Adobe Photoshop CS/CS2 Breakthroughs By David Blatner, Conrad Chavez Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub Date: November 23, 2005 ISBN: 0-321-33410-8 Pages: 288 Table of Contents | Index Adobe Photoshop is industry standard digital image software and users are hungry for solutions to their myriad concerns from how best to manage the program's sometimes unwieldy interface to how to use the new Vanishing Point tool Photoshop guru David Blatner has scoured the online forums, interviewed Adobe engineers, and gathered together answers to over 200 of the most-commonly asked questions Written in a sassy, fun-to-read style, this book tackles every major Photoshop problem with a lay-it-on-theline solution Adobe Photoshop CS/CS2 Breakthroughs is for anyone who has been using Photoshop long enough to realize that the solution to their problems isn't always as obvious as one would expect Adobe Photoshop CS/CS2 Breakthroughs By David Blatner, Conrad Chavez Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub Date: November 23, 2005 ISBN: 0-321-33410-8 Pages: 288 Table of Contents | Index Copyright Introduction How to Read This Book For More Information Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Photoshop Essentials First Things First Upgrading Smoothly Controls and Menus Windows and Palettes Monitors Tools Editing Objects Handling Documents Chapter 2 Getting the Picture Creating and Opening Files Exploring Camera Raw Scanning Chapter 3 Image Editing Basics All About Resolution Cropping Selection Strategies Amazing Transformations Duplicate Anything Chapter 4 Correcting Images Evaluating an Image Making Global Corrections Making Local Corrections Maintaining Image Quality Productivity Perks Sharpening Actions and Batches Chapter 5 Working with Layers Managing Layers Aligning Layers Layer Masks Combining Images Chapter 6 Working with Type Creating and Editing Type Get Set with Type Chapter 7 Enhancing Creativity Brushes Filter Fun Perspective and Distortion Darkroom Adventures Paths and the Pen Chapter 8 Keeping Color Consistent Setting Up Color Previewing Color Output Color Space Conversions Chapter 9 Organizing and Finding Images Building Your Bridge Annotating and Organizing Fast File Finding Production Practices Chapter 10 Printing, Saving, and Exporting Printing Images for Other Programs Images for the Internet It's Showtime! Index Copyright ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS/CS2 BREAKTHROUGHS David Blatner and Conrad Chavez Copyright © 2006 by David Blatner and Conrad Chavez Blatner Books are published in association with PEACHPIT PRESS 1249 Eighth Street Berkeley, California 94710 (800) 283-9444 (510) 524-2178 (510) 524-2221 (fax) Find us on the World Wide Web at: http://www.peachpit.com Peachpit Press is a division of Pearson Education Editor: Nancy Davis Production Editor Extraordinaire: Lisa Brazieal Indexer: Patti Schiendelman Cover design: Charlene Charles-Will, David Blatner Cover photograph courtesy Getty Images Interior design and production: David Blatner (moo.com) and Conrad Chavez Notice of Rights All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher For information on getting permission for reprints and excerpts, contact permissions@peachpit.com Disclaimer The information in this book is distributed on an "As Is" basis, without warranty While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of the book, neither the authors nor Peachpit Press shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the instructions contained in this book or by the computer software and hardware products described in it Trademarks Throughout this book trademarked names are used Rather than put a trademark symbol in every occurrence of a trademarked name, we state we are using the names only in an editorial fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner with no intention of infringement of the trademark All trademarks or service marks are the property of their respective owners 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed and bound in the United States of America Dedication David: For Don and Thirzalyn, who have been so supportive and loving for all these years Conrad: To Laura and Thierry Introduction HEY BUDDY, WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM? No, wait, we're not trying to be obnoxious; we really do want to know what your problem iswell, as long as it involves Adobe Photoshop After all, that is our job: listening to problems and coming up with breakthrough solutions In fact, we've spent much of the past couple of years listening to seminar attendees about their problems, teaching new and advanced users, working with clients, reading online Photoshop forums, and talking with other Photoshop trainers We discovered that there are certain questions that are asked over and over againquestions about resolution, opening Camera Raw files, adjusting tone and color, saving files to disk This book is a compendium of those commonly encountered problems, andmore importantlytheir solutions! Some solutions are simple, such as pointing out a feature that you might never have known about Other solutions are complex, requiring multi-step procedures and waving witchbane around your head while standing on one foot A few solutions involve problems with Photoshop CS which were fixed in Photoshop CS2, while some are more concerned with new problems that popped up in this most recent version Most of the solutions in this book are applicable to both CS and CS2 Of course, with all this talk about problems and solutions, you might get the feeling that we think Photoshop is buggy or causes headaches No way: We love Photoshop and it is among the most stable, functional pieces of software we own But we've been around long enough to know that all software has bugsand they usually bite you just before a big deadline And every major application can cause you to reach for the Ibuprofen at the end of a long day Photoshop is the best image-editing software we've ever used (and we've used a lot of them), but if you don't encounter any frustrations with it, then you're just not working hard enough How to Read This Book As much as we'd love to fly out to [insert name of your city here] and sit by your side as you work, we just can't right now That's where this book comes in: Each chapter of this book covers an area we know people have problems withorganizing myriad images, for instance, or keeping color consistent We don't expect you to read the whole thing cover to cover Rather, skip around the book, gathering what you need when you need it You might strategically leave this book wherever you go when you have a major problem: For David, it's next to the refrigerator Conrad prefers a nook at his local coffee house For More Information Note that we have no intention of this book covering every feature in Photoshop Sure, we cover a lot of ground, and we take an in-depth look at some areas that often cause confusion with users But we expect that you'll use this book in conjunction with other resources on Photoshop For example, we don't cover how to script Photoshop or create cool effects that look like fire or ice or whatever else you're in the mood to add to your images Fortunately, there are other resources out there Here's a few places you can go for more information Real World Adobe Photoshop CS2 While we are a bit biased (this book was written by David Blatner and our friend Bruce Fraser), this is also the book recommended by members of the Photoshop development team at Adobe Adobe Photoshop CS2 Visual QuickStart Guide This big step-by-step instruction book by Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas offers a great introduction to Photoshop We tend to like this better than the Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book, though that one is good, too Adobe Photoshop Web Site Most corporate Web sites are filled with marketing materials You'll find plenty of that at Adobe, but it's alongside excellent useful information, too It's definitely worth a trip to www.adobe.com/products/photoshop Also, the answers to many of your most puzzling Photoshop questions can often be answered by the knowledgeable and helpful volunteers in the Photoshop User to User Forums at www.adobe.com/support/forums/main.html Web sites Besides the Adobe Web site, there are literally transferring between documents Sending slide shows Separating colors Sepia tone Sets brushes keyword Settings, monitor, color Shadows adjustment layers Camera Raw Curves dialog box drop enhancing print Shapes duplicating Pen tool selecting text, selecting Sharpening Camera Raw digital camera noise Smart Sharpen Unsharp Mask Shifts, color Shortcuts adding adjusting numbers Batch command blending modes commiting text changes editing function keys last-used filter modifier keys overview tools view Showing layers palettes tool tips Shrinking test prints Shutterfly Silver-based black-and-white film Simulating infrared photo filters Size Camera Raw images Canvas Size 2nd cursors document Fit Image Image Size print resampling resolution Slices Slide shows Slow computer [See also Disk space] Smart Guides Objects 2nd 3rd Sharpen Smoothing selections type Snapping crop tool layer guides palettes Soft edge, brushes Soft Light blending mode Soft-proofing Softening mask edges Software, scanning Space menu Spacing paragraphs type Speed Bridge computer Spherize Spi (samples per inch) Spot Healing Brush Spotlight Spots, dust Spreading out selections sRGB Star Wars Status bar, document window Step-and repeat layouts Storing adjustment layers fonts multiple variations Straightening images Measure tool Stroking type outlines Styles, text Stylus Sub-paths Swatches palette Synchronizing color multiple windows System Layout Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Z] Tablets, graphic Templates, Metadata Test prints 2nd Text [See also Fonts; Type] color committing changes headlines hyphenation importing justification kerning leading moving between documents paths punctuation 2nd selecting ranges selecting shapes spacing styles tracking warping wrapping Textures Threshold, selecting by Thumbnails, building speed TIFFs Tiling windows 2nd Tone correction Curves dialog box enhancing selecting by Tools cursors options bar palette Presets palette saving settings shortcut keys showing tips Tracing Tracking, type Transferring selections between documents Transforming images selections Transparent brush strokes layers Trapezoids Trimming images Tritone Tweens Animation Frames Type [See also Fonts] anti-aliasing area bitmaps 2nd clipping mask color committing changes defaults editing font folders handles headlines hyphenation importing justification kerning leading masks mass formatting moving between documents paths point previewing punctuation resizing selecting ranges smoothing spacing 2nd stroking outlines tracking vector 2nd website display wrapping Typefaces [See Fonts] Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Z] UI font size Undo 2nd Ungrouping palettes Units of measure Unsharp Mask Update button, Camera Raw Upgrading keyboard shortcuts menus migrating monitor resolution User interface font size Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Z] Vanishing Point filter Vector mask 2nd objects 2nd Smart Objects type 2nd Version Cue Vertical guides scrolling Type Mask Video capture color View Actual Pixels channels documents, multiple histograms magnification print size shortcuts speed, Bridge Visual Infinity Vivid Light blending mode Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Z] Warping images text Waving flag Websites [See also Internet] Adobe Studio animated graphics color converting color spaces graphics edges HTML gallery inksupply.com newscodes.org ofoto.com Photoshop piezography.com preserving metadata russellbrown.com sharpening for slices type display Web-safe color Werner, Steve Windows background color cascading, Bridge document 2nd multiple, Bridge organizing multiple synchronizing multiple tiling, Bridge zooming Word spacing Work area overview Workspaces Bridge migrating palettle arrangements Wrapping text type Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Z] XML Metadata templates XMP files Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Z] Zooming Actual Pixels documents, multiple views windows ... Computer/username/Library/Preferences /Adobe Photoshop CS2 Setti In Windows, workspaces are stored here: C:\Program Files \Adobe\ Adobe Photoshop CS2 \Presets\Workspaces However, Photoshop is very sensitive to changes in the window.. .Adobe Photoshop CS/ CS2 Breakthroughs By David Blatner, Conrad Chavez Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub Date: November 23, 2005 ISBN: 0-321-33410-8 Pages: 288... your old Photoshop folder, locate each non -Adobe plug-in and drag it to the corresponding folder in the Photoshop CS2 Plugins folder (Figure 1.5) Figure 1.5 The Plug-ins folder inside the Photoshop CS2 folder