Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual - Brossura

King, Lesa Snider

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ISBN 10: 0596522967 ISBN 13: 9780596522964

Casa editrice: Oreilly & Associates Inc, 2008

Riassunto

Photoshop is the world's most widely used photo-editing and graphics program. But with all its fantastic new features and options, the CS4 version can bewilder even the most seasoned professional. That's where Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual comes in: packed with tips, tricks, and lots of practical advice, this visually rich four-color guidebook teaches you everything you need to know to edit photos and create beautiful documents in Photoshop.

Whether you're an absolute beginner or a power user ready to try some advanced techniques, author and graphics pro Lesa Snider King offers crystal-clear, jargon-free instructions to help you take advantage of these powerful tools -- not only how they work, but when you should use them. You'll quickly get up to speed on new CS4 features such as:

• Photoshop's completely revamped workspace
• Smoother image display and quick zoom, including the new pixel grid view
• New Masks and Adjustments panels
• The Vibrance adjustment layer
• Hand-painting adjustments and using graduated filters in Camera Raw
• Enhanced Adobe Bridge

And much more. You'll also find out which features work well, and which aren't worth your time. Written with the clarity, humor, and objective scrutiny that are hallmarks of the Missing Manual series, Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual is the friendly, thorough resource you need. Why settle for anything less?

"Lesa did a great job on the book, and in my mind, it is the new Photoshop Bible."-- Scott Kelby, Photoshop Insider

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L'autore:

Lesa Snider is on a mission to teach the world to create--and use!--better graphics. She's a stock photographer and chief evangelist for iStockphoto, founder of the creative tutorial site http://GraphicReporter.com, author of Photoshop: The Missing Manual (O'Reilly, 2008), Graphic Secrets for Business Professionals (http://Lynda.com), From Photo to Graphic Art, and Practical Photoshop Elements (http://KelbyTraining.com). She writes regularly for Macworld Magazine, the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, Elements Techniques, and Layers Magazine. Lesa is also a corporate trainer and teaches at many industry conferences including Photoshop World, Macworld Expo, Mac Mania Geek Cruises, and the esteemed Santa Fe Workshops. Since 2003, she has assisted New York Times technology columnist David Pogue's with many projects, including his Missing Manual book series and NYT videos. You can catch her Graphics Tip of the Week live each Wednesday night on the Your Mac Life internet radio show, which she also co-hosts.

Contenuti:

Foreword; The Missing Credits; About the Author; About the Creative Team; Acknowledgements; Introduction; What's New in Photoshop CS4; About This Book; Part I: The Basics; Chapter 1: Photoshop CS4 Guided Tour; 1.1 Meet the Application Frame; 1.2 Working with Panels; 1.3 The Power of Undo; 1.4 Tweaking Photoshop's Preferences; 1.5 The Preset Manager; Chapter 2: Opening, Viewing, and Saving Files; 2.1 Creating a New Document; 2.2 Saving Files; 2.3 Opening an Existing Document; 2.4 Changing Your Image View; 2.5 Arranging Open Images; 2.6 Guides, Grids, and Rulers; Chapter 3: Layers: The Key to Nondestructive Editing; 3.1 Layer Basics; 3.2 Managing Layers; 3.3 Layer Blending; 3.4 Layer Masks: Digital Masking Tape; 3.5 Using Smart Objects; 3.6 Layer Styles; Chapter 4: Selections: Choosing What to Edit; 4.1 Selection Basics; 4.2 Selecting by Shape; 4.3 Selecting by Color; 4.4 Selecting Irregular Areas; 4.5 Modifying Selections; Chapter 5: Controlling Color with Channels; 5.1 How Color Works; 5.2 The Channels Panel and You; 5.3 Meet the Color Channels; 5.4 The Mighty Alpha Channel; 5.5 Basic Channel Stunts; Part II: Editing Images; Chapter 6: Cropping, Resizing, and Rotating; 6.1 Cropping Images; 6.2 Resizing Images; 6.3 The Content-Aware Scale Tool; 6.4 Rotating, Distorting, and Other Creative Madness; Chapter 7: Combining Images; 7.1 Cut It Out; 7.2 Pasting into a Selection; 7.3 Fading Images Together; 7.4 Layer Blend Modes; 7.5 Zapping Backgrounds with Blending Sliders; 7.6 The Apply Image Command; 7.7 Auto-Aligning Layers and Photomerge; 7.8 Auto-Blending Layers; 7.9 Cloning Between Documents; 7.10 Combining Vectors and Rasters; 7.11 Mapping One Image onto Another; Chapter 8: Draining, Changing, and Adding Color; 8.1 Draining Color; 8.2 Changing Color; 8.3 Adding Color; Chapter 9: Correcting Color and Lighting; 9.1 Quick Fixer-Uppers; 9.2 Correcting Images in Camera Raw; 9.3 Using Levels; 9.4 Working with Curves; 9.5 Making Colors Pop; 9.6 Rescuing the Unfixables; Chapter 10: The Beauty Salon: Photoshopping People; 10.1 The Great Healers; 10.2 Zapping Shines and Shadows; 10.3 Whitening Teeth; 10.4 Super Slimmers; 10.5 Skin Softeners; 10.6 Show-Stopping Eyes; Chapter 11: The Art of Sharpening; 11.1 What Is Sharpening?; 11.2 Basic Sharpening; 11.3 Advanced Sharpening Techniques; 11.4 Sharpening in Camera Raw; Part III: The Artistic Side of Photoshop; Chapter 12: Painting in Photoshop; 12.1 Color Theory: The Basics; 12.2 Selecting a Color Scheme; 12.3 Choosing Individual Colors; 12.4 (Re)Introducing the Brush Tool; 12.5 Customizing Brushes; 12.6 Defining a New Brush; 12.7 Installing New Brushes; Chapter 13: Drawing with the Vector Tools; 13.1 Photoshop's Drawing Modes; 13.2 Drawing Paths with the Pen Tool; 13.3 Saving Paths; 13.4 Drawing with the Shape Tools; 13.5 Editing Paths; 13.6 Making Selections and Masks with Paths; Chapter 14: Creating Artistic Text; 14.1 Typography 101; 14.2 Creating and Editing Text; 14.3 Formatting Text; 14.4 Special Text Effects; 14.5 More Typographic Resources; Chapter 15: The Wide World of Filters; 15.1 The Joy of Smart Filters; 15.2 A Filters Tour; Part IV: Printing and the Web; Chapter 16: Photoshop and Print; 16.1 The Challenge of WYSIWYG Printing; 16.2 Printer-Friendly Resizing and File Formats; 16.3 Printing on an Inkjet Printer; 16.4 Printing on a Commercial Offset Press; 16.5 Printing on a Digital Press; 16.6 Printing Several Images on a Page; 16.7 Recap: Stress-Free Printing Tips; Chapter 17: Photoshop and the Web; 17.1 Creating Web- and Email-Friendly Images; 17.2 Animating a GIF; 17.3 Designing a Web Site Favicon; 17.4 Creating Web Page Mockups and Image Maps; 17.5 Protecting Your Images Online; 17.6 Building Online Photo Galleries; Part V: Photoshop Power; Chapter 18: Working Smarter with Actions; 18.1 The Actions Panel; 18.2 Using Actions; 18.3 Managing Actions; 18.4 Creating Droplets; 18.5 Sharing Actions; Chapter 19: Beyond Photoshop: Plug-Ins; 19.1 Adding and Removing Plug-Ins; 19.2 Managing Plug-Ins; 19.3 Noise Reducers; 19.4 Making Selections and Masking; 19.5 Color Correction and Enhancement; 19.6 Miscellaneous Plug-ins; Part VI: Appendixes; Installing Photoshop; Check Your Setup; Running the Installer; Checking Your Version; Checking for Updates; Activating Photoshop; Troubleshooting and Getting Help; The Online Help Desk; When Good Tools Go Bad; Beyond This Book; Using Adobe Bridge; Browsing Your Photos; Importing and Managing Photos; Showing Off Your Work; Photoshop Menu by Menu; Photoshop; File; Edit; Image; Layer; Select; Filter; Analysis (Photoshop CS4 Extended Only); 3D (Photoshop CS4 Extended Only); View; Window; Help; Photoshop's Tools Panel; Move and Selection Tools; Retouching and Painting Tools; Drawing and Type Tools; 3D and View Tools; Foreground and Background Color Chips; Quick Mask Mode; Colophon;

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Oreilly & Associates Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0596522967
• ISBN 13: 9780596522964
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 776