Released by: Elsevier, Focal Press
Author: Philip Andrews
File type: PDF, 36MB
RAR size: 25MB


By Philip Andrews, Professional photographer, best-selling international author, accomplished teacher and official Adobe Photoshop and Elements Ambassador.

Description:
Photoshop users of all levels need access to the crucial information in a flash.
Techniques books provide the step-by-step instructions and how-to advice but this easy to navigate, dip-into guide provides quick answers to the inevitable 'what does that do?' questions that all too often bring progress to a grinding halt.
The full colour A to Z format covers hundreds of tools, features and menu options clearly and succinctly, with cross-references to related topics, screen shots and illustrative examples to help things fall into place.
A new techniques section delves deeper into key areas, providing more instruction on essential tasks in an easy, step-by-step format.
Fully updated with new CS3 features throughout, this is the Photoshop desk reference to adorn every digital image-maker's shelf.
* Intuitive A to Z format and clear, concise definitions make this the ideal desk reference guide to Photoshop's multitude of tools, options and features.
* Find the explanations, answers and practical advice you need to quickly get on with the task in hand - don't waste time looking anywhere else!
* Fully updated for CS3, with source images from the book and supporting tutorials provided on the accompanying website.

Audience:
All Photoshop users, worldwide - amateur photographers, hobbyists, students and professionals - Introductory to intermediate levels

Contents:
SECTION 1: Fast solutions for everyday editing tasks;
1. Adjusting brightness and contrast
2. Removing colour casts
3. Converting from a Raw file using ACR
4. Applying sharpness
5. Retouching dust and scratch marks
6. Removing red eye
7. Spreading image tones (pegging black and white points)
8. Correcting lens problems
9. Altering tones with curves
10. Conversion to greyscale
11. Montaging photos together (Layer basics)
12. Managing files with Bridge
13. Using Adjustment layers
14. Basic filtering techniques

SECTION 2: A-Z reference Accented Edges filter – Automate;
Bridge Background color - Button mode;
Cache - Cutout filter;
Darken blend mode - Dust & Scratches filter Edges - Eyedropper tool Facet filter - Fuzziness setting Gamut Warning - Guides Smart Halftone Pattern filter - Hue/Saturation adjustment layer;
ICC profiles - Knockout;
LAB color - LZW compression;
Magic Eraser tool - Multi-Page PDF to PSD;
Navigator -Notes;
Ocean Ripple filter - Overlay blend mode;
Page Setup - Quick Mask mode;
Radial Blur filter - Rulers;
Sample All Layers - Swatches palette;
Text - Type Masks;
Underlining type - Use All Layers;
Vanishing Point filter - Vivid Light blending mode;
Warp - Workspace;
Photoshop XMP - ZoomView format

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