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Adobe Photoshop : a complete course and compendium of features / Stephen Laskevitch.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Laskevitch, Stephen, author.
Series:
Course and Compendium
Course and Compendium ; v.6
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Image processing--Digital techniques.
Image processing.
Photography--Digital techniques.
Photography.
Computer graphics.
Adobe Photoshop.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (416 pages)
Edition:
Second edition.
Place of Publication:
San Rafael, CA : Rocky Nook Inc., [2023]
Summary:
Adobe Photoshop: A Complete Course and Compendium of Features is your guide to creating, editing, and enhancing images and designs in Adobe Photoshop. Whether you're retouching a photograph, generating designs for social media, or combining images into composite creations, Photoshop is the tool for you--and this book will teach you what you need to know. This second edition has been fully revised and updated to cover the newest features of Photoshop.
Contents:
Intro
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Start Here-An Introduction
Software and Course Files
Photoshop Versions
Image File Formats
A Note Regarding Keyboard Shortcuts
The Course
1 Preliminary Tuning
Preferences
Interface
History &amp
Content Credentials
File Handling
Image Processing
Performance
Technology Previews
Save to the Cloud or Computer?
Version History Panel
Collaboration
Configuring the Workspace
Dock and Arrange Panels
Create a New Workspace
Project: Welcome to Photoshop
Lesson A: Intro to Layers
Backgrounds vs Pixel Layers
Lesson B: Selections &amp
Masking
Masking Metaphor
A Warm-Up
Lesson C: Opening Multiple Images
Viewing Multiple Documents
Lesson D: Basic Retouching
Nondestructive Retouching
Lesson E: An Adjustment
What's the Problem Here?
Lesson F: Layers on the Move
Drag, Keep Dragging, and Drop
A Few Selection Methods
Lesson G: Intro to Smart Objects and Filters
Nondestructive Alteration
A Note Regarding Navigation
2 A Few Adjustments
Lesson A: The Color Wheel
Additive Primaries
Complementary Colors
Fixing Only What's Wrong
Lesson B: Photo Filter Adjustment
Adjustment as Diagnostic and Cure
Lesson C: Curves
Tone Plus Color
Monochromatic Contrast Enhancement
Per-Channel Contrast Enhancement
Auto and Semi-Auto Curves
Lesson D: Vibrance &amp
Hue/Saturation
Definition of Saturation
Color Clipping
Vibrance
Limiting Adjustments
3 Selections &amp
Warm-Up
Lesson A: Rectangular Marquee
Basic Use
Modifier Keys
Lesson B: Elliptical Marquee
Vibrance Adjustment
Lesson C: Lasso &amp
Polygonal Lasso
The Lasso Tool
The Polygonal Lasso Tool
Lesson D: Object Selection
Object Selection Tool.
Magic Wand Tool
Quick Selection Tool
Select Subject
Select and Mask Workspace
Lesson E: Mini Project
Peachy In The Woods
A Quick Shadow
Lesson F: Color Range
When Selecting Or Avoiding a Color
Lesson G: Saving &amp
Loading Selections
Selections to Channels and Back
Quick Mask Revealed
Luminosity Masks
4 Creative Features
Lesson A: Creating Content
Create a New Doc
Creating a Pattern Fill Layer
Creating a Gradient Fill Layer
Creating a Color Fill Layer
Type Layers
Lesson B: Layer Styles
Drop Shadow and Bevel &amp
Emboss
Lesson C: Smart Objects
Smart Objects Are Smart Workflow
Lesson D: Blend If
Now That's Shady
Lesson E: Painting in Photoshop
Prepare Your Canvas
Happy Little Dabs
Setting Behavior and Qualities
Project: Chalk Drawing
Lesson A: Placing the Art
Place and Finesse the Smart Object
Lesson B: Knockout &amp
Clip Mask Blending
Knockout
Clip Mask with Blending Options
Combining the Two
Lesson C: A Bit of Erasure
Layers with Options
5 Adobe Camera Raw &amp
Software-Aided Photography
Lesson A: From Bridge to ACR
Processing Images with ACR
Lesson B: HDR
Manage Contrast with Multiple Images
Lesson C: Panorama
Assemble Appropriately Captured Images
Lesson D: Passers-Bye-Bye
Statistics Script
Stack Mode
6 Retouching &amp
Transformation
Lesson A: Clone, Heal, and Content-Aware Fill
Create a Retouch Layer
Clone Stamp
Healing Brush
Spot Healing Brush
Content-Aware Fill
Lesson B: Transforms
Free Transform
Content-Aware Scale
Project: A Surrealist Composite
Lesson A: Where We're Going
Tour the Finished Piece
Lesson B: Gathering the Ingredients
Material Choices
Custom Shape
Lesson C: Bending &amp
Warping
Free Transform.
Lesson D: Clipping &amp
Fine-Tuning
The Clipping Mask
The Other Half
Final Touches
The Compendium
1 Layers &amp
Smart Objects
Layers
The Layers Panel
The Background
Pixel or Image Layer
Fill Layers
Vector Shape Layers
Adjustment Layers
Groups
Making a Group
Both Like and Unlike Individual Layers
Neat and Clean
Artboards
A Bit Like Groups
Creating Smart Objects
Linking vs Embedding
Workflows &amp
Limitations
Frame Layers
Layer Comps
An Alternative to Multiple Files
What Is Recorded?
Applying, Editing, and Updating Layer Comps
Exporting Layer Comps
Layer Comps within Smart Objects
Layer Locks &amp
Filtering
Locks
Layer Filters
General Blending Options
Opacity
Blend Modes
Blend Modes &amp
Smart Filters
Layer Styles &amp
Effects
Applying and Editing Styles
Saving Styles
The Effects Listed
Advanced Blending Options
Fill Opacity
Channels
Blend Interior Effects as Group
Blend Clipped Layers as Group
Transparency Shapes Layer
Layer/Vector Mask Hides Effects
Blend If
2 Adjustments &amp
Color
How Color Works
Color Modes
Color Spaces, Profiles, and Lab
Adjusting in RGB or CMYK or Lab
Choosing Color
Color Picker
Color Panel
Heads-Up Display
Sampling and Monitoring Image Colors
Eyedropper Tool
Color Sampler Tool
Adjustment Methods and Principles
Best Practices
Histograms
Bit Depth
The Adjustments, Listed
Overview
Production Adjustments
Creative Adjustments
3 Brushes &amp
Painting
Brushes and Brush Settings
Brush Tips
Loading and Saving Brushes
Brush Behavior.
Tools with Brush Settings
Brush
Pencil
Mixer Brush
Retouching Tools
Color Replacement
Pattern Stamp
History and Art History Brushes
Erasers
Tone and Focus Tools
4 Selections &amp
Masks
Selections: Limiting the Damage
Selection Tools
Other Selection Modifiers
Combining Selection Tools
Saving &amp
A Metaphor and Example
Creation
Properties
Applying Masks
Selections from Masks
Masks on Groups
Masks on Smart Objects or within Them?
Vector Masks
Other Masking Features
Frame Tool
Clipping Mask
5 Filters &amp
Transforms
Filters
Neural Filters
Focus (Blurring and Sharpening)
Texture
Artifying
Distortion
Technical
Reworking
Tools &amp
Methods
Clone Source Panel
Remove Tool
Patch
Content-Aware Move
Vanishing Point Filter
Sky Replacement
Flexible &amp
Customizable New Skies
Cosmetic Retouching
Keep Your Options Open
Blemish Removal
Other Helpful Features
7 Camera Raw &amp
Lightroom
For Raw Files and Beyond
Why We Need Them
ACR: Adobe Camera Raw
Global Adjustments
Masked Adjustments
Lightroom to Photoshop
8 Extending Photoshop
Actions, Scripts, and Plugins!
Actions
Scripts
Plugins
The Future
Explore
Keyboard Shortcuts
Index
Cover
File Handling.
Image Processing
Object Selection Tool
Magic Wand Tool
Quick Mask Revealed.
Luminosity Masks.
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9798888140192
9798888140185
OCLC:
1376343719

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