Photoshop CS6 : essential skills : A guide to creative image editing / Mark Galer, Philip Andrews.
Material type: TextPublication details: [Burlington, MA : Focal Press, 2013].Description: xvi, 519 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm. + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:- 9780240522685 (pbk)
- 0240522680
- 006.68 GAL
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Combining real word examples, step-by-step projects and professional advice, Photoshop CS6: Essential Skills provides you with the ultimate learning experience. Written by two internationally recognized authors and Adobe Photoshop Ambassadors, this book and DVD package gives you a guided tour of everything you need to know to master image editing and achieve stunning results.
Broken into three parts, this self-study guide to Photoshop covers all the foundation skills to get you started, before moving on to more advanced image editing and photomontage techniques to develop you skills even further. A complete section of step-by-step imaging projects and the 12+ hours of DVD video tutorials will hone your image editing skills to give you professional quality results.
Includes index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- foundation module
- Introduction (p. xiv)
- A structured learning approach (p. xv)
- Supporting DVD (p. xv)
- Research and resources (p. xv)
- Essential information (p. xvi)
- 1 What's new for CS6 (p. 1)
- A new look and a new direction (p. 2)
- 2 Bridge (p. 23)
- Introduction (p. 24)
- The CS6 version of Bridge (p. 25)
- Setting up Bridge (p. 26)
- Using Bridge (p. 32)
- Using Bridge to access the project resources (p. 45)
- 3 Workflow (p. 47)
- Introduction (p. 48)
- A few key concepts before we start... (p. 50)
- Foundation Project 1 (p. 55)
- Image capture - Step 1 (p. 55)
- Downloading files - Step 2 (p. 60)
- Image management - Step 3 (p. 62)
- Image processing steps (p. 63)
- Rotating and cropping an image - Step 4 (p. 63)
- Color adjustments - Step 5 (p. 65)
- Tonal adjustments - Step 6 (p. 67)
- Cleaning an image - Step 7 (p. 75)
- Sharpening an image - Step 8 (p. 77)
- Setting "workflow Options - Step 9 (p. 78)
- Applying changes to multiple files - Step 10 (p. 79)
- Outputting processed files - Step 11 (p. 81)
- Saving, duplicating and resizing for web - Step 12 (p. 83)
- 4 Raw Processing (p. 87)
- Introduction (p. 88)
- Processing Raw data (p. 89)
- Foundation Project 2 (p. 90)
- Lens corrections - Step 1 (p. 90)
- Straighten, crop and size - Step 2 (p. 92)
- Color space - Step 3 (p. 93)
- Choosing a bit depth - Step 4 (p. 94)
- White balance - Step 5 (p. 95)
- Global tonal adjustments - Step 6 (p. 99)
- Controlling saturation and vibrance - Step 7 (p. 100)
- Localized correction - Step 8 (p. 101)
- Grayscale conversion and toning - Step 9 (p. 106)
- Adding special effects - Step 10 (p. 111)
- Noise reduction and sharpening - Step 11 (p. 113)
- Output options - Step 12 (p. 116)
- Foundation Project 3 (p. 118)
- Preliminary enhancements - Step 1 (p. 118)
- Add Graduated Filter effect - Step 2 (p. 119)
- Adjust the Graduated Filter effect - Step 3 (p. 119)
- Reclaim some of the filtered detail - Step 4 (p. 120)
- Add a film-like grain effect - Step 5 (p. 120)
- Digital exposure (p. 121)
- Adjusting exposure in ACR (p. 122)
- Foundation Project 4 (p. 122)
- Dust on the sensor - batch removal (p. 126)
- Archiving Raw files as digital negatives (p. 127)
- 5 Fine Print (p. 129)
- Introduction (p. 130)
- The problem and the solution (p. 131)
- Prepare your print workshop (p. 132)
- Prepare your monitor (p. 133)
- Prepare your inkjet printer (p. 134)
- Select appropriate color setting (p. 135)
- Obtain a profile target (p. 136)
- Print the target using Adobe® Color Print Utility (p. 136)
- Alternative: Printing a target from Photoshop (p. 137)
- Adjust the printer settings (p. 138)
- Create and install custom profile (p. 139)
- Tag images with the Adobe RGB profile (p. 139)
- Test your color managed workflow (p. 140)
- Make printer presets (p. 140)
- Assessing the test print for accuracy (p. 141)
- Preserving shadow detail (p. 142)
- Soft Proofing (p. 143)
- Printing using a professional lab (p. 144)
- Digital Basics - DVD Chapter 1 (p. DVD1)
- Introduction (p. DVD3)
- Channels and modes (p. DVD4)
- Levels (p. DVD5)
- Hue, Saturation and Brightness (p. DVD6)
- Color and light overview (p. DVD8)
- Bit depth (p. DVD10)
- File size (p. DVD11)
- File formats (p. DVD12)
- Image compression (p. DVD15)
- Resolution (p. DVD17)
- Image size (p. DVD21)
- Interpolation (p. DVD24)
- Digital Darkroom - DVD Chapter 2 (p. DVD27)
- Digital setup (p. DVD28)
- Monitor settings (p. DVD29)
- Choosing a workspace (p. DVD30)
- Getting started with Photoshop (p. DVD30)
- Settings and preferences (p. DVD33)
- Navigation and viewing modes (p. DVD35)
- Rulers and guides (p. DVD38)
- Advanced skills module
- 6 Layers and Channels (p. 147)
- Introduction (p. 148)
- Layers overview (p. 149)
- Layer types (p. 152)
- Channels (p. 156)
- Adjustment and filter layers and editing quality (p. 158)
- Layer masks and editing adjustments (p. 159)
- 7 Selections (p. 161)
- Introduction (p. 162)
- Selection tools overview (p. 162)
- Shape-based selections with the Marquee tools (p. 162)
- Drawn selections using the Lasso tools (p. 163)
- Customizing your selections (p. 165)
- Refining selections (p. 167)
- Refine Edge in action (p. 168)
- Saving and loading selections (p. 170)
- Feather and anti-alias (p. 171)
- Defringe and Matting (p. 172)
- Quick Mask or Refine Edge (p. 173)
- 'Color Range' (p. 174)
- Channel masking (p. 175)
- Tone-based selections and masks (p. 177)
- Selections from paths (p. 181)
- 8 Filters (p. 187)
- Introduction (p. 188)
- The 'Smart' way to filter (p. 189)
- The Filter Gallery (p. 191)
- Fade Filter command (p. 192)
- Improving filter performance (p. 192)
- Installing and using third party niters (p. 192)
- Filtering a shape, text or vector layer (p. 193)
- The great filter roundup (p. 193)
- Liquify filter (p. 194)
- Vanishing Point (p. 196)
- Adaptive Wide Angle (p. 19 8)
- Lighting Effects Gallery (p. 199)
- Blur Gallery (p. 200)
- Correcting lens distortion with niters (p. 202)
- Noise filters (p. 206)
- Sharpen filters (p. 208)
- Texture filters (p. 209)
- Other filters (p. 210)
- Filter DLY (p. 211)
- 9 Layer Blends (p. 213)
- Introduction (p. 214)
- The 'Darken' group (p. 216)
- The 'Lighten group (p. 219)
- The 'Overlay' group (p. 222)
- Difference and Exclusion (p. 224)
- Hue, Saturation and Color (p. 225)
- Luminosity (p. 227)
- imaging projects module
- 10 Retouching Projects (p. 229)
- Standard edit in ACR - Project 1 (p. 230)
- Extreme contrast edits in ACR - Project 2 (p. 255)
- Tone Curves and luminosity masks - Project 3 (p. 261)
- Black and White in ACR - Project 4 (p. 271)
- Lens corrections - Project 5 (p. 277)
- Working spaces - Project 6 (p. 284)
- Clone and stamp - Project 7 (p. 295)
- Gradients and vignettes - Project 8 (p. 305)
- 11 Composite Projects (p. 315)
- Refine Edge - Project 1 (p. 316)
- Refine Edge (take two) - Project 2 (p. 321)
- Paths, masks and blend modes - Project 3 (p. 333)
- Replacing a sky - Project 4 (p. 347)
- Composite studio lighting and action - Project 5 (p. 354)
- Preserving shadows - Project 6 (p. 361)
- Replacing a studio background - Project 7 (p. 372)
- High Dynamic Range (HDR) - Project 8 (p. 380)
- HDR problems and solutions - Project 9 (p. 380)
- Photomerge - Project 10 (p. 396)
- Vertical panoramas - Project 11 (p. 414)
- 12 Special Effects (p. 423)
- Smooth Tone technique - Project 1 (p. 424)
- High Impact - Project 2 (p. 430)
- Color Grading - Project 3 (p. 439)
- Reduced Depth of Field - Project 4 (p. 448)
- Tilt-Shift effect - Project 5 (p. 459)
- Faux Holga - Project 6 (p. 463)
- Lens Flare effect - Project 7 (p. 475)
- Split-grade blur and split tone - Project 8 (p. 480)
- Borders and textures - Project 9 (p. 490)
- Glossary (p. 497)
- Keyboard Shortcuts (p. 507)
- Web Links (p. 509)
- Index (p. 510)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Philip Andrews has written extensively on digital photography, traditional photography, & multimedia for many magazines & newspapers, including "Amateur Photographer", "British Journal of Photography", Practical Photography", & "Digital Photo & Design".(Bowker Author Biography)