Photoshop CS3 For Dummies E-Book

Peter Bauer

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 564

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2011

Beschreibung

Loaded with the latest Photoshop tips and techniques The secrets of digital image editing - explained in plainEnglish! Photoshop CS3 is a powerhouse, and here's the fast and easy wayto get up to speed on all the coolest features. This friendly guidehelps you get images into Photoshop - and then turn them intodazzling works of art. You'll see how to work in the right fileformats, master the Brushes palette, get creative with filters,convert color to grayscale, and more! * Adjust brightness, improve color, and fix flaws * Take advantage of the Raw file format * Composite images with layers and blending modes * Automate your tasks with scripts and Actions * Apply the new Smart Filters to Smart Objects

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Photoshop® CS3 For Dummies®

by Peter Bauer

Photoshop® CS3 For Dummies®

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ISBN: 978-0-470-11193-2

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About the Author

Peter Bauer is best known as the Help Desk Director for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), but he’s also the author of a half-dozen books on Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, the host of the video-training titles Photoshop CS2 FAQs and Photoshop Filters at Lynda.com, a contributing writer for Photoshop User and Layers magazines, a featured columnist for PlanetPhotoshop.com, and a software documentation writer for a variety of Photoshop- and Illustrator-related products. An Adobe Certified Expert, he also appears regularly as a member of the Photoshop World Instructor Dream Team. A Photoshop Hall of Fame nominee, in 2005, Pete was presented the Pioneer Award by NAPP, only the second person so honored. As NAPP Help Desk Director, Pete personally answers tens of thousands of e-mail questions annually about Photoshop and computer graphics. He has contributed to and assisted on such projects as feature film special effects, major book and magazine publications, award-winning Web sites, and fine art exhibitions. He has taught computer graphics at the university level and serves as a computer graphics efficiency consultant for a select corporate clientele. Pete and his wife, Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell of the University of Notre Dame Law School, live in South Bend, Indiana. Despite being considered a world-class technogeek, Pete still plays organized ice hockey.

Dedication

For my wife — I am continually in awe of all you have accomplished and all you continue to accomplish! Your dedication to the law governing armed conflict makes the world a safer and more civilized place.

Author’s Acknowledgments

First, I’d like to thank Bob Woerner and Nicole Sholly of Wiley, as well as Virginia Sanders, Ron Rockwell, and the rest of the superb crew at Wiley that put the book itself together. I’d also like to acknowledge Scott and Kalebra Kelby, Jim Workman, Jean Kendra, Larry Becker, Jeff Kelby, and Dave Moser of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), who make my professional life what it is today. With their support, I’m the Help Desk Director for NAPP, and I get to share my Photoshop knowledge with tens of thousands of NAPP members — and with you. I also thank my Help Desk colleagues Jeanne Rubbo and Rob Sylvan for their support during the development of this book.

Another great group from whom I continue to receive support are my colleagues on the Photoshop World Instructor Dream Team. If you haven’t been to Photoshop World, try to make it — soon. Rather than “Photoshop conference,” think “Photoshop festival.” Where else can you see suits and slackers, side by side, savoring every single syllable? It’s more than just training and learning; it’s a truly intellectually stimulating environment. (If only you could be a fly on the wall during the now-traditional breakfast discussions I share with the great photographers Vincent Versace and John Paul Caponigro!) Photoshop World is a collection of the world’s most renowned Photoshop experts, sharing their knowledge with Photoshop users of all levels. I thank each of the members of the Dream Team for the knowledge they have shared with me over the years. I would also like to single out Robb Kerr, one of the original Photoshop World instructors, who continues to inspire me both spiritually and intellectually.

And, of course, I thank my wife, the incredible Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell of the Notre Dame Law School, for her unwavering support during yet another book project.

Publisher’s Acknowledgments

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Layout and Graphics: Denny Hager, Joyce Haughey, Melanee Prendergast, Heather Ryan

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Part I

Breezing through Basic Training

A solid understanding of certain basic concepts and techniques makes learning Photoshop much easier. Heck, it’s difficult to understand a discussion of feathered selections when you don’t know pixels from a hole in the ground, right?

In Chapter 1, I introduce you to Adobe Photoshop. Chapter 2 focuses on the basic concepts of digital imaging and offers a look at the primary file formats in which you save Photoshop images. Even if you’re upgrading to CS3, spend a little time with Chapter 3, which presents the new Photoshop interface. Finally, Chapter 4 covers bringing images into Photoshop from digital cameras or scanners, organizing those files, and basic output through printing or a Web site.