David Busch's Quick Snap Guide to Adobe Photoshop.com

✍ Scribed by Busch, David; Hilgraves, Rebekkah

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Year: 2008;2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 232
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Are you an avid, amateur photographer with a growing collection of digital images that you want to edit and share? "David Busch's Quick Snap Guide to Adobe Photoshop.com: An Instant Start-Up Manual for Editing and Sharing Your Photos Online" shows you how to maximize the easy-to-use but robust features and capabilities of Photoshop.com, the new web-based online image editor and manager. This book will guide you through the tips, tricks, and instruction you need to get started with Photoshop.com, which features an impressive set of tools that allow you to crop your images, improve their color and tones, and even add creative enhancements. All the basics, from creating an account, uploading your first photos, building your albums, and sharing them with friends and family are included, and each topic and concept introduced is condensed into a two- to four-page spread, illustrated with striking full-color photographs. You can easily locate the information you are looking for and quickly learn to use each tool following the step-by-step instructions. "David Busch's Quick Snap Guide to Adobe Photoshop.com" gives you everything you need to effectively perfect, organize, and share your photographs.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 16
Introduction......Page 17
1 Getting Started: Introduction to Editing with Photoshop.com......Page 20
Creating an Account......Page 21
Creating Your Photoshop.com ID......Page 22
Creating Your Personal Sharing URL......Page 23
Verifying Your Photoshop Express ID......Page 24
Signing In for the First Time......Page 25
Free Account vs. Subscription......Page 26
Parts of the Home Page......Page 27
Adjusting Account Settings......Page 29
Set Profile Image......Page 30
Deciding What Photos to Include......Page 31
Optimizing Your Available Capacity......Page 33
Browsing for Files......Page 34
Uploading to Your Library......Page 35
Creating an Album First......Page 37
Uploading to Your Newly Created Album......Page 38
Creating Album Groups......Page 39
Deleting an Image......Page 40
Deleting an Album......Page 41
Deleting an Album Group......Page 42
Downloading and Installing......Page 43
Logging into Photoshop.com Through the Uploader......Page 44
Adding Files and Creating Albums......Page 45
Signing Out of the Uploader......Page 46
Downloading from Photoshop.com......Page 47
Choose Your Device Type......Page 48
2 Your Photo Library......Page 50
Bottom Toolbar......Page 51
Viewing Your Library......Page 53
Viewing Most Recent......Page 55
Adjusting Thumbnail Size......Page 56
View......Page 57
Sort......Page 58
Sorting in Table View......Page 59
Moving Photos into an Album......Page 61
Album Cover......Page 62
Publishing Albums......Page 63
Sharing Albums......Page 64
Adding a Caption......Page 65
Adding and Understanding Tags......Page 66
Searching for Images......Page 67
3 Creating Your Gallery......Page 70
Parts of the Screen......Page 71
Bottom Toolbar......Page 72
Example Tag Lines......Page 73
Inserting a Tag Line......Page 74
Example Descriptions......Page 75
Inserting a Description......Page 76
Apply a Background Image......Page 77
Choosing Photos for Public Albums......Page 79
Making an Album Public......Page 80
Removing Albums from the Gallery......Page 81
Other Public Album Maintenance......Page 82
Sorting......Page 83
4 Create an Album Slideshow......Page 86
Top Toolbar......Page 87
Bottom Toolbar......Page 88
Duration......Page 89
Layout......Page 90
All about Captions and What They Have to Say......Page 91
How 3D Works and Looks......Page 93
Click to Enlarge......Page 95
Transition Mode......Page 96
Choosing Tracks......Page 97
5 Photoshop.com and Other Photo Sharing Sites......Page 100
Logging into Facebook......Page 101
Logging into Flickr......Page 102
Logging into Picasa......Page 103
Moving Photos from Facebook to Photoshop.com......Page 105
Moving Photos from Photoshop.com to Facebook......Page 106
Managing Multiple Copies and Locations......Page 107
Keeping Track of What’s Where......Page 108
Moving Photos from Flickr to Photoshop.com......Page 109
Moving Photos from Photoshop.com to Flickr......Page 110
Managing Multiple Copies and Locations......Page 111
Keeping Track of What’s Where......Page 112
Moving Photos from Photobucket to Photoshop.com......Page 113
Moving Photos from Photoshop.com to Photobucket......Page 114
Managing Multiple Files and Locations......Page 115
Keeping Track of What’s Where......Page 116
Moving Photos from Picasa to Photoshop.com......Page 117
Moving Photos from Photoshop.com to Picasa......Page 118
Managing Multiple Files and Locations......Page 119
Keeping Track of What’s Where......Page 120
6 Simple Photo Editing: Basics, Crop, and Rotate......Page 122
The Basics of Basic Photo Editing......Page 123
Crop & Rotate......Page 125
Resize......Page 127
Auto Correct......Page 128
Red-Eye Removal......Page 129
Saturation......Page 130
Parts of the Screen......Page 131
What Cropping Should Do for Your Photoshop.com Images......Page 133
Use the Cropping Tool......Page 134
Custom Crop......Page 136
What Rotating Should Do for Your Photos......Page 137
Rotating 90-Degrees Clockwise......Page 138
Straighten......Page 139
7 Simple Photo Editing: Resize, Auto Correct, Exposure......Page 142
What You See in the Resize View......Page 143
Using the Resizing Tool......Page 145
Resizing Examples......Page 147
Looking at Auto Correct Images......Page 149
Auto Correct Examples......Page 151
What You See in the Exposure View......Page 153
Looking at Exposure Images......Page 154
Exposure Examples......Page 155
8 Simple Photo Editing: Red-Eye Removal, Touchup, Saturation......Page 158
Where Does Red-Eye Come From?......Page 159
Zoom In on Those Eyes!......Page 161
Choosing Likely Candidates......Page 162
The Touchup Feature......Page 163
Using Touchup......Page 164
Touchup Examples, Before and After......Page 166
The Saturation Feature......Page 167
Working with Saturation......Page 168
Choosing a Saturation Image......Page 169
9 Advanced Photo Editing......Page 172
What Is White Balance, and Why Does It Matter?......Page 173
Full Auto......Page 176
Correct for Shady Conditions......Page 177
Correct for Flash Lighting......Page 179
How the White Balance Tool Works Best......Page 181
Highlight......Page 183
Choosing Images for Highlight Help......Page 184
Using Fill Light......Page 185
Fill Light Examples......Page 186
Using the Sharpen Tool......Page 187
Sharpen Examples......Page 189
Using the Soft Focus Tool......Page 191
Soft Focus Examples......Page 193
10 Advanced Photo Editing: Effects......Page 196
What You See in the Pop Color View......Page 197
Working with Pop Color......Page 198
Pop Color Examples......Page 200
What You See in the Hue View......Page 201
Working with Hue......Page 202
Hue Examples......Page 203
What You See in the Black & White View......Page 205
Working with Black & White......Page 206
Black & White Examples......Page 207
Working with Tint......Page 209
Tint Examples......Page 211
Working with Sketch......Page 213
Sketch Examples......Page 215
What You See in the Distort View......Page 217
Working with Distort......Page 218
Distort Examples......Page 219
E......Page 222
S......Page 223
Z......Page 224
C......Page 225
E......Page 226
K......Page 227
P......Page 228
S......Page 229
T......Page 230
Z......Page 231