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Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop 5 in 21 Days
(Publisher: Macmillan Computer Publishing)
Author(s): T. Michael Clark
ISBN: 0672313006
Publication Date: 06/25/98

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Introduction
How to Use This Book
About the Author

Week 1—At a Glance
Day 1—Introducing the Photoshop Interface
Getting Acquainted with the Interface
Menus
The Toolbox
Palettes
Shortcuts
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Quiz
Quiz Answers
Day 2—Customizing Photoshop Preferences
Setting Your Preferences
General Preferences
Saving Files
Display & Cursors
Transparency & Gamut
Units & Rulers
Guides & Grid
Plug-Ins & Scratch Disks
Memory & Image Cache
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Quiz
Quiz Answers
Day 3—Checking Out the New 5.0 Features
Color Management
The History Palette
The History Brush
Support for 16-Bit Channels
Layer Effects
New Tools
Type Layers
New Adjustments/Adjustment Layers
Spot Color Support
Improved Actions Scripting
3D Transform
File Format Additions
Transformation Improvements
Other New Features
User Interface Changes and Improvements
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Quiz
Quiz Answers
Day 4—Getting a Handle on File Types
File Formats
PSD
BMP
PCX
PICT
EPS
TIFF
JPEG
GIF
PDF
Comparing File Sizes
Other File Formats
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Quiz
Quiz Answers
Day 5—Importing Existing Images and Creating New Ones
Digital Cameras
Digital Camera Pros and Cons
Scanning
Hand Scanners
Flatbed Scanners
Scanning an Image
Importing Images from Other Programs
Creating New Images
Working with Digital Stock
What to Consider when Setting Up an Image for the First Time
Resizing an Image
Reducing Images
Enlarging Images
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Quiz
Quiz Answers
Day 6—Saving, Exporting, and Printing Images
Saving Your Artwork
Photoshop’s Save and Save As Options
The Save a Copy Option
Exporting Files
Exporting to the GIF Format
Export Plug-ins
Printing
Printing to a Personal Printer
Printing in Black and White
Printing in Color
Preparing Images for a Service Bureau
Four-Color Separations
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Quiz
Quiz Answers
Day 7—Calibrating Your System and Setting the Color Modes
Color Models
RGB
CMYK
Indexed
Grayscale
How the Color Models Work
Your Computer Screen
Color Depth
8-bit
16-bit
24-bit
32-bit
Color Palettes (or Color Lookup Tables)
Problems with Limited Palettes
Exact Palette
Adaptive Palette
Web Palette
Custom Palettes
How to Build or Select a Palette
The Importance of Palette Consistency
Do You Really Need to Calibrate Your System?
Calibrating Your Screen
Calibrating Your Printer
Controlling Color Profiles in Photoshop 5
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Quiz
Quiz Answers

Week 2—At a Glance
Day 8—Understanding the Editing Tools
The Toning Tools
The Dodge Tool
The Burn Tool
The Sponge Tool
The Focus Tools
The Smudge Tool
The Blur Tool
The Sharpen Tool
The Stamp Tools
The Rubber Stamp
The Pattern Stamp Tool
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Quiz
Quiz Answers
Day 9—Creating Selections and Defining Paths
The Marquee Tools
Defining a New Selection
Editing a Selection
Cropping an Image
The Lasso Tools
Modifying Selections
Adding to a Selection
Subtracting from Selections
Selection Menu Modifications
Feathering a Selection
Adding Borders to a Selection
Transforming a Selection
Loading and Saving Selections
The Magic Wand Tool
Selecting by Color Range
Creating Paths
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Quiz
Quiz Answers
Day 10—Painting with Fills, Patterns, and Gradients
Using the Paint Bucket Tool
Painting with a Pattern
Anti-aliasing
Aliasing
Is There a Solution to Chunky Edges?
Painting with Gradients
Editing (or Creating Your Own) Gradients
Using the Brushes
Using the Airbrush Tool
Using the Paintbrush Tool
Using the Pencil Tool
Using the Line Tool
Using the Eraser Tool
Creating Your Own Brushes
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Quiz
Quiz Answers
Day 11—Masking with Layer Masks and Quick Masks
Layer Masks
Creating Layer Masks
Quick Masks
Adjustment Layers
Workshop: Combining Masks and Adjustment Layers
Working with Precision Adjustment Layers
Making the Final Adjustments
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Quiz
Quiz Answers
Day 12—Working with Channels
What Is a Channel?
The Channels Palette
A Closer Look
Using a Channel to Create a Selection: Example I
Using a Channel to Create a Selection: Example II
Using Channels for Special Effects
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Quiz
Quiz Answers
Day 13—Layering Your Images
The Anatomy of the Layers Palette
Working with Layers
Using Layer Links to Your Advantage
Moving Layers Together
Transform Effects
Links Between Layers and Layer Masks
Layer Merging
Layering Modes
Normal
Dissolve
Multiply
Screen
Overlay
Soft Light
Hard Light
Color Dodge
Color Burn
Darken
Lighten
Difference
Exclusion
Hue
Saturation
Color
Luminosity
Using Layers to Create Special Effects
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Quiz
Quiz Answers
Day 14—Typing in Great Type Effects
Creating Text
Selecting and Editing Text
Photoshop’s Built-In Effects
Advanced Type Tricks
Leading, Kerning, and Tracking
Rotating Your Text
Importing Text from Other Programs
Importing Text from CorelDRAW
Importing Text from Illustrator
Textured Beveled Text
Creating Chrome Text
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Quiz
Quiz Answers

Week 3—At a Glance
Day 15—Applying Filter Effects
Built-in Filters Versus Add-on Filters
Working with Import and Export Filters
Artistic Filters
Brush Strokes
Distortion Filters
Combining Filters
Third-Party Plug-ins
Installing Third-Party Plug-ins
Auto F/X
Alien Skin
Kai’s Power Tools
Ulead
Digimarc
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Quiz
Quiz Answers
Day 16—Correcting the Color
Using Variations
Adjusting the Color Balance
Adjusting the Color Curves
Wrapping It Up
Testing Your Color Output
Making an Image Output Template
Preparing the Template for Output
Changing Your Monitor Profile
Changing the Image Output Template
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Quiz
Quiz Answers
Day 17—Retouching and Repairing Images
Evening Out the Brightness
Adjusting the Shadows, Gray Levels, and Highlights Using Levels
Cleaning the Dust & Scratches
Cleaning Up with the Unsharp Mask
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Quiz
Quiz Answers
Day 18—Saving Time with Actions
What Are Actions?
Understanding the Actions Palette
Running Built-in Actions
Installing Third-Party Actions
Creating Your Own Actions
Batch Processing with Actions
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Quiz
Quiz Answers
Day 19—Compositing Two or More Images into One
Collages and Montages—What’s the Difference?
Creating a Collage
Adding a Selection from the Second Photo
Smoothing the Selections
Adding Text to the Image
Creating a Montage
Adding Realism to the Montage
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Quiz
Quiz Answers
Day 20—Adding All Kinds of Special Effects
Creating a Wooden Texture
Creating Brushed Metal
Creating Brushed Metal Buttons
Creating Drop Shadows
Creating a Variation of the Drop Shadow
Creating Perspective (Cast) Shadows
Glowing Effects
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Quiz
Quiz Answers
Day 21—Preparing Your Art for the Web
Understanding Web File Formats
The JPG Format
Exporting GIFs
Some Common Web Graphic Techniques
Using Backgrounds
The Principles Behind Creating Seamless Tiles
Creating Seamless Tiles with Photoshop
Creating Web Page Counters
Creating Counter Digits with Photoshop
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Quiz
Quiz Answers
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Index


 

 

 
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