Inside Adobe Photoshop 5.5

In Inside Adobe Photoshop 5.5, Gary Boutons learning methodology is set up to give you hands-on experience with Photoshops features, using either the imagery created in the book or the users own. Gary goes well beyond simply reviewing the features and grounds his readers in the most practical and useful aspects of Photoshop-the real-world uses of this powerful program-before delving into the more complex, arcane, or esoteric uses of the program. Each chapter includes a balance of textual discussion, hands-on excercises, and review material, all written in Garys highly praised style.

The Book that Took A Century to Write	p. 1
The Boutons Break with Tradition	p. 2
Adobe Photoshop: The Uncommon Household Word	p. 2
An Omnibus Approach Provides Help for All Classes of Designers	p. 3
Push Down and Twist: The Directions for Accessing this Book	p. 4
Terms Used in this Book	p. 6
Conventions Used in This book	p. 6
Special Text	p. 7
We Use Nicknames for Well-Known Products	p. 7
Contents At A Glance	p. 7
Part I Strolling before Running	p. 7
Part II Basic Magic Using Photoshop	p. 8
Part III Intermediate Magic and Photoshop	p. 8
Part IV Extended Uses for Photoshop	p. 9
Part V Publishing and Beyond	p. 10
Part VI Moving to Higher Ground: Meet Version 5.5 and ImageReady 2	p. 10
Part VII The Back O' the Book	p. 11
Folks Just Like You	p. 12
Part I Strolling before Running	p. 13
1 Getting Acquainted with Computer Graphics and Terms	p. 15
What Types of Computer Graphics Are There?	p. 16
The Picture Element Placeholder	p. 17
Image Resolution	p. 17
How Many Pixels Are in an Image?	p. 18
Color Depth (Color Capability)	p. 18
Line Art	p. 18
Indexed Color	p. 19
The Grayscale Channel Image	p. 22
The Color Channel Image	p. 22
CMYK Color Mode	p. 23
LAB Color	p. 24
Color Reduction Methods	p. 25
Three Methods for Palletizing an Image	p. 26
Different Palletizing Options	p. 28
Anti-Aliasing and Resampling Artwork	p. 30
Image Resolution and Granularity	p. 31
Anti-aliasing and Brush Strokes	p. 32
Interpolation and Averaging	p. 34
Nearest Neighbor	p. 35
Bilinear Interpolation	p. 36
Bicubic Interpolation	p. 37
Progressive Changes and Anti-Aliasing	p. 37
Summary	p. 38
2 Getting Stock Images	p. 41
The "Rules" for Acquiring an Image	p. 42
Examining the Flatbed Scanner	p. 44
Understanding Reflective Scanning: Scanning Photos Using a Flatbed Scanner	p. 44
Direct Scanning Do's and Don'ts	p. 50
Letting a Layout Dictate a Scan	p. 51
Editing a Scanned Image	p. 55
The Vertical Strip Layout	p. 59
Simplicity of Design and Economy of Scanning	p. 65
A Warning about Scanning Everything on Earth	p. 69
The Kodak PhotoCD	p. 70
Working with PhotoCD Images	p. 70
Correcting the Gamma of an Image Acquired from a PhotoCD	p. 74
Transparency Scanning	p. 77
The Digital Camera	p. 80
The Pipeline of Digital Photography	p. 81
What Are You Getting Yourself into with a Digital Camera?	p. 83
Film Speed	p. 83
The Lens System	p. 83
Types of Compression and the Storage Card	p. 84
Amount of Samples	p. 84
Three Ranges of Cameras	p. 85
Olympus D-500L (Street Price: $799)	p. 85
Olympus D-600L (Street Price: $1,300)	p. 86
The Polaroid PDC-3000 (Street Price: $2,000-$3,000)	p. 86
Summary	p. 87
3 Customizing Photoshop 5	p. 89
The Preferences Dialog Box	p. 90
Setting the General Preferences	p. 90
Setting the File-Saving Preferences	p. 93
Setting Display and Cursors Preferences	p. 94
Setting the Transparency and Gamut Preferences	p. 95
Setting Units and Rulers Preferences	p. 96
Setting the Guides and Grid Preferences	p. 97
Setting the Plug-Ins and Scratch Disks Preferences	p. 99
Setting the Memory and Image Cache Preferences	p. 100
Understanding Gamma	p. 102
Optimizing Your Palettes	p. 104
Info Palette	p. 105
Getting Acquainted with the Options Palette Options	p. 106
Brushes Palette Options	p. 107
History Palette Options	p. 110
Actions Palette Options	p. 110
Layers, Channels, and Paths Palette Options	p. 111
Quick Mask Options (Toolbox)	p. 112
Personal Working Preference	p. 113
Summary	p. 114
4 The Photoshop Test-Drive	p. 115
The Magnetic Lasso Tool and Floating Selections	p. 116
Editing the Butter	p. 116
The Layer Via Copy Command	p. 119
Copying the Shaker	p. 119
Using Layer Effects	p. 122
Changing Times	p. 124
Layer Mask Mode	p. 129
Copying and Masking a Sugar Cube	p. 129
Warming Up the Coffee	p. 132
Clipping Groups	p. 133
Surfacing Over the Coffee Pot	p. 133
Shading the Coffee Pot	p. 136
Summary	p. 139
Part II Basic Magic Using Photoshop	p. 141
5 Working with New Features	p. 143
Working with the Type Tool	p. 144
Using the Vertical Type Tool and Dialog Box	p. 144
Working with the Horizontal Type Tool	p. 147
Folks and Beacon: Installing New Fonts	p. 149
Using Mixed Typefaces	p. 150
Photoshop's Type Mask Tool	p. 153
Photoshop's Freeform Pen Tool	p. 155
Using the Freeform Pen Tool for Design Work	p. 155
Pillow Embossing the New Layer	p. 159
Photoshop 5's History List	p. 161
Tracking and Refining Embellishments Using the History Palette	p. 161
Snapshots and New Variations	p. 166
Using the History Brush	p. 169
Exploring the Magnetic Tools	p. 171
Using Magnetic Selections in Your Editing Work	p. 172
A Contact Sheet for Quick Browsing	p. 175
Creating Your Own Contact Sheet	p. 175
From PDF to PSD	p. 178
Creating a TIFF File from a PDF Page	p. 178
The Resize and Export Transparent Image Assistants	p. 179
Exporting to GIF 89a Format	p. 180
Exporting to PNG Format	p. 181
File Info's Copyright and URL	p. 184
Info from Photoshop User to Photoshop User	p. 184
More Protection for Your Images	p. 186
An Improved Actions List	p. 186
Creating a Soft Star Macro	p. 186
Aligning Linked Layers	p. 190
Using the Align Linked Command	p. 190
Summary	p. 192
6 Selections, Layers, and Paths	p. 193
The Icons Masterpiece	p. 194
Hitching Your Lasso to a Star	p. 194
The Lasso Tool and Polygon Lasso Tool Modes	p. 196
Defining a Selection with Quick Mask	p. 201
Using Paths to Create Selections	p. 203
What's in a Path?	p. 203
The Lowdown on Layers	p. 209
Subtracting from A Floating Selection	p. 215
Working with Clipping Groups	p. 218
Summary	p. 221
7 Retouching a Photograph	p. 223
Assessing the Compositional Damage	p. 224
Using the Pen Tool and Floating Selections	p. 225
Retouching with the Rubber Stamp Tool	p. 229
Changing a Path to Make a New Selection	p. 231
Creating a Path to Define the Shoulder	p. 233
Cloning a Pattern	p. 235
The Trick Is to Extend What's Available	p. 236
Cropping the Image	p. 238
"Shared Attention" in the Finished Image	p. 239
Summary	p. 241
Part III Intermediate Magic and Photoshop	p. 243
8 Restoring Heirloom Photographs	p. 245
Concerns Unique to Old Photographs	p. 246
Digitizing a Warped Photo	p. 246
Scanning the Wrinkled Photo	p. 247
Scanning the Black-and-White Photo in Color	p. 247
Knowing the Characteristics of Your Output	p. 247
Does the Resolution Match the Output?	p. 248
Does the Color Match?	p. 248
How Are Details Reproduced?	p. 249
Restoring the Faded Photograph	p. 249
Adjustment Layers and the Curves Command	p. 249
Rubbing Out an Unwanted Person	p. 253
Repairing the Cracked Photograph	p. 255
Using the Dust and Scratches Filter to Remove Blemishes	p. 255
The Final Inspection	p. 258
Removing a Stain from a Photograph	p. 259
Assessing the Damage	p. 259
Removing the Stain	p. 261
Summary	p. 264
9 Creating Surrealistic Images	p. 265
Stock Photography and this Chapter's Image	p. 266
Compositing Two Images to Create a Surrealistic Image	p. 267
Using Layer Opacity to Visualize a Composite	p. 268
Using Multiple Tools to Apply a Layer Mask	p. 270
Removing the Bench with the Rubber Stamp Tool	p. 273
Using Guides and Rotating a Layer	p. 277
Distorting an Object to Achieve Perspective	p. 279
Manipulating the Sky Area	p. 281
10 Working with Mixed Media	p. 287
Creating a Digital Cartoon	p. 288
Scanning a Physical Pen and Ink Drawing	p. 288
Preparing a Clean Scan for Coloring	p. 290
Prepping Artwork for Streamline	p. 293
Importing an EPS File	p. 295
Selecting and Coloring on a Unique Layer	p. 297
Shading with the Paintbrush Tool	p. 300
Applying Authentic Lighting Effects	p. 301
Using Screen Captures in the Scene	p. 304
Adding a Tint to the Monitor	p. 307
Creating a Highlight that Fades	p. 309
Using the Layer Mask to Remove Unwanted Areas	p. 310
Using a Seamless, Patterned Tile to Create Perspective	p. 312
Highlighting the Center of the Piece	p. 315
Summary	p. 316
11 Using Different Color Modes	p. 317
Creating the Best Grayscale Image	p. 318
From RGB Color to Grayscale	p. 319
Duotones: Complementary Color Plates	p. 321
Creating a Sepiatone Effect	p. 326
Filtering Grayscale Images	p. 330
A Grayscale Filter Sampler	p. 330
An Homage to Traditional Photographic Reproductions	p. 332
Getting Tints from an Image	p. 338
Embossing Using Color Channel Information	p. 340
Summary	p. 343
12 Creating a Photorealistic Fantasy	p. 345
What Elements Are Needed for the Composition?	p. 346
Sizing-up the Photographic Image	p. 346
Selecting Silhouettes	p. 351
Using the Magnetic Lasso Tool	p. 351
Using a Combination Editing Technique	p. 353
Using Paths to Define Hard Edges	p. 354
Creating Complex Selections in Layer Mask Mode	p. 356
Painting Over Items That Don't Match Your New Image	p. 361
Painting an Image Selection	p. 361
Editing-in a Prop	p. 363
"Sleek" Doesn't Cover "Clunky"	p. 364
Masking Out Unwanted Areas	p. 365
Defining a Selection	p. 368
Using Partial Opacity Paint	p. 370
Creating the Fantasy Composition	p. 373
Copying the Actor and Arranging the Scene	p. 373
Deemphasizing a Background	p. 374
Finessing the Fantasy	p. 376
The Layer Mask and Fringed Hair	p. 376
Finishing the Actor's Hair	p. 378
Sizing and Adding Text	p. 379
Summary	p. 381
13 Creating a "Perfect" Image	p. 383
Introducing "Park Blah"	p. 384
Using the Color Range Command to Select the Sky	p. 384
Adding a New Sky to the Image	p. 390
Using the Sharpen Tool to Enhance Focus	p. 394
Using the Color Balance Command	p. 395
Using Quick Mask to Create a Realistic Reflection	p. 398
Rotating, Copying, and Positioning the Sky	p. 401
Alpha Selecting and Layer Masking the Lake	p. 402
Warming the Waters: Changing the Color Cast in a Lake Scene	p. 406
Using the Variations Command to Correct Color Cast	p. 407
Summary	p. 408
Part IV Extended Uses for Photoshop	p. 411
14 Making Things Appear Small	p. 413
Scale, Camera Angle, and Lighting	p. 414
Separating the Woman from the Background	p. 416
Setting Up the Image as a Layer and Working with Transparency Options	p. 416
Beginning the Silhouetting Work	p. 417
Using the Pen Tool to Select the Edge of a Blouse	p. 419
Using the Pen and Convert Point Tools	p. 422
Further Trimming Away at the Image	p. 424
Using the Pen Tool on Hands	p. 425
Editing the Pants and the Shoes	p. 427
Rough Masking Around the Pants and the Other Hand	p. 428
Masking Around the Other Hand	p. 431
Deleting Around the Outside of the Arm	p. 431
Two Tools: One Selection Goal	p. 432
Familiar Tools, Identical Techniques	p. 434
Using the Paintbrush Tool to Finish the Masking	p. 434
Giving the Girl a Big Hand	p. 436
Thumbs Up	p. 439
Creating a Thumb Shadow	p. 440
Sampling and Applying a Shading Color	p. 443
Layer Masking for Touch-Up Work	p. 445
A Question of Lens Focus	p. 445
Color Casting and Correction	p. 446
Summary	p. 448
15 Working between Applications	p. 451
Complete Replacement as a Retouching Method	p. 452
Using the Pen Tool to Define the Coffee Can	p. 453
Filling In the Coffee Can	p. 456
Creating a Drop-shadow Template	p. 459
Cloning over a Coffee Can Edge	p. 462
Adding PhotoRealistic Touches	p. 463
A Brief Thingy on EPS, Illustrator Files, and Resolution	p. 466
Placing the Image and the Label	p. 468
Warping the Label on a Budget	p. 471
Using Windows Programs to Bend the Label	p. 474
Photoshop's Got Your Dimensions	p. 478
Importing, Copying, and Aligning the Logo	p. 478
Creating a Fake Label Edge	p. 481
Adding Noise and a Highlight	p. 483
Summary	p. 488
16 Creatively Working with Filters	p. 489
Creating a Woodworking Home Page with the Help of Filters	p. 490
Using the Gradient Editor	p. 490
Filtering the Custom Blend	p. 492
Lighting Effects and the Texture Channel	p. 496
Creating Buttons in Photoshop	p. 497
Dimensionalizing the Button	p. 499
Tiling the Texture	p. 502
Creating Fractal Terrain	p. 503
The Render Clouds Filter	p. 504
From RGB Color to Indexed	p. 505
3D Transform and Product Visualization	p. 509
Preparing the Art for 3D Transform	p. 509
Adding a Table Top	p. 512
Adding Shading and a Background	p. 513
Adding "Business" to the Box	p. 515
Working with 3D Transform's Sphere Shape	p. 517
Creating Arcing Text	p. 517
Going with the Flow; Filters that Complement Geometry	p. 519
Stylizing the Desk Scene	p. 519
Using Two Filters and Two Layers	p. 522
Using the Watercolor Filter	p. 524
Summary	p. 526
17 Special Effects and Photoshop	p. 527
Removing Someone from Their Clothing (with Their Permission)	p. 528
Start with an Image that Contains Motion	p. 528
Removing an Area by Cloning Over It	p. 529
Using the Pen and Airbrush Tools	p. 530
The "Rhythm" of the Tools	p. 532
Using the Smudge Tool	p. 533
Stroking a Seam Path	p. 534
Aligning Sample Points and Erasing Arms	p. 536
Showing the Inside of the Sleeve	p. 538
Jeans Are Either Too Long or Too Short	p. 543
Erasing the Other Sneaker	p. 546
Making and Importing Shadows	p. 548
How to Replace a Face	p. 551
Getting the Sizing and Lighting Right	p. 552
Rotating an Image	p. 555
Matching Skin Tones	p. 558
Summary	p. 559
Part IV Publishing and Beyond	p. 561
18 Outputting Your Input	p. 563
The Many Routes to Physical Output	p. 564
Personal Printing	p. 565
Black-and-White Output: Personal and Professional	p. 567
PostScript Printers	p. 570
What Goes Into That Dot on a Page	p. 571
Examining a Digital Halftone Image	p. 571
Understanding the Halftone Cell, Resolution, and Other Factors	p. 573
Line Angles	p. 574
Line Frequency	p. 576
The Times Two Rule	p. 576
The Number of Tones in a Grayscale Image	p. 579
Using Calculations to Determine Image Quality	p. 579
Higher-Resolution Printers	p. 580
The Photoshop Method of Counting Colors	p. 580
Ink Is Different from Toner	p. 582
Decreasing Contrast in the Laser Copy	p. 582
Photoshop's printing Options	p. 584
Using the Page Setup Dialog Box	p. 584
Using the Print Command from the File Menu	p. 588
Printing to Different Color Modes	p. 588
Increasing Print Quality, Decreasing Artist Involvement	p. 591
Pre-Press and the Service Bureau	p. 591
How Pre-Press Savvy Do You Need to Be?	p. 592
Strategies for Getting Your Work Out the Door	p. 592
Working with CMYK Images	p. 593
Using the Gamut Warning Feature	p. 593
Converting RGB Images to CMYK	p. 595
Printing Color Separations	p. 596
Deciding Whether to Do Your Own Color Separations	p. 597
Print to File Options	p. 598
Printing to PDF or EPS	p. 599
The Film Recorder	p. 600
Formats of Film Recorder Output	p. 600
Transferring a Photoshop Image to Film	p. 601
Your Monitor's Setup	p. 601
Sending the Right Size File	p. 602
How Large Is Large Enough?	p. 602
Using the Proper Aspect Ratio?	p. 603
Achieving the Proper Aspect Ratio	p. 603
Making 35mm Negatives	p. 606
Converting a Portrait Design to a Landscape Slide	p. 607
Summary	p. 608
19 Creating Graphics for the Web	p. 609
The Client: The Textures Home Page	p. 610
The Stained Glass Filter	p. 610
Blurring the Work and Editing the Effect	p. 612
The Lighting Effects Filter and Tone/Color Editing	p. 615
Creating a Lopsided, Horizontal Pattern	p. 618
Creating a Custom Gradient	p. 621
Sizing Up and Creating a Workspace	p. 623
Adding Text with the Type Tool	p. 625
Adding an Effect to an Imported Object	p. 628
Sizing Graphics and the Actions List	p. 630
Measuring Available Space	p. 630
Programming the Actions Palette	p. 632
Previewing the Appearance of the Web Page	p. 637
Measuring Space and Creating Navigation Buttons	p. 638
Flattening and Cropping a Copy of Your Work	p. 640
Summary	p. 642
20 Building Animations	p. 643
Examining the Animation Pipeline	p. 644
Creating Still Images	p. 644
Creating Sequential Still Frames by Using Third-party Animation Tools	p. 645
Batch Editing in Photoshop	p. 646
Compressing and Compiling Frames into Animation	p. 646
File Formats and Compiler Compatibility	p. 646
Animating with Flo' and Transparency Masks	p. 647
Editing the Boombox Image for Animation Purposes	p. 648
Going with the Flo'	p. 651
Adding a Background, with a Twist	p. 659
Launching the Actions List Batch Editing	p. 661
Working with Compression, Timing, and File Sorting	p. 663
MainActor: Push-Button Video Compiling	p. 664
MooVer for Macintosh QuickTime Compiling	p. 666
Summary	p. 670
21 Moving Up to Photoshop 5.5	p. 671
Why Should I Buy the Upgrade?	p. 672
Calibrating the Photoshop RGB Color Display	p. 673
Enter Adobe RGB (1998)	p. 673
Noodling with the Exact Settings You Want	p. 673
A Word about Accuracy and Color Spaces	p. 675
New Tools Geared for Simplifying Procedures	p. 676
Examining the Magic Eraser Tool and the Background Eraser Tool	p. 676
The Magic behind the Magic Eraser Tool	p. 677
Using the Background Eraser Tool	p. 680
Brief Tutorials on Contiguous and Noncontiguous Selection	p. 683
Removing Fringing Automatically and Manually	p. 687
Checking Out the Type Tool Enhancements	p. 690
Web-Working with Photoshop	p. 694
Selecting and Defringing a Text Object	p. 694
Choosing a Web Palette Color	p. 695
Optimizing and Finalizing the Text Element	p. 701
Introducing the DitherBox	p. 704
Improved Indexing and Brush Sizes	p. 707
Enter the Picture Package	p. 709
The Web Photo Gallery	p. 711
Interesting Features We Didn't Cover	p. 712
The New Toolbox Icon	p. 712
Summary	p. 712
22 ImageReady: Slicing and Image Mapping	p. 713
Learning about High- and Low-Frequency Images	p. 715
Saving a High-Frequency Image	p. 715
Experimenting with JPEG Optimization	p. 717
Optimizing a Low-Frequency Image	p. 719
Anti-Aliasing and Image Optimizing	p. 721
How Many Colors Surround Anti-Aliased Text?	p. 721
Examining Droplets	p. 723
Creating Your Own Droplets	p. 723
Slicing Images	p. 725
Using Slicing When Only Part of an Image Is Interesting	p. 726
Playing the "Substituted Slice" Game	p. 729
Introducing Image Maps	p. 733
Creating Keyboard Image Maps	p. 733
Using Slices for Image Maps	p. 740
Summary	p. 743
23 ImageReady: Creating JavaScript Rollovers	p. 745
Creating Your First JavaScript Rollover	p. 746
Getting the Optimization Out of the Way	p. 746
Making a Basic Rollover Page	p. 747
Finalizing the Rollover Button	p. 753
Manual Editing of the Rollover Page	p. 756
Using Imported Vector Graphics	p. 762
Making a Glow Effect and Assigning the Design to a State	p. 767
Ah! Finishing Touches Again!	p. 771
Dissecting the Styles Palette	p. 774
Making Squooshy Buttons	p. 776
The Animated Rollover Button	p. 776
Summary	p. 776
24 ImageReady: Creating Animated GIFs	p. 777
How Does an Animated GIF Work?	p. 778
Using an ImageReady Script for Animation	p. 778
The "Squash and Stretch" Animation Type	p. 783
The Bouncing Ball Animation	p. 783
Computer Graphics and GIF Animations	p. 789
Bringing Cells into ImageReady to Animate	p. 790
GIF Animation Disposal Methods	p. 793
Other Animation Types and Creative Shortcuts	p. 797
Moving a Virtual Camera Around	p. 797
Moving Lighting in a Scene	p. 802
Making a Neon Sign GIF Animation	p. 804
The Carnival Marquee	p. 806
The "Invisible Man" GIF Animation	p. 806
Summary	p. 806
24 1/2 Where Do We Go from Here?	p. 807
Closing Thoughts	p. 807
Learning from Life	p. 808
Learning How to Learn	p. 809
Appendix	p. 811
Index	p. 825

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