Beginner's Guide to Adobe Photoshop, 3rd Edition

✍ Scribed by Michelle Perkins

• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 129
• Edition: 3rd
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Providing new Adobe Photoshop users with concise, practical information on this world-standard software, this book shows photographers how to manipulate photos for print media and the Web. Techniques show photographers how to avoid common mistakes and frustrations while creating high-quality, imaginative images, and each topic is broken down into short, easy-to-digest sections with clear, jargon-free discussions and plenty of examples. Topics covered include basic image editing, selection techniques, using layers, and creating original artwork. This edition contains all new images and screen shots, many of which are available for download from the publisher's website.

✦ Table of Contents

Thanks......Page 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 4
Introduction......Page 5
All About Resolution......Page 7
Digital Color Modes......Page 9
Image File Formats......Page 11
Opening Images......Page 15
The Work Area......Page 13
Working with Palettes......Page 17
Viewing Images......Page 19
Correcting Mistakes......Page 21
Changing Image Size......Page 23
Saving Images......Page 25
Getting Help......Page 27
Duplicate, Rotate......Page 29
Transformations......Page 31
Cropping......Page 33
Adjusting Color......Page 35
Automatic Corrections......Page 37
Brightness/Contrast......Page 39
Other Tools......Page 41
Evaluating Images......Page 43
Digital Color......Page 45
Eyedropper Tool......Page 47
Levels—The Basics......Page 49
Reading Histograms......Page 51
Adjusting Contrast......Page 53
Adjusting the Midtones......Page 55
Adjusting the Channels......Page 57
The Levels Eyedroppers......Page 59
Skin Tones......Page 61
Curves—The Basics......Page 63
Editing Curves......Page 65
Contrast and Channels......Page 67
Artistic Filters......Page 69
Brush Strokes and Sketch......Page 71
Blur and Distort......Page 73
Pixelate and Render......Page 75
Texture and Stylize......Page 77
Liquify......Page 79
Lens Correction......Page 81
Styles......Page 83
The Basics of Layers......Page 85
More about Layers......Page 87
Layer Styles......Page 89
Special Types of Layers......Page 91
Basics and Tools
......Page 93
More Selection Tools......Page 95
Modifying Selections......Page 97
Working with Selections......Page 99
Colors and Brushes......Page 101
Painting and Filling......Page 103
Text......Page 105
Blemishes, Red-Eye......Page 107
Sharpen or Soften......Page 109
Dodge and Burn......Page 111
Handcoloring......Page 113
Restoring an Image......Page 115
Compositing Images......Page 117
Web and Print Graphics......Page 119
Panoramic Images......Page 121
Images in Action......Page 123
Index......Page 125