Adobe Photoshop CS6 for photographers : a professional image editor's guide to the creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC / Martin Evening.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evening, Martin.

Evening,Martin, Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adobe Photoshop.

Photography--Digital techniques.

Photography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (769 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite six for photographers

Place of Publication:

Burlington, MA : Focal Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Renowned Photographer and Photoshop hall-of-famer, Martin Evening returns with his comprehensive guide to Photoshop. This acclaimed work covers everything from the core aspects of working in Photoshop to advanced techniques for refined workflows and professional results. Using concise advice, clear instruction and real world examples, this essential guide will give you the skills, regardless of your experience, to create professional quality results. A robust accompanying website features sample images, tutorial videos, bonus chapters and a plethora of extra resources. Quite simply, this is

Contents:

Adobe Photoshop CS6 for Photographers: A professional image editor's guide to the creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; What's different in this book; Accessing the on-line content; Chapter 1: Photoshop fundamentals; Photoshop installation; The Photoshop interface; Creating a new document; User interface brightness; Tabbed document windows; Managing document windows; Synchronized scroll and zoom; Image document window details; Title bar proxy icons (Mac only); Info panel status information; Rulers, Guides & Grid; 'Snap to' behavior

Pixel Grid viewThe Photoshop panels; Panel arrangements and docking; Panel positions remembered in workspaces; Customizing the menu options; Customizing the keyboard shortcuts; Task-based workspaces; Working with a dual display setup; AdobeTM Con. gurator 3 application; Photoshop CS6 Tools panel; Options bar; Tool Presets; Selection tools; Color Range; Modifier keys; Painting tools; On-the-fly brush changes; On-screen brush adjustments; Brush panel; Brush panel options; Pressure sensitive control; Brush tool presets; Mixer brush; Bristle tip brush shapes; Tools for filling; Tools for drawing

Image editing toolsWorking with Layers; Automating Photoshop; Move tool; Layer selection using the move tool; Navigation and information tools; Zoom tool shortcuts; Hand tool; Bird's-eye view; Flick panning; Windows 7 Multi-touch support; Eyedropper tool; Ruler tool; Rotate view tool; Notes tool; Screen view modes; Preset Manager; History; The History panel; History settings and memory usage; History brush; Use of history versus undo; Snapshots; Non-linear history; When files won't open; Save often; Background Saving; Normal saves; Using Save As... to save images; File formats

Photoshop native file formatSmart PSD files; Large Document (PSB) format; TIFF (Tagged Image File Format); Pixel order; Byte order; Save Image Pyramid; TIFF compression options; Flattened TIFFs; Photoshop PDF; PDF security; Adobe Bridge CS6; The Bridge interface; Custom workspaces in Bridge; Opening files from Bridge; Mini Bridge; What's new in Camera Raw 7.0; Opening photos from Bridge via Camera Raw; Easter eggs; Chapter 2: Configuring Photoshop; What you will need; Macintosh; Windows; The ideal computer setup; Choosing a display; Video cards; Display calibration and pro. ling

Calibration hardwareThe calibration/profiling procedure; White point; Gamma; Luminance; Device calibration and measurement; The profiling process; Do you want good color or just OK color?; Color management settings; Synchronizing the Color Settings; Extras; Backing up your image data; Protecting the power supply; Photoshop preferences; General preferences; Interface preferences; File Handling preferences; Camera Raw preferences; TIFF and PSD options; Recent File list; Performance preferences; Memory usage; 32-bit and 64-bit RAM limits; History & Cache; Scratch disks; Scratch disk performance

Interface connection

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613859327

9781283546874

1283546876

9781136108228

113610822X

9780240526126

0240526120

OCLC:

829462091