How to Use Adobe Photoshop CS2

Description:

Have you ever looked at your color pictures and wished you could make them black and white? Or maybe you've dreamed about taking that photo of your brother, cutting the head off and placing it on the body of a grizzly bear. The tool that you need is Adobe Photoshop and the book you need to learn all about it is How to Use Adobe Photoshop CS 2. Visually step through the process of creating images, manipulating them and then optimizing them for print or the web. The step-by-step approach used throughout the book will make it simple to learn the basic techniques involved in using Photoshop. You will learn to:

• Convert files
• Work with tone and color
• Edit images using tools, paths and layers
• Build web files

Master the basics of Photoshop with the visual examples and easy-to-follow lessons in How to Use Photoshop CS 2.

 

Table of Contents:

1. Getting Started with Photoshop.

    Welcome to Photoshop, Bridge, Camera Raw, and ImageReady

    How to Use the Toolbox

    How to Use the Menu Bars

    How to Use Photoshop and ImageReady Palettes

    How to Use the Picker

    How to Select a

    How to Browse Files in Bridge

    How to Use Rulers, Grids, and Guides

    How to Use Management

    How to Set Photoshop Preferences

    How to Set ImageReady Preferences

    How to Set Bridge Preferences

    How to Set Camera Raw Preferences

2. Optimizing Photoshop Projects.

    How to Use Multiple Views

    How to Undo with the History Palette

    How to Create Custom Tool Presets

    How to Create Custom Keyboard Shortcuts

    How to Use the Preset Actions

    How to Create Custom Actions

    How to Set Up Batch Processing Options

    How to Optimize Files for Printing

3. Selection Techniques.

    How to Select Geometric Areas

    How to Use the Polygonal Lasso Tool

    How to Select by Range

    How to Use Quick Mask

    How to Convert Selections to Paths

    How to Modify Selections

    How to Save and Load Selections

4. Working with Tone.

    How to Measure and Compare Pixel Values

    How to Optimize the Tonal Range

    How to Improve Contrast with Curves

    How to Improve Contrast with Shadow/Highlight

    How to Use the Dodge, Burn, and Sponge Tools

    How to Sharpen Images

    How to Use Smart Sharpen

    How to Use Blur to Sharpen

    How to Convert Images to Grayscale

5. Working with .

    How to Make Global Corrections

    How to Use the Match Command

    How to Correct a Range of s

    How to Use the Replacement Tool

    How to Build Duotones for the Web

    How to Build Duotones, Tritones, and Quadtones for Print

6. Image Editing Basics.

    How to Resize Images

    How to Add Canvas

    How to Crop an Image

    How to Flip and Rotate an Image

    How to Warp an Image

    How to Silhouette an Image

    How to Use the Healing Brush

7. Drawing and Painting with .

    How to Paint an Image

    How to Erase an Image

    How to Erase a Background

    How to Use the History Brush

    How to Use the Clone Stamp

    How to Draw Graphic Shapes

    How to Build a Custom Brush

    How to Use the Pattern Maker

    How to Apply Gradients

    How to Create Custom Gradients

8. Using Type.

    How to Add Type to an Image

    How to Create 3D Text

    How to Create Typographic Style Sheets

    How to Build Filtered Text Effects

    How to Warp Text

    How to Set Text on a Path

9. Using Paths.

    How to Create a Straight-Edge Path

    How to Create a Curved Path

    How to Edit a Path

    How to Convert a Path to a Selection

    How to Stroke Paths

    How to Create Clipping Paths

10. Working with Layers.

    How to Create and Move Layers

    How to Link Layers

    How to Create Clipping Masks

    How to Create Layer Groups

    How to Create Smart Objects

    How to Transform Layers

    How to Create Adjustment Layers

    How to Add a Layer Mask

    How to Merge and Flatten Layers

    How to Create Layer Comps

11. Digital Photography Features.

    How to Build a Contact Sheet

    How to Make Picture Packages

    How to Use the Red-Eye Tool

    How to Reduce Noise

    How to Build Panoramas

    How to Organize Images with Custom Metadata

    How to Work with Camera Raw Images

12. Building Web Files.

    How to Preview Files in Browsers and Platforms

    How to Build GIF Files for the Web

    How to Optimize GIF Sets

    How to Create a GIF Transparency

    How to Build JPEG Files for the Web

    How to Optimize Files with Variable Compression

    How to Slice Images for the Web

    How to Build Imagemaps

    How to Build Filter-Based GIF Animations

    How to Build JavaScript Rollovers

    How to Build a Web Gallery

13. Special Effects.

    How to Use Blending Modes

    How to Build a Glow Effect with Stroke Path

    How to Create Lighting Effects

    How to Apply a Radial Blur

    How to Apply a Ripple Effect

    How to Add a Lens Flare

    How to Add Noise Texture

    How to Use the Fibers Filter

    How to Distort an Image with Liquify

    How to Use the Filter Gallery

    How to Add Texture

    How to Create a Halftone Pattern

    How to Use the Vanishing Point Filter

Glossary.

Index.