New Perspectives on Adobe Photoshop CS6, Comprehensive

645 Pages·2016·127.71 MB·English

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Focus Group Members and Textbook Reviewers
We are extremely grateful to the New Perspectives on Adobe CS6 focus group board members and the
New Perspectives on Adobe Photoshop CS6 textbook reviewers listed below, and would like to take
this opportunity to acknowledge them for their contributions in the development of this text. Their
timely reviews, informed feedback, and excellent suggestions were tremendously valuable and helped
us to produce an outstanding text that will meet the needs of all our New Perspectives instructors and
students. Our sincere thanks to all!
Gabe Oakley, University of Northwestern Ohio
Ravinder Kang, Highline Community College
Praveen Sharma, Berkeley College
Judy Matteson, Oakland Community College – Royal Oak
Preetha Ravikumar, Oakland Community College – Highland Lakes
Elizabeth Pannell, Collin County Community College
Aaron Napierala, University of Northwestern Ohio
Jason Travers, Lehigh University
Ken Sigler, Oakland Community College – Auburn Hills
Odemaris Valdivia, Santa Monica College
DeAnnia Clements, Wiregrass Georgia Technical College
Joyce Porter, Weber State University
Samantha Brodie, Washington State Community College
“New Perspectives on Adobe Photoshop CS6 is a wonderful text for students
to learn from because of the integrated skills activities within the concept
explanation. Students are introduced to a topic and can immediately begin
practicing the new skill set,which reinforces the learning. This text is especially
useful for students that are just beginning because of the Trouble?,Tips,
ProSkills,Reference,and Insight sections and the numerous illustrations and
screenshots,which allow students to check their own progress.”
—DeAnnia Clements,
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College
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Preface
The New Perspectives Series’ critical-thinking, problem-solving approach is the ideal way
to prepare students to transcend point-and-click skills and take advantage of all that
Adobe Photoshop CS6 has to offer.
In developing the New Perspectives Series, our goal was to create books that give students
the software concepts and practical skills they need to succeed beyond the classroom. We’ve
updated our proven case-based pedagogy with more practical content to make learning
skills more meaningful to students.
With the New Perspectives Series, students understand why they are learning what they
are learning, and are fully prepared to apply their skills to real-life situations.
“The format of the text About This Book
lends itself to easy-to-
follow explanations and
This book provides complete coverage of the new Adobe Photoshop CS6 software, and
step-by-step processes
assisting students in includes the following:
reviews for concept • Hands-on instruction of essential digital editing concepts, such as file formats, color
assessments. The hands-on
modes, raster versus vector graphics, and the new CS6 features such as Content-Aware
exercises reinforce the
Move, layer filtering, and vector layers
concepts covered, the
ProSkills sections bring • Coverage of important skills including drawing and using work paths; and filling text
reality into the classroom and objects with images, gradients, and patterns using selections and clipping masks
and coursework, and the
• Highlights of Adobe Photoshop innovations such as adjustment layers, layer comps and
problems at the end of
each chapter give variety styles, painting and drawing tools, non-destructive editing techniques, filters, and masks
and relevance to all • Instructions for editing images using the auto correction tools, the Threshold and Curves
elements presented.”
adjustments, and the Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools
—Joyce Porter
Weber State University • Coverage of how to use color management tools to edit camera raw files and create
various outputs for desktop, printing, and the Web
New for this edition!
• Coverage of the new Content-Aware Move feature
• New hands-on instruction of new layer filtering
• Introduction of the new Properties panel
System Requirements
This book assumes a typical installation of Adobe Photoshop CS6 and Microsoft Windows 7
Ultimate using an Aero theme. You will need a graphics card that supports OpenGL 2.0. The
browser used for any steps that require a browser is Internet Explorer 9.
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vi New Perspectives Series
“The clear step-by-step The New Perspectives Approach
instructions, real-world data
files, and helpful figures
make New Perspectives Context
texts excellent for courses
Each tutorial begins with a problem presented in a “real-world” case that is meaningful to
taught in the classroom,
students. The case sets the scene to help students understand what they will do in the tutorial.
the hybrid/blended
format, or entirely online.”
Hands-on Approach
—Sylvia Amito’elau
Coastline Community Each tutorial is divided into manageable sessions that combine reading and hands-on, step-by-step
College work. Colorful screenshots help guide students through the steps. trouble? tips anticipate com-
mon mistakes or problems to help students stay on track and continue with the tutorial.
visual overview Visual Overviews
New for this edition! Each session begins with a Visual Overview, a new two-page spread that
includes colorful, enlarged screenshots with numerous callouts and key term definitions, giv-
ing students a comprehensive preview of the topics covered in the session, as well as a handy
study guide.
ProsKills ProSkills Boxes and Exercises
New for this edition! ProSkills boxes provide guidance for how to use the software in real-
world, professional situations, and related ProSkills exercises integrate the technology skills
students learn with one or more of the following soft skills: decision making, problem solving,
teamwork, verbal communication, and written communication.
KeY steP Key Steps
New for this edition! Important steps are highlighted in yellow with attached margin notes to
help students pay close attention to completing the steps correctly and avoid time-consuming
rework.
iNsight InSight Boxes
InSight boxes offer expert advice and best practices to help students achieve a deeper under-
standing of the concepts behind the software features and skills.
Margin Tips
Margin Tips provide helpful hints and shortcuts for more efficient use of the software. The Tips
appear in the margin at key points throughout each tutorial, giving students extra information
when and where they need it.
review Assessment
Retention is a key component to learning. At the end of each session, a series of Quick Check
aPPlY
questions helps students test their understanding of the material before moving on. Engaging
end-of-tutorial Review Assignments and Case Problems have always been a hallmark feature of
the New Perspectives Series. Colorful bars and brief descriptions accompany the exercises,
making it easy to understand both the goal and level of challenge a particular assignment holds.
refereNce Reference
Within each tutorial, Reference boxes appear before a set of steps to provide a succinct sum-
tasK refereNce
mary and preview of how to perform a task. In addition, a complete Task Reference at the back
glossarY/iNdex of the book provides quick access to information on how to carry out common tasks. Finally,
each book includes a combination Glossary/Index to promote easy reference of material.
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