This full-color book is an essential guide to getting started with Adobe Photoshop. It''s packed with tutorials, illustrations, and practical exercises to help you make sense of this complex and powerful software.
You''ll start with the basics of Photoshop, including an overview of its myriad tools and other options. Next, you will learn about some of the common tasks that can be performed in Photoshop, such as how to touch up images and basic applications in photography. You''ll also be walked through how to leverage Photoshop for special and 3D effects. Each and every technique author Kevin Wilson presents is illustrated step-by-step using screenshots with concise, easy to follow text. Downloadable sample photoshop files and images are also provided, to help you work your way through the book.
Whether you are a graphic design student, a photographer, or just a keen computer user, this book will provide you with a firm grasp of the underpinni
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Getting Started with PhotoshopSub –Topics• Introduction• Downloading Photoshop• Opening a Blank Project• Using a Template or Mockup• Opening a Saved Project• Menus• The Toolbox & Options Bar Pen Tool Crop Tool Slice Tool Move Tool Marquee Tool Lasso Tool Quick Selection Tool Eraser Text Tool Retouch Tool Healing Tools Custom Shapes Pencils & Brushes Eye Dropper• Panels Opening & Closing Panels Layers Panel
Chapter 2: Common TasksSub – Topics:• Import Images• Change Image Size• Rotate an Image• Crop an Image• Content Aware Crop• Adjust an Image Hue and Saturation levels Shadows and Highlights• Free Transform Tool• Text Tool• Shapes• Brushes• Automated Actions• Batch Processing
Chapter 3: Touching up ImagesSub - Topics:• Burn Tool• Dodge Tool• Heal Tool• Spot Healing Tool• Content Aware Move Tool• Clone Stamp Tool• Magnetic Lasso Tool• Quick Selection Tool• Magic Wand
Chapter 4: Using LayersSub - Topics: • The Layers Concept• Create an Image Collage• Selection & Free Transform• Layer Styles• Add Text• Format Text• Smart Objects• Adjustment Layers• Auto-align Layers
Chapter 5: Special EffectsSub - Topics: • Filters• Radial Blur• Stylize Filters• Filter Gallery• Lighting Effects• Combining Photos
Chapter 6: 3D EffectsSub - Topics: • Creating 3D Objects 3D Postcard 3D Extrusion 3D Shape from Preset Add some 3D Text• Navigating 3D• Moving Around your Object• Inserting 3D Models• Build your Scene
Chapter 7: Photoshop for Photography Sub - Topics: • Import Photos• Camera RAW Reading a Histogram Adjusting a Photo Levelling Photos & Removing Lens Distortion
Chapter 8: Digital Images & Resolution Sub - Topics: • Image Types Bitmap Images Vector Images• Resolution Image Dimensions Image Resolution Image Compression
Common Image FormatsAppendixTool Cheat Sheet
