commitment to the attainment of absolute
perfection, but also an awareness of its elusiveness. Each new project presents a fresh
opportunity to apply your knowledge, skills, and insights to the fulfillment of this exalted
goal.
Photoshop 7 Savvy takes the sting out of learning the program and makes the experience
pleasant and interesting. It will be your tour guide and point out some of the remarkable
landmarks and points of interest along the way, helping to make your journey absorbing and
entertaining. Of course, merely reading this book is not enough. You must work through the
step-by-step operations and Hands On tutorials until you understand the concepts, and then
apply what you've learned to your images. From time to time you will need specific questions
answered, and I hope Photoshop 7 Savvy will provide all the answers you need.
Making the Most of Photoshop 7 Savvy: What's Inside
New Photoshop 7 Savvy thoroughly covers the latest and greatest features in Photoshop 7-
from the File Browser to new tools and features to Web enhancements. Throughout the text
I've identified features that are new to Photoshop 7 with a "New" margin flag. If you're
familiar with previous versions of Photoshop and want to skim a topic for the latest changes,
look for this marker. Photoshop's new features and operations are also summarized in Chapter
2.
Note Photoshop 7 Savvy is for users on both the Mac and Windows platforms. Differences
between the Mac and Windows versions of Photoshop are slight. One obvious
difference is key commands, which vary in some cases due to differences between
keyboards for the two platforms. When keys differ, both are given, with the Mac key
first: (cid:97)/Ctrl, Option/Alt, Return/Enter, Delete/Backspace. When keys need to be
pressed in combination, they are separated by a hyphen. For example, (cid:97)/Ctrl-S
indicates that you should press (cid:97) and S (Mac) or Ctrl and S (Win).
The primary content of Photoshop 7 Savvy is distributed into several parts. There is also a
special color section that provides the material you need to see in color, as well as a
supporting CD-ROM containing the documents and images used in this book.
Part I: Photoshop Core
To put the phenomenon of Adobe Photoshop into a historical perspective, the introductory
chapter presents the artistic foundations and technical innovations that have led to its
emergence as the leading image-editing methodology in the world today. The sources are as
diverse as the Impressionist movement and the development of the World Wide Web. In
Chapter 2, I cover all of the new features that make version 7 a formidable upgrade.
The rest of Part I, which is by far the largest section of the book, explores the nuts and bolts of
Photoshop. The fundamentals of digital imaging are explained to provide insight as to how
Photoshop documents are created and structured. With this basic information under your belt,
you will gain a working, hands-on knowledge of Photoshop's core tools and operations,
knowledge enough to begin to apply them to real-world projects.
Part II: Photoshop Color
Part II presents techniques for managing and manipulating color. This is the section where
you will learn how to manage color throughout the entire imaging process to assure
predictable results. Part II also delves into tonal adjustment and color correction. A variety of
creative color-mapping and correction possibilities are explored, along with techniques for
image enhancement and photo retouching.
Part III: Photoshop Savvy
You'll really flex your Photoshop muscles in Part III. Featured are advanced techniques to
retouch photos, manage layers, make complex selections, apply creative enhancement filters,
superimpose images, and automate the program.
Part IV: Photoshop, WWW, and DV
The Internet, being a fundamental aspect of communication in the 21st century, deserves an
exclusive section of the book. Photoshop is universally used to create and edit images for the
Web. We will explore techniques for Web page design in Photoshop and methods for
optimizing and saving images for use on the Internet. You'll explore ImageReady, Adobe's
Web image-preparation software that is bundled with Photoshop, and you'll learn to create
spliced images, rollovers, and animations.
This part of the book also covers some of the aspects of digital video and the integration of
Photoshop images with nonlinear editing software like Adobe Premiere.
Hands On: Comprehensive Tutorials
Among the chapters, you'll find in-depth tutorials called "Hands On." In these sections you
get your hands dirty in complex, real-world projects that utilize a combination of the
techniques discussed in previous chapters. Follow along using the image files on the CD.
Appendices
The appendices provide a reference to Photoshop 7. They include a description of Photoshop
7's tools, file format information, explanations of blending modes, and a list of key
commands.
Glossary
The purpose of Photoshop 7 Savvy is to demystify the software and make it more user-
friendly and understandable to you. I have deliberately taken pains to avoid computerese
wherever possible; however, in many instances it is not possible to explain certain concepts
without using a specialized vocabulary. For this reason, I have included a comprehensive
glossary for common (and uncommon) terminology that you may not be familiar with or that
is needed to clarify a concept.
Color Material
The 32-page color section showcases color-oriented material from the chapters and Hands On
sections. When you see a figure numbered C12, for example, within a chapter or tutorial, turn
to the color section to see that image in full color.
The Photoshop 7 Savvy CD
The CD that accompanies this book features the images and documents used in the book's
step-by-step operations and Hands On sections. Images are contained within labeled folders
for each chapter or Hands On tutorial. The CD also contains demo versions of some powerful
Photoshop plug-ins.
On the CD Throughout the book, we've flagged the places where you can take advantage of
files on the CD. Look for the CD margin icon to quickly spot hands-on practice and
demonstration files.
How to Reach the Author
It gives me great pleasure to make the information I've gathered over the past 10 years
available to you. I truly hope that Photoshop 7 Savvy meets your needs and answers your
questions. When I coauthored Mastering Adobe GoLive 4 with Molly Holzschlag, and wrote
Mastering Photoshop 6 a year later, I was amazed at the incredible feedback for the book I
received from all over the world. I appreciate your comments and would like to hear from
you. You can reach me at www.sybex.com.
Steve Romaniello
Tucson, Arizona
About SYBEX
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company's president to this day. Dr. Zaks was involved in the ARPAnet and developed the
first published industrial application of a microcomputer system: an urban traffic control
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While lecturing on a variety of technical topics in the mid-1970s, Dr. Zaks realized there
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Over the years, Sybex has been an innovator in many fields of computer publishing,
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Now, in our third decade, we publish dozens of books each year on topics related to graphics,
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With each book, our goal remains the same: to provide clear, readable, skill-building
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About the Author
Steve Romaniello is an artist, educator, and writer. He began his career in graphics in 1980 as
a production artist and typesetter; soon he was promoted to designer and then art director. In
1982, he became a partner in Armory Park Design Group. Three years later he founded
Congress Street Design, a full-service design firm. In 1987, at the beginning of the digital
revolution in graphics technology, he purchased his first graphics computer. Romaniello
accepted a faculty position in 1990 in the Advertising Art program at Pima Community
College in Tucson, Arizona, with the intention of developing a state-of-the-art digital graphics
program. He served as chair of the renamed Communication Graphics department for eight
years.
Romaniello has developed curriculum and training materials for many of the mainstream
graphics programs, and has offered seminars at the Maine Photographic Workshops in
Rockport, Maine; the League for Innovation; and National Business Media. A certified
instructor in Adobe Photoshop and an authorized trainer in QuarkXPress, he currently teaches
digital art at Pima Community College. He is the coauthor of Mastering Adobe GoLive 4 and
the author of Mastering Photoshop 6, both published by Sybex. His column, "The Digital
Eye," appears monthly in Digital Graphics magazine. Romaniello is the founder of GlobalEye
Systems, a company that offers seminars and onsite training and consulting throughout the
country. He lives in Tucson, Arizona, with his wife Rebecca and daughter Leah.
Part I: Photoshop Core
Chapter List
Chapter 1: The Foundations of Photoshop
Chapter 2: What's New in Photoshop 7
Chapter 3: The Nature of the Beast
Chapter 4: Navigation: Know Where to Go
Chapter 5: Setting Up Photoshop
Chapter 6: Making Selections
Hands On 1: Making Selections
Chapter 7: Layering Your Image
Chapter 8: Working with Type
Hands On 2: Layers and Type
Chapter 9: Drawing Paths
Chapter 10: Creating and Applying Color
Chapter 11: Altered States: History
Hands On 3: Painting, Paths, and History
Chapter 12: Using Channels and Quick Mask
Hands On 4: Channels
Chapter 13: Sizing and Transforming Images
Chapter 14: Capturing Images
Part Overview
The first part of Photoshop 7 Savvy introduces you to the fundamental concepts of digital
imaging. You'll see how Photoshop and digital image manipulation fit into the evolution of
image technology. You'll explore Photoshop's newest features, its interface, and its logic and
organization.
Part I also covers the key techniques of selections, layers, painting, and transforming images.
You'll work with Photoshop's new paint engine, learn about digital color, and address
resolution issues. Three Hands On projects allow you to apply your new skills.
Chapter 1: The Foundations of Photoshop
Overview
