bb-Advanced Photoshop CC for Design Professionals D by Smith, Jennifer -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Contents Starting up

About Advanced Adobe® Photoshop® CC Digital Classroom™ for Design Professionals Prerequisites

System requirements

Starting Adobe Photoshop CC

Windows Mac OS

Resetting Adobe Photoshop CC preferences

Steps to reset Adobe Photoshop CC preferences Steps to reset default settings, but keep color settings

A note about color warnings Loading lesson files Additional resources

On-demand video training from the authors Training from the Authors Additional Adobe Creative Cloud Books Seminars and conferences Resources for educators

Lesson 1: Introduction to Advanced Navigational Features

Starting up Speeding up your navigation process Navigational tips

Practice with Zooming controls Dynamic zooming and panning

Using the Navigator panel

Maximizing productivity with screen modes

Creating your own keyboard shortcuts

Using your new shortcut Saving and summarizing your keyboard shortcuts

Editing the menu items Using Photoshop Extras

Using rulers and guides Using the Grid Using the guides and grids to align text Turning off and on Extras

Customizing your panels

Finding the panels you want

Customizing workspaces Self study Review

Answers

Lesson 2: Taking Advantage of Adobe Bridge

Starting up

Why use Adobe Bridge Changing the view of Adobe Bridge

Workspaces Using folders in Adobe Bridge

Making a Favorite Stacking your images

Creating and locating metadata

Using keywords

Creating a Metadata Template Searching for files using Adobe Bridge

Setting up unique keywords Searching by name or keyword

Using the Filter panel Using Adobe Bridge for automation

Batch renaming your files

Saving time with the Image Processor Load Files into Photoshop Layers Correcting images right from Adobe Bridge Self study Review

Answers

Lesson 3: Advanced Selection Techniques

Starting up Review of the common selection tools

Rectangular Marquee tool Elliptical Marquee tool

Building a selection

Transforming your selection Saving your selection Transforming to create a second selection Combining your selections

Taking the Lasso tool to the max

Default Lasso tool Polygonal Lasso tool Magnetic Lasso tool Alternating between the Polygonal and regular Lasso tool Covering up a non-perfect selection

About the Quick Selection tool

Refining your selection

Going beyond the Magic Wand

Cleaning up your selection with Quick Mask

Self study Review

Answers

Lesson 4: The Pen Tool: Beyond the Primer

Starting up Practicing with the Pen tool

Creating controlled paths

About precision creation of Pen paths

Creating guides Beginning the Pen path Editing your arch Continuing the path

Practicing with an image Saving your path What you can do with a path Loading your path as a selection

Creating a vector mask of the gumball machine Using a Pen path to create a Smart filter selection Applying Unsharp mask to the selection

Stroking a Pen path

Defining a custom brush preset Editing your brush Applying your custom brush to the path

Saving the image for other applications

PNG-24 EPS, DCS 2.0

Self study Review

Answers

Lesson 5: Color Correcting like a Pro

Starting up Understanding color

Tools you will use

Using the Histogram panel Intentionally creating a bad Histogram reading

What images need to be color corrected?

Choosing your color settings

Importance of RGB vs. CMYK color modes Understanding Gamuts Working in the RGB mode Locating the white and black point Defining highlight and shadow

Adjusting the midtones Balancing the neutrals in an image Adding additional curve corrections

Adding more variation to your curve adjustment

Sharpening the image

Painting your filter on your image Adjusting the Blending of the filter

Self study Review

Answers

Lesson 6: Painting and Retouching

Starting up Content Painting tools Retouching an image

Repositioning the branch Creating a new layer from the selection

Adding an adjustment layer Adding a vector mask Retouching the frog’s nose Organizing your Layers panel Using the Clone Stamp tool Adding a vignette Self study Review

Answers

Lesson 7: Creating Compositions

Starting up Reviewing Smart Objects

Applying Smart Filters Adding a second image to the composition

Adding an image with the place feature

Masking a layer The Adaptive Wide Angle filter Using the Clone Stamp tool to copy a window Adding an additional building Blending the church

Removing some of the architecture

Blending the church using Adjustment Layers Final flourish

Using a color look-up table Self study Review

Answers

Lesson 8: Creating Special Effects

Starting up Using Oil Paint as a Smart Filter

Exploring Oil Paint options The power of Smart Filters Deleting a Smart Filter

Using Camera Raw as a Smart Filter Adding Layer Style effects Adding lighting effects

Adding interesting lighting effects Adjusting the lighting Adding sunlight effects Creating a Depth of Field effect

Adding text effects Adding Swash Characters Self study Review

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Lesson 9: Advanced Use of the Vector Tools

Starting up Taking advantage of vector objects in Photoshop CC Location of the vector tools Opening the image Starting with a vector shape

Adding a mask

Adding vector text

Converting your text to a path

Adding a stroke to the text Adding a drop shadow Using a custom shape Pasting vector objects from Illustrator Adding the Illustrator logo Saving your file for use outside of Photoshop Self Study Review

Answers

Lesson 10: Creating Images for the Web and Application Design

Starting up Optimizing graphics for on-screen presentation Resizing the image Adjusting the image size Applying the Unsharp Mask filter to an image Selecting the best image format

Choosing the right file format

Choosing the best file format for your image

Saving images as JPEGs Choosing the quality of a JPEG Previewing your image Creating a transparency effect in a JPEG image Saving your settings

Saving images as GIFs

Optimizing the GIF image

Using the color table

Adding a matte to a GIF Animating a GIF

Saving as a PNG Slicing an image

Viewing the completed file Creating slices Changing the attributes of the slices Saving slices out of Photoshop

Self study Review

Lesson 11: Zipping it up with Automation Tools

Starting up What is an action? Creating a simple action Creating your own action Adding an Image Size and a Save action Playing your action Editing your script to change settings Creating a Droplet Using a Droplet Using the Panorama feature in Photoshop Creating your own keyboard shortcuts Using actions in Button mode Self study Review

Answers

Lesson 12: Using Photoshop for 3D

Starting up Creating 3D objects

Creating primitives Extruding paths Extruding 3D text

Viewing and transforming 3D objects

Working with 3D camera tools Using the 3D object tools

Object appearances

Lighting Materials Changing the properties of the extruded text Rendering

Textures and painting

Adding texture to a 3D object Painting a 3D object

Using Photoshop 3D in production workflows

Working with custom meshes Downloading external 3D content

Self study Review

Answers

About the Authors Acknowledgments

Advanced Adobe® Photoshop® CC Digital Classroom™ for Design Professionals

Credits

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