Photoshop CS4 Bible

1036 Pages·2009·38.43 MB·English

by  Stacy Cates

Photoshop CS4 Bible
®

Photoshop CS4
®
Bible
Stacy Cates
Simon Abrams
Dan Moughamian
Photoshop® CS4 Bible
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Stacy Cates:
I would like to dedicate this book to my son, Will Cates (a.k.a., the
best son in the world), who provided help, love, and support during
the writing of this book, and my grandmother, Shirley Boswell
(a.k.a., the best grandmother in the world),
whose love and prayers never fail.
Simon Abrams:
I would like to dedicate this book to my lovely wife Stephanie — it’s
a cliché, but I really couldn’t have done it without you.
I’d also like to dedicate this book to my father, Donald Abrams, for
the opportunities and experiences he made possible for me.
Dan Moughamian:
I’d like to dedicate this book to my colleagues, family, and friends.
You have provided opportunity, ideas, and advice throughout my
career; I would not be here without you.
About the Authors
Stacy Cates has been in the graphic design and printing industry for more than 20 years. She has
been teaching Adobe Photoshop since 2001 and holds Adobe Certified Instructor and Comptia
Certified Technical Trainer certifications, as well as a Georgia Institute of Technology Certificate in
Web design. Her teaching experience ranges from one-on-one training to teaching college-level
computer art courses. Stacy is experienced in a wide variety of practical applications for Photoshop
and specializes in preparing images for printing, color correction, and retouching images. Stacy has
earned numerous awards for publication design and an award for Web design from the Council for
Advancement and Support of Education. Contact Stacey at [email protected]
Simon Abrams was smitten with computers ever since the day his dad gave him his first
Commodore 64 back in the late ’80s. It wasn’t until he took a class called Intro to Microcomputer
Graphics in college that he discovered that the intersection of computers and art was where his true
love was to be found. He later attended the Savannah College of Art & Design, where he studied
3D Modeling and Animation. Upon graduating with a BFA in Computer Art, Simon moved to New
York City. After a brief stint at Tekserve (New York’s premier Mac repair shop), he got a job work-
ing as a designer at an interactive advertising agency during the heady dot-com boom of the late
’90s. Along the way, he discovered his second love: photography, which he pursues vigorously as a
serious amateur around the streets and subways of New York. His photography has been featured
on various sites, including Yahoo! News, Gothamist, and Panasonic’s Digital Photo Academy.
Simon is an Adobe Certified Photoshop Professional and regularly appears as a guest lecturer
teaching Photoshop at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. He has
also led workshops in the theater at Apple’s flagship retail location in SoHo, New York. Simon cur-
rently lives in Brooklyn, with his wife Stephanie. He recently became a student of karate and works
as a Flash developer at an advertising agency in New York City.
Dan Moughamian began exploring Adobe Photoshop in 1993 and never looked back. His passion
for digital imaging ultimately led to a career in fine art photography, which continues to present
day and has evolved to encompass not only still photography, but video and motion graphics as
well. Dan is an accomplished instructor, teaching digital photography and Photoshop classes for
Chicago-based venues such as Mac Specialist. Dan is also an Adobe trainer for designProVideo.com,
authoring titles such as Photoshop CS4: Digital Photography Workflows. Dan lives outside of Chicago
with his wife Kathy.
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