Photoshop In A Day |
| Name of book: | Photoshop In A Day |
| Author: | Ducan Wherrett |
| Blurb: | A Complete Photoshop Guide For People Who Hate Normal Manuals, Aimed At Beginners And Beyond. Learning Photoshop The Easy Way. A Clearly Written And Illustrated E-book With A New Easy Method Of Learning. It Will Take The User To Advanced Level. |
| Price: | $25.00 |
| Book Website: | Get Ebook Now |
| Keywords: | Photoshop, Color Balance, Photomerge |
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| Description: |
- With "Photoshop In A Day" you'll be learning Photoshop and working on real tasks in minutes. Part 1 in the guide covers the Basics. With Part 1, a complete beginner can start doing interesting Photoshop tasks immediately. Part 2 goes Beyond the Basics and moves into quite a high level. Users can progress at their own pace. You will be working directly on images with practical examples giving hands-on practice and experience.
- "Photoshop In A Day":
-The guide is suitable for all levels from beginners to advanced
-Tutorials written in a new format for ease of comprehension
-Scores of clear, numbered tutorials
-Each task is a simple, concise exercise with numerous illustrations
-Information provided in small sections
-New techniques are blended in gradually, avoiding information overload
-Work directly on more than 170 sample images
-All aspects of learning Photoshop are covered
-More than 560 pages
-Once you have learnt, the book is a quick-reference guide through the Contents and Index.
- Here's what can be found in this guide:
-All the tools; how to use them and how to get the best out of them.
-Layers: one of the most important facilities in the system; layer groups and sets; locking layers; layer comps.
-Clone Stamp tool: repairing and removing unwanted blemishes. The new Clone Source palette.
-Zooming in and out; Shortcuts; the Navigator palette.
-The Crop tool: removing wanted areas; expanding the image area; rotating and straightening.
-Magic Wand tool: all the selection methods; adding and subtracting areas.
-Lasso tool: selecting freehand and with the Polygonal and Magnetic lasso tools; multiple selections.
-Paint Bucket: easily filling in areas with colour and filling in with patterns.
-All the Blurs: Zoom; Spin; Radial; Motion blur; Gaussian blur; + .
-Lens blur: simulate the blur effect achieved with a camera lens.
-Color Settings: how to set up requirements for colour management.
-Healing Brush; Spot Healing Brush; Patch tool: all the retouching knowledge required to make the most of these powerful repairing tools.
-Paths and the Pen tool: precise selection and masking with Bezier objects; open and closed paths.
-Curves: all about Curves; their origin, meaning, purpose and use.
-Organizing palettes for the most efficient working methods.
-Pixels and Resolution: explanations and definitions.
-Information palette: examine the technical details of an image and comparing them in different colour modes.
-File Information: placing camera details, personal details, keywords and copyright into a file's metadata.
-RGB and CMYK: what's the difference; what is colour temperature and why does it matter. Colour Channels.
-Color Picker: choosing colours for images and print; setting highlight and shadow points.
-Swatches palette: using preset key colours; creating a new library of samples.
- You'll further learn:
-Canvas Size; Image Size; creating new backgrounds.
-All the techniques for blending images.
-Lighting effects: change the lighting and mood of an image.
-Noise: what it is; how to reduce it; how to add it; Dust and Scratches.
-Gradient tool and the Gradient Map: adding colours, graduated colours and patterns.
-Text: creating text of all shapes and sizes; adding text effects for headlines and extra impact; merging text with images.
-Creating mottled backgrounds and texture backgrounds; dotted and gradient backgrounds.
-File formats: different types and when to use them; saving files; file naming.
-Selective Color: changing and manipulating colours.
-Hue / Saturation: changing tone and richness of colour.
-Channel Mixer: another method of adjusting and improving colour.
-Black and White: all the methods of converting colour to black and white; from the the quickest to the best.
-Toning images: Duotones; Tritones; Quadtones.
-Extract filter: selecting fine and delicate details; defringing for better blending.
-Modes: different characteristics for blending and merging layers.
-Levels: controlling tones and densities; Histograms and clipping information.
-Adjustment Layers: making colour and tonal changes and saving them for later use.
-Replace Color; Color Range; Color Replacement tool: specialist ways of selecting and adjusting colour.
-The F screen: various ways of displaying the screen to better viewing.
-Tool Presets; Preset Manager: save customized tools and organize efficiently.
-Arranging image windows for good display and comparison.
-Bridge: co-ordinate files across other Adobe programmes; catalogue and arrange all your images; making a slide show.
-Camera Raw: import, open, process and manipulate Raw files from digital cameras.
-Image Processor: using automation to carry out repetitive imaging tasks.
-Free Transform: reshape and adjust perspective with easy keystrokes.
-Vanishing Point: match up perspective between objects and images. Create new surfaces with 3D shaping.
-Distort: explore the many Distort functions, like Diffuse Glow; Displacement Maps to apply distortion to superimposed images.
-Lens correction: correct distortion caused by some lenses; correct cut-off and colour aberrations.
-Wave filter: created wave effects from gentle flag movement to extreme destruction.
-Shear; Spherize; Glass; Pinch; Twirl; Ocean Ripple; Zigzag; Polar Coordinates: distort an image to replicate real life situations and fantasy shapes.
-Warp; 3D Transform: virtually unlimited range of 3D effects.
-Clouds and Difference Clouds: mottled cloud effects for backgrounds and image development.
-Lens Flare: replicated flare from camera lenses and light sources.
-Liquify: adjust shape in subtle ways or make the subject melt completely.
-File size: what it is and all about interpolation.
-Bits: 8 bit and 16 bit - what they are and when to use them.
-Bitmap image: its use in graphics and how to create it.
-Rulers, Grids, Guides and Smart Guides.
-Free colours: distorting and manipulating colours for graphic effects.
-Solarizing: creating image solarization.
-Masks: the magic and versatility of masks in image control.
-Sepia toning and Split toning: traditional techniques take on a new guise.
-Custom Brushes: creating new designer brushes to cover every task.
-Sharpening: Unsharp Mask Filter; Smart sharpen: why sharpen, when to sharpen, how much to sharpen.
-History palette; History Brush; Art History Brush: going back in time; creating Snapshots and saving multiple versions.
-Filter Gallery: how to use the armoury of filters and get the best out of them; Fading filters.
-Smoothing skin: brush away the years and make new friends.
-Color Balance; Brightness & Contrast: two more ways of adjusting colour in the right circumstances.
-Lab Color: all about Lab color mode and how to use it.
-Posterization: graphic reinterpretation of colour values.
-Memory: improving computer performance with good use of memory.
-Merging two images: blending and merging multi-images into one.
-Rescue highlights with advanced techniques and the Shadow/Highlight function.
-Graduate Erase, Blur and Shading: a strong effect at the front, fading away to nothing.
-Blur, Sharpen and Smudge tools: subtle tools and a light touch to finish an image.
-Create Chrome in images and text; make text look like fire and neon.
-Convert text to shapes and run it along a Path.
-Knockout: start to explore the little-used Knockout blending feature.
-Styles palette: apply style effects automatically and save newly-created styles.
-Photo filter: simulate familiar camera filters and remove unwanted casts.
-Photomerge: create panoramic images with automatic blending and masking, both horizontally and vertically.
-Auto Align and Auto Blend: line up and merge the best aspects of two or more images.
-Selection by Channels: using colour channels and creating Spot Channels.
-Create regular and irregular graphics shapes with the Shape tools.
-Background Eraser; Magic Eraser: more ways to remove backgrounds and make selections.
-Pattern Stamp tool; Pattern Maker: created original patterns and textures for retouching and texture background effects.
-Notes tool: add text notes, information and audio aids on to an image.
-Contact sheets: create a contact sheet of thumbnails from a set of images.
-Picture Package: display an image in a choice of sizes.
-PDF format; PDF Presentation: using Portable Document Format and making a PDF Slideshow.
-Actions: create a file which will undertake a series of tasks automatically. Droplets and Batch to save time further.
-Apply Image; Calculations: advanced methods of combining images and channels.
-Colour Management: controlling colour through the whole image process into the print, including profiling printers and soft proofing for CMYK conversion.
-Gif images; Slice tool; Watermarking; Save for Web: preparing images for use on the net.
-Web Photo Gallery: creating a web site package.
-Animations: making an animation sequence for use on the net.
-Smart Objects: preserve the original and make quick non-destructive adjustments by using Smart Object aliases. Try out many filters non-destructively and then re-edit.
-Scratch disks: what they are and what to do with them.
-Customizing: set up shortcuts, arrange menus and workspaces for the most efficient working environment.
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