A Complete Training Package! You have a personal tutor in the Digital Classroom If you want expert instruction that fits into your schedule, the Digital Classroom series delivers. Adobe Certifi ed Experts guide you through 14 lessons, helping you learn essential Photoshop CS5 skills at your own speed. Full-color, step-by-step instructions in the book are enhanced with video tutorials on the DVD. With this Digital Classroom training package, you have your own private instructor showing you the easiest way to learn Photoshop CS5. Jennifer Smith and the AGI Creative Team Smith Photoshop ® CS5 Image Processing $49.99 US/$59.99 CAN www.digitalclassroombooks.com Jennifer Smith is a noted expert in digital design for Web, interactive, and print. She has developed training and communications projects for many Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft and Adobe Systems. 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Jennifer delivers professional development education for companies around the world relating to effective ways to use creative technology to achieve design and user experience objectives. She is a founding member of American Graphics Institute (AGI) and serves as Vice President of AGI. Prior to founding AGI she worked in advertising as an art director and served as a principal in a Pennsylvania-based design firm. Jennifer is widely regarded as one of the foremost authorities in electronic publishing and design and is often requested as a speaker at seminars and conferences around the world. Jennifer is the author of more than ten books on electronic publishing, including Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium for Dummies, published by Wiley. She has also written several of the Classroom in a Book series for Adobe Press. Jennifer bridges the gap between technical and creative, working easily with both developers and designers. Her ability to translate technical skills to address business issues allows organizations to reach their objectives with effective design and creativity. She uses technology to achieve design objectives for use on-line or in print. A renaissance artist with technology, you’ll find Jennifer integrating her Photoshop work in interactive projects using Flash or Silverlight, and finessing her creations using her skills with coding, creating 3-D renderings for product designers, or working with graphics professionals to achieve the highest quality and most accurate color. AGI Creative Team is composed of Adobe Certified Experts and Adobe Certified Instructors from American Graphics Institute (AGI). The AGI Creative Team has authored many of Adobe’s official training guides, and works with many of the world’s most prominent companies, helping them to use creative software to communicate more effectively and creatively. They work with marketing, creative, and communications teams around the world, and teach regularly scheduled classes at AGI’s locations. More information at agitraining.com. PSCS5.indb VPSCS5.indb V 4/8/2010 5:09:14 PM4/8/2010 5:09:14 PM Acknowledgments Thanks to our many friends at Adobe Systems, Inc. who made this book possible and assisted with questions and feedback during the writing process. To the many clients of AGI who have helped us better understand how they use Photoshop and provided us with many of the tips and suggestions found in this book. A special thanks to the instructional team at AGI for their input and assistance in the review process and for making this book such a team effort. Thanks to iStockPhoto (iStockPhoto.com) for their permission to use exclusive photographers for images throughout the Adobe Photoshop CS5 Digital Classroom book. A_PS_FM.indd VIA_PS_FM.indd VI 4/8/2010 5:42:30 PM4/8/2010 5:42:30 PM Credits Additional Writing Jeremy Osborn, Christopher Smith Series Editor Christopher Smith Executive Editor Jody Lefevere Technical Editors Barbara Holbrook, Haziel Olivera Editor Marylouise Wiack Editorial Director Robyn Siesky Business Manager Amy Knies Senior Marketing Manager Sandy Smith Vice President and Executive Group Publisher Richard Swadley Vice President and Executive Publisher Barry Pruett Senior Project Coordinator Lynsey Stanford Graphics and Production Specialist Lauren Mickol Media Development Project Supervisor Jeremy Osborn Proofreading Jay Donahue Indexing Broccoli Information Management Stock Photography iStockPhoto.com PSCS5.indb VIIPSCS5.indb VII 4/8/2010 5:09:14 PM4/8/2010 5:09:14 PM PSCS5.indb VIIIPSCS5.indb VIII 4/8/2010 5:09:14 PM4/8/2010 5:09:14 PM [...]... Adobe Photoshop CS5 Digital Classroom, make sure that you have installed Adobe Photoshop CS5 The software is sold separately, and not included with this book.You may use the free 30-day trial version of Adobe Photoshop CS5 available at the Adobe.com web site, subject to the terms of its license agreement Adobe Photoshop CS5 versions Photoshop CS5 comes in two versions: Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Adobe Photoshop. .. 14 0 Understanding color gamut 14 0 The RGB color model 14 1 The CMYK color model 14 1 Working in the RGB mode 14 2 Editing color settings 14 3 Selecting colors 14 6 XII Adobe Photoshop CS5 Digital Classroom... 10 2 Creating a square selection 10 6 Creating a selection from a center point 10 8 Changing a selection into a layer 11 0 Working with the Magic Wand tool 11 1 The Lasso tool 11 4 Adding to and subtracting from selections 11 4 Using the Quick Selection... features Starting Adobe Photoshop CS5 As with most software, Adobe Photoshop CS5 is launched by locating the application in your Programs folder (Windows) or Applications folder (Mac OS) If you are not familiar with starting the program, follow these steps to start the Adobe Photoshop CS5 application: 2 Adobe Photoshop CS5 Digital Classroom Resetting Adobe Photoshop CS5 preferences Windows 1 Choose Start >...Contents Starting Up About Photoshop Digital Classroom 1 Prerequisites .1 Adobe Photoshop CS5 versions 1 System requirements 2 Starting Adobe Photoshop CS5 2 Resetting Adobe Photoshop CS5 preferences 3 A note about color warnings... Adobe Photoshop CS5 If you have a Creative Suite installed, you will navigate to that folder to locate the Photoshop CS5 folder 2 Close the Welcome Screen when it appears Mac OS 1 Open the Applications folder, and then open the Adobe Photoshop CS5 folder If you have a Creative Suite installed, you will open that folder to locate the Photoshop CS5 folder 2 Double-click on the Adobe Photoshop CS5 application... folder labeled Videos from the Photoshop CS5 Digital Classroom DVD to your hard drive Copying the video tutorials to your hard drive: 1 Insert the Photoshop CS5 Digital Classroom DVD supplied with this book 2 3 6 On your computer desktop, navigate to the DVD and locate the folder named Videos Drag the Videos folder to a location onto your hard drive Adobe Photoshop CS5 Digital Classroom Working with... 18 0 Opening the file 18 1 Why you should work in RGB 18 2 Reading a histogram 18 2 Making the Curve adjustment 18 4 Defining the highlight and shadow 18 7 Locating the White and Black Point 18 7 Inputting the white and black point values 18 8... 11 6 Understanding the Refine Selection Edge feature 11 7 Making difficult selections with the Refine Edge feature 12 0 Using Quick Mask 12 2 Saving selections 12 5 Copying and pasting a selection 12 6 Using the Pen tool for selections 12 7... Adobe Photoshop CS5 Starting up 3 A note about color warnings Steps to reset Adobe Photoshop CS5 preferences Press and hold the Ctrl+Alt+Shift keys (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift keys (Mac OS) simultaneously before launching Adobe Photoshop CS5 A dialog box appears verifying that you want to delete the Adobe Photoshop settings file Release the keys, then press OK Restoring previous Adobe Photoshop CS5 . Adobe ® Photoshop ® CS5 PSCS5.indb VIIIPSCS5.indb VIII 4/8/2 010 5:09 :14 PM4/8/2 010 5:09 :14 PM Adobe® Photoshop CS5 Digital Classroom PSCS5.indb IPSCS5.indb I 4/8/2 010 5:09 :12 PM4/8/2 010 5:09 :12 . PM PSCS5.indb IIPSCS5.indb II 4/8/2 010 5:09 :14 PM4/8/2 010 5:09 :14 PM Adobe® Photoshop CS5 Digital Classroom Jennifer Smith and AGI Creative Team PSCS5.indb IIIPSCS5.indb III 4/8/2 010 5:09 :14 . Photography iStockPhoto.com PSCS5.indb VIIPSCS5.indb VII 4/8/2 010 5:09 :14 PM4/8/2 010 5:09 :14 PM PSCS5.indb VIIIPSCS5.indb VIII 4/8/2 010 5:09 :14 PM4/8/2 010 5:09 :14 PM IXTable of Contents Starting Up About Photoshop Digital