[...]... audience, we don’t cover them here What’s New in CS4? Whether you have a previous edition of this book or you just want to jump right into the new features, it’s still a good idea to start at the beginning This entire book has been updated from Adobe Photoshop CS3 Studio Techniques The text has been streamlined, and new examples and the new features of CS4 have been covered throughout the chapters where... you in maximizing your screen real estate, CS4 provides panel docks, special interface elements that allow you to collapse and expand entire groups of panels easily (Figures 1.1a and 1.1b) 4 I: Working Foundations Figure 1.1a Photoshop’s CS4 interface is less cluttered than previous versions, but still very customizable Figure 1.1b The PC version of Photoshop CS4 looks and works the same as the Mac version... page and start understanding Adobe Photoshop CS4! xiv I PAR PART Working Foundations Chapter 1 Tools and Panels Primer Chapter 2 Selection Primer 3 43 This page intentionally left blank CHAPTER 1 Tools and Panels Primer The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious —Marcus Aurelius Tools and Panels Primer W hen you first open Photoshop CS4, the newly designed interface is unassuming... tools and panels so that you can manage the updated CS4 workspace effectively Preparing Your Workspace With previous versions of Photoshop, you might have ended up shifting and nudging panels around the screen in order to work on a graphic or image Along came Photoshop CS2 and CS3, packed with a huge number of panels, and adding even more tools With CS4, the interface has been streamlined to help you... language that you use in everyday life, to explain everything from the simplest feature to the most advanced techniques Ben Willmore acquired this approach as a result of teaching tens of thousands of people in hundreds of seminars and hands-on workshops We still provide a fair share of step-by-step techniques, and we delve into some rather advanced features, but through it all we use metaphors and examples... Guide to figure out your way around the program If you’re an advanced user, don’t worry This book is very understandable, but we also get into the real meat of Photoshop and the powerful tools of version CS4 Mac or Windows? From a functionality standpoint, Photoshop is pretty close to identical on Mac and Windows platforms Anything you can do on one platform, you can do on the other But those darn keyboards... your learning further Visit www.danablan com/photoshop to view Chapter 12, “Workflow,” and a series of bonus videos on assorted useful topics xiii Introduction As with Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS4 has a hybrid version called “Extended.” It has all the features of regular Photoshop, plus some features designed for more technical users (engineers, scientists, medical professionals, architects,... this book will help you get results It will demonstrate areas of the program that once eluded you This book is much more than a set of recipes, and in the coming pages you’ll find that mastering Photoshop CS4 is easier than you might think Does It Start at My Level? If you’re generally comfortable with your computer, you should be able to comprehend the information in this book, no matter how advanced the... Mode options are found under View > Screen Mode, as well as from the Application bar Figure 1.4 Toggle the main Tools panel between one-column and twocolumn layout by clicking its title bar Photoshop CS4 no longer includes a launch button in the Tools panel for ImageReady (the Web graphics application that came bundled with Photoshop), because ImageReady has been discontinued Some of its functionality... the top of the document window, and possibly scroll bars on the side and bottom of that window Figure 1.6 The Standard Screen Mode is Photoshop’s default (©2008 Dan Ablan.) Screen Arrangements The new CS4 Application bar resides just below Photoshop’s menu bar (On Windows, the Application bar is part of the menu bar; on a Mac, it’s separate.) The Application bar offers a few new tools, but for now we’ll . class="bi x0 y0 w0 h1" alt="" Adobe ® Photoshop ® CS4 Ben Willmore and Dan Ablan STUDIO TECHNIQUES Adobe ® Photoshop ® CS4 Studio Techniques Ben Willmore and Dan Ablan This Adobe Press. Luxology modo 301 Guide, and Digital Pho- tography for 3D Imaging and Animation. Adobe Photoshop CS4 Studio Techniques marks Dan’s 13th book. Dan is the founder of 3D Garage.com, a website dedicated. emailed me about Ben’s Adobe Photoshop CS3 Studio Techniques book. Peachpit was looking for someone to revise the series for the upcoming release of Photoshop CS4. So I have to thank Ben Willmore