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Adobe Photoshop : a complete course and compendium of features / Stephen Laskevitch.
- 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 &
- 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 &
- 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 &
- Hue/Saturation
- Definition of Saturation
- Color Clipping
- Vibrance
- Limiting Adjustments
- 3 Selections &
- Warm-Up
- Lesson A: Rectangular Marquee
- Basic Use
- Modifier Keys
- Lesson B: Elliptical Marquee
- Vibrance Adjustment
- Lesson C: Lasso &
- 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 &
- 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 &
- 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 &
- 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 &
- 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 &
- 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 &
- Warping
- Free Transform.
- Lesson D: Clipping &
- Fine-Tuning
- The Clipping Mask
- The Other Half
- Final Touches
- The Compendium
- 1 Layers &
- 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 &
- 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 &
- Filtering
- Locks
- Layer Filters
- General Blending Options
- Opacity
- Blend Modes
- Blend Modes &
- Smart Filters
- Layer Styles &
- 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 &
- 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 &
- 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 &
- Masks
- Selections: Limiting the Damage
- Selection Tools
- Other Selection Modifiers
- Combining Selection Tools
- Saving &
- 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 &
- Transforms
- Filters
- Neural Filters
- Focus (Blurring and Sharpening)
- Texture
- Artifying
- Distortion
- Technical
- Reworking
- Tools &
- Methods
- Clone Source Panel
- Remove Tool
- Patch
- Content-Aware Move
- Vanishing Point Filter
- Sky Replacement
- Flexible &
- Customizable New Skies
- Cosmetic Retouching
- Keep Your Options Open
- Blemish Removal
- Other Helpful Features
- 7 Camera Raw &
- 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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