Power, Speed & Automation with Adobe Photoshop (The Digital Imaging Masters Series) PDF
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POWER, SPEED& AUTOMATION WITH ADOBEW PHOTOSHOPW Titles in the Digital Imaging Masters Series: Praise for the series: Power,Speed&AutomationwithAdobePhotoshop Soundslikeasclosetoadreamteamasonecouldgetwithouthavingto byGeoffScottandJeffTranberry resorttospiritualmeans.ImeanifyoucouldgetAnselAdamstodoa sectiononblackandwhiteandlandscape–great,butthatwouldrequirea ColorManagement&QualityOutput:WorkingwithColor se´ance.Forthetalentlivingthisisadreamteam. fromCameratoDisplaytoPrint byTomAshe –RobertBarnett,QBToo(formallyPC-ReviewOnline) WelovedouroldTime/Lifeseriesofphotographybooks.Timeforan Tools,Techniques&WorkflowforPhotographers:UsingArt update.Thisseriescouldbecomeiconic. andSciencetoRealizeYourVision byJodieSteen,AndyBatt,andCandaceDobro –AnnePfeiffer,Instructor IthinkthatKatrinEismann’sskillincurriculumdevelopmentisreflected Ideas&Inspiration:ToHelpYouTeachandLearnPhotography byKatrinEismann intheapproach.Iliketheapproachalot;Iwouldfindittobeavaluable resourceandwouldexpecttoturntothetextsoftenforadvice. –MarkLewis,SUNYEmpireStateCollege Ithinkthereisagoodbalanceoftechnicalvscreative. –CarolTipping,FRPSEFIAP Ithinkmanyofthebooksonthemarketaresoftwaredriven,whereasthis seriesisdevelopedtosupportthephotographyindustry.Thereisaworld ofdifferencebetweenexplainingafeatureofasoftwarepackageand explaininghowtogetanimportantphotographytaskaccomplished throughasoftwaretool. –DouglasBarkey,TheArtInstituteofPittsburgh POWER, SPEED& AUTOMATION WITH ADOBEW PHOTOSHOPW Geoff Scott and Jeffrey Tranberry Series Editor Katrin Eismann AMSTERDAM (cid:129) BOSTON (cid:129) HEIDELBERG (cid:129) LONDON NEW YORK (cid:129) OXFORD (cid:129) PARIS (cid:129) SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO (cid:129) SINGAPORE (cid:129) SYDNEY (cid:129) TOKYO Focal Press is an imprint of Elsevier FocalPressisanimprintofElsevier 225WymanStreet,Waltham,MA02451 TheBoulevard,LangfordLane,Kidlington,Oxford,OX51GB,UK #2012GeoffScottandJeffreyTranberry.PublishedbyElsevierInc. 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ISBN:978-0-240-82083-5 ForinformationonallFocalPresspublications visitourwebsiteatwww.elsevierdirect.com 12 13 14 15 5 4 3 2 1 PrintedinChina Contents Foreword xiv Introduction 2 Chapter1 CustomizingHowYouWorkinPhotoshop 9 KeyboardShortcuts 10 DiscoveringKeyboardShortcuts 10 UsefulKeyboardShortcutstoLearn 12 ChangingandCreatingKeyboardShortcuts 15 Menus 17 ChangingtheMenus 17 Frame,Docks,Bars,andPanels 18 MenuBar 19 ApplicationFrame 19 WorkArea 19 Docks 19 ApplicationBar 20 OptionsBar 21 ToolBar 22 TabGroups 22 Panels 26 Workspaces 28 UsefulStrategieswithWorkspaces 30 UsingMoreThanOneMonitor 30 Expose´ andSpaces 30 DocumentWindows 31 TabbedDocumentWindows 31 StandardScreenMode,FullScreenMode,FullScreen ModewithMenus 31 ChangingtheBackgroundColor 34 FileInformationDisplays 34 Preferences 35 General 35 Interface 36 vi Contents Chapter2 CustomizingHowPhotoshopWorksforYou 41 Tools 42 ToolPresets 42 ToolPresetPicker 44 ToolPresetsPanel 46 PresetManager 46 SwatchesandStyles 47 GradientsandContours 49 PatternsandCustomShapes 51 Brushes 55 BrushPanel 55 BrushPresetsPanel 56 BrushPresetPicker 56 DefineBrushPreset 58 BrushPicker 59 Documents 59 NewDocumentPresets 59 AdobeCameraRawSettingsandPresets 60 DocumentMetadata 64 ColorSettings 64 WorkingColorSpace 65 Printing 67 ProofSetup 67 PrintSettings 68 Chapter3 OptimizingYourSystemforPhotoshop 71 Hardware 72 64-Versus32-BitArchitectures 72 HowtoRunin32-Bit 73 RAM:YourComputer’sShort-TermMemory 74 HardDrivesandScratchDisks 75 CPU:TheProcessor 76 GPUandVideoCards 76 OperatingSystem 77 Photoshop 77 NumberofHistoryStates 78 HistoryCache 78 CloseUnusedFiles 78 vii ClearAvailableMemoryWithPurge 79 RunPhotoshopOnly 79 KeepPhotoshopUp-to-Date 79 Don’tOverloadPresets 79 TurnOffThumbnailDisplays 80 Chapter4 DuplicatingYourTasksinPhotoshop 83 IntroductiontoActions 84 ExaminingtheActionsPanel 84 OrganizingActions 84 CreatingActions 85 PlayingActions 86 DisablingActionSteps 87 UsingPlaybackOptions 87 EditingtheActionOptions 88 UsingButtonMode 88 EditingActions 89 ChangingtheSettingsofanActionStep 89 DuplicatinganAction 89 DeletingActionSteps 90 AddingStepstoanAction 90 ReorderingActionSteps 91 UsingFitImage 92 AddingMoreSteps 93 ArrangingLayers 94 SelectingLayersViaKeyboardShortcuts 95 InsertingaPathItem 97 StrokingaPath 98 Using“AlignLayersToSelection”toIntelligently PositionObjects 99 RefiningActions 103 TogglingDialogs 103 InsertingStopItems 103 UsingHistorySnapshotsinConjunctionwith Actions 104 InsertingMenuItems 104 UsingPercentageforUnits 107 RunninganActionfromAnother Action 107 viii Contents CreatingActionsthatRunonDifferentComputers 108 SavingActions 109 LoadingActions 109 LearningMore 109 LearningbyDissectingExistingActions 109 CreatingActionsforTechniquesYouLearn fromOthers 109 Chapter5 RepeatingTasksonManyFiles 113 BatchProcessing 114 Setup 114 BatchDialog 115 TroubleshootingBatchProcessing 116 UnderstandingtheSuppressColorProfileWarnings 117 MakingaConditionalModeChange 118 WritingErrorstotheLogFile 119 UsingtheSuppressFileOpenOptionsDialog 119 AddingaSaveActionStep 120 ConvertingBitDepth 120 ConvertingColorProfiles 121 AdjustingtheFitImageStep 122 ChangingImageResolutionwithImageSize 123 CreatingaSuccessfulBatchProcess 124 UsingBatchfromBridge 125 DropletsforBatchProcessing 126 CreatingaDroplet 126 RunningaDroplet 127 CreatingaDropletforLightroom 127 UsingaDropletwithLightroom 128 UnderstandingDropletLimitations 129 Conclusion 130 Chapter6 RepeatingTaskswithExternalData 133 CreatingaTemplate 134 SettingUpTheTemplateFile 134 SettingUpTheBadgeTypes 136 SettingUptheEmployeePhoto 141 SettingUptheEmployeeInformation 141 ix DefiningVariables 143 VariablesDialog 143 TextReplacementVariables 144 PixelReplacementVariables 144 VisibilityVariables 145 CreatingDataSets 146 CreatingByHand 146 CreatingaCSVFile 149 ImportingDataSets 151 ApplyingDataSets 152 CreatingFilesforEachDataSetintheTemplate 153 Chapter7 BuildingYourOwnPanels:IntroductiontoUsingConfigurator 157 GettingtheTool 158 DownloadingandInstallingtheToolfromAdobeLabs 158 UsingtheTool 159 BuildingaSimplePanel 162 Panel 162 Tools 163 Commands 165 SearchingforCommands 166 UsingthePanelinPhotoshop 166 SavingthePanel 166 PreviewingthePanelinConfigurator 166 ExportingthePanelfromConfigurator 166 LoadingandFindingthePanelinPhotoshop 168 RevisingthePanel 168 UsingMorePanelObjects 170 ActionButtons 170 Widgets 171 AdvancedContainers 171 PolishingYourPanel 172 AddingaLogoImage 172 AddingaPanelIcon 173 CompletingYourPanel 175 SharingPanels 175 CreatinganInstaller 175 InstallingaPanel 176
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