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Overview
Photoshop CS5 is more amazing than ever, but it can be overwhelming if you're just getting started. This book makes learning Photoshop a breeze by explaining things in a conversational, friendly style -- with no technical jargon. After a thorough introduction to the program, you'll delve deep into Photoshop's secrets with expert tips and practical advice you can use every day.
- Learn your way around. Get a guided tour of Photoshop's efficient new workspace
- Unlock the power. Learn the best ways to use layers, channels, masks, paths, and more
- Bring images to life. Discover how to effectively retouch, resize, and recolor your photos
- Be artistic. Create beautiful illustrations and paintings, and use text effectively
- Share your work. Produce great-looking photos for print and the Web
- Work smarter and faster. Automate common chores and install plug-ins for complex tasks
- Get bonus online content. Find more great material on the Missing CD page
Written with the clarity, humor, and objective scrutiny, Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual is the friendly, thorough resource you need.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781449390570 |
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| Publisher: | O'Reilly Media, Incorporated |
| Publication date: | 05/13/2010 |
| Series: | Missing Manual Series |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 816 |
| File size: | 38 MB |
| Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
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Table of Contents
The Missing Credits; About the Author; About the Creative Team; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; What's New in Photoshop CS5; About This Book; Part One: The Basics; Chapter 1: Photoshop CS5 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 Two: 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 Auto-Aligning Layers and Photomerge; 7.7 Auto-Blending Layers; 7.8 Cloning Between Documents; 7.9 Combining Vectors and Rasters; 7.10 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 Creating High Dynamic Range Images; 9.6 Making Colors Pop; 9.7 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 Three: 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 Four: 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 Website Favicon; 17.4 Creating Web-Page Mockups and Image Maps; 17.5 Protecting Your Images Online; 17.6 Building Online Photo Galleries; Part Five: 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;