a professional image editor's guide to the creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC /
Martin Evening.
Burlington, Mass. :
Focal Press,
2007.
xxiv, 680 pages :
illustrations (some color) ;
25 cm +
1 DVD (4 3/4 in.)
Includes index.
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Book and DVD contents -- Photoshop for Photographers website -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: What's New in Adobe Photoshop CS3 -- New interface design -- Performance -- Camera Raw 4.0 -- New Curves -- New Brightness and Contrast -- Black & White adjustments -- Align controls -- Automatic Photomerge -- Clone Source palette and options -- Blending multiple images with Stacks -- New Smart Object features -- Smart Filters -- Quick Selections -- Refine selection edges -- Vanishing Point 2.0 -- Printing -- Bridge 2.0 -- PDF enhancements -- Device Central -- Overall impressions -- Chapter 2: Photoshop Fundamentals -- How to use this book -- Photoshop installation -- The Photoshop interface -- The image document window -- Title bar proxy icons (Macintosh) -- Managing document windows -- Rulers, Guides & Grid -- 'Snap to' behavior -- The Photoshop palettes -- Palette docking -- Workspace settings -- Image resolution -- Pixels versus vectors -- Terminology -- Desktop printer resolution -- Repro considerations -- The relationship between ppi and lpi -- Creating a new document -- Altering the image size -- Image interpolation -- Bicubic interpolation methods -- Step interpolation -- Converting raw data into pixels -- Photoshop CS3 Tools palette -- Options palette -- Tool Presets palette -- Selection tools -- Modifier keys -- Painting tools -- On-the-fly brush changes -- Brushes palette -- Brush tool presets -- Tools for filling -- Tools for drawing -- Image editing tools -- Working with Layers -- Automating Photoshop -- Move tool -- Layer selection using the move tool -- Navigation and information tools -- History -- The History palette -- History settings and memory usage -- History brush -- Use of history versus undo -- Snapshots -- Non-linear history -- Preset Manager -- Adobe Bridge CS3 -- The Bridge interface -- Opening and saving images from Bridge -- When files won't open -- Save often -- File formats -- Photoshop PDF -- Easter eggs -- Chapter 3: Configuring Photoshop -- What you will need -- Macintosh -- Windows -- The ideal computer setup -- Choosing a display -- Display calibration and profiling -- Color management settings -- Extras -- Backing up image data -- Photoshop preferences -- General preferences -- Interface -- File Handling -- Performance -- RAM memory and scratch disks -- Scratch disk performance -- RAID scratch disks -- RAID 0 (striping) -- Image Cache -- Cursors -- Transparency & Gamut -- Units & Rulers -- Plug-ins -- Type preferences -- Chapter 4: Basic Pixel Image Editing -- Image capture and file output -- Scanner software -- The image histogram -- 16 bits per channel support -- 16-bit and color space selection -- Levels adjustments -- Curves adjustments -- Manipulating portions of a curve -- Improved Brightness and Contrast -- Color corrections -- Basic color balancin.
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Accompanying CD-ROM contains movie tutorials for MAC and PC.