Photoshop CS6 · The Missing Manual by Snider, Lesa -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Photoshop CS6: The Missing Manual Foreword The Missing Credits

About the Author About the Creative Team Acknowledgements

Introduction

What’s New in Photoshop CS6 About This Book

About the Outline For Photographers The Very Basics About→These→Arrows About MissingManuals.com Safari® Books Online

One. The Basics

1. Photoshop CS6 Guided Tour

Meet the Application Frame

The Almighty Options Bar Swapping Screen Modes Changing Photoshop’s Appearance

Working with Panels

Customizing Your Workspace The Tools Panel

Foreground and Background Color Chips

Common Panels

The Power of Undo

Changing How Far Back You Can Go Turning Back Time with the History Panel The History Brush Revert Command

Tweaking Photoshop’s Preferences

General Interface File Handling Performance Cursors Transparency and Gamut Units and Rulers Guides, Grid, and Slices Plug-ins Type

Working with Presets

Sharing Presets

2. Opening, Viewing, and Saving Files

Creating a New Document

Photoshop’s Ready-Made Documents Setting Size and Resolution Choosing a Color Mode Choosing a Background Advanced Options

Saving Your Custom Settings

Saving Files

File Formats

Opening an Existing Document

The Open Dialog Box Opening Files as Smart Objects Opening Recent Files Working with PDFs Working with Scanned Images Working with Raw Files

Opening Raw Files

Duplicating Files

Changing Your View

Zooming In and Out Moving Around in an Image Getting Oriented with the Navigator Panel Rotating Your Canvas

Arranging Open Images Guides, Grids, and Rulers

Rulers and Guiding Lines

Smart Guides Using the Document Grid

The Ruler Tool

3. Layers: The Key to Nondestructive Editing

Layer Basics

The Layers Panel Activating Layers

Activating Multiple Layers Filtering Layers

Adding New Layers Hiding and Showing Layers Restacking Layers Duplicating and Deleting Layers Copying and Pasting Layers Filling a Layer with Color Tweaking a Layer’s Opacity and Fill Resizing and Rotating Layers Moving and Aligning Layers

Aligning Layers Moving Layers Between Documents Exporting Layers to Separate Files

Managing Layers

Naming and Color Coding Layers Linking and Locking Layers

Linking Layers Locking ’em Down

Grouping Layers into Folders Layer Comps: Capturing Different Document Versions

Exporting Layer Comps

Rasterizing Layers Merging Layers

Layer Blending Layer Masks: Digital Masking Tape

Adding Layer Masks Using Layer Masks

Fixing Exposure with Masks

Editing a Mask

Using Smart Objects

Creating Smart Objects Managing Smart Objects

Layer Styles

Managing Layer Styles The Styles Panel

Exporting and Loading Styles

4. Selections: Choosing What to Edit

Selection Basics

Meet the Marching Ants

Selecting by Shape

The Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee Tools

Creating a Soft Vignette

The Single Row and Column Marquee Tools The Vector Shape Tools

Selecting by Color

The Quick Selection Tool The Magic Wand Tool

Expanding Your Selection

The Color Range Command The Background and Magic Erasers

The Background Eraser The Magic Eraser

Selecting Irregular Areas

The Lasso Tools

Lasso Tool Polygonal Lasso Tool Magnetic Lasso Tool

Selecting with the Pen Tool Creating Selections with Channels Using the Selection Tools Together

Modifying Selections

Refining Edges

Adding a Creative Edge

Fixing Edge Halos Creating a Border Selection Transforming a Selection Using Quick Mask Mode Moving Selections Saving a Selection Filling a Selection with Color Stroking (Outlining) a Selection

Two. Editing Images

5. Controlling Color with Channels

How Color Works

RGB Mode vs. CMYK Mode

The Channels Panel and You Meet the Color Channels

RGB Channels CMYK Channels

Creating a High-Key Portrait Effect

Spot Channels Lab Channels Multichannel Mode Single-Channel Modes

The Mighty Alpha Channel

Creating an Alpha Channel Editing Alpha Channels Loading an Alpha Channel as a Selection Deleting Alpha Channels

Basic Channel Stunts

Selecting Objects with Channels Creating a Silhouette Effect Lightening and Darkening Channels Combining Channels Sharpening Individual Channels

6. Cropping, Resizing, and Rotating

Cropping Images

The Rule of Thirds Creative Cropping The Crop Tool

Cropping to a Specific Shape, Size, and Resolution Cropping with Perspective Adding Polaroid-Style Photo Frames

Cropping with Selection Tools Trimming Photos Down to Size Cropping and Straightening Photos Cropping and Straightening in Camera Raw

Cropping Images Straightening Images

Resizing Images

Pixels and Resolution The Mighty Image Size Dialog Box

Resolution Guidelines for Print

Resizing Images for Print Resizing for Email and the Web

Using the “Save for Web” Dialog Box

Resizing Web Images for Print Resizing Images for Presentations Resizing Smart Objects Automated Resizing with the Image Processor Resizing the Canvas

Content-Aware Scaling Rotating and Distorting

Simple Rotations The Transformers

Creating a Reflection

7. Combining Images

Cut It Out Pasting into a Selection

Sky Swapping

Fading Images Together

Soft Erasers Soft Brushes and Layer Masks Gradient Masks

Layer Blend Modes

Normal and Dissolve Blend Modes Darken Blend Modes Lighten Blend Modes Lighting (Contrast) Blend Modes Comparative Blend Modes Hue Blend Modes

Zapping Backgrounds with Blending Sliders Auto-Aligning Layers and Photomerge

Building Panoramas with Photomerge

Auto-Blending Layers Cloning Between Documents Combining Vectors and Rasters Mapping One Image onto Another

8. Draining, Changing, and Adding Color

Draining Color

Black & White Adjustment Layers

Warp-Speed Color Tinting

Gradient Map Adjustment Layers The Lightness Channel Going Grayscale in Camera Raw Partial Color Effect Fading Color to Black and White High-Contrast Black and White The High-Key Effect Delicious Duotones

Changing Color

Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layers

Targeting a Specific Range of Colors

Hue Blend Mode Replacing Color Selective Color Adjustment Layers Matching Colors Photo Filter Adjustment Layers Posterizing: Your Ticket to Cartoon Art Inverting Colors

Adding Color

Colorizing Images Adding Solid Blocks of Color Building a Better Sunrise (or Sunset)

9. Correcting Color and Lighting

Quick Fixer-Uppers

Fixing Color Fixing Lighting

Brightness/Contrast Adjustment Layers Shadows/Highlights Adjustments

Correcting Images in Camera Raw

Changing White Balance Fixing Exposure Making Colors Pop Camera Raw’s Adjustment Brush Camera Raw’s Graduated Filters More Fun with Camera Raw

Using Levels

Histograms: Mountains of Information The Levels Sliders

Output Levels

The Levels Eyedroppers Correcting by the Numbers Color-Correcting Skin

Working with Curves

Changing Contrast

Creating High Dynamic Range Images Making Colors Pop

Intensifying Colors Adjusting Hue/Saturation Adding Lab Pop

Rescuing the Unfixables

10. Changing Reality: Removing and Repositioning

The Great Healers

The Spot Healing Brush Using Content-Aware Fill The Healing Brush The Patch Tool

Zapping Shines and Shadows Whitening Teeth Super Slimmers

Fixing Flabby Chins Liquifying Bulges Slimming with the Free Transform

Selective Slimming

Skin Softeners

Selective Blur Easy Glamour Glow Softening Wrinkles with Faux Dodge and Burn

Show-Stopping Eyes

Enhancing Eyes Fixing Red-Eye

The Red Eye Tool The Color Replacement Tool Fixing Red-Eye in Camera Raw

Fixing Animal White-Eye

Other Creative Madness

Repositioning and Recomposing with Content-Aware Move Reshaping Objects with Puppet Warp

11. The Art of Sharpening

What Is Sharpening? Basic Sharpening

Sharpening with Unsharp Mask

How Much to Sharpen?

The Smart Sharpen Filter Sharpening with the High Pass Filter Sharpening Layered Files

Combining Layers into a New Image Layer Combining Layers into a Smart Object

Sharpening Part of an Image

Advanced Sharpening Techniques

Creating an Edge Mask

Sharpening in Camera Raw

Global Sharpening Local Sharpening

Three. The Artistic Side of Photoshop

12. Painting in Photoshop

Color Theory: The Basics Selecting a Color Scheme

Using a Color Wheel Using the Kuler Panel Other Color Scheme–Generating Tools

Choosing Individual Colors

The Color Picker The Eyedropper Tool Loading Color Libraries The Swatches Panel The Color Panel

(Re)Introducing the Brush Tool

Controlling the Brush Cursor’s Appearance Meet the Mixer Brush Painting from Scratch Loading More Built-in Brushes

Making an Object Sparkle

Customizing Brushes

Brush Tip Shape Shape Dynamics Scattering Texture Dual Brush Color Dynamics Transfer Brush Pose Noise Wet Edges Build-up Smoothing Protect Texture Suggested Brush Customizations

Defining a New Brush Installing New Brushes

13. Drawing with the Vector Tools

Photoshop’s Drawing Modes Drawing Paths with the Pen Tool

Drawing Straight Paths Drawing Curved Paths Converting Anchor Points Path Drawing Tips

Saving Paths Drawing with the Shape Tools

Using the Shape Tools

Customizing Stroke Options

Drawing Multiple Shapes on One Layer Using Custom Shapes

Editing Paths

Adding, Deleting, and Converting Points Selecting and Moving Paths Making Paths Intersect

Aligning and Rearranging Paths

Adding a Stroke to a Path Filling a Path

Making Selections and Masks with Paths

Making a Path from a Selection Making a Clipping Path Using Vector Masks

Masking with Paths

14. Creating Artistic Text

Typography 101

The Face of Type

Common Font Formats Font Categories Font Styles Previewing Fonts

Creating and Editing Text

Point Text vs. Paragraph Text Moving Text Highlighting Text Resizing Text Creating a Hollow Text Selection Creating Text on a Path Filling a Shape with Text Warping Text Using Find and Replace

Formatting Text

Formatting with the Options Bar The Character Panel

A Lesson in Leading Learning to Kern Track it Out Doin’ the Baseline Shift Other Character Options

The Paragraph Panel

Aligning Text Hyphenation and Justification Indenting Text Space Before and After

Special Text Effects

Faded Text Stroked Text

The Rare Multi Stroked Text Effect

Texturizing Text

Texture From a Photo Texture From a Brush Texture From Filters

Placing a Photo Inside Text Converting Text to a Shape

More Typographic Resources

15. The Wide World of Filters

The Joy of Smart Filters A Filters Tour

Adaptive Wide Angle Lens Correction Liquify Oil Paint Vanishing Point Artistic Blur

Fixing Color Fringe Field Blur Iris Blur Tilt-Shift Lens Blur

Brush Strokes Distort Noise Pixelate Render Sharpen Sketch Stylize

Emboss

Texture Video Other Digimarc Browse Filters Online

Four. Printing and the Web

16. Photoshop and Print

The Challenge of WYSIWYG Printing

Understanding Color Gamuts and Profiles

Finding and Installing Drivers and Color Profiles

Calibrating Your Monitor

Resizing and Formatting Files

Printer-Friendly File Formats Resizing and Saving as a TIFF Resizing and Saving as a PDF

Printing on an Inkjet Printer Printing on a Commercial Offset Press

Converting RGB Images to CMYK Using Built-In Profiles Custom RGB to CMYK Profile Conversions Using Spot Color

Editing Spot Channels Saving a Document With Spot Channels Saving Spot Colors in PDF Format

Printing Duotone (Multitonal) Images Printing Color Separations Proofing Images Onscreen Printing Proofs

Printing on a Digital Press

Printing RGB Images on a Digital Press Printing CMYK Images on a Digital Press Printing Spot Colors on a Digital Press

Printing Multiple Images

PDF Presentation Contact Sheet II

Recap: Stress-Free Printing Tips

17. Photoshop and the Web

Creating Web- and Email-Friendly Images

Resizing an Image

Resizing Web Images Visually

Choosing the Best File Format Saving and Compressing Files

Animating a GIF

Editing Your Animation Saving Your Animation

Designing a Website Favicon Creating Web Page Mockups and Image Maps

Slicing an Existing Image Modifying Slices

Slice Options

Saving Slices

Protecting Your Images Online

Embedding Copyright Info Watermarking Images

Building Online Photo Galleries

Five. Photoshop Power

18. Working Smarter with Actions

The Actions Panel Using Actions

Creating Actions Running Actions on a Folder

Managing Actions

Editing Actions

Creating Droplets Sharing Actions

Loading Actions Saving Actions as a Set

19. Beyond Photoshop: Plug-Ins

Adding and Removing Plug-Ins Managing Plug-Ins Noise Reducers

Noiseware Dfine Noise Ninja

Making Selections and Masking

Fluid Mask Perfect Mask

Color Correction and Enhancement

Viveza Color Efex Pro Perfect Portrait PhotoTune PhotoTools

Miscellaneous Plug-Ins

Silver Efex Pro Perfect Resize HDR Efex Pro Eye Candy SiteGrinder Dashboard Pro

20. Photoshop and Video

Creating Your First Video Project Opening and Importing Video Clips

Videos as Smart Objects Meet the Timeline Panel

Editing Video

Changing Clip Length Adding Transitions Splitting and Removing Sections from Video Clips Adding Text, Logos, and Still Images Adding and Controlling Audio

Animating Objects and Effects

Creating and Deleting Keyframes Editing and Copying Keyframes Choosing an Interpolation Method Animating Text Animating Masks Rotoscoping and Onion Skins

Global Lighting Adding Comments Adding Fill and Adjustment Layers

Adding a Color Tint Changing Fill and Adjustment Layers’ Duration

Adding Layer Styles Using Smart Filters with Video Cloning and Healing Exporting Videos

Using Your Project in Other Video Editors

Additional Video Resources

21. Using Adobe Bridge

Browsing through Photos Importing and Managing Photos

Review Mode Sorting and Filtering Images Grouping Images into Collections Grouping Images into Stacks Opening Images in Camera Raw

Showing Off Your Work

Making a Slideshow The Export Panel Exporting Images as PDFs Making a Web Gallery Using Mini Bridge

Index About the Author

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