Table of Contents

Introduction     iv
Color Management
What is color management?     1
Setting your camera to the Adobe RGB color space     2
Calibrating your display     3
Display types, understanding the calibration settings, buying a calibration device     3
Calibrate your display using a hardware device     4
Choosing a color space for Photoshop     6
Set the color space to Adobe RGB (1998)     6
Install custom color settings as a preset for the Creative Suite     7
Save custom color settings as a preset     7
Acquiring a printer profile     8
Proofing a document onscreen     9
Simulate an inkjet print onscreen     9
Proof colors for commercial printing     10
Moving on     10
Using Bridge
Downloading photos     11
Download photos via Photo Downloader     12
Taking a look at Bridge     15
Choosing a workspace for Bridge     16
Choose a predefined workspace for Bridge     16
Customize the Bridge workspace     18
Save a custom workspace     18
Previewing thumbnails     19
Rating and sorting thumbnails     20
Using stacks     21
Using Slideshow mode     22
Opening files into Photoshop     24
Developing a workflow for managing digital photos in Bridge     25
Working with metadata     26
View the metadata for a file     26
Create, apply and edit a metadata template     27
Add metadata to files manually     28
Create and assign keywords     29
Searching for files     30
Choosing preferences for Bridge     31
Camera Raw
Why use Adobe Camera Raw?     33
Choosing preferences for Camera Raw     34
Choose preferences for opening files     34
Choose preferences for the Camera Raw plug-in     35
Opening files into Camera Raw     36
The Camera Raw interface     37
Choosing workflow options     38
Cropping and straightening photos     39
Correcting the white balance     40
Apply white balance adjustments     40
Correcting the exposure     42
Correct an underexposed photo     42
Correct an overexposed photo     44
Using the Tone Curve tab     46
Reviving color     48
Using the Detail tab     50
Using the Split Toning tab     53
Using the Lens Corrections tab     54
Fix chromatic aberrations     54
Correct or apply vignetting     55
Combining multiple exposures     56
Simulate two exposures with one photo     56
Blend two exposures via a layer mask     58
Retouching photos     59
Remove spots with the Retouch tool     59
Remove red-eye from a portrait     60
Using Camera Raw presets     61
Processing multiple photos via Camera Raw     62
Synchronize the Camera Raw settings of multiple files     62
Batch-process multiple photos via Bridge     64
Saving files via Camera Raw     65
Working with photos as Smart Objects     66
Using Photoshop
Using the palettes     68
Hiding and showing palettes     70
Changing screen modes     71
Tools on the Tools palette     72
Changing the image size     75
Choosing a file format     76
Choosing a bits/channel mode     77
Cropping an image     78
Rotating an image     79
Quick Summary: Choosing Colors     80
Quick Summary: Using the Swatches palette     81
Using the Layers palette     82
Quick Summary: Using the Layers palette     83
Using fill and adjustment layers     84
Create a fill or adjustment layer     84
Change the settings for a fill or adjustment layer     84
Merge a fill or adjustment layer     84
Create a layer group     85
Create a layer mask for a layer group     85
Choosing a mode for the History palette     86
Making snapshots of history states     87
Working with nonlinear histories     88
Using presets     91
Create a tool preset     91
Create a preset     92
Save all the presets currently on a picker as a new library     92
Load a library of presets     92
Use the Preset Manager     92
Streamlining your workflow     94
Selecting & Masking
Choosing a selection method     96
Using the Lasso tool     100
Using the Quick Selection tool     101
Using the Magnetic Lasso tool     102
Selecting complex shapes     104
Using adjustment layer masks     107
Selecting furry or feathered critters     108
Creating a background for imagery     110
Selecting hair in a portrait     111
Using the Extract filter     114
Extract a shape from its background     114
Restore areas of extracted imagery     116
Moving imagery between files     117
Using the Color Range command     118
Color & Tonal Correction
Using color samplers     120
Place color samplers in a document     120
Move a color sampler     120
Remove a color sampler     120
View color readouts on the Info palette     121
Using the Shadow/Highlight command     122
Reducing noise     126
Using the Curves command     127
Increasing contrast by using the Curves command     128
Neutralizing a color cast     130
Pinpoint a neutral gray in an image     130
Neutralize a gray and remove a color cast with one click     131
Fine-tune a color correction via individual channels in curves     132
Simulating a neutral density filter     134
Dodging and burning     136
Retouching Portraits
Correcting a color cast in a portrait     140
Smoothing skin     142
Creating a soft-focus portrait      146
Making eyes look brighter     148
Recoloring eyes     150
Removing under-eye circles     152
Changing lipstick color     154
Lightening dark hair roots     156
Using Liquify to trim or tighten     157
Whitening teeth     160
Removing blemishes     161
"Curing" a sunburn     162
Smoothing out small areas     164
Combining Images
Tips for creating montages     165
Aligning and blending shots of the same scene     166
Erasing to an underlying layer     169
Enlarging the canvas area     172
Blending imagery via layer masks     174
Combine images into a composite     174
Fade a layer from its center     177
Refine the lighting on an image layer     178
Quick Summary: Using the Move tool     179
Using the Clone Source palette     180
Using the Clone Stamp tool and the Clone Source palette     180
Reposition the source overlay after you've begun cloning     182
Using the Vanishing Point filter     184
Sharpening
Sharpening a whole image with the Unsharp Mask filter     190
Apply the Unsharp Mask filter      190
Suggested Unsharp Mask filter settings for different types of images     193
Sharpening midtones with the Unsharp Mask filter     194
Enhancing details with the High Pass filter     196
Sharpening areas selectively     198
Using the Smart Sharpen filter     199
Selecting edges for sharpening     203
Sharpening edges     207
Tinting & Blending
Layering gradients     210
Lighting a background     212
Desaturating colors selectively     214
Tinting an image     216
Apply a tint to an image     216
Recolorize the highlights in a tinted image     219
Restoring color selectively     220
Creating an infrared effect     222
Creating a duotone     226
Create a duotone by using a preset     226
Choosing a file format for a duotone     228
Choose options for duotone printing     228
Fine Art Media
Quick Summary: Using brushes     230
Quick Summary: Shortcuts for changing tool settings     231
Quick Summary: Painting techniques     231
Creating brush tips from imagery     232
Create a brush tip from an image     232
Painting with a brush made from an image     233
Creating a sketch by using filters     235
Create a line art sketch     238
Simulating pastels     240
Create a pastel sketch     240
Add line work to the pastel sketch     242
Turning a photo into a painting     243
Creating a watercolor     246
Create a watercolor by using filters     246
Create a watercolor with the Pattern Stamp tool     248
Creative Type
Tips for designing with type     253
Using layer effects     254
Quick Summary: Layer effects     254
Choose a contour for a layer effect     256
Using layer styles     257
Applying layer effects to type     258
Create beveled type     258
Carving letters in stone     260
Warping the carved letters     261
Stamping letters into metal     262
Making type look like rusted metal     264
Filling type with a rusted metal texture     266
Embossing leather     268
Creating a metallic sheen using gradients     269
Create metallic type with grommets     272
Creating a neon sign     274
Stamping a product name     276
Applying filters and gradients to type     277
Illuminate type with gradients and a filter     277
Create skywriting     278
Apply the Wind filter to type     279
Creating graffiti
Create graffiti     280
Making drip marks     281
Corroding type     282
Cutting up a rasterized type layer     284
Transforming type to fit onto a perspective plane     286
Putting screened-back type on a bar     288
Paths & Shapes
Converting selections to paths     290
Using the Pen tool     291
Using the Freeform Pen tool     292
Trace part of an image using the Freeform Pen tool with its Magnetic option     292
Choose options for the Freeform Pen tool     293
Working with paths     294
Save a Work Path     294
Display or hide a path in the document window     294
Move a path in the document window     294
Duplicate a saved path     294
Delete a saved path     295
Reshaping paths     295
Add segments to an existing, open path     295
Transform an entire path     295
Select a whole path      296
Select anchor points on a path     296
Deselect all the points on a path     296
Reshape a path     297
Recoloring paths     298
Converting paths to selections     299
Creating vector masks     300
Create a vector mask using a new path     300
Create a vector mask from an existing path     300
Convert a layer mask to a vector mask     301
Create a vector mask from type     301
Working with vector masks     302
Reposition a vector mask     302
Reshape a vector mask     302
Deactivate a vector mask     302
Copy a vector mask to another layer     302
Reverse the visible and hidden areas in a vector mask     303
Discard a vector mask     303
Using the shape tools     304
Recoloring shape layers     306
Saving shapes     306
Using shapes to create pixel areas     307
Rasterizing shape layers     308
Actions
Features of the Actions palette     309
Recording actions     310
Playing actions     311
Play an action on one image     311
Exclude a command from playback      311
Play an action on a batch of images     312
Create a droplet for an action     314
Editing actions     315
Insert a Stop in an action     315
Add a command or edit to an action     316
Insert a menu item in an action     316
Add a modal control for a command in an action     317
Enable or disable all modal controls for an action     317
Duplicate an action     318
Rerecord an action using different dialog settings     318
Change the settings for a command in an action     318
Change the order of edits in an action     319
Deleting commands and actions     319
Saving and loading actions sets     320
Output for Print & Web
Preparing a file for print output     322
Prepare an RGB file for printing     322
Apply output sharpening     323
Printing from Photoshop     324
Choose a paper size and orientation for inkjet printing     324
Choose settings for an inkjet printer     325
Turn off color management for your printer in Windows, and print the file     328
Turn off color management for your printer in the Mac OS, and print the file     329
Output a CMYK proof from an inkjet printer     330
Preparing a file for commercial printing     331
Exporting Photoshop files to Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator     332
Exporting a silhouetted image from Photoshop     333
Saving files in the TIFF format     335
Saving files in the Adobe PDF format     336
Save a file as a PDF using a preset     336
Save a file as a PDF using custom settings     337
Saving files in the EPS format     339
Optimizing files for the Web     340
Previewing optimized files     341
Optimizing files in the GIF format     342
Optimizing files in the JPEG format     344
Using the Adobe Media Gallery     345
Download the Adobe Media Gallery     345
Create a slideshow for the Web using the Adobe Media Gallery     346
View the slideshow in your default browser     348
Save a Web gallery     349
Upload a Web gallery     349
Using Zoomify     350
Index     351