How to Do Everything Adobe Photoshop CS4 Edition

288 Pages·2009·11.34 MB·English

by  David Karlins

How to Do Everything
Adobe® Photoshop® CS4
Chad Perkins
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As always, to Heefee and the kids.
About the Author
Chad Perkins is an award-winning software trainer, an Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop,
After Effects, Encore, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat, and is CompTIA CTT(cid:11)
certified. Chad has authored multiple books on Photoshop and After Effects. He has trained or
created art for such companies as Warner Brothers, Paramount, Nike, Sony, Lockheed Martin,
Disney, and the United Way. Chad and his brother, Todd, broadcast the All Things Adobe podcast,
which offers free tips in Adobe software: www.chadandtoddcast.com.
About the Technical Editor
Wayne Palmer owns Palmer Multimedia Imaging. He is a Photoshop and Photoshop Elements
beta tester and has worked with Photoshop since version 3.0. He has been a technical editor for
numerous Photoshop books and co-authored Photoshop Restoration & Retouching, 3rd Edition.
Wayne also teaches digital imaging and Photoshop classes at the Pennsylvania College of
Technology.
Contents at a Glance
1 Welcome to Photoshop ....................................... 1
2 Getting Efficient with the Workspace ........................... 7
3 Document and Layer Basics .................................. 23
4 Working with Color ......................................... 41
5 Getting Creative ............................................ 59
6 Picking Pixels with Selections ................................. 81
7 Working with Images ........................................ 97
8 Blending Layers ............................................ 115
9 Advanced Image “Doctoring” ................................. 129
10 Transforms and Smart Objects ................................. 143
11 Creating and Adjusting Text ................................... 159
12 Intro to Photoshop Extended .................................. 173
13 Special Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
14 Advanced Creative Concepts .................................. 211
15 Exporting ................................................. 227
16 Time Savers and Automation .................................. 237
17 Making a Living Using Photoshop ............................. 251
Index .................................................... 259
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Acknowledgments ........................................ xiii
Introduction ............................................. xiii
CHAPTER 1 Welcome to Photoshop ................................... 1
What Is Photoshop? ....................................... 1
What You Can Do with Photoshop ............................ 2
The World of Photoshop .................................... 4
But Wait, There’s More ............................... 4
What’s Coming Up ........................................ 5
CHAPTER2 Getting Efficient with the Workspace ....................... 7
About Panels ............................................. 7
The Tools Panel ..................................... 9
Other Key Interface Elements ............................... 10
The Menu Bar ...................................... 10
The Application Bar .................................. 11
The Options Bar ..................................... 12
The Application Frame ............................... 12
Customizing ............................................. 13
Moving Panels Around ................................ 13
Closing Unwanted Panels ............................. 14
Creating “Floating” Panels ............................ 15
Retrieving Missing Panels ............................. 16
Working with Workspaces ............................. 16
Working with Documents ................................... 19
Opening Documents .................................. 19
Navigating Documents ................................ 20
Keyboard Shortcuts List .................................... 22
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CHAPTER3 Document and Layer Basics ............................... 23
Creating a New Photoshop Document ......................... 23
Document Presets .................................... 24
The Truth about Resolution ............................ 26
Document Color ..................................... 28
Introduction to Layers ..................................... 30
The Layers Panel .................................... 30
Making New Layers .................................. 32
Mini Project: The Magic of Layers ...................... 33
Another Project: Opacity and Layer Blending .............. 36
CHAPTER4 Working with Color ....................................... 41
The Essentials of Color .................................... 41
Hue, Saturation, and Lightness ......................... 42
The Emotional Effects of Color ......................... 43
Using Colors Together ................................ 48
Color and Media .......................................... 52
RGB Color ......................................... 52
CMYK Color ....................................... 52
Working with Color in Photoshop ............................ 54
The Adobe Color Picker ............................... 54
Using Swatches ..................................... 57
The Eyedropper Tool ................................. 58
CHAPTER5 Getting Creative .......................................... 59
Intro to Brushes and Painting ................................ 60
The Repetitious Nature of Brushes ...................... 60
Adjusting Basic Brush Properties ....................... 63
More Invaluable Painting Shortcuts ...................... 67
Using Gradients .......................................... 69
Changing Gradient Colors ............................. 70
Changing the Type of Gradient ......................... 71
Using Gradients ..................................... 71
Intro to Vectors and Shapes ................................. 72
Creating Shapes ..................................... 73
Modifying Shapes ................................... 74
Using Layer Styles ........................................ 75
Applying Layer Styles ................................ 75
Adjusting Layer Styles ................................ 77
Creative Mini-Project ...................................... 77
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CHAPTER6 Picking Pixels with Selections ............................ 81
The Power of Selections .................................... 81
The Selection Tools ....................................... 84
The Marquee Tools .................................. 84
The Lasso Tools ..................................... 88
The Quick Selection Tool ............................. 89
Selecting by Color ........................................ 91
The Magic Wand Tool ................................ 91
Color Range ........................................ 92
Adjusting Selections ....................................... 93
The Select Menu .................................... 93
Refine Edge ........................................ 94
CHAPTER7 Working with Images ..................................... 97
Browsing Images with Bridge ............................... 97
Launching Bridge .................................... 98
Quick Tour of the Bridge Interface ...................... 98
Browsing Files with Bridge ............................ 100
Searching for Images ................................. 101
Editing Images in Camera Raw .............................. 102
Getting Images into Camera Raw ....................... 103
Editing in Camera Raw ............................... 103
Getting Images Out of Camera Raw ..................... 108
Basic Image Editing in Photoshop ............................ 108
The Adjustments Panel ............................... 108
Limiting Adjustments with Selections .................... 111
Cropping Images ......................................... 113
CHAPTER8 Blending Layers .......................................... 115
Combining Images ........................................ 115
Copy and Paste ...................................... 116
Dragging Layers ..................................... 116
Blending Images .......................................... 117
Layer Blend Modes .................................. 118
Layer Masks ............................................. 124
Creating a Layer Mask ................................ 124
Masking Areas on a Layer ............................. 125
CHAPTER9 Advanced Image “Doctoring” .............................. 129
Cloning ................................................. 129
Using the Clone Stamp Tool ........................... 130