Photoshop 7 Trade Secrets

271 Pages·2002·363.458 MB·English

by  Colin Smith, Dave Cross, Janee Aronoff, Gavin Cromhout

Photoshop 7 Trade Secrets
Janee Aronoff
David Cross
Gavin Cromhout
Colin Smith
Photoshop 7 Trade Secrets
© 2002 Apress
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ISBN 978-1-59059-173-4 ISBN 978-1-4302-5220-7 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4302-5220-7
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1: Efficiency Colin Smith
2: Selection Secrets Dave Cross
3: Layers Gavin Cromhout
4: Retouching Janee Aronoff
5: Special Effects Janee Aronoff
6: Web Graphics Colin Smith
7: Setting Up Dave Cross
8: Hardware Gavin Cromhout
Photoshop 7: Trade Secrets
janee Aronoff
Tm Janee Aronoff, teacher, author, and Photoshop Goddess. I
live and work on the internet, mainly from my Photoshop
resource web site, myjanee.com. My experience includes
teaching high school mathematics, working in sales and
marketing management, and beginning and operating a small
bakery business.
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Besides the writing that I did for Trade Secrets, in retouching
and special effects, I have authored three chapters of
Photoshop 7; Professional Photographic Techniques, written and
maintained my acclaimed and well-visited myjanee.com. and
written and sent over 3000 different e-mails in the past year,
I believe that everything we see physically is expressible in
pixels. I believe that, since no one else has your vision, no one
else can do your art. And I believe that perfectionism is the
perfect obstacle to a meaningful and productive life. Don't do
your best. Just DO.
Always me Janee
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Gavin Cromhout
Gavin Cromhout lives tn Cape Town, South Africa and by a string
M of coincidences, has done so all his life. He studied both art and
0 psychology at the University of Cape Town, taking psychology to
a postgraduate level. You can catch up with him at
http://www,lodestonexo.za.
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Dave Cross
Dave Cross is an author and trainer based in Ottawa, Canada. He
is the author and co-author of several Photoshop books and is
a contributing writer to Photoshop User Magazine. Over the
past 12 years Dave has trained thousands of users in graphics,
publishing and web design, He is a member of the Photoshop
World Instructor Dream Team, teaches for the Photoshop
Seminar Tour and was named as one of Wacom's Top 40
Photoshop Experts. Dave is an Adobe Certified Expert, Certified
Tethical Trainer, Adobe Certified Training Provider and is often
referred to by hts students as "The Photoshop Coach",
Colin Smith
Colin Smith is an award winning Graphic Designer who has
caused a stir in the design community with his stunning
photorealistic illustrations composed entirely in Photoshop. He
is also founder of the popular PhotoshopCafe web resource for
Photoshop users and web designers. His images have been
featured on the National Association of Photoshop
Professionals web site.
He has won numerous design contests and awards, including
the Guru Award at the 2001 Photoshop World Convention in LA.
Colin's work has been recognized by Photoshop User, Mac
Design, Dynamic Graphics, and WWW Internet Life magazines.
Colin is also listed in the International Who1* Who of
Professional Management, and is an active member of NAPP. He
is also a regular columist for Planet Photoshop, and has
moderated their web site forum.
Welcome
1: Efficiency 5
Enter the File Browser 5
Opening multiple images 6
Rotating images 7
Renaming images 7
Renaming entire picture collections 8
Optimizing Photoshop 9
Photoshop style sheets 9
Using Tool Presets to help work group management 10
Defining custom brushes 11
Brush shortcuts 12
Previewing images 12
Using dual monitors 14
Previewing color accurately on text 14
Using composites 16
Creating a composite layer 18
Navigating images 19
Navigation shortcuts 20
Zooming in and out 20
Drawing tricks 22
Quick on the draw 22
Using the Transform Selection option 24
Aligning and distributing objects 26
Free Transform 27
Crop it. but don't lose it 29
Essential shortcuts 31
Tool shortcuts 31
Filling shortcuts 32
Repeating last filter 34
Recalling previous settings from a dialog box 35
2: Selection secrets 37
Golden rules of selection 38
Accurate feathering • 38
Using Quick Mask to preview feathering 39
Fine-tuning selections 39
Remember to undo 40
Selection tools 41
Using the Spacebar to reposition as you select 41
Making selections from the center outwards 41
The Lasso tools 42
Using the Spacebar to scroll whilst selecting 42
The Lasso tool and the Alt key 42
The Magic Wand tool - 42
Using the Eyedropper to improve performance 43
Pen tools 44
Adding and deleting anchor points 44
Converting anchor points 44
Editing anchor points 45
Scaling a path 45
Making a selection from a path 45
The Select menu 46
Color Range 46
Modify 47
Grow 48
Similar 49
Transform Selection 49
Save Selection 50
Saving a selection as an Alpha Channel 50
Channel shortcuts 51
Viewing channels as Quick Masks 51
Selection techniques 52
Quick Mask 52
Quick Mask keyboard shortcuts 52
Using Quick Mask to adjust a selection 53
Using Quick Mask to create border effects 53
Using Quick Mask to create rounded corners 55
Extract 56
Using Extract for border effects 57
Using the History Brush with the Extract tool 59
Removing matting 60
Background Eraser 61
Channel selection 62
Using Channels to make selections 63
Adjustment Layers 65
Using Adjustment Layers to help with selection 65
Layer based selections 67
Finding the center of objects on a layer 67
When Defringe doesn't work 68
3: Layers 71
Layer basics 71
Creating a layer 71
Duplicating a layer for effect 72
Centering a layer 73
Loading a layer as a selection 75
Creating new documents from layers 76
Managing layers 77
Name your layers! 77
Deleting hidden Layers 77
Using the Layer controls 77
Clipping groups 79
Using clipping groups to create effects 79
Use a clipping group to avoid rasterizing type 80
Blending Modes 80
Blending modes in action 80
Burning 81
Dodging 82
Lighting 83
Masking 86
Mask shortcuts 86
Manipulating masks 87
Unlinking masks 87
Vector masks 88
Removing Layer Masks 89
Fill layers 89
Adjustment Layers 90
Merging Layers 91
Merging elements using Layer Masks 91
Golden rules when merging layers • 93
Layer sets 94
Managing the Layers palette with layer sets 94
Using layer sets to store unwanted layers 95
4: Retouching 97
General retouching tips 97
Keep your original photo pristine 97
Save your work as you go 98
Plan ahead 98
Before you start - essential preparation 98
Composition through cropping 98
Crop the photo first 99
Getting the big picture 99
Duplicating your layer 100
Correcting tonal values 100
Levels and Curves 100
Quick Levels adjustment 100
Make frequent use of Adjustment Layers 101
The advantages of using Adjustment Layers 101
Spot Levels correction 102
Correcting coior 103
Discerning color casts 103
The Info palette 103
Using the Eyedropper 103
Localized color correction 104
Making a micro view window 106
Digital make-overs 107
Whitening teeth 107
A digital face lift 107
How to heal without scars 108
Patching things up 109
Blur painting 110
The Clone Stamp tool 111
Working Layer clone 111
Use All Layers clone 112
Red eye removal 114
The traditional way 114
Using the Threshold command 116
Restoring old photos 117
Cropping your problems away 117
Coping with color in old monotone photos 118
Desatu rati ng a photo 118
Dealing with an unevenly faded photo 119
When you go too far 120
Using Adjustment Layers to fix uneven fading 121
Fixing blemishes 122
Sharpen your photo last 122
Sharpening with the Unsharp mask 122
Sharpening with the High Pass filter 123
Sharpening in Lab Color mode 124
Combining sharpening methods 125
Selective sharpening 125
Adding the final touches by hand 125
Sample painting 126
Putting color back into the photo 128
Create your own Color Cast 128
Finishing the photo 129
5: Special Effects 131
Zoom trail 131
Sampling the image for the zoom trail 132